GOP does t the inevitable, as tantrum worsens.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/16/20052566-republicans-vote-to-bar-cnn-nbc-news-from-partnering-in-16-debates?lite

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/16/20052566-republicans-vote-to-bar-cnn-nbc-news-from-partnering-in-16-debates?lite

Wow

I fail to see how they think this is going to help them.

[Pergamos]

Well, likely GOP primary voters are more likely to watch Fox News.  And with those who are not already commited to voting for them not watching the primary it will make it easier for them to flip moderate once they have the nomination without it being quite as clear that it is a complete sham.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I guess they missed the memo about exposure. Anyone with even the most fundamental grasp of advertising theory knows that visibility is the most significant factor in promotion.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Well, likely GOP primary voters are more likely to watch Fox News.  And with those who are not already commited to voting for them not watching the primary it will make it easier for them to flip moderate once they have the nomination without it being quite as clear that it is a complete sham.

That's assuming that people don't pay attention to the crap they say on Fox News to see what they're up to.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

I have no problem with this, and in fact I support this one hundred percent.

Just imagine -- a pool of Republicans distilled to deepest shade of crazy by a Fox News Only political process informed specifically and exclusively by the most uninformed political base in the country (and possibly on the planet). That's going to be hilarious enough.

But then at the end of the process, these philosophically inbred goons are going to come strolling out onto the national stage, pushing whatever mind-bending monstrosity of a candidate they have built for themselves in the shadows of the Ultra Right Wing Media, hootin' and hollerin' like they're at a combination Billy Ray Cyrus concert/monster truck extravaganza.

What could possibly be better? I can't really think of anything at all.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I have no problem with this, and in fact I support this one hundred percent.

Just imagine -- a pool of Republicans distilled to deepest shade of crazy by a Fox News Only political process informed specifically and exclusively by the most uninformed political base in the country (and possibly on the planet). That's going to be hilarious enough.

But then at the end of the process, these philosophically inbred goons are going to come strolling out onto the national stage, pushing whatever mind-bending monstrosity of a candidate they have built for themselves in the shadows of the Ultra Right Wing Media, hootin' and hollerin' like they're at a combination Billy Ray Cyrus concert/monster truck extravaganza.

What could possibly be better? I can't really think of anything at all.

I'd love to see that, but I'm guessing they hope for the reverse. Lett all the crazy out on Fox News, cut it down to the least absurd and then give that a go on the National Stage. The GOP always gets hurt but stupid people saying stupid things... even the guys that never make it to the finals provide so many sound bites of madness that the whole party ends up trying to fight off what Nimrod P Crackhead said during the debates.

Either way, its gonna be fun to watch 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I have no problem with this, and in fact I support this one hundred percent.

Just imagine -- a pool of Republicans distilled to deepest shade of crazy by a Fox News Only political process informed specifically and exclusively by the most uninformed political base in the country (and possibly on the planet). That's going to be hilarious enough.

But then at the end of the process, these philosophically inbred goons are going to come strolling out onto the national stage, pushing whatever mind-bending monstrosity of a candidate they have built for themselves in the shadows of the Ultra Right Wing Media, hootin' and hollerin' like they're at a combination Billy Ray Cyrus concert/monster truck extravaganza.

What could possibly be better? I can't really think of anything at all.

I'd love to see that, but I'm guessing they hope for the reverse. Lett all the crazy out on Fox News, cut it down to the least absurd and then give that a go on the National Stage. The GOP always gets hurt but stupid people saying stupid things... even the guys that never make it to the finals provide so many sound bites of madness that the whole party ends up trying to fight off what Nimrod P Crackhead said during the debates.

Either way, its gonna be fun to watch 

That's the best part, like I said earlier. It assumes we're still not going to watch.