Gretchen Carlson: “The word on the street is the Democrats are most fearful of Donald Trump as

[RandySF]

Sarah Palin’s political downfall can be summed up in one 36 second clip from today’s Fox and Friends. In the clip, Gretchen Carlson says, “The word on the street is the Democrats are most fearful of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate, right now.”

Fox News’ open campaigning for Trump provides visual confirmation of what Nate Silver reported today as the dimming media spotlight on Sarah Palin, “In contrast to four years ago, however, when the relative amount of media coverage was fairly steady throughout the campaign, there have already been some dramatic shifts this year. Sarah Palin’s potential candidacy, for instance, is only receiving about one-fifth as much attention as it did several months ago.”

According to Silver, Palin’s share of the media coverage went from 51% in November 2010 to 11% by April 2011. Sarah Palin’s coverage has moved to one birther loving, candidacy flirting reality TV star in particular. Donald Trump’s percentage of the media coverage has gone from 1% in November 2010 to 40% by April 2011. In this case, the data confirms the perception that Donald Trump has replaced Sarah Palin as the media’s right wing darling.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/fox-news-palin-trump

[Raven]

1. Perfect! n/t

[DisgustipatedinCA]

2. the word on the street, Gretchen,

is that Donald Trump is one badass of a progressive candidate. He actually wants a supertax on the superwealthy. He said so with his very own mouth to CNN.com. Now tell me again, Gretchen Foxbot, about Trump's chances in the primaries.

[hobbit709]

3. Hey Gretchen, here's my reaction to that.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Swede]

4. That Gretchen,always using here street cred.

:shrug:

[jaysunb]

5. What street is this ?

in what universe ? :evilfrown:

[pacalo]

23. It is Maple Street, where weapons are simply thoughts, attitudes, & prejudices...

The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own - for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.

[jaysunb]

40. Love it !

:hi:

I too, have often wondered, if, life imitates art or vice versa.....

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. She needs to take another streetcar. The one she's riding is off the tracks.

[Jackpine Radical]

38. A streetcar named Delusion...

[FourScore]

7. Yeah, you go with that Gretchen! n/t

[JVS]

8. What street does she listen to?

[givemebackmycountry]

9. Gretchen is correct.

Except the street the word happens to be on is a dead end street.
Just like the street that Gretchen, Fox News, and air craft carrier head Trump reside on.

My, we are one EXTRA stupid country.

[blondeatlast]

10. Looks like they've retired "Some people say..." They have no idea how stupid they sound to thinking

people.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. This is a plus for us. The more attention that joke candidate gets the better

The message has now become clear. First Palin, then Bachmann and now Trump. The extreme right will follow whoever is the craziest and if you want the extreme right to follow you then you need to be the craziest.


The more entrenched this trend is the better for us all.

[Contrary1]

12. I welcome any and all teabagger idiots the media wants to prop up for us to "fear".

You betcha.

[pscot]

13. Oh please

Don't throw me in that briar patch! :rofl:

[htuttle]

25. Thought the same thing myself!

:rofl:

[highplainsdem]

14. They just wish there were any GOP candidates we were really afraid of.

[lunatica]

15. Democrats will fear Donald Trump as soon as we can stop laughing at him

[tanyev]

16. Yes, Gretchen, we're absolutely terrified.

You should vote for him in the primaries if you want to really scare us.

[blondeatlast]

17. Gretchen, you look phat.

(Not really, but...) :eyes:

[jillan]

18. Good - let the looney tunes nominate him as their candidate and I hope he picks Palin for his VP!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

19. They still selling acid on Haight Street?

[Irritable Liberal]

20. Californians voted for open primaries

Guess who I'm voting for in next year's primary. If not Trump it will be Bachmann.

[Irritable Liberal]

21. Oops - checked Calif status and GOP primary still closed

Democrats allow Independents to vote in primaries but GOP opted for closed primaries.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. Who in the world is afraid of DonaldTrump?

I'm sure not (and I highly doubt any Democrat with half of a brain is either).

[Marblehead]

24. Gretchen's reaching..

[spanone]

26. i know i'm shaking in my shoes....

[Egnever]

27. Sort of right...

I am scared he wont run and I wont get to laugh at his antics.

[WinkyDink]

28. Don't go into that briar-patch, Donald!

[Missy Vixen]

29. I'm most afraid that Gretchen Carlson is allowed out without a keeper. n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. Democrats aren't afraid of these people. We just want them out of the way so that some progress

can be made. And some peace and quiet would be nice as well.

Well, I am afraid of Sarah Palin, but that's only because she's an actual, for-real Armageddonist who'd push the button if given the chance. Her and her creepy religio friends.

[alfredo]

31. Sarah is probably looking to hitch her wagon to Trump's star.

Maybe she can be his Veep.

[cliffordu]

32. Oh, GOODIE!!!!!!

I want him to be the nominee SOOOOO bad.

:rofl:

[OmahaBlueDog]

33. After the Giffords shooting, it became official: Palin can't win

She's too gaffe prone,too whiny, and makes herself too easy a target for the media. GOP leaders also realize that there's little to no "undecided" factor with her. About 35% of the population adores her, and the other 65% can't stand her.

OTOH, laugh at Trump all you want. If the primaries were held today, he'd likely be the nominee. He's wealthy, he'll have strong appeal to the same kinds of independent voters that went for Perot in '92, he's media savvy, and he's a brilliant self promoter. The infotainment generation and the media are intrigued by the idea of a Trump WH, and a sizable chunk of Republicans see him as Reaganesque.

[Kceres]

34. Simply can't sleep at night for thinking about it -- NOT.

[Mz Pip]

35. Gretchen needs to get out of the street

she might get hit by a car gathering opinions from people that only exist in her mind.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

36. I used to think she just played the whole airhead fucking dumber than a tree stump for cameras.

Now I'm starting to think she really is this goddamn stupid.

[JDPriestly]

37. Democrats, in spite of union backing, support "free trade."

Trump doesn't.

I'm telling you that the candidate who promises to end "free trade" and impose taxes on imports and companies that use foreign nationals outside the US as service representatives will get quite a following.

Democrats need to realize that Trump's stupidity on the birther issue could be "trumped" by his mouthing a policy that would at least decrease all the imports and outsourcing of jobs. That is the big issue.

Joblessness in America is caused by the outsourcing and the importing. And any candidate who speaks for the ordinary American people on that issue will be forgiven just about any other folly. Americans are fed up with "free trade."

[Arkana]

42. Trump supports whatever is "cool" at the time.

Trump also once supported single-payer health care. The fact that he is an insane mercurial hairpiece doesn't mean he'd make a good President, and the number of contradictions in his past would make Mitt Romney blush.

[JDPriestly]

43. Don't misunderstand me. Trump would be a horrible president.

You are absolutely right. But I think it is unfortunate that no Democrat has the courage to speak against free trade.

[zbdent]

39. I'm not "fearful" of Trump as the Repub candidate ...

what I'm fearful of is the sudden onset of amnesia that the "liberally-biased media" will suffer when it comes to the old Republican line about how it's always the "Democrat party" which hitches its star to gimmick/hollywood personalities ...

[Arkana]

41. Fox has about as good a grip on Democratic politics

as Charlie Sheen does on his impulse control.

[Raine]

44. "word on the street"

:spray: oh really?!? :wow: Yeah sure! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

45. How much did Mr. Dead Raccoon pay to have that said on air?

Makes sense... he probably has more money than Palin.

[Warren DeMontague]

46. Terrified! Terrified! Oh, PLEASE don't nominate Mr. Trump! Please!

And while you're at it, please don't throw me in that briar patch.