The feud between Donald Trump and Fox News Channel bimbo Megyn Kelly continues. Yes, she's a bimbo. A bimbo is a young, empty-headed woman, according to my Oxford American Dictionary and Language Guide (1999). (See here as well.) When Kelly asked Trump, during the Republican debate, whether he has something against women, she was engaged in "gotcha journalism," which is despicable. We conservatives expect this from progressives, for whom the end justifies the means. We do not expect it from Fox News, which claims to be fair and balanced. I'm not saying that we expect Fox News personalities to throw softballs to Republicans. I'm saying that we expect them not to throw hand grenades! I'm done with Megyn Kelly. I'll never watch her again. It disgusts me to see so many Fox people come to her defense. They know who butters their bread. I find myself watching less and less of Fox News and more and more of CNN. (MSNBC is out of the question.) At least with CNN, I don't get stabbed in the back.
Addendum: Here is a transcript of the exchange between Trump and Kelly:
KELLY: Mr. Trump, one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you don’t use a politician’s filter. 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.”
(LAUGHTER)
Your Twitter account…
TRUMP: Only Rosie O’Donnell.
(LAUGHTER)
KELLY: No, it wasn’t.
(APPLAUSE)
Your Twitter account…
(APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: Thank you.
KELLY: For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell.
TRUMP: Yes, I’m sure it was.
KELLY: Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments about women’s looks. You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. 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 was likely to be the Democratic nominee, that you are part of the war on women?
TRUMP: I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.
(APPLAUSE)
I’ve been challenged by so many people, and I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn’t have time either. This country is in big trouble. We don’t win anymore. We lose to China. We lose to Mexico both in trade and at the border. We lose to everybody.
And frankly, what I say, and oftentimes it’s fun, it’s kidding. We have a good time. What I say is what I say. And honestly Megyn, if you don’t like it, I’m sorry. I’ve been very nice to you, although I could probably maybe not be, based on the way you have treated me. But I wouldn’t do that.
(APPLAUSE)
But you know what, we—we need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around. That, I can tell you right now.
This isn't journalism; it's ambush. Megyn Kelly wouldn't have the job she does if it weren't for her "looks." She wants women's looks to be able to help women (as it has her) but never to hurt them. How's that for a double standard? Trump should have asked her whether she opposes the hiring, by Fox, of attractive blondes. Where's the diversity? Why is Fox News not having to defend its hiring decisions? How is Fox News not engaged in a "war against women"?
