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  • Andrea Tantaros Attacks Jeb Bush With Twitter Remark About Son

    Andrea Tantaros, a Fox News host, attacked Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush on Thursday evening, during the Republican debate. She sent a Twitter message, asking if he planned to send his son, George P. Bush, into Iraq if elected president.

    According to TampaBay.com, George P. Bush is a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve. Andrea Tantaros was likely very surprised to learn he spent eight months serving his country in Afghanistan–under an assumed name.

    Kristy Campbell is Jeb Bush’s campaign spokesperson. Finding nothing amusing about her question, Campbell called Andrea Tantaros a “pundit hack.”

    That jab wasn’t the only one Andrea Tantaros took at Jeb Bush on Thursday night, either.

    Andrea Tantaros was back at it on Friday, likely after learning of George P. Bush’s record of service.

    She posted on Facebook as well.

    Jeb Bush wants to send U.S. troops back to Iraq. Last night he said he wants to "embed" more American troops in the…

    Posted by Andrea Tantaros on Friday, January 29, 2016

    What’s your take on Andrea Tantaros’s jabs at Jeb Bush? Is she the Megyn Kelly of his campaign?

  • Megyn Kelly Defended by Fox News After Donald Trump Said She Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Moderate Upcoming Debate

    Megyn Kelly’s bosses have her back. After Donald Trump said she shouldn’t be allowed to moderate the upcoming Republican presidential debate, Fox News came to Megyn Kelly’s defense.

    “Megyn Kelly has no conflict of interest. Donald Trump is just trying to build up the audience for Thursday’s debate, for which we thank him,” a Fox News spokesperson told Business Insider on Saturday.

    “She’s very biased. She’s very biased. She has a conflict I think. Her hatred and her bias, I think, gives her a conflict. So maybe she’ll drop out as a professional. And she’s a professional,” Trump told his supporters in Pella, Iowa on Saturday afternoon. It was Saturday morning he took to Twitter to say Megyn Kelly shouldn’t serve as one of the debate’s moderators.

    The Republican presidential debate will take place on January 28 in Iowa. Megyn Kelly will join Chris Wallace and Bret Baier as one of the debate’s moderators–whether Donald Trump likes it or not.

    Do you think there is any valid reason Megyn Kelly shouldn’t be allowed to moderate this debate?

  • Maria Bartiromo Booed After Citing Hillary Clinton’s “Impressive Resume” At Republican Debate

    Maria Bartiromo had high hopes for Tuesday night’s Republican debate.

    In addition to letting voters know what each candidate was all about in the areas of economics and fiscal responsibility, Maria Bartiromo said in a pre-debate interview that she was also hoping for a good showcase of the talent at Fox Business channel.

    Also, Maria Bartiromo was ready to talk about questions detailing the personal lives of candidates that are heavy on the minds of voters.

    While voters wanted to see the gaps that the widely-panned CNBC debate left open finally filled, Maria Bartiromo also planned on focusing some questions that have come up recently about the candidates themselves.

    Take for instance Ben Carson’s unorthodox beliefs about the Egyptian pyramids.

    She said, “When you have an elephant in the room, I think you have to address it.”

    But, Maria Bartiromo likely never expected to be booed at the debate, which is exactly what happened.

    Maria Bartiromo cited Clinton’s “impressive resume” and said Clinton has spent “more time in government than almost all of you on stage tonight.”

    Serious boos followed.

    Maria Bartiromo went on anyway, asking, “Why should the American people trust you to lead this country even though she has been so much closer to the office?”

    Did you watch the debate last night? How do you think Maria Bartiromo did?

  • Jimmy Fallon As Donald Trump One of Late Night Host’s Best Impersonations

    Jimmy Fallon dressed up as Donald Trump and proceeded to interview himself in a mirror on one of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon episodes last week.

    In addition to the hilarity that ensued, Jimmy Fallon proved once again to be among the best impersonators around.

    “I’m about to go out for my interview with Jimmy Fallon,” Fallon as Trump says in the opening. “I’ll call you back after I comb my hair. Talk to you in three hours.”

    The skit proved, too, that maybe Jimmy Fallon should be running for the GOP nomination instead of Donald Trump. His political prowess was proven when he answered a question on Mexican immigrants and the border crossing.

    “How am I gonna get Mexico to build a wall? Eaassssy. I’ll challenge them to the biggest game of Jenga ever. I’ll make them set up the board. And then when they finish I’ll say, ‘I don’t wanna play anymore.’”

    After tonight’s second Republican debate, Jimmy Fallon will no doubt have even more ammunition for poking fun at Donald Trump. The man seems to skewer himself with every opportunity his is afforded. Fallon never crosses that line between funny and hurtful, however. He keeps his humor classy.

    Do you love Jimmy Fallon’s rendition of Trump the politician?

    Will you be checking out The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon following the second debate to see what else he might have in store?

    You can be sure Donald Trump will be watching–or on the show.

  • Megyn Kelly: Is She Moderating Second Republican Debate?

    Megyn Kelly emerged from the first Republican debate as a feminist hero of sorts, for taking on Donald Trump and the sexist remarks he is known for making against women. Donald Trump emerged from the debate with a seething hatred for Megyn Kelly.

    On Wednesday night, Donald Trump will argue with his many opponents at the second Republican debate, sans Megyn Kelly at the helm. CNN State of the Union host Jake Tapper will serve as moderator instead.

    So what role will Megyn Kelly serve at this second debate? Will she provide coverage for Fox News?

    Much to Donald Trump’s delight, Kelly won’t be attending the GOP debate at all. Instead she will sit at the helm of her own show, The Kelly File, where she will provide live debate coverage for her viewers.

    Megyn Kelly has done her homework. A big part of it involved hosting some of the candidates competing with Trump for the Republican nomination. On Monday’s episode of The Kelly File, Megyn spoke with Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and Scott Walker. Where do they stand on the issues–and on Donald Trump as their opponent?

    “I look at it this way: Evangelicals are all over the map, and a lot of them are going with Trump. But this is the dating season, not the marrying season–that comes in February when the caucuses come,” Huckabee told Megyn Kelly.

    Chris Christie talked seriously, but managed to mock Trump, too.

    “I think if you try too hard, people see that. That’s not what they want in a leader. What they want in a leader is somebody’s who’s strong and knows who they are…and that’s exactly what I’ll show people on Wednesday night,” the New Jersey governor said.

    He does a great Donald Trump impression. Maybe he’s learned the fine art of impressions from all his appearances on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon?

    “You want ratings?” he asked in his fake Trump voice, replete with facial expressions. “Christie is ratings. Ratings, Megyn. Total ratings. Big, very big!”

    Scott Walker didn’t diss Trump, but merely touched upon his strategy instead, saying, “If you want someone who’s been tested, I’ve been tested unlike anybody else on that stage.”

    On Tuesday night, Megyn Kelly chatted with Carly Fiorino, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Ben Carson. None of them did any Donald Trump impersonations.

    Will you be tuning in to The Kelly File on Wednesday evening for her live coverage of the second GOP debate?

    Are you at all disappointed that Megyn Kelly won’t be at the debate in person, once again challenging Donald Trump?

  • Megyn Kelly Interviews Americans Who Helped Thwart Terror Attack on Train

    Megyn Kelly landed an impressive interview–the first with three Americans who helped thwart a terrorist attack on a train bound for Paris in August. She conducted the interview on her Fox show, The Kelly File, on Saturday evening.

    During her interview with U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler, Megyn Kelly asked the men–who have been friends since childhood–if their experience on that train gave them a greater appeciation of the September 11th attacks.

    “I feel so much more connected to terrorist attacks and things like that and victims of terrorist attacks,” Skarlatos, who is 22, said. “That easily could have been us if any one of six or seven things went a different way.”

    Sadler, who is 23, said he visited the 9-11 memorial in New York recently “and it just gave me a whole new perspective. I was just appreciative of the names on the stones out there because that could have easily been us, just as easy.”

    Following their interview with Megyn Kelly, the three men rode on a float in a parade hosted by their hometown of Sacramento.

    In August, Megyn Kelly beat out Bill O’Reilly for the first time ever in ratings for the 25-54 demographic. This is due in part to her hosting the Republican convention on August 6th, during which Donald Trump disrespected her with his crude comment about “blood” coming from her “wherever.”

    Back in June, Megyn Kelly landed an exclusive interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, along with their daughters, Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald. The interview was based on the eldest of the former 19 Kids and Counting family’s 19 children. Josh Duggar admitted to having sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teenager. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald admitted to being two of their brother’s victims.

    What is it about Megyn Kelly that has people agreeing to do these interviews with her–rather than with other members of the press?

    What would Donald Trump say about the draw to Megyn Kelly?

  • Megyn Kelly: Why A Former University of Pittsburgh Woman is Getting Hate Mail Intended for Fox Host

    Megyn Kelly hosts The Kelly File on the Fox network. She also hosted the Republican debate earlier this summer. So why is a former University of Pittsburgh woman receiving hate mail intended for Megyn Kelly?

    It’s because her name is Megan Kelly. Note the difference in the spelling of the two first names.

    Megan Kelly says she has received Megyn Kelly’s email in the past, but definitely not as much as she has received since the Republican debate.

    Not all the emails she has received are hate mail. Some people have asked her to send them autographed pictures. Wouldn’t it be funny if she sent them? Those expecting a photo of Megyn Kelly would definitely be confused.

    Other people have cautioned her not to “sit there and attack Trump!”

    Megan Kelly has taken it all in stride.

    “Some of the people who are emailing me kind of aren’t understanding how the internet works,” she says.

    Megan Kelly finds many of the emails she receives quite amusing. She has taken to posting them on her Facebook page.

    “It’s really weird,” she says. “It’s not consistent. But every time I get one, I’m like, ‘Yes!’”

    Megyn Kelly has yet to comment on Megan Kelly receiving her emails. If she finds herself in the Pittsburgh area, she definitely owes Megan dinner. Perhaps she should leave a stack of autographed pictures with her, too?

  • Megyn Kelly Insists She Didn’t “Attack” Trump At Debate

    Megyn Kelly continues to defend her line of questions that was directed at Donald Trump during last week’s debate.

    As one of the moderators for the debate, Megyn Kelly was tasked with lobbing the questions at the potential candidates, but some say she zeroed in on Trump from the beginning.

    One particular question began a war of words between Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump.

    During the debate, Megyn Kelly asked the Donald, “Mr. Trump, one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you don’t use a politician’s filter.”

    She added, “However, that is not without its downsides. In particular when it comes to women, you’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals…”

    Donald Trump joked to Megyn Kelly that he was only referring to Rosie O’Donnell, but she pressed on.

    Megyn Kelly continued, “Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president and how will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton who is likely to be the Democratic nominee that you are part of the war on women?”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up8hbWjYI34

    After the debate, Trump went on the defensive claiming that Megyn Kelly’s questions were “off-base” and “ridiculous.”

    He then infamously added, “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever.”

    Many a critic of Trump’s has insisted that Trump was referring to her menstrual cycle and have called him a pig and many other colorful names.

    But Megyn Kelly, after the initial backlash, has insisted that she was not attacking Trump during the debate.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IkbH5mEFxE

    Sunday, on Fox’s Media Buzz, Megyn Kelly said, “My job is to go out there and ask probing questions that are hopefully smart and help the people learn something about this person and, in this context, their weaknesses.”

    She added, “It was a fair question.”

    What do you think? Was Megyn Kelly’s question fair? Was Trump’s response pigish or was he just being Trump?