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Is it payback for Newt's push back against the media?

Is it Hume's decades old association with the Beltway Establishment GOP?

I still remember the night Bill Clinton won and Bob Dole lost. We all felt the stuffings had been knocked out of us. Brit Hume was the physical, on-the-air embodiment of our feelings.

Now he is the embodiment of Fox News taking out every candidate but the chosen one, Mitt Romney.

It is difficult to find any news outlet - Printed, Online, Cable or Network that isn't controlled by and staffed with Establishment GOP supporters. And there are those Talk Radio personalities in the tank for Mitt too -- but of course they have not endorsed him, yet.

I wish they would just SAY it because it is totally INSULTING that they think we don't know.

1 posted on 01/22/2012 2:20:27 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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"I wish they would just SAY it because it is totally INSULTING that they think we don't know."

Yes..it is glaringly obvious. I'll up that one..even Beck, who I have to pay extra now to have him profit from my intellectual property, had his staff push Romney for an entire week while he was out with a backache.

There is a code..and it is exactly like it was in grade school..people feel safer going with someone who they see others picking as the winner. They gravitate to "safely in numbers". If a candidate can pay enough people to support you, you will be the one picked because of the old "code".

Well the people do not want Count ROMNERT SKerry! Get his sinister conceit out of our face!

49 posted on 01/22/2012 5:35:20 AM PST by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
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I may not always like what Hume has to say, but over the years I think he has been on the money more often than not, so he always bears a listen.

Hume, Barone, and Cook are the top three political analysts in the game now, IMO.

You are to be commended for your staunch support for Perry. In hindsight, I think many are going to regret not giving him a second look. And who knows, maybe he’ll come back on the scene in time with better laid groundwork and support.


50 posted on 01/22/2012 5:41:27 AM PST by randita
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I couldn’t stomach Fox last night. I watched CNN..They had some guy named forman who had undecided FL Republican Voters hooked up to rate their responses to the various speeches.

By the end of the night, most had decided for Newt.

As much as I can’t stand James Carville, and Donna Brazille, I find them to be more genuine than some of the fox team..

The truly funny thing was when Piers Morgan interviewed Gingrich’s daughters and asked about John King’s attack on their Dad regarding Marianne G’s claims..afterwards Wolf Blitzer was practically apopleptic “correcting” Piers that it wasn’t an attack, but a legitimate question. Blitzer was funny, kinda stuttering and bumbling.

They also had Erick Erikson of Red State, and he talked about getting word that the GOP elites were going to funnel money to Santorum to try to dilute support for Gingrich.

Carville was honest that we would hear allegations about Newt in FL, and anything dirty that the Romney camp could dig up about him..that new allegations about Newt’s private life would be 24/7.


52 posted on 01/22/2012 5:43:52 AM PST by sockmonkey (Oh, yeah, and I always thought Herman Cain's hat looked stupid, too!)
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The gaggle of text readers at Fox have been against Newt and for Romney from day one.


58 posted on 01/22/2012 5:57:59 AM PST by Sea Parrot (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. — Robert A. Heinlein)
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Hume knows the code. The "prize" is going to the highest bidder. They are buying the top seat in DC these days and it ain't pretty.

Right now Obama has the most money, that is a fact.

If the people do not get completely behind one candidate and flood him with money right now, Obama will win. Unfair, wrong, despicable...you bet..but reality.

Pick one guy..now, before Florida or forever hold your peace, cause if it goes to convention..the evil foreign wallets will come out from every rat hole on the planet all at once and the professional financiers will be ready with their ready made banks and promotional markets to collect...and we know who has those connections...Romney.

59 posted on 01/22/2012 5:59:01 AM PST by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
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Sorry to say that we have lost Fox News as a resource in our battle against the MSM. It has joined the MSM and is now an official member. And Brit Hume, sad to say, seems to be the most willing participant.

I've written them off. No more Faux News for me. I liked the Old Fox News but the new one is worthless.


61 posted on 01/22/2012 7:06:06 AM PST by InterceptPoint (TIN)
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Turned off FOX long before Hume's final statement, didn't know he went that far.
He's now in the same category as Rove, Juan, Colmes, Coulter, Kelly and deserves the same amount of credibility as far as this conservative is concerned.

True colors are coming out everywhere.

75 posted on 01/22/2012 11:49:10 AM PST by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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This may explain it:

Did Newt Gingrich Out Brit Hume’s Dead Gay Son?
http://gawker.com/5877207/did-newt-gingrich-out-brit-humes-dead-gay-son

Check out the comment section.


80 posted on 01/22/2012 6:21:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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ROAR!!!!

In case you missed this most excellent post. Enjoy!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2836187/posts

83 posted on 01/23/2012 12:27:52 AM PST by Chgogal (WSJ, Kristol, Krauthammer, Rove et. al., STFU. Thank you.)
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Perhaps the beltway establishment is helping Brit financially since his retirement from a more prominent role at FOXNEWS?


92 posted on 01/24/2012 12:19:34 AM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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