Fox Business Network To Debaters: We Won’t Show An Empty Podium

Donald Trump, second from left, makes a point as Ben Carson, left, Ted Cruz, second from right, and Jeb Bush look on during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2... Donald Trump, second from left, makes a point as Ben Carson, left, Ted Cruz, second from right, and Jeb Bush look on during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) MORE LESS
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The Fox Business Network told Republican presidential candidates that it wouldn’t show an empty podium at its next GOP debate as long as they followed the rules in a memo obtained Tuesday by Politico.

ABC News showed an empty podium at its Democratic debate last month after presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took too long to get to her post following a commercial break.

Fox Business told candidates in the memo that it would not show an empty podium, but expects “the candidates to consider and follow Fox’s guidance when leaving and returning to their podiums during commercial breaks,” Politico reported.

The memo noted that bathrooms will be located backstage. The debate, scheduled for Jan. 14, won’t have opening statements and 30-second closing statements, according to the report.

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  1. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    All the men will be fitted with a leg bag for their urine. Ms. Fiorina will be given an aspirin.

  2. Instead, they’ll show podiums filled with empty suits.

  3. Whatever…so long as Christie takes his shit before the beginning of the debate, they all should be fine. He has a tendency to hold up the line to the stall. They’re all a bunch of constipated assholes anyway…and Fiorina looks like she never eats, so I’m pretty sure she has no reason to urgently use the bathroom…ever. Either that or she’s a robot, which would explain a lot.

  4. Just empty suits…

  5. Damn you!!! Beat me to it…haha…have we really become this predictable?

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