Republican Presidential Debate on right now

[LLStarks]

On FNC or their website.

I hope your body can take it.

[Turbineguy]

1. Will they

provide crayons and a coloring book?

[sarcasmo]

2. Tax cuts for the rich, and make the poor pay more, debate over.

[emulatorloo]

3. Obama is a socialist, we are trying to preserve medicare by killing it

[NYC Liberal]

4. No Reagan worshipping?

[LLStarks]

5. Libertarians outnumber neoconservatives tonight. Don't expect it. nt

[LLStarks]

6. Pawlenty is an ultra-hawk. nt

[Renew Deal]

7. He is?

I don't buy it.

[handmade34]

8. this is a nightmare

these guys are lunatics!!!! I can't believe what I am hearing...

[Terra Alta]

9. I refuse to watch Faux

besides, Rachel is far more intelligent and attractive than any of those loons anyway.

[brooklynite]

17. Think of it this way...

You'er using their product and not paying for it...

[Old and In the Way]

10. Let us know if anyone says anything intelligent.

That would be newsworthy.

[W_HAMILTON]

11. They're pretty fucking stupid.

A few of them can't even figure out how to raise their damn hands when asked.

The few times I've heard Gary Johnson, he seemed reasonable...then one of the first questions he was asked, he responded by saying we needed to eliminate the federal minimum wage, severely restrict unemployment benefits, do away with corporate income taxes, etc. I guess he's another one of those that wants us to return to pre-Great Depression policies. Soooo, he's full of shit, too.

[Old and In the Way]

27. Well, they are playing to the activist base - the ones who'll vote in priimaries.

In other words, the core stupid. Problem is, the more they pander to gain their vote, the more likely they'll be killing their GE chances when sane people start paying attention to what they've been saying to get the republican vote.

[W_HAMILTON]

45. True.

But I think they'd be almost as fucking stupid regardless :)

[Old and In the Way]

62. I think that's why the front runners are avoiding these "debates"

why compete with crazies this early in the cycle? Better to enter late and hope you can avoid going on the record before the convention. It's going to be the strangest republican primary, ever, IMHO.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

12. Commercials for CSX, Geico, Cymbalta, creditreport.com

[AlabamaLibrul]

16. There's some deeply poetic symbolism in there

between the depression meds and moral bankruptcy of the Republican party.

[nc4bo]

13. Who's the black guy?

Heard him going on with his version of Drill Baby Drill and was through with it.

[Renew Deal]

14. Wallace just asked Santorum a legitimate question

attached to a BS political question.

"Would you be willing to put the country into default to end Obamacare" and ...some other stuff unrelated.

He didn't answer it.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

15. Santorum wants to kill Medicare to keep us free.

[Renew Deal]

18. Ron Paul is all for defaulting

Oh boy. lol

[A-Schwarzenegger]

19. Ron Paul say so what if we default, we've defaulted 3 times already.

[W_HAMILTON]

20. "Your experts are wrong...

...trust me, I was once the CEO of Godfather's pizza."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

21. Herman Cain (Godfather's Pizza) says every poor family should get a prebate.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

22. Pawlenty barges in and says he's not getting any questions.

[W_HAMILTON]

23. I thought it was Gary Johnson? n/t

n/t

[A-Schwarzenegger]

26. I was typing. (How do you tell em apart?)

:)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

24. Pawlenty says something about "preposterous assumptions."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

25. Gov Johnson (NM) reminds me of David Steinberg.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

28. Santorum says immigrants need to learn English because his father wouldn't teach him Italian.

[nolabear]

29. So far it's all RW idealogy and no how-to whatsoever.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. Gov Johnson still looks, sounds & moves just like David Steinberg.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

31. Cain says something, gets zero applause.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

32. Pawlenty says Reagan almost got Qkaddaffi.

[nolabear]

33. Are we playing the Reagan drinking game?

[Wickerman]

34. Stick a fork in Pawlenty

As a Minnesotan let me say that it delights me to no end that he seems ineffective, even in this crowd of nutjobs and GOP bottom feeders.

His last turn at bat he lied about his MN record and convinced no one. No applause. Tepid response now to a rambling, unfocused and low impact statement about Gaddafi.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

35. Santorum beats meekly and loudly around the bush about engaging Pakistan.

[FarLeftFist]

36. This is not at all interesting...

Obama taking down OBL really seems to have put a damper on their enthusiasm. Or are these people just the most uninteresting people on Earth?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

37. Ron Paul says Israel too dependent on USA. Stop all foreign aid.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

38. Johnson says he is a "free market guy."

[nc4bo]

39. Thanks everyone for keeping up - my stomach got pains

and lightheadedness was kicking in.

So to those who are brave enough to watch and report what you see, I salute you :patriot:

[W_HAMILTON]

40. Fuck Gary Johnson.

I was eager to hear his answer to the question about whether he favors tariffs. I figured maybe he would support them, since that was mainly what funded our government prior to the institution of the (corporate) income taxes he wants to do away.

But, nope, he said no tariffs either. How the hell does he expect the government to fund itself?

[FarLeftFist]

41. This is really really uninteresting....

I can't imagine any of these people coming close to debating Obama.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

42. Commercials for BMW, Aleve, Insperity, Kindle, Anti-Obama ad against oil taxes

[A-Schwarzenegger]

43. Ron Paul forgets how long he's married, beats around bush on marriage.

[W_HAMILTON]

44. A surprising cheer for Johnson's support of a woman's right to choose. n/t

n/t

[A-Schwarzenegger]

46. Santorum says he is for strong families, life, liberty, God, America.

[W_HAMILTON]

47. If you knew the anger that boils in my soul...

...when I hear -- or hell, even SEE -- Rick Santorum....

Using the Declaration of Independence to DEFEND the right to discriminate against gay people by preventing them from getting married?

I want to hit something.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

48. zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzz

[FarLeftFist]

49. NEWSFLASH: This is really really INCREDIBLY uninteresting....

And predictable, and boring, and filled with lies and fairytales. I COULD easily outdebate these guys.

[nolabear]

50. Boy, Santorum and Pawlenty are walking their previous statements back so hard

they look like they're moonwalking.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

51. Ron Paul defends heroin, prostitution and other controversial personal habits as matter of liberty.

[musette_sf]

63. Further confirming that R Paul is a dirty old man.

But look at the bright side: once that 12 year old whose father impregnated her is forced to bear the spawn, she'll have a bright and lucrative future in prostitution.

[Name removed]

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[musette_sf]

78. You're willing to make a depraved non sequitur

to rationalize your (now completely overt) support of R Paul?

The idea of forcing US female minor citizens who are themselves crime victims into involuntary servitude, and supporting their further sexual exploitation, is related to the idea of egregious brutality by law enforcement HOW??

The very fact that you've just asserted that you'd support a person who desires the disenfranchisement of US females from their human, civil, and Constitutional rights, and who thinks that the women thusly forced into second class citizenship should have the "freedom" to allow themselves to be exploited for a short, nasty and brutal "career" that is, for the vast majority, the absolute last resort of poverty-stricken women, speaks volumes.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

52. Chris wallace: "I never thought heroin would get applause here in South Carolina."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

53. Johnson for legalizing pot.

[Autumn]

54. Meeting of the mindless. Wouldn't watch if they paid

me to watch it. Flies fucking would be more interesting.

[nolabear]

58. Oh I don't know, it's kind of entertaining.

They could use stylists, though. And better choreography. And Steven Tyler and JLo.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

55. Cain: US will elect person who "projects the greatest amount of leadership strength."

[MellowDem]

56. Some pretty progressive candidates...

at least when it comes to drug legalization. Hell, two want to legalize marijuana.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

57. Ron Paul: People vote from their bellies.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

59. Pawlenty: Polls are wrong.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

60. Santorum: brags about beating Dems, leaves out last election.

[nolabear]

61. Hey, Santorum...Osama.bin.Laden. BOO-YA!!!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

64. Commercials for Trojans, Jim Beam, Las Vegas, Victoria's Secret

[nolabear]

66. Yep, they know their audience all right.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

75. I made that up out of boredom.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

65. Pawlenty: "I love the Huck."

[nolabear]

68. He wouldn;t like him when he's angry.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

67. Ron Paul on Bachmann: "I don't feel threatened."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

69. Santorum on Gingrich: "All of us make mistakes."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

70. Paul: "Economy is a philosophical problem. Bring troops home."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

71. Cain: "More leadership, less position-shift(?)."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

72. Pawlenty: "Restore common sense."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

73. Johnson: "I am not David Steinberg."

[W_HAMILTON]

74. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT A BUSINESS.

Man, Gay Johnson has been super disappointing to me. The government is not a business, it does not exist for the same reasons as a business, and it should not be run like a business.

How do you value someone's life in a cost-benefit analysis?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

76. Faux Focus Group: Cain wins, Repub voters jabbering with enthusiasm.

Godfather's Pizza!