Megyn Kelly And Donald Trump Had A "Peace Summit"

... and Jimmy Kimmel makes it hilarious:

"#NeverTrump" Becoming "#EventuallyTrump"

Paul Waldman argues what many of us assumed would be the case all along:   that Republican media and political grifters leaders would, as Republicans always do, fall in line behind the likely nominee.  Unfortunately for them, that would be neo- fascist fartbag Donald "Rump" Trump.

It's started with someone you wouldn't necessarily have thought would be able to swallow Rump:

Fox News and Donald Trump are reaching a detente at last; yesterday Megyn Kelly went to Trump Tower for an hour-long meeting she described as allowing “a chance to clear the air,” after which Trump went to the Fox offices to have lunch with network chief Roger Ailes. This comes after Kelly had the temerity to ask Trump about sexist remarks he had made in the past, which led him to unleash a months-long campaign of insults at her (The Donald doesn’t like to be challenged, especially by a woman).

The time had obviously come for Kelly to make nice, and more importantly, Fox needed to smooth over any conflict with Trump, given that he’s likely to be the Republican nominee for president soon.

Who else do we have waving the white flag?  Why none other than "Bush's brain" (hahahaha), American Crossroads' Karl "Turdblossom" Rove:

... Politico reports today that while Rove has been criticizing Trump in public, behind the scenes he and American Crossroads, the super PAC he helped found, are telling donors that Trump can beat Hillary Clinton, so everyone needs to be prepared to get behind him. Now why might that be?

If your guess as to why Turdblossom might be willing to eventually tolerate the Rump involves the phrase "grifting the rubes," you are a winner!

... If Trump is the nominee and American Crossroads said, “Forget about this election — we won’t support Trump,” where would that leave them? On the sidelines, with no role to play (at least in the presidential race), no contributions coming in, no salaries for their staff, no commissions for their consultants, and no influence. When there’s a presidential election going on, the last thing political players like them want is to be left out of the game.

That's why Waldman, correctly in our view, thinks the usual suspects will return to the fold because, darn it, there are sheep to be shorn and money to be made!  And if mercenary considerations weren't enough, a deep, abiding hatred of the "Democrat" Party (magnified a hundredfold by the Clintons and Obama) will keep them from staying on the sidelines for long.

That's why in the weeks and months ahead of the July convention, you'll see more of these unprincipled professional grifters like Rove lining up behind Rump:

Rove defects from #NeverTrump to #EventuallyTrump https://t.co/Fz5zgGSncA

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 14, 2016

Tweets Of The Day - Trump, Fox, And The Republican Party

Neo- fascist Republican bag o' farts Donald "Rump" Trump, a person who would presume to present a tough face to the world as President, has come down with a case of the willies, brought on by the prospect of dealing with Fox "News'" moderator Megyn Kelly in Thursday's Republican "debate," and by a Fox "News" statement questioning his, um balls.

Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski confirmed to the Washington Post on Tuesday that the GOP front-runner is "definitely not participating in the Fox News debate."   [snip]

Earlier in the day, Trump had teased that he "most likely" would not participate in Thursday's main debate, stemming from his ongoing feud with Kelly.

Jeet Heer captures the essence of the Rump/ Fox standoff:

Thing is, Roger Ailes (Fox) versus Trump is Lex Luthor  versus Joker situation. Opponents but on same moral plane.

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) January 27, 2016

He also encapsulates the seminal problem:

If you have party where creationism & climate denial are normal, then you don't have critical immune system to resist frauds like Trump

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) January 27, 2016

Will Fox cave and dump Kelly?  Don't bet against Rump;  they haven't found a vaccine for him yet.

Headline Of The Day

Megyn Kelly Asks Duggar Girls: Show Us On The Doll Where The Liberal Media Touched You

-- Wonkette's headline and story on the follow-up "interview" of two diddled Duggar daughters by Fox "News" spokesmodel and fellow poor, persecuted "Christian" Megyn Kelly.  An analysis of Kelly's earlier interview of Ma and Pa Diddler Duggar is here.

Freudian Slip Of The Day - Fox "News" Edition

“Joining me now, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who’s the host of Fuckabee — Huckabee!” -  Cunning linguist Fox model Megyn Kelly, introducing the man who will henceforth have a new nickname on this blog, on her "The Kelly File" show last night.   Bwahahahaha.

War on Christmas, The Santa Skirmish, Cont.

As we noted a few days ago, if it's Christmas, Fox "News" is inventing a war on same.  This year, Megyn Kelly was among the first to step in it (and by "it" we mean the stuff on the floor in the manger).  After a nopology in which she asserted she was just kidding about Santa Claus being white (But Jesus definitely was!  It's a fact, Jack!), Jon Stewart had this in reply, after the ad:

War On Christmas, The Santa Skirmish

The Fux Channel's expert on Santa Claus, Megyn Kelly, recently argued that, historically speaking, Santa Claus is decidedly white (so let's have no more black Santas taking the Christmas wishes of black kids, shall we!)  While we'd think that they'd have more important things to talk about on Fux, it does fit in with their War on Christmas canard.  So yes, Megyn, the modern version of Santa is white as snow, but the historical character he's modeled after was St. Nicholas of Myra from what is now a province of Turkey, so he was less Nordic and more Middle Eastern in appearance (see 13th century depiction above).

Kelly's whole racially-skewed comments drew the satire of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, to wit:

Megyn Kelly: For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white.
Stephen Colbert: Yes. Thank you. For all those kids watching Fox News at 9:40 at night, Santa is white. Besides, a black Santa is a terrible idea. If a home owner in Florida sees a black man coming down their chimney, he is going to get shot. 'Officer, I was only defending my milk and cookies!'" ---The Colbert Report

Jon Stewart:  Santa is just white? Who are you actually talking to? Children who are sophisticated enough to be watching a news channel at 10 o'clock at night, yet innocent enough to still believe Santa Claus is real, yet racist enough to be freaked out if he isn’t white. ---The Daily Show

Can't top that.

UPDATE:  Last night, Kelly claimed it was all an attempt at humor! Hee-haw!  Riiiiight!