{"id":4659,"date":"2011-06-14T15:36:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T22:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2011-06-14T15:36:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T22:36:55","slug":"a-smart-gop-would-cancel-all-msm-debates-and-stage-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4659","title":{"rendered":"A Smart GOP Would Cancel All MSM Debates and Stage Their Own"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I did a week ago with an article by Hugh Hewitt<\/a>, my headline for this article is taken verbatim from one by John Nolte, editor-in-chief of Andrew Breitbart’s BigHollywood.<\/p>\n

This article appeared on BigGovernment and it is great news. The rightist meme that Republican candidates should not participate in debates sponsored by those they deem the “mainstream”<\/em> media is growing quickly. I can’t think of anything I would like to see more, with regard to the GOP debate season, than to not see them at all. If they actually had the guts to follow through on this threat it would be a great service to America.<\/p>\n

Nolte’s primary argument is that candidates should not “willingly put themselves in a less than ideal situation.”<\/em> That means not exposing oneself to probing questions that might have the disadvantage of revealing what you actually believe. He continues…<\/p>\n

Nolte:<\/strong> Nothing is more important than getting our failed president out of office in 2012 and therefore nothing is more important than nominating someone who can win. This is why the number one quality we should be looking for among our otherwise superb field is someone who understands that when it comes to removing Barack Obama from office, the MSM is the existential threat of 2012 – not the President.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nothing is more important to Nolte than unseating the current president – not jobs; not health care; not global warming; not terrorism; NOTHING!. And the most important quality that Nolte is looking for in a president is fear of the media – not experience; not leadership; not wisdom; not honesty; FEAR! That is the modern GOP in a nutshell (with an emphasis on the nuts). They have NOTHING to offer but FEAR.<\/p>\n

Nolte wants the GOP field to stage their own “New Media”<\/em> debates with folks like Jonah Goldberg and Rush Limbaugh asking the questions. Me too. Does Nolte think that this group won’t ask about issues like abortion or Medicare or the budget? If anything, I think they would be even more confrontational as they seek to elicit loyalty pledges from the candidates to establish their extremist bona fides. But in Nolte’s view, the purpose of the Republican debates should be to “make our side look as good as possible”<\/em> and to “do as much political damage to President Obama as possible.”<\/em> Oh yeah, he did throw in that they should also “help primary voters make a difficult choice.”<\/em> How that would occur while in the midst of a GOP fluffing, Obama bashing festival is unclear.<\/p>\n

It’s important to remember that it was Fox News CEO Roger Ailes who said “The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face Al Qaeda.”<\/em> That was in response to Democratic candidates who refused to participate in a debate sponsored by Fox News. So what does that say about the candidates that can’t face NBC or CNN (who is co-hosting their next GOP debate with Tea Party Express)?<\/p>\n

Now along with Hugh Hewitt, we have Andrew Breitbart’s web site calling for a media embargo by Republican candidates. Sarah Palin has previously made similar remarks. They may be surprised to learn that I agree with them completely. I hope they have the courage to follow through, but I doubt it. That kind of strength and integrity is not what the GOP is known for.<\/p>\n

As an aside, I have been following the Breitbart’s BigGovernment web site since the Anthony Weiner story broke. It has now been 17 days and still…<\/p>\n

<\/center>
\n<\/p>\n

EVERY SINGLE HEADLINE<\/strong> at the top of the page (with the exception of a plug for Breitbart’s lame book<\/a>), is about Weiner. There is a word for the kind of psychosis Breitbart is exhibiting: Obsession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I did a week ago with an article by Hugh Hewitt, my headline for this article is taken verbatim from one by John Nolte, editor-in-chief of Andrew Breitbart’s BigHollywood. This article appeared on BigGovernment and it is great news. The rightist meme that Republican candidates should not participate in debates sponsored by those they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1],"tags":[597,767,738,901],"class_list":["post-4659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-general","tag-andrew-breitbart","tag-anthony-weiner","tag-biggovernment","tag-john-nolte"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1d9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6005,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6005","url_meta":{"origin":4659,"position":0},"title":"Andrew Breitbart’s Imaginary Democratic Primary","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/23\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The chronically choleric Andrew Breitbart has published an amusing speculation as to who the Democratic Party could field for president instead of Obama. This is really just an attempt by BigGovernment to sow new discord among the unusually united Democrats. The article was written by Joel Pollak, the editor-in-chief of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5721,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5721","url_meta":{"origin":4659,"position":1},"title":"Idiots At BigGovernment Post Video That Proves They Are Idiots","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/2\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This never fails to brighten my day. Some right-wingers are so stupid they don't even know they are refuting their own positions with some of the attempted slander they present. Today Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment (notoriously stupid to begin with) posted an interview of an Occupy Wall Street protester. She was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4567,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4567","url_meta":{"origin":4659,"position":2},"title":"Fox News And Andrew Breitbart Have Weiner Envy","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/2\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"There has not been a more obvious case of penile obsession than that exhibited by Andrew Breitbart and the pervs at Fox Nation. Since the non-story about Anthony Weiner's alleged Twitter escapade, these alleged \"news\" sources have maintained a frenzied focus on it. Despite the utter lack of verifiable evidence,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6058,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6058","url_meta":{"origin":4659,"position":3},"title":"Andrew Breitbart’s Imaginary Republican Primary","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/27\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment published an unintentionally hilarious column that sought to offer Democratic alternatives to President Obama. The choices included non-Democrats like Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and Independent senator Joe Lieberman. Not content to embarrass himself with his incoherent analysis of Democratic politics, the author and editor\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1599,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1599","url_meta":{"origin":4659,"position":4},"title":"Why Does Andrew Breitbart Support Child Molesters?","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/24\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The terminally choleric Andrew Breitbart (or Boogerman as he'd prefer to be known) is featuring a story on his BigGovernment web site that illustrates a disturbing affinity for child sexual abusers. The article is authored by Jason Mattera, who appears to be auditioning to be Bill O'Reilly's next ambush geek.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6241,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6241","url_meta":{"origin":4659,"position":5},"title":"Republicans Are Afraid Of MSNBC","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/20\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"If you think that you have been inundated with Republican candidates yelping at one another on television for the past year, you would be right. So far there have been 17 GOP primary debates aired in a campaign season that has seen only two actual elections take place (Iowa and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4661,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659\/revisions\/4661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}