"... you're destroying the early primary process. And I think that's bad for the Republican Party." GOP got into bed with Faux Newz so what did they expect?

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COMMENTS:
*  It's high humor that dyed in the wool GOPers whine that the rich will get to pick the candidates. That's their entire model. Now that it's being perfected to weed out those that cannot find a billionaire to snuggle up next to who will buy top 10 name recognition in an early poll, Miz Lindzey want's to whine. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  The GOP grass roots want angry birther, bircher, teabaggers. The money men want Bushistas. Get the popcorn.
*  So the republican party has decided to let a Rupert Murdock (retired) owned company (News corporation) decide who will be nominated for president. News Corporation is owned by a foreign national based in the UK...  so is that a conflict of interest here? I am not defending Graham here, but It shouldn't be faux news that decides who attends the debates, it should be the republican party leaders right? Or do you (the typical GOP member) like letting a foreign media conglomerate dictate to you who you should vote for?  BTW: as an independent voter, I DO NOT think that it is appropriate for faux news to choose the top 10 candidates, but they should be forced to include all the GOP clowns in every debate televised on faux news owned channels.
*  Umm - ya - a Republican politician has no basis for complaining about the power of money in politics.  In reality, they should let the market decide - have a debate between the top 10 candidates with the most money raised.
*  Our system of selecting candidate is just plain stupid.  We are WAY away from the election and we're starting this circus now?  I fear for the long term survival of the Republic.
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Republican presidential candidate unloads on Fox News during Fox News interview
By Colin Campbell, July 10, 2015

Presidential candidate and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is furious about Fox News' rules for the first GOP primary debate. 

In a Fox News interview on Friday, Graham blasted the right-leaning network's "dumb" rules, which will limit the participants to 10 candidates polling the best in an average of the five most recent national polls.

"I think that this is a dumb way to weed out the field," Graham declared.

Many critics say the August 6 debate's rules harm the candidates campaigning in the early voting states and elevate those who have been getting those most national TV exposure or who have run for president before.

With around 17 Republican candidates running, there will be a number of furious White House hopefuls left out of the crucial opportunity to be heard before a major television audience. Graham, who is lagging in national polls, clearly agrees with that assessment. He argued that July 2015 is too early to even pay attention to polls.

"Brad Pitt would be in the debate in August. Anybody with any celebrity would be in the debate," he said. "I don't mind weeding out the field over time."

"It's July for God's sakes!" he added. "So a national poll is a lousy way, in my view, to determine who should be on the stage. And I quite frankly resent it."

Asked if he would like to "name some names," Graham directly said Fox News and the Republican National Committee, which partnered with networks to schedule the primary debates.

Graham further stressed that he wasn't just angry at the rules on his own behalf. He repeatedly said Fox's poll-driven process is "destroying" the opportunity for all of the scrappy, underfunded candidates to win over voters in the small, early primary states. 

"It's not about me," he said. "Under this construct, nobody really cares about coming to Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina any more. It's almost about money. And what you're going to reward, over time, is the people with the most money. And you're destroying the early primary process. And I think that's bad for the Republican Party."

Fox host Bill Hemmer replied: "Wow."

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