Posted on 08/11/2015 7:47:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump is all but accusing a top Republican pollster of trying to shake him down.
After the presidential debate on Thursday night, Fox News featured a focus group conducted by Frank Luntz that utterly slammed Trump. On Monday, Trump told Business Insider that he thought he was panned by Luntz's group because he declined to hire Luntz's research firm.
"This has been going on, he's putting the arm on me all the time, and then he does these polls that are totally in violation of every other poll that was done," Trump said of Luntz.
Trump said post-debate polls that show he remains ahead of the GOP field prove the focus group was wrong. He further described Luntz, a regular contributor to Fox News and one of the country's best-known conservative consultants, as "unfair" and "terrible."
"I watch this guy do a really negative report on me, and the only reason he did it, in my opinion, is because I didn't want to hire him commercially," Trump said of Luntz. "I think it's disgusting ... I think he uses his power at Fox to maybe — to get work."
In a phone call with Business Insider, Luntz vehemently denied Trump's accusation.
"You've got to understand that I don't care who wins and loses — I only care that I'm accurate," Luntz said. "Even if I say things that candidates don't like, I don't expect them to take it personally. I don't expect them to launch World War III."
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Maybe Trump should show videos from the office where putz came in to get work.
ROTFLMAO The man certainly has GUTS. First the missile to Hillary (oh, we were there at the wedding because we thought it would be fun. Now we are running against one another, maybe being there might be troubling.) To FL - the newer FNHT. He has always seemed to be such a wuss. And that the Donald calls him out, he seems like an even larger wuss. Ok, Donald first two - check. Let’s continue to explore the lives of the Rich and Famous and see how many actually do bleed like US/WTP.
Luntz can be wrong till the cows come home but he should still be able to conduct business...Who's stopping him from doing business? There are plenty of people out there with your mindset who don't mind being duped that can still hire him, including you.
If he's "wrong till the cows come home " why would anyone but maybe you hire him? He's putting himself out of business.
That FAUX debate was as rigged as a wrestling match, from the moderators to the focus group.
Being wrong is one thing, fraud is another.
But hey, as long as it was against Trump all is good huh?The cheer leading section for Trump at FR is simply juvenile.
Look in a mirror, the opposite is true.
” Megyn didn’t bother them with the facts, say that Car-lie has always been pro-amnesty, pro-common core, pro-carbon taxes and best buds with the Clintons.”
NAILED!!
Hopefully Mr Luntz’s name came up in the conversation between Trump and Ailes.
No. They are useful tools. We used them to ferret out specific expectations in our service processes. We used them to test reactions to changes in our processes, getting immediate reactions that we could use to gauge potential problems.
But with 150 million voters, the response of a dozen people from the same general area (read culture) is not anything you want to hang your hats on.
Well at least 100% of the group was represented in the debate.
I’m glad the people “behind the curtain” are being brought out into the open a little here - being made to own their action a little more than usual. Pictures need to be posted as well (it they’re not too ugly!).
Yup. That focus group was rigged. Many of us saw how obvious it was at the time. Even if you accept it was legit it was only off by 180 degrees ha
Fox pulled an obvious hatchet job that utterly failed except for proving to us who the stooges like Kelly and Luntz are.
Excellent post!
I get it...so focus groups are used for specific things...not general processes.
Dearest woofie,
You posted:
I forget ......on this site the GOP is the enemy and Obama and the Democrats get a free ride.
I simply reminded you that it’s the Dims AND the Gop-E who don’t get a free ride, on FR.
I then asked if you’re supporting the GOP-E, to which you replied:
Jane someday you might want somebody to vote for your candidate...who is going to do that after you dump on of anyone that disagrees with you?
You will have less voters than Trump has hair
You avoided answering my question :(
Do you support the GOP-E?
I think Luntz was in cahoots with the Fox management to create an anti-Trump narrative. I am a Walker supporter. I will vote for Trump if he is the GOP nominee, but not a Trump supporter at this time. But I will defend him if I think he is being railroaded as he was on the debate. As I said on a thread yesterday. Kelly’s first question should have been about the Iran deal.
I see you didn’t get answers to your questions, either.
For someone who likes to scold, around here....they sure avoid answering questions, put to him/her. LOL.
I said attempted lynching... The foxes deceived themselves they would be escorting the Donald off stage because he could not follow their rules... They got out foxed!
MeGyn had iCarly on, again, last night....or, so I saw posted. I asked on a thread (last night) if MeGyno would ask the above facts, of iCar-lie. I didn't watch, bet I'll bet she did not ;-)
But, but he has that patented dial-o-meter how could he be wrong.
“clearing a long lost trail in a forest of old growth inertia.
Very nicely said”
Yes, the words hang together beautifully, don’t they.
Mark Levin excoriated that hit squad last Friday.
Strange how many long time freepers are agreeing with Glenn Beck and disagreeing with Mark Levin on this Turkey Shoot disguised as a debate.
Thanks richly.
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