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Don’t any of the presidential primary candidates go picking on Kelly because it’s bad for your presidency

Trump’s not perfect, but neither is Megyn Kelly



Thin-skinned journalists of the latter day are getting to be just like Democrat politicians, insult them and they’ll soon demand an apology. “On Tuesday, Fox News chief Roger Ailes said in a statement Donald Trump should apologize for a tirade of tweets aimed at Fox News host Megyn Kelly. (Fox News, Aug. 25, 2015)
"Donald Trump's surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing. Megyn Kelly represents the very best of American journalism and all of us at Fox News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise," Ailes' statement reads. "I could not be more proud of Megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults. Her questioning of Mr. Trump at the debate was tough but fair, and I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer," Ailes said. "Donald Trump rarely apologizes, although in this case, he should. We have never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we’re certainly not going to start now. All of our journalists will continue to report in the fair and balanced way that has made FOX News Channel the number one news network in the industry.”
Take that, Donald Trump, and don’t be insulting Rosie O’Donnell while you’re at it. Presidential primaries haven’t been so dull since Trump realized that Twitter, like the Big Apple, never sleeps.

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RELATED: • Move Over, Megyn Kelly, America is CallingLevin calls Bush & O’Reilly out on Birthright Citizenship When they can’t sleep some folk get up out of bed and Tweet their way through a sleepless night. But how they go over all depends on who’s dishing out the Tweets. Michelle Obama can send out Tweets. Ditto for Cher and Rosie O’Donnell, but when The Donald gets lippy about Megyn Kelly on Twitter, Fox News chief Roger Ailes gets his feathers ruffled. With Fox being able to crow about their record-smashing 24 million viewers for the first primary presidential debate; with Trump going on to lead in popularity polls, folk took it at face value that Kelly and Trump had buried the hatchet in places that didn’t necessarily include each other.       “Late Monday night, Trump tweeted several times about Kelly, who had just returned to hosting after a vacation, writing that he "liked The Kelly File much better without @megynkelly. Perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation!” () “Trump also tweeted that Kelly was "really off her game" and retweeted a tweet that called Kelly a "bimbo." Like hastening to the call of ‘Happy Hour’ fellow Fox News hosts soon rallied to Kelly's defense.  "Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade said Tuesday morning that Trump is "totally out of control" and that his attacks on Kelly are "totally unwarranted." () “Host Bret Baier, who moderated the GOP debate with Kelly and Chris Wallace, tweeted "It's been 19 days since the debate — @realDonaldTrump has made his feelings clear. But THIS needs to stop," adding the hashtag "#letitgo." “Sean Hannity, who had one of the first interviews with Trump on Fox after the debate and initial Kelly flare-up, also tweeted his support of Kelly, though he called Trump a "friend." "My friend @realDonaldTrump has captured the imagination of many. Focus on Hillary, Putin, border, jobs, Iran China & leave @megynkelly alone," he wrote.” In what book of etiquette is it written that you can’t Tweet nasties about the journalist talking heads of the day? People are insulted by Tweet trolls on a routine basis. Not too many demand apologies, but Tweet back instead. Kelly’s accusatory question to Trump about his nasty insults to women he doesn’t like, didn’t change the minds of people who tuned in to the Fox debate. As Trump pointed out yesterday: ‘I am very pleased to see the latest polls from Public Policy Polling showing me at a strong number one with 35% in New Hampshire, the Monmouth University poll showing me, again at number one, with 30% in South Carolina and the latest national poll from Gravis where I am again the clear front runner with 40%. It was also just announced that I won the prestigious corn kernel poll at the Iowa State Fair by a landslide," he added. "I will be in Iowa tonight with my speech being live on CNN and other networks. My sole focus in running for the Presidency is to Make America Great Again!" Indeed, on the very same day Ailes was demanding the Kelly apology from Trump, Trump had forged far ahead in popularity polls. That’s a coincidence and anyone suggesting that it wasn’t will be branded for all time as as a conspiracy whacko. Ditto for any of those who dare to think that the rumors that Trump will no longer be welcome on Fox, was part of the overall plan from the get-go. Don’t any of the presidential primary candidates go picking on Kelly because it’s bad for your presidency. Amid all the bickering back and forth in a he-said, she-said kind of beef, it’s difficult to know who’s suffered the biggest injustice from hurled insults. But the truth really is that while Donald Trump’s not perfect neither is Megyn Kelly.


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