When Fox News Presenters have more integrity than the entire GOP leadership

[selenak]

Broadly speaking, and watching from abroad which means I might have missed a lot, I'm tempted to guess the only Republicans coming out of this election year with their reputations enhanced instead of damaged are, of all the people, the ex presidents Bush (for at no point endorsing Drumpf)...and Megyn Kelly, Fox News Presenter. Or we could just narrow it down to Megyn Kelly. Who in addition to tirelessly battling the orange menace also just took on the 90s tantrum throwing manchild, Newt Gingrich, when he went up against her.

Check this out. Kudos, Ms. Kelly. Not that I agree with you on anything else, but, yeah.

Meanwhile, the Gingrich comedy hour included such gems as "“I’m sick and tired of people like you using language that’s inflammatory that’s not true!”. Spoken by Newt Gingrich. Supporting Donald Trump. I think this might rival Drumpf's own "nobody respects women more than I do", don't you?

Also, I'm having fond flashbacks to the last presidential election campaign, in 2012, when Gingrich suddenly discovered he'd always loved Bill Clinton and thought him a great president in an effort to divide the Clinton and Obama camps. I can't wait for what he'll come up next post elections. He's always known Drumpf was up to no good, and no one but he can save the Republican party?

Comments

[likeadeuce]

I saw a comment that Kelly is like the Cersei Lannister of this election -- we know she's evil but we sure want to see her take down some of these horrible men.

[selenak]

It certainly has a Cersei versus the High Sparrow flavor. ;) (Though that's wronging the High Sparrow, who for the most part had way more discipline and sense of irony than either Gingrich or Trump.)

I shall think of Megyn Kelly as the supervillain in that inevitable episode where the heroes team up with one against a common foe. You know said supervillain is going to continue to do awful things as soon as the episode is over, but while it lasts, it's neat to see that villainous deployed at a worthy target for once, and one feels a sisters-in-arms type of respect.

[muccamukk]

I've been impressed by Kelly's integrity on this issue, especially considering the pressure she must be getting from her network. Plus all the hatemail.

[selenak]

No kidding. And as opposed to Ryan, she hasn't folded under the rage of Trump supporters yet.

[maidenjedi]

Megyn Kelly owned him in that interview. I stopped watching any of the major US news stations and shows about four months ago (the coverage of the election is unbearable), but I've rewatched that several times.

[selenak]

'Twas a thing of beauty!