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Donald Trump has been tapped to moderate an upcoming Republican presidential candidate debate sponsored by online news site Newsmax and to be broadcast on ION Television. The debate, set for December 27 in Des Moines, Iowa, will be the final one before the critical Iowa Caucus on January 3 and should feature the full GOP field. (There have been so many GOP debates it’s difficult to picture one being more important than another, but the timing of this one at least appears relevant.) Of course Trump, hailed as “a truly great American” in the release announcing the debate lineup, briefly flirted with seeking the Republican nomination for president himself before finally backing off during May’s upfronts, when he announced he was staying on as host of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice instead.
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should be entertaining no doubt but damn what a circus politics have become.
I think his hair piece should moderate. At this point, I don’t think it really matters for the GOP, they’re all a laughing stock now anyways.
He really is a great choice to moderate the debate between all of these clowns.
Lily Tomlin was right–satire simply can’t keep up with real life.
These GOP debates are just like contest reality shows. Its unbelievable. The winner should get campaign money at the end.
I knew it! All these past debates were just the auditions for the reality show!! “The apprentice for office”
Promise to fire a candidate and I’ll watch the last 5 minutes
“Promise to fire a candidate and I’ll watch the last 5 minutes.”
Heh. You know NBC is kicking itself for not picking up the Republican debates as a reality series. And there are only fifty of these things left to go (seriously.)
Why? How?
To any one still skeptical whether politics has become a form of entertainment…here’s that last piece of proof you needed.
$5 says Mario Lopez covers this debate on Extra.
Well, bless him, Jon Huntsman has already declined.
But here’s hoping all the rest show up, because it should be a real hoot! Is the Donald gonna have a swimsuit contest, too. (Romney is the natural winner, right?)
Let’s let them all speak out on those Newsmax scoops, from the birthers, to the “He’s really a Muslim!” nutjobs, right on through the $200 million per day supposedly spent on Presidential travel to India, the President’s supposed vacation record, and of course Michelle Obama allegedly using the federal government to compel Americans to eat healthy foods. No one better than Trump to get these urgent issues into the open. I guess we’re lucky a multi-billionaire business man found the time to take part!
Gosh, let’s hope it doesn’t fade away into a series of candidates sadly expressing regrets they had scheduling conflicts that couldn’t be resolved on such short notice. The “people” really want to hear what the candidates have to say about all those “stories” Newsmax has been feeding them for years. I’d hate for it to be just Ron Paul and Rick Santorum.
Please let it happen, please, please, please!
Unfortunately, Mr. 999 might be dropping out tomorrow. He has an “important announcement” on Saturday. Hopefully, he will stay in and keep the entertainment level higher. Hunstman has some integrity in the circus, which is going to be presided over by the biggest clown of all. He has a built in fright wig, so that works as well.
I don’t think Cain’s dropping out, he’s just trying to gain some publicity to help reignite his flailing campaign. At least Huntsman was sensible enough to decline (he’s made fun of the rest of the clowns for kissing Trump’s ass in the past) and I hope Ron Paul will as well, otherwise I will lose whether respect I had for him.
*snort* Nope–Cain is most likely trying to 1) buy time to figure out where to squirrel away his campaign funds; 2) salvage enough of his rep. so he can grab a Fox sinecure and keep getting book deals.
Let’s be honest people. He can’t do any worse of a job than Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, or any of those other left wingers who all they wanted to do was start a fight.
Oh, I know. I mean, asking though questions on issues? How dare they! There shouldn’t be debating at a debate! There is a different between being neutral but though and being a liberal.
Funny! Here I thought they wanted to pose questions about pertinent issues facing the nation! It was the candidates themselves who devolved into internal bickering. Incidentally, all of those folks are (ostensibly) staunchly right-wingers.
Now, if only we could get the media to seriously and aggresively “pose questions about pertinent issues facing the nation” to the sitting president like they do the GOP hopefuls then your and Anonymous’s comments would make sense. Unfortunately they give Republican candidates political colonoscopies while giving the Democratic president a fawning pass.
Ask them what they think should be done about the fact that most of our factories are now in China. This is the big elephant in the room that no one will discuss. I don’t get it.
Anon, Donald Trump is one of the few bigger name people who will even mention free trad. And he knows it has killed this country. Sadly Obama ran for President against free and now he is for it just like our past 2 Presidents have been.
This is making the life of comics so much more worthwhile. Priceless!
This is going to be must-kinda-see TV. How will The Donald make it all about himself? Will every question contain “Here’s what I think. Do you agree with me?”
Seriously, have the GOP Media Advisers NOT chimed in?
(Or does this reflect on the GOP’s opinion that the masses are indeed idiots?)
I DO believe Trump will try to step up to re-define himself as a “serious element” but noting his past displays, it seems he’ll be working to draw attention to himself in a “Speaking for the people” sort of way.
No?
Why not just bring in a ton of dirt, add a hose and lets have a little mud wrestling? Let’s see all these candidates compete for face time with not only each other but now with their moderator. I can’t even look at Trump wihtout my gag reflex kicking in.
The first 10 questions will be about how awesome is The Donald. The second 10 questions will be about how incredible all of the Donalds great fantastic products are.
Donald Trump to the candidates, after using this role to talk about himself: “…enough about me. What do you think about me?”
Sponsored by Bosley Hair Restoration and the 700 Club.
I can’t wait to see The Donald audition himself for the VP slot! And since he’s already threatening to run as a 3rd party choice, it’s sort of ironic that they’re letting him question the wannabe’s in the first place. Nice coup for ION; if timing is everything, this should actually get attention…
I don’t know why people keep feeding his ego. It’s all about promoting himself. Don’t know why people champion this guy and rag on the Kardashians. They are made from the same cloth.
tell us how u really feel?
You mean pertinent questions like coke or Pepsi? Regular or Crispy? Yeah CNN really did a bang up job on those questions.
Seriously, who will be watching this? Does ION even get viewers to begin with? Aren’t they know for airing constant reruns of old crime shows from the past plus movies and an occasional MMA event?
The circus comes to town to meet the clown.this should be fun for John Steward and THE LATE NIGHT SHOWS.you just could’t make this stuff up.
Hopefully car crash television of epic proportions.
Have the people who actually have experience running campaigns just walked away from this GOP train wreck? Or were they flummoxed about what to do about the Tea Party in the first place and just sat this whole presidential campaign out? This just keeps getting more and more bizarre.
I didnt even know ION was still around.
I understand why he was picked for ratings purposes. But, this will not help make this a strong debate.
Hello again Mr. Trump rags to riches and back again and again. Just like Rics cars album in the 80s. Ever miss the days of Hayes commands for us robotics modems? Will smith would be proud of your decision to give Herman another go at the pie in the sky. It’s going to be like a Vegas title fight when Cain vs Obama becomes the ultimate pay per view slugfest. I’ll tell you where my money is if you get me a seat on ion for tonight’s battle royale. I’ve got a nice recliner here with pops. The best show in town is super 8 footage of early Ian Fleming Clancy collaboratiins. I see the winds of change floating maverick through the eye of the needle with no robots when mount Fiji dances on the walk phone.
I’m not watching, but I can’t wait for Jon Stewart’s take on this clown show.