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| Tucker floats the idea of conducting his own RNC debate |
| 2023-05-06 |
| [PJ] We still don’t know for sure if Ron DeSantis is going to run. The rest of the field after Donald Trump is a bunch of weak controlled opposition Republicans including Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, John Bolton, and the immortal Asa Hutchinson. In light of all this, the Republican primary debates could end up being a major snoozefest. Tucker Carlson, however, has a tantalizingly different idea: he is considering hosting his own debate, outside of the Republic National Committee framework. Now that could liven things up considerably. The snag that Carlson is still an employee of Fox News remains, but the Washington Post reported Thursday that if he is "willing to walk away from some of the millions that Fox is contractually obligated to pay him, if that would give him the flexibility to have a prominent voice in the 2024 election cycle." Bernie Sanders would tell Tucker that he has plenty of money already, so why not? If he does go this route, Carlson could "moderate his own GOP candidate forum, outside of the usual strictures of the Republican National Committee debate system." That would be a breath of fresh air, as anyone who remembers the viciously biased performance of Chris Wallace in the first 2020 debate between Trump and Old Joe Biden can attest. Wallace did everything he could to sandbag Trump and let Old Joe get away with a cornucopia of lies, false denials, and false accusations. It was clear that Wallace was angling for the job he soon got at CNN, where he was a spectacular failure, and that he was eager in his debate "moderation" to make the doddering kleptocrat Biden look as good as possible, and the America-First president as bad as possible. A debate with Tucker Carlson moderating would be an entirely different matter. It opens up the possibility of candidates, for the very first time in the history of modern presidential debates, being asked questions from a patriotic perspective and confronted about issues that the establishment media refuses to discuss. Instead of being led for the umpteenth time to the prepackaged conclusions that the Leftist political and media establishment demands that we accept, there might be an opportunity for candidates to think beyond sound bites and shibboleths and actually engage in some independent thought. Even in a debate featuring such lackluster establishment hacks as John Bolton and Asa Hutchinson, that could be positively scintillating. Related: Tucker Carlson: 2023-05-05 Vivek Ramaswamy's vision is America first — even more than Trump Tucker Carlson: 2023-05-04 FOX News Continues to Hemorrhage Viewers Following Tucker's Removal from Lineup Tucker Carlson: 2023-05-04 Gen. Flynn Trial in Tampa- U.S. Govt wants a change of venue to DC, worried can't get a fair trial |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-06 03:08 |
| #1 Kayleigh McEnany will fill Tucker Carlson's timeslot next week |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-06 02:58 |