FNC Vs Trump

FNC's Megyn Kelly...and Her "Team"

Donald Trump’s lead in the GOP polls is about a LOT of Americans fervently believing that, “There’s no such thing as a ‘professional politician.” Apparently many even believe that what we have in government today is a “Gaggle of unprofessional politicians,” and who can argue with that given the arrest records of NY State’s Legislature, the political crimes and corruption in places like Louisiana and New Jersey?

Tragically FNC chose to attack the messenger (Trump) and, in the process attack all those who are sick and tired of our sad sack and the political and media class. (http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/08/07/post-debate-analysis-fox-news-the-biggest-loser/)

FNC SHOULD HAVE explained WHY that anti-establishment view is so wrong-headed, and WHY such “professional politicians” are needed today, instead they chose to slime and attack the symbol (Trump) and, by extension, ALL those who support that viewpoint, which at this point is, if NOT a majority at the very least a sizable plurality of American voters.

It’s now far too late for FNC to even consider switching strategies now.

The very worst, most aggressive of the Fox attackers was Megyn Kelly (see photo above) to the scorn and derision of many FNC wachers;

Amy Mek‏@AmyMek

After this debate, my opinion changed the MOST about @foxnews, @megynkelly, @BretBaier & Chris Wallace! Utterly Disappointed…#GOPDebate

Ed Wrather‏@edwrather

The biggest losers in the debate were the Fox moderators who attacked instead of moderating #GOPDebate

FishBoneHead‏@FishBoneHead1

Terrible job @FoxNews!

Terrible job @FoxNews!

Terrible job @FoxNews!

Terrible job @FoxNews!

Terrible job @FoxNews! #GOPDebate #FAIL

Julie Robinson @jkrrangercreek

@Snap_Politics @TheLastRefuge2 Absolutely disgusting! @megynkelly behavior was horrible! She interrupted everyone. No lo(ng)er a fan of her.

Greta Van Susteren 

✔@greta

Tweet me who YOU think won the GOP debate - use #Greta

Color Me Red @ColorMeRed

.@greta I can tell you who lost.... @megynkelly

Christine @BUcrimlaw

the training of Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace for the GOP debate was brought to you by Candy Crowley AND by the letter "B" for BIAS

Jennifer Hand‏@TravelByJenn

I'm super disappointed in @megynkelly . You came a Trump with bias. I've always found you more professional than tonight.

Yikes! Megyn (“Don’t worry kids! Santa Clauss is WHITE!”) Kelly didn’t help herself, NOR did the optic presented by her “pre-debate twitter pic” of herself and her “team,” ALL of them blondes.

Seriously?!

Had Chris Wallace posted a picture of himself and his team entering the debate area and his “team” all looked exactly like him, wore the SAME color tie, with the SAME haircut, he’d be immediately excoriated as a “xenophobic bigot.”

WHY is Megyn Kelly held to such a different standard?

WHY shouldn’t her staff be as diverse as we expect others to be?

Oh No He Di...INT!

Well, apparently he has.

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly (pictured above) defended fellow FNC host Megyn Kelly Monday night, saying that Santa Claus is indeed white, although he added that it really doesn't matter.

Kelly came under fire last week after saying that both Santa and Jesus were white men. She was responding to a Slate article by Aisha Harris, who wrote a vilely racist opinion piece entitled “Santa Claus Should Not Be a White Man Anymore.” (http://www.slate.com/articles/life/holidays/2013/12/santa_claus_an_old_white_man_not_anymore_meet_santa_the_penguin_a_new_christmas.html).

Hey! How come Aisha Harris hasn't been excoriated for her own disgusting bit of race baiting? Whites are not only a majority in America (72%) they also comprise over 70% of America’s poor and are the fastest growing group in poverty within the U.S. (poor, mostly rural whites have higher birth rates than any other poor group in America, prompting Charles Murray’s 1990's article, “The Coming White Underclass”). Soooo, any thought that Ms. Harris’ assertion is based on her view that there is “a rising black tide within America,” is patently and demonstrably false. As a matter of fact, African-Americans are actually a shrinking segment of America’s population, blacks at appx. 12% of the population have accounted for 36% of the abortions annually and since 1973 have shrunk from over 13% of the population to slightly over 12% today, with fully 1/3 of the blacks living in the USA today being either African or Caribbean immigrants or their descendants. That means, in real terms, since 1973, the native-born American black population within America has shrunk by more than a third! I am virtually certain that Aisha Harris is aware of those facts.

So, HOW can Aisha Harris have escaped the well-warranted outrage over her overtly racist and deliberately offensive remarks?

Whoops! I almost forgot...at this moment in time, even the most obvious and odious black bigots “can’t be called racists” in America.

Predictably, a tsunami of criticism erupted in the wake of Kelly’s remarks.

Critics said St. Nicholas, the model for Santa Claus, was from what is modern-day Turkey, and Jesus was a Middle-Eastern Jew. Both had dark skin, they said.

But O’Reilly noted, in rebuttal, that Turks today don’t consider themselves nonwhite. O’Reilly stated, “In this case, Ms. Kelly was correct. Santa was a white person. Does that matter? No, it doesn't matter. The spirit of Santa transcends all racial boundaries.” I couldn't help but notice that O’Reilly shied away from mentioning anything about the historical Jesus, who was indeed a Middle Eastern Jewish Rabbi and an anti-Roman activist. O’Reilly, who researched the historical Jesus for his book “Killing Jesus”  (http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Jesus-Martin-Dugard-OReilly/dp/1447252667/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387307746&sr=1-2&keywords=killing+jesus) has to know that the historical Jesus looked nothing like the Europeanized version used to convert the Pagans of Europe. Still, his comments about the modern-day Santa Claus, are true, in so far as they go (he wrongly focuses on the Turkish roots of St. Nicholas which is only peripherally related to the modern-day Santa Claus). Today’s Santa Claus is NOT as much based on the Turkish saint, but instead on the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas...and the Dutch are indeed very much and very proudly northern European white.

The history of the modern-day Santa Claus is easily referenced online on sites like Wikipedia;“Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle and simply “Santa“, is a mythical figure with legendary, historical and folkloric origins who, in many Western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children on December 24, the night before Christmas. However, in some European countries children receive their presents on St. Nicholas’ Day, December 6. The modern figure of Santa Claus is derived from the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, which, in turn, has part of its basis in hagiographical tales concerning the historical figure of Christian bishop and gift-giver Saint Nicholas. During the Christianization of Germanic Europe, this figure may have absorbed elements of the god Odin, who was associated with the Germanic pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky. Over time, traits of this character and the British folklore character Father Christmas merged to form the modern Santa Claus known today.

Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man — sometimes with spectacles — wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots and carries a bag full of gifts for children. Images of him rarely have a beard with no moustache. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children’s books and films.”

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus)

Both O’Reilly and Kelly correctly note that the real target of the criticism is Fox News itself.

That criticism has been, from the start, rooted in anti-working class bigotry, often anti-white bigotry and an antipathy toward free speech on the part of those who've leveled those criticisms.

With Conservatives and traditionalists outnumbering liberals by around 2 to 1 (at least according to Gallup: http://www.gallup.com/poll/152021/conservatives-remain-largest-ideological-group.aspx), America’s media SHOULD reflect that reality rather than look to alienate the single largest group of Americans.

Suffice to say, when even noted FNC critics like Media Matters founder David Brock openly admit that America’s media should be far more Conservative, it SHOULD be time for ALL Left-of-Center Americans of good will to throw in the towel on that one.