[VIDEO] Trump and Fox’s Bolling Roleplay What He Would Ask Each GOP Opponent at Debate

As you might imagine, for obvious reasons, an extensive interview between Donald Trump and Fox’s Eric Bolling would carry a remarkably friendlier tone than other media rounds the GOP candidate has made.

Indeed, the pair discussed how “unfair” the media has been to the billionaire real estate mogul and his controversial presidential run. But the latter half of the interview contained an interesting “roleplay,” prompted by Bolling, in which Trump got to ask one question of each of his probable debate opponents.

For Jeb Bush: “Do you have the energy to get out there” and “straighten this country out”? Bolling was perplexed by this one.

But then the question-and-answer routine ended, as it became yet another Trump talking smack about each opponent.

On Marco Rubio: “He was very much in favor of a weak immigration policy.”

Scott Walker: “His state, Wisconsin, has tremendous problems with debt,” and he somewhat blamed the governor for “extreme divisiveness” in his state.

Then a question for Chris Christie: “New Jersey is not doing very well.”

And then Trump ranted about how he’d be a great president and would “treat the vets properly with Donald Trump.”

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[VIDEO] Fox Panelist Rips Trump: ‘Negotiate with Mexico? He Can’t Even Negotiate with Macy’s!’

Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign has given conservatives and Republicans lots of mixed feelings. But Fox’s Eric Bolling, at least, continues to be one of Trump’s biggest cable news defenders. On today’s Cashin’ In

Panelist Jonathan Hoenig, however, wasn’t quite on board. He told Bolling, “He’s not just a fool, but he’s a fraud… Negotiate with Mexico? He can’t even negotiate with Macy’s!”

And quite frankly, Bolling was the only one really defending Trump. Wayne Rogers said “if Trump can’t survive in the free market, that’s his problem,” while Michelle Fields said she’s not a Trump fan and that NBC probably did the right thing (even if they hypocritically embrace Al Sharpton and Brian Williams).

 

Bolling still defended Trump, arguing that he’s bringing “fresh new ideas” and is someone willing to stand up for America. Rogers pointed out that there are other candidates who fit that description already, while Hoenig made it abundantly clear he just really doesn’t like Trump.

Presidents, he said, don’t make over-the-top threats and don’t “alienate America’s major corporations.” Hoenig pointed out how Trump used to be a Democrat, and when Bolling talked about getting someone with a different kind of track record in the White House, Hoenig said, “Trump’s got a record of bankruptcy.”

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‘She Was Targeted’: The Five Clashes Over Lara Logan Suspension

The hosts of The Five debated Wednesday whether CBS News was right to suspend Lara Loganfollowing an internal investigation into the botched 60 Minutes Benghazi report. Brian Kilmeade was convinced that Logan was “targeted” for her outspokenness on the Benghazi attacks, while Andrea Tantaros admitted that despite Logan’s reputation and reporting chops, CBS News made the right decision in suspending her.

Kilmeade highlighted how Logan previously spoke out in favor of going after the perpetrators of the Benghazi attack, calling it “the entire reason she’s paying the price right now.” Bob Beckel, however, wondered if her passion and emotions “colored her 60 Minutes piece” and so she was desperate enough to believe a liar and “didn’t use her normally good journalistic judgment.”

Eric Bolling defended 60 Minutes, urging caution and saying, “We can’t make the leap and say 60 Minutes rushed to judgment and gave her time off because she made a mistake.”

Andrea Tantaros brought up the fact that CBS News head/60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager did not get in trouble, and in the internal report released he “acts as judge and jury on this matter, rather than a co-defendant.” Kilmeade found it discouraging CBS didn’t stand behind Logan, but Tantaros said, “They’re making an example of her.” And because of the journalistic reputation 60 Minutes need to uphold, the suspension makes sense from their point of view.

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War on Halloween? The Five Rails Against ‘Costume Correctness’

Thanks to Fox News, we know there’s a War on Christmas. And we’re pretty there’s a War on Easter. But what about Halloween? Today on The Five, Eric Bolling kicked off a discussion about an epidemic of “costume correctness” that may just be sweeping the nation this year.

Bolling reported that a medical center in Kentucky is requiring all of their employees to attend a sensitivity training course after someone came to a Halloween party dressed as President Obama in a straight jacket. And, Pottery Barn had to apologize for selling Asian-themed costumes that some found “culturally offensive.”

Dana Perino pointed out that when she was White House press secretary her boss George W. Bush was the most popular mask in America. “It was not a compliment and nobody had to go to diversity training.” None of the hosts could comprehend what was wrong with the Pottery Barn costumes, with Greg Gutfeld saying “it only takes one complaint” to make “skittish” companies apologies.

Perino urged President Obama to come out and say, “Guys, wear whatever you want. Halloween is Halloween.”

Bolling added that it would be even better of Obama made that announcement while wearing a Bush mask.

Watch video below, via Fox News:

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ERIC BOLLING: WHY HEALTHCARE.GOV WEBSITE FAILURE MATTERS...BIG TIME!

It’s a failure of leadership

It’s a failure to manage

It’s a failure of competence

The ObamaCare website failure is a national embarrassment… for our government…America successfully innovates and creates *but* we do it from the private sector…Think:

AT&T 
Microsoft
IBM
Apple
Google

All multi-billion dollar success stories…

On the other hand…When left in the hands of the government, we are colossal failures… Think:

The Post Office
The DMV
Amtrak
Green Energy (Solyndra, Fisker, Many More)

All multi-billion dollar failures…

The Healthcare.gov website is a major black eye to the Obama administration… And will be for a long time…Unless fixed soon (which is extremely unlikely), President Obama’s legacy will be this screen:

Most importantly, however, we have to ask the question and really think about the answer...:

If they can’t get a basic website up and running in three years… How on God’s green Earth are they going to administer health care to 300 million Americans?

So, with billions upon billions of health related communications clearing through the government medicine portal annually, our very health will be hanging in the balance…

Therefore, you must conclude: The Obama administration has our lives in their hands…

Ask yourself… Do you trust President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Kathleen Sebelius and Jay Carney with your life?

I certainly do not!

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Eric Bolling: Wussies! Every Last One of You…(Liberal Media)

By Eric Bolling

Imagine this folks... A journalist's big moment... Finally arrives... All the tests... All the research... All the homework… The years in journalism school...

And there you are… You find yourself face to face with the President of the United States: The Government is closed; we’re on the verge of economic catastrophe, and you have 5 minutes and a chance to ask the President whatever you want… C’mon reach back… Clocks ticking, Games on the line, Go deep…

For Diana Williams of ABC News…The moment went like this:

“My daughter asked me to ask you, what is the coolest thing about being President?”

Wow hard hitting journalism Diana!  I didn’t go to journalism school but allow me to offer you a tip: Turn on FOX News before the next time you have the Commander in Chief one on one… Jot down the questions we are asking and topics we are debating… But don’t expect to see President Obama answering from a FOX studio... He knows I wouldn’t ask him how “Cool it is to be President” with my time…Nor would any of my colleagues, I assure you.

Then there’s my old Twitter adversary Tommy Christopher. Tommy blogs for Mediaite, A media watch blog... I  love Mediaite… It’s a great media blog… But this week, the little blogger takes the award for dumbest question of the year... At the White House Press Briefing Tommy asked Jay Carney:

“Is there a chance the President would be willing to delay ObamaCare for a year if Republicans would agree to delay heart attacks for a year?” Tommy… Dude... What kind of a jackass comment was that?

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The Five Diagnoses ‘Problem’ with CNN and MSNBC’s Shooting Coverage

Is the media “sensationalizing” the Washington Navy Yard shooting story? That was question that kicked off Wednesday afternoon’s edition of The Five, with Greg Gutfeld leading the charge to argue that the press should spend more time focusing on the victims of Monday’s mass shooting than on the perpetrator. “Isn’t the sad reality,” Gutfeld asked, that the “culture finds the culprit more interesting than the victim?” Beyond that, the show’s hosts singled out some of the media outlets, including rivals CNN and MSNBC, that made the biggest errors in reporting the story.

On the question of sensationalism, Dana Perino remarked that two days later, many of the major newspapers had moved on, with only one featuring gunman Aaron Alexis on the cover Wednesday. But, she said, “the truth is the good guys, the victims, they never get enough attention, ever. That’s reality.”

The group also discussed the issue of mental health care in light of comments Fox’s Charles Krauthammer about how America’s dedication to civil liberties are keeping people like Alexis out of institutions. Perino warned against a slippery slope when it comes to putting people in mental hospitals against their will. “What if they just say, ‘You’re a right-wing nut and we’re putting you in an institution?’” she asked.

Towards the end of the segment, Gutfeld steered the conversation back to the media’s handling of the story. “A lot of red faces over getting a lot of stuff wrong,” he said, pointing first to the New York Daily News cover that falsely claimed Alexis had used an AR-15 assault rifle in his shooting spree.

But it was Eric Bolling who shined the light on the cable news competitors. “Chuck Todd tweeted the wrong name of the shooter,” he said, in reference to Todd’s retweet of the false NBC News report. “Piers Morgan spent a whole lot of time on air saying ‘There’s that darn AR-15.’” Bolling argued instead that the AR-15 “probably saved lives” when officers arrived on the scene and used the gun to take down Alexis.

“Their haste to be first precedes their interest in being right,” Bolling said, “and that’s a problem.”

“Yeah, you’d rather be second or third and right than first and wrong,” Gutfeld agreed.

Of course, as America learned from Jon Stewart last night, CNN may have been the worst media offender on Monday, but Fox News was not immune.

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Heritage’s Obamacare “Crystal Ball”

If you find yourself in New York City’s Times Square this week, look up. That’s where, all month, you’ll see Heritage’s six-story warning about Obamacare.

“Warning: Obamacare may be hazardous to your health,” it reads, placed where 1.5 million people can see it every day.

But more than your health is at risk. Fox News’s Eric Bolling called the billboard a “crystal ball” in this segment of Fox Business Channel’s “Cashin’ In.” That is because the examples of Obamacare’s hazards are piling up: Universal Orlando, Sea World, and Trader Joe’s are just some of the employers cutting hours for part-time workers so they can stay beneath the 30-hour threshold Obamacare imposes for health care coverage.

“What’s it going to take for the folks in D.C. to wake up and realize this warning sign has become a reality: Obamacare is a hazard for all hard-working Americans,” Bolling says. Americans get it: Two new polls over the weekend from NBC News/Wall Street Journal andUSA Today/Pew Research Center show the law is still unpopular with large numbers of Americans.Heritage’s answer is to defund it now. The crystal ball says it could get a lot worse.

Via: Heritage Foundation

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‘Indecision 2013′: The Five’s Bolling Hits Obama’s Syria ‘Flip-Flopping’

Fox’s Eric Bolling opened The Five Wednesday with a blistering attack against President Obama’s“indecision” on a potential U.S. military strike in Syria. Bolling accused the president of “flip-flopping” on the issue and made an aggressive case against intervention.

“Has America lost influence on the world stage due to President Obama’s flip-flopping?” Bolling asked. “This president seems naive and clearly is learning on the job. What would President Reagan do? Or President Bush? While I don’t think we should be going into Syria, this president has been changing his position more than Miley Cyrus at the VMA’s and that is becoming problematic.” He said the U.S. should “back off bombing Syria. We need more proof before we kill more people.”

When he was done with his intro, Bob Beckel accused Bolling of delivering “one of the most biased openings” he’s ever done. He took particular offense to the “flip-flop” accusation, saying, “he said the same thing every time he said it. It’s a red line, when cross it, we’re going to do something. They crossed it, we’ll do something.”

When Beckel pointed out that Reagan put 2,000 marines in Lebanon where 247 died, Bolling said whatever Reagan would do in this case, at least he would be “decisive” about it. But the bigger issue, he said is “I don’t think we should go. I think we should wait.

Andrea Tantaros backed Bolling up, lambasting the president for sitting down for an interview with PBS NewsHour to discuss what she called a “do-nothing missile strike.” She said Syria “makes Iraq look like small potatoes” and said “getting involved is a huge mistake.”

Bolling went on to lay out various reasons that the U.S. should not intervene in Syria, including the idea that some people think “Muslim extremists killing Muslim extremists isn’t necessarily a bad thing for America.”

If it’s merely “Muslim extremists” killing each other, Beckel shot back, “how do you account for children in the hospital?”

Bolling seemed to admit that “women and children are dying” in Syria, but said, “we don’t know who is doing it. We are hearing through reports out of Israel that it’s the Syrian government. We don’t know that for sure.”

Watch video below, via Fox News:

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