Fox Suspends Gingrich and Santorum, But Hires Donald Trump

‘Fox News policy’ seems remarkably flexible
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Uh, just a minute. Didn’t Fox News recently suspend Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, because “Fox News policy” dictated that as presidential candidates, they couldn’t be Fox commentators?

So why are they now hiring presidential candidate Donald Trump and
giving him his own featured segment?

Oh, that’s right. Because he came out as a raving lunatic Birther, and that’s the kind of commentator who makes Fox News what it is.

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1 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:47:40am

There are ratings at stake!

2 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:47:45am

OR, he was never running for president in the first place, and the recent crazytalk was just pre-show publicity. Or something.

3 Girth  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:48:35am

It's OK, because while Trump is a potential candidate, it's his hair that will actually host the show.

4 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:49:53am

Poe's law at work. I don't trust any news today, and yet this sounds like something they'd do. Does anyone know what the normal fox news advertisement voice guy sounds like?

5 RogueOne  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:50:03am

Maybe they're going for the angry man rant "grinds my gears"

6 Qabal  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:50:18am

Are we sure this isn't an April Fool's Joke?

7 lawhawk  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:50:57am

re: #6 Qabal

Are we sure this isn't an April Fool's Joke?

The joke's on us.

8 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:52:58am

re: #6 Qabal

Are we sure this isn't an April Fool's Joke?

I'm coming around to the idea that the past 10 years have been one continuous April Fools joke.

9 lawhawk  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:53:14am

re: #3 Girth

It's OK, because while Trump is a potential candidate, it's his hair that will actually host the show.

But we need to see a COLB for the hair, and I doubt that one could be found (let alone translated), since it originates in Tau Seti IV.

10 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:53:19am

Not to quibble, but
A) he's not (officially) a cnadidate for anything (yet)
B) He's not getting his "own show". He's doing a segment on an existing show (think Andey Rooney on 60 minutes) ((makes his voice loud and clear every Monday ))

C) the upside is maybe now someone in makeup will do something about that small animal that crawled on his head!
Oh , wait ,,thats his hair!

11 jaunte  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:53:26am

Alex Pareene:

...there was one line of Trump's speech that bears repeating: "If I run, and if I win, this country will be respected again." Right. Once we elect the bankrupt TV make-believe tycoon huckster, people around the world will say to themselves, "They finally got it right."
[Link: www.salon.com...]

Fox: Winning!

12 Nervous Norvous  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 9:55:23am

re: #9 lawhawk

But we need to see a COLB for the hair, and I doubt that one could be found (let alone translated), since it originates in Tau Seti IV.

polyester don't need no birth certificate

13 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:00:13am

I don't think even Trump takes Trump seriously.

14 Nervous Norvous  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:01:51am

re: #13 Obdicut

I don't think even Trump takes Trump seriously.

I personally don't think Beck takes Beck seriously either, but that isn't the problem. It's all the dumb fuckers who do take him seriously.

15 RogueOne  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:02:05am

re: #13 Obdicut

I don't think even Trump takes Trump seriously.

He's always selling something and usually it's himself.

16 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:07:03am

The weirdest thing about Trump's birtherism is how incoherent it is. I can't even tell if he just doesn't know that Obama has released his birth certificate, or if he's a deep conspiracy theorist who thinks that birth certificate has been forged.

17 Lidane  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:09:46am

re: #14 PT Barnum

I personally don't think Beck takes Beck seriously either, but that isn't the problem. It's all the dumb fuckers who do take him seriously.

Yeah, this.

18 dragonfire1981  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:09:49am

I think it's pretty much a given that whoever makes themselves look best on Fox News WILL be the next GOP Presidential nominee, with the runner up having a good chance at becoming Vice President on the ticket.

Can you imagine Palin/Huckabee?
Or Trump/Gingrich?

Scary stuff.

19 Lidane  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:11:16am

re: #16 Obdicut

The weirdest thing about Trump's birtherism is how incoherent it is. I can't even tell if he just doesn't know that Obama has released his birth certificate, or if he's a deep conspiracy theorist who thinks that birth certificate has been forged.

Or he's just a media whore parroting the most extreme birther talking points to get more publicity.

I don't think he's running for POTUS. It would be a pay cut and he couldn't have his TV shows anymore, and he'd have to live in DC instead of one of his mansions. He's just saying stupid shit for attention.

20 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:12:58am

re: #16 Obdicut

The weirdest thing about Trump's birtherism is how incoherent it is. I can't even tell if he just doesn't know that Obama has released his birth certificate, or if he's a deep conspiracy theorist who thinks that birth certificate has been forged.

I think he's a sleazy opportunist who sees that a lot of people will like him if he pulls this crap.

Personally.

BTW, I checked in at the Diary of Delirium, and I'm amazed at how many of them appear to be birthers. Even people I think of as sort of rational, except for the bee in their bonnet about LGF.

C'est si weird.

21 b_sharp  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:13:19am

re: #16 Obdicut

The weirdest thing about Trump's birtherism is how incoherent it is. I can't even tell if he just doesn't know that Obama has released his birth certificate, or if he's a deep conspiracy theorist who thinks that birth certificate has been forged.

He's playing a new game he payed little attention to before and he's just catching up on the facts.

He's hoping this game can lead to increased notoriety if not the oval office.

22 recusancy  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:14:54am

Google "helvetica"

23 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:15:26am

re: #19 Lidane

It would be a pay cut

Short term, perhaps
Past Presidents seem to be doing very well, financially!

he'd have to live in DC instead of one of his mansions.

The White House residence ain't Zaccly Skid Row!

24 b_sharp  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:15:33am

re: #18 dragonfire1981

I think it's pretty much a given that whoever makes themselves look best on Fox News WILL be the next GOP Presidential nominee, with the runner up having a good chance at becoming Vice President on the ticket.

Can you imagine Palin/Huckabee?
Or Trump/Gingrich?

Scary stuff.

Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck.

25 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:15:58am

re: #21 b_sharp

He's playing a new game he payed little attention to before and he's just catching up on the facts.

He's hoping this game can lead to increased notoriety if not the oval office.

What a self-absorbed asshole.

26 blueraven  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:16:57am

Never mind Trump's birth certificate, I want to see his tax returns.

Also his real hairline.

27 S'latch  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:17:03am

Yes, that, or maybe because he basically is just a celebrity whose presidential candidacy no one takes seriously anyway.

28 b_sharp  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:17:18am

re: #25 Alouette

What a self-absorbed asshole.

Now doesn't that conjure up a distasteful image?

29 Lidane  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:17:26am

re: #23 sattv4u2

Please don't act like Trump is a serious candidate for office. He's a media whore, nothing else. It's like taking Caribou Barbie seriously.

30 Targetpractice  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:18:08am

Consistency: Fox Doesn't Have It.

31 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:18:44am

re: #29 Lidane

Please don't act like Trump is a serious candidate for office. He's a media whore, nothing else. It's like taking Caribou Barbie seriously.

Where in anything I posted does it indicate that I

act like Trump is a serious candidate for office

??

32 b_sharp  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:18:49am

re: #30 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Consistency: Fox Doesn't Have It.

Fox doesn't understand it.

33 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:18:51am

Pajamas Media reports a massive constitutional crisis....
BREAKING President Obama's Birth Certificate: The Debate May Be Over, But a New One Begins

Youtube Video

This doesn't appear to be an April Fools spoof. They seem fairly serious about it.

34 Varek Raith  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:19:06am

re: #30 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Case in point.

Consistency: Fox Doesn't Have It.



Hypocrites: Fox Said Media Was "Intent On Undermining" Bush During Iraq, But Now Attacks Obama In Libya

35 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:20:14am

re: #33 Killgore Trout

Pajamas Media reports a massive constitutional crisis...
BREAKING President Obama's Birth Certificate: The Debate May Be Over, But a New One Begins

[Video]This doesn't appear to be an April Fools spoof. They seem fairly serious about it.

Ah, ok. They announce it's a goof about half way through.

36 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:20:56am

re: #33 Killgore Trout

Can you sum it up for those who don't want to subject ourselves to the video?

37 b_sharp  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:21:45am

re: #33 Killgore Trout

Pajamas Media reports a massive constitutional crisis...
BREAKING President Obama's Birth Certificate: The Debate May Be Over, But a New One Begins

[Video]This doesn't appear to be an April Fools spoof. They seem fairly serious about it.

Blah!

38 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:22:00am

re: #36 Obdicut

Can you sum it up for those who don't want to subject ourselves to the video?

It's an April fool's joke. The serious part of the discussion is about what an idiot Trump is.

39 S'latch  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:22:17am

re: #36 Obdicut

I will sum it up for you. It is an April fools joke.

40 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:24:25am

Afternoon Honcos.

41 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:24:52am

re: #40 Cannadian Club Akbar

Afternoon Honcos.

Why?

42 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:25:44am

re: #38 Killgore Trout

Trump is a fool, definitely. But he's really not any more ludicrous than any of the other serious GOP contenders. Except Huntsman, who I don't think has a chance.

43 Lidane  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:28:44am

re: #42 Obdicut

Trump is a fool, definitely. But he's really not any more ludicrous than any of the other serious GOP contenders. Except Huntsman, who I don't think has a chance.

I honestly don't think Huntsman will run this year. I think he's playing a long game for 2016. Think about it. He has his own personal wealth. He has the executive experience as Governor of Utah. He's got the foreign policy cred as Ambassador to China. All he needs now is for the teabaggers and birthers to destroy each other and for the 2012 GOP to be discredited as too extreme. This would allow him to come in after Obama gets a second term and spend four years as a statesman trying to re-inject civility on the right.

44 recusancy  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:28:49am

First WI GOP State Sen up for recall: Dan Kapanke

45 lawhawk  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:29:05am

Architects and critics take Trump to task over his Riverside South building project - claiming that it is as bad or worse than New Jersey's stalled Xanadu project.

Sorry, but nothing is worse than the Xanadu project. And Riverside South isn't horrible by Trump standards. If anything, it's toned down from what Trump usually does. These experts are just kvetching because the Trump buildings are new and compete with the existing pre-war aesthetic that lines much of the West Side.

46 lawhawk  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:30:29am

re: #42 Obdicut

Not a fool. He's a huckster and promoter in the PT Barnum mold. Everything he does is to sell the brand "Trump". For him, name recognition is everything and the only thing regardless of the context.

47 jamesfirecat  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:30:37am

Oh Fox, some days you just make it too easy...

48 Nervous Norvous  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:31:28am

re: #46 lawhawk

Not a fool. He's a huckster and promoter in the PT Barnum mold. Everything he does is to sell the brand "Trump". For him, name recognition is everything and the only thing regardless of the context.

I object to that. Trump is more of a Harold Hill type without the redemption at the end.

49 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:31:35am

re: #22 recusancy

Google "helvetica"

Pity I can't keep it like that. Improves their layout, I think.

50 engineer cat  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:31:47am

mystery of trump's möbius hair revealed!!!

the really shocking thing is that millions of people want to know

51 Varek Raith  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:32:10am

Maybe the past 3 years have been an epically awesome April fools joke???

52 recusancy  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:32:49am

re: #49 wlewisiii

Pity I can't keep it like that. Improves their layout, I think.

Here you go

53 RadicalModerate  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:33:54am

Of course, this story is triggering the Newsmax "President Trump? (vote here now)" ad via Google's adsense link at the top of the page.

54 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:34:53am

re: #46 lawhawk

Yeah, I just find living your life like that foolish. I'd hate to have his reputation.

He obviously doesn't care.

55 kirkspencer  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:35:24am

re: #43 Lidane

I honestly don't think Huntsman will run this year. I think he's playing a long game for 2016. Think about it. He has his own personal wealth. He has the executive experience as Governor of Utah. He's got the foreign policy cred as Ambassador to China. All he needs now is for the teabaggers and birthers to destroy each other and for the 2012 GOP to be discredited as too extreme. This would allow him to come in after Obama gets a second term and spend four years as a statesman trying to re-inject civility on the right.

The other side of the same calculus is that if he drops out of the public eye for two to four years it's darn hard to get back. Making a run - even if it's a token run - establishes his credentials for next time even if he doesn't do anything public till then.

Run like Romney is /trying/ to run - as a candidate for the rest of the Republicans, but without the baggage and kerryistic performance of Romney. And if it becomes obvious that this is the year of the crazy, resign from the campaign publicly but gracefully.

56 Randy W. Weeks  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:35:46am

re: #53 RadicalModerate

Of course, this story is triggering the Newsmax "President Trump? (vote here now)" ad via Google's adsense link at the top of the page.

Not seeing that ad makes my $10 a month soooo worth it. LOL

Trump's not a serious candidate...he's just loving the attention. Talk about your real narcissist. ;)

57 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:36:12am

re: #33 Killgore Trout

Pajamas Media reports a massive constitutional crisis...
BREAKING President Obama's Birth Certificate: The Debate May Be Over, But a New One Begins

[Video]This doesn't appear to be an April Fools spoof. They seem fairly serious about it.

Right wing humor is always hilarious.

I mean, never hilarious.

58 zora  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:37:51am

re: #50 engineer dog

mystery of trump's möbius hair revealed!!!

the really shocking thing is that millions of people want to know

from the link

My baldly-stated thesis: this could be evidence of a rarely-sighted, possibly unprecedented “double comb-over.”

ha!

59 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:43:23am

Trump sells his potential candidacy to the public based on his supposed business acumen...

The guy lost millions on a freaking CASINO. How the fuck do you lose money on a casino?

60 makeitstop  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:44:17am

re: #50 engineer dog

mystery of trump's möbius hair revealed!!!

the really shocking thing is that millions of people want to know

The really odd thing about his hair is that someone gets paid a lot of money to make it look like that. I wonder if they get extra for not laughing out loud?

61 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:44:23am

re: #23 sattv4u2

It would be a pay cut

Short term, perhaps
Past Presidents seem to be doing very well, financially!

he'd have to live in DC instead of one of his mansions.

The White House residence ain't Zaccly Skid Row!

At least he's no longer with Ivana. I've seen her interiors in People Magazine. She seems like a nice enough woman, but dear GOD, she has bad taste in furnishings.

62 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:44:49am

re: #50 engineer dog

mystery of trump's möbius hair revealed!!!

the really shocking thing is that millions of people want to know

LOL, it's a double comb-over.

Granted, there could be other explanations for the cross-hatching in Trump’s hair, such as a wood-grain tattoo on his scalp. Further study is clearly called for. Now that Trump is running for president, I nominate the Washington press corps to look into it, just as soon as they’re finished writing down everything Michele Bachmann says.

63 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:47:29am

re: #61 SanFranciscoZionist

At least he's no longer with Ivana. I've seen her interiors in People Magazine. She seems like a nice enough woman, but dear GOD, she has bad taste in furnishings men.

ftfy

64 b_sharp  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:53:47am

re: #57 Charles

Right wing humor is always hilarious.

I mean, never hilarious.

It's hilarious they try to be hilariously humorous.

65 lostlakehiker  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 10:55:28am

re: #59 Fozzie Bear

Trump sells his potential candidacy to the public based on his supposed business acumen...

The guy lost millions on a freaking CASINO. How the fuck do you lose money on a casino?

Simple, really. Casinos make money on the betting. But they lose money on wages for croupiers etc., on money for lighting and heating, and on interest to cover the mortgage. If the expenses of running the place outweigh the net take from bettors, the casino loses money.

Gamblers don't cotton to downscale, dingy places. If there's a whiff of "loser" in the air, gamblers can't even enjoy the fantasy that they just might be winners if only Luck be's a Lady tonight.

This makes it all but impossible to run a casino on the Walmart model. Upshot: casinos don't exactly coin money, and bettors pay dearly for the opulent surroundings that bolster their long shot hopes.

66 JeffM70  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 11:16:26am

He's not running and he probably gave Fox News assurances that it's all a ploy to get his name in the headlines and they saw an opportunity to get some ratings.

67 Petero1818  Fri, Apr 1, 2011 1:21:54pm

He is no more a political candidate than I am. This is all about his brand and publicity. Trump will throw out the red meat throughout the upcoming election cycle. This is a good $ move for Fox, and a good one for Trump too. Fox news watchers will be dumber for it, but that is something that is required for this whole thing to perpetuate itself anyways.


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