According to a review done by Semafor of ad rates for the second Republican debate, technically the second of the first loser debates, Fox News has massively discounted the price for a 30 second advertisement to run during the broadcast.
[…] Advertisers paid a premium for airtime during the first Republican presidential debate on Fox News, but it looks like they’ll be getting a major discount during round two on Wednesday night.
Semafor reviewed the rates the network shared with one prospective ad buyer for both the first and second GOP primary debates. For the first debate, the cost of a single 30-second spot topped $495,000.
But the same 30-second spot during Wednesday night’s contest would cost just over $200,000.
Another ad buyer did not share the rates for ads running during the first debate, but confirmed that Fox was charging $225,000 for 30-second ads during the broadcast immediately after the event, and $125,000 for 30-second spots during the broadcast before it. (link)
At this point in the contest, the Republican candidates who are not supporting Donald Trump are simply showcasing their own selfish connections to the business end of U.S. politics. It really is that simple. These are not patriots who care about our country. These are self-interested representatives of multinational corporations and business interests who are paying for them to oppose Donald Trump.
I saw the following brutal honesty shared via The Twitter which deserves some attention.
“Whenever you hear someone self-describe as a “principled conservative” to differentiate themselves from MAGA, Trump supporters, populists, and common-sense newcomers to the GOP, and urge for a return to the “golden years,” you can confidently laugh it off as blissful ignorance.
For decades, these so-called “principled conservatives” have overseen and actively participated in policymaking that has degraded the family unit, delivered losses on abortion, brought you a 10-yearlong “assault weapons ban,” and ceded greater authority over and involvement of the federal government in education.
Not satisfied with the piecemeal destruction of society that they now bitch about for clicks, these “principled conservatives” carry their feigned outrage and ideological purity to the economic realm, blindly devoting themselves to protecting the interests of global corporate giants while sacrificing American workers at the altar of “free markets.”
When faced with the consequences of their neoliberalism—the displaced workers and their families, once-great American small towns and cities in shambles, the industrial core of the country gutted, and all the social ills that emanate from these realities—the response from these upstanding moralists is to hawkishly scrutinize every dollar that could possibly go toward alleviating some of the pain and suffering they caused.
In other words, “f**k off! you aren’t my concern.”
The false devotion to “fiscal conservatism” wouldn’t be so offensive if it wasn’t so easily discarded when constructing a national security apparatus that violates your constitutional rights, launching failed trillion-dollar regime change wars, providing foreign aid to corrupt oligarchs and regimes in quid pro quo deals, and subsidizing the social welfare expenses of other countries.” ~ JoMa
That’s a whole bunch of truth.
It’s the exact same thing we have been talking about on these pages since the 2012 fallacy of false choices.
1. Again, not all have a ‘choice’ but to run for office.
A lot are compromised.
2. FOX is bleeding money and losing revenue.
Panic!
Trump said he would destroy/break them.
Promises made, promises kept!
Very true. Some of these people are very compromised, and are being told by their handlers that they run or else the blackmail gets released.
Asa H comes to mind as the most obvious; he has to know there is no support for him, but it doesn’t matter: “We’ve paid for your rise to power, and now you owe us–or else.”
I believe Haley, Christie, and Pence are suffering from the same syndrome. God only knows what they had to do to be “selected.”
It will all be revealed–it always is.
“I believe we have a compromised president.”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110895495807740380
More pretending–Dana pretends she is smart but acts like a teenager. The 7 dwarfs pretend they are an actual candidate. They are in it to bank some money and that’s all. Their political careers are over.
This is really funny –
My fave was Christie and The Golden Corrall 🙂
Mike Pence – Mother’s closet!
Or as we refer to it as The Golden Trough. Reee reee reee.
Yes! I saw that 10 minutes ago!! 🤣
Ah, harkens one back to the days of, “Compassionate Conservative”.
And: “Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations”?
McVi
“moderate conservative vote independent”
I will be 85 in Nov 2024. I never regretted my first vote…JFK in 1960…and I refuse to regret what might be my last (2024).
I was shamed into voting for Bush in 1988 (“a vote for Perot us a wasted vote”) and I won’t be voting for a McCain, Romney, Bush II or Jeb or Nimrata or Tim or Ron or any other cardboard cutout for the Establushment that sold us out repeatedly.
If Trump is the nominee, I will gleefully vote for him. If he is not, I will write in his name.
Correction. Can’t edit. Fooled into voting for Bush1 in 88 and shamed into voting for him in 92. Sorry
Well, youngster, I will be 89 and voting for Trump for the third time.
Problem with Perot was he stopped campaigning and supported Clinton, and only got back in the campaign when he didn’t get the reaction he wanted.
This is the hardest part for humans to understand: your whole life has been an illusion of choices.
We haven’t had the opportunity to really thrive as a collective species. All because the few want to control the masses.
I didn’t graduate from Highschool but own my own construction company, I am Much Smarter than Tim Scott, please tell how he got elected Senator? Probably took advantage of Affirmative Action since he was 2 years old .
Scott was in the US House. He was endorsed by the Club for Growth. Think he also had support from the Bush backers.
Nikki Haley appointed Scott to the Senate to fill a vacancy.
Affirmative Action! Is Tim Scott’s middle name!
I didn’t graduate from Highschool but own my own construction company, I am Much Smarter than Tim Scott, please tell how he got elected Senator? Probably took advantage of Afiermative XANON since he was 2 years old !
Just got banned for writing Afermative XANON! What’s going on with this site in response to Tim Scott!
Doesn’t appear you’ve been banned.
Just sayin
All this debate has turned out to be is again, Bash Trump and they should be talking about Biden and his corrupt son, but no all about Trump
I would like to say to the voters in IOWA shame on you if its Ron Desantis that you want because he is nothing but a turd
Click debate. As in click the off switch.
I accidentaly opened this clip someone posted of the last 4 minutes of the get Trump debates. Pretending does not even describe what we are witnessing anymore.
watch
https://streamable.com/6nxwbc
‘The state is throwing the top opposition candidate in jail, dissolving his businesses, raiding his home, and these ‘Republicans’ are on stage arguing about curtains and practicing fake smiles ‘
Absolute trainwreck
The b team debate. With chris christie being large enough to be candidates 5-6 and 7.
Krispy can’t be voted off the island, he IS the island.
I remember when I be was new to politics In summer of 2015. I was learning Twitter at the time and listening to the online chatter rivalry between the MAGA and CRUZ-CREW.
I thought it very strange how the Cruz Conservatives would measure your level of conservatism lol. They would brag with how pure their conservatism is… so strange.
“It really is that simple. These are not patriots who care about our country. These are self-interested representatives of multinational corporations and business interests who are paying for them to oppose Donald Trump.”
“At this point in the contest, the Republican candidates who are not supporting Donald Trump … are self-interested representatives of multinational … business interests who are paying for them to oppose Donald Trump.”
‘Whenever you hear someone … differentiate themselves from MAGA, Trump supporters, populists, and … newcomers to the GOP … you can confidently laugh it off as blissful ignorance.
For decades, these so-called … conservatives have … actively participated in policymaking that has degraded the family unit, delivered losses on abortion … and involvement of the federal government in education.
Not satisfied with the piecemeal destruction of society that they now bitch about for clicks, these … conservatives … carry their feigned outrage … blindly devoting themselves to protecting the interests of global corporate giants while sacrificing American workers … When faced with the consequences of their neoliberalism—the displaced workers and their families, once-great American small towns and cities in shambles, the industrial core of the country gutted, and all the social ills that emanate from these realities—the response from these upstanding moralists is to hawkishly scrutinize every dollar that could possibly go toward alleviating some of the pain and suffering they caused. The false devotion … wouldn’t be so offensive if it wasn’t so easily discarded when … launching failed trillion-dollar regime change wars, providing foreign aid to corrupt oligarchs and regimes in quid pro quo deals, and subsidizing the social welfare expenses of other countries. – JoMa’
“Crooked Joe took part in shutting down 60,000 factories. At first I thought, that must be a typo, maybe it’s 600.
But NO, it’s 60,000 factories closed because of crooked Joe and Politicians like him.”
~ President Donald J. Trump addressing Union Workers on September 27, 2023
Centrist Gavin has a splinter from the picket fence up his a$$
https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1707362382610104519?s=20
Did someone actually watch this? Why would you tune in to losers when the winner is playing somewhere else? Its like the Superbowl is on and you tune in to a soccor game with those losing women that hate America.
Besides…who they hell really likes soccer? And before you beat me up….its a metaphor!!!
All of the candidates that are still debating against Trump are dead to me. I would not vote for any of them for any office.
They have shown their true allegiance, and their constituents are not their priority once elections are over.
Some are ok people, Tim Scott, but wear are the Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump dynamics, leadership, statesmansip, or the Marget Thatcher?
To be fair Fox did give “democracy”, very prominent product placement on prime-time TV. It wasn’t shunted off to side or anything.
I wonder how much the parent companies had to pay though…
In all seriouss though, on the subject of small donations. Is the target demographic for that actual, clinical retards?
Because that’s what you’d need to be to give those “democratically selected”, corpratist & mamon worshipping candidates, a single penny of your own money.