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Title: After Trump pulls out, Fox News cancels Republican debate
Source: Reuters
URL Source: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WI2H0
Published: Mar 17, 2016
Author: Megan Cassella
Post Date: 2016-03-17 11:55:11 by VxH
Keywords: None
Views: 44552
Comments: 156

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Republican presidential debate scheduled for next week in Utah has been canceled, host Fox News said on Wednesday, after party front-runner Donald Trump told the network he would not participate.

Trump, who has clashed with Fox News throughout his campaign, told the network in an interview on Wednesday he would not appear at the event, scheduled for Monday, because he thought the Republicans had "had enough debates."

Ohio Governor John Kasich said afterward he would also skip the debate unless Trump changed his mind and decided to come.

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, the third remaining Republican candidate seeking the party's nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election, criticized Trump on Twitter, calling him #DuckingDonald and urging his supporters to tell Trump to attend.

"He's scared to debate," Cruz said in an interview on Fox News. "He's afraid of being challenged."

Fox News, part of the Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) broadcast media and entertainment company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, earlier this week announced the debate, to be held in Salt Lake City, its latest in the primary season. Utah holds its presidential primary next Tuesday.

"Ted Cruz has expressed a willingness to debate Trump or Kasich - or both. But obviously, there needs to be more than one participant," Fox News Channel’s executive vice president of news, Michael Clemente, said in a statement. "So the Salt Lake City debate is canceled."

After the cancellation, Trump posted on Twitter that he would make a "big speech" the night of the debate, "but I wish everyone well."

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#5. To: VxH (#0)

[Article] "Ted Cruz has expressed a willingness to debate Trump or Kasich - or both. But obviously, there needs to be more than one participant," Fox News Channel’s executive vice president of news, Michael Clemente, said in a statement. "So the Salt Lake City debate is canceled."

The title should accurately reflect that the debate was canceled after Kasich declined to debate Cruz heads up, thereby leaving only Cruz willing to go on.

Kasich turned down a couple of hours of free airtime rather than debate Cruz heads up.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-03-17   14:03:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: nolu chan (#5)

Kasich turned down a couple of hours of free airtime rather than debate Cruz heads up.

I doubt any of these guys could debate Cruz heads up in an honest debate with legitimate questions.

However, if Fox had not canceled the debate, i fully believe Cruz would have had no problem in getting in a heated debate with his podium.

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-03-17   18:15:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: no gnu taxes (#20)

I doubt any of these guys could debate Cruz heads up in an honest debate with legitimate questions.

Trump can and has. They are not judged on collegiate debating points. Trump talks to the people as if they were downing beers at a bar or just sitting around. He connects with people. Cruz is a more refined debater, but is delivery does not connect in the manner that Trump does with the audience. Cruz would win if only they were being judged by a gaggle of debate judges.

Trump v. Hillary would be interesting where Hillary shouts and screeches, and maybe barks, and Trump is conversational.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-03-17   20:26:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: nolu chan, no gnu taxes, vicomte13, AKA Stone (#38)

Trump talks to the people as if they were downing beers at a bar or just sitting around. He connects with people.

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H L. Mencken

"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H. L. Mencken

SOSO  posted on  2016-03-17   20:34:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: SOSO (#40)

"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H. L. Mencken

Been there. Done that.

His name was George W. Bush.

He was an utter failure as President. He plunged us into foreign wars, lost, and blew up the US economy.

He was sort of the reverse of FDR. FDR took over a country that was sunk in an economic depression and disarmed in the face of rising threats. He armed the country, thereby bringing the country out of the Depression, fought a world war, and won it.

Bush took over a country at peace, militarily predominant, with a budget surplus and a booming economy. He took us to war in several places, lost, left us massively in debt and in an economic Depression.

Bush was a greater failure as President than Jimmy Carter. We got our moron.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-03-18   6:29:20 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#50. To: Vicomte13 (#46) (Edited)

"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H. L. Mencken

Been there. Done that.

His name was George W. Bush.

Forgetting Jim-mah Cawtur?

He was sort of the reverse of FDR. FDR took over a country that was sunk in an economic depression and disarmed in the face of rising threats. He armed the country, thereby bringing the country out of the Depression, fought a world war, and won it.

Complete and utter bullshit. Roosevelt's policies EXTENDED the economic depression. The ONLY thing that pulled the US out of the Depression were the wars in Asia and Europe. Americans were put back to work manufacturing war related items to sell to countries who couldn't produce enough to supply their needs. Roosevelt desperately wanted to get us involved in WW-2 because he was terrified his good friend Joe Stalin and Communism would lose without US involvement. Putting Americans back to work came in a very distant second for him,his commie wife/cousin,and his cabinet.

sneakypete  posted on  2016-03-18 08:45:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#70. To: Vicomte13 (#46)

FDR took over a country that was sunk in an economic depression and disarmed in the face of rising threats. He armed the country, thereby bringing the country out of the Depression, fought a world war, and won it.

FDR's economic policies were a disaster, the record is perfectly clear on that. The only thing that turned that around was the war. FYI FDR campaigned at least twice (his 3rd AND 4th terms) promising We The People that he would not get into "that war in Europe" while all the time doing the opposite of what he promised. He lied, over and over again. But it seems that you are one of those the ends justify the means type, aka a DRat.

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