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***Debate number 10000000000000 thread (Original Post) demtenjeep Feb 2012 OP
There's another debate? Mz Pip Feb 2012 #1
they will debate the best way to defeat Satan n/t Enrique Feb 2012 #2
None of them have said WHY they want to be president Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #3
They're letting the crowd go crazy. joshcryer Feb 2012 #4
Picture says it all maximusveritas Feb 2012 #5
I love it every time I see it!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #15
What network? Hell, who's left? Thanks. gateley Feb 2012 #6
CNN, it's also streaming on their main site: joshcryer Feb 2012 #10
Romney got it wrong again aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #7
Introductions. sofa king Feb 2012 #8
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judging by the applause, Romney is the darling tonight mainer Feb 2012 #9
Can anyone explain to me why Ron Paul refuses to attack Mitt Romney and has been attacking his Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #11
Maybe this Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #34
icky ricky is getting so big-headed demtenjeep Feb 2012 #12
NOOO!! Not yet. I want this to go on and on and on. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #13
I am sick of icky Ricky's ego demtenjeep Feb 2012 #16
Not bigger than Mittens'! He is horrible! I can't stand this guy and his smug, ugly smirk on his Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #18
I lasted about 5 minutes.. DCBob Feb 2012 #14
Ron Paul is on fire tonight! mainer Feb 2012 #17
he can be funny demtenjeep Feb 2012 #19
And yet he refuses to go after Mittens. I wonder why. He wants something from him! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #20
Check out another article DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #22
I hear they like each other, Mittens and Paul. mainer Feb 2012 #24
Got to be more than just that. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #25
It would take approximately 2,430,274 years to do that many PB of debates. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #21
it just seems like it demtenjeep Feb 2012 #27
Newt looking irrelevant Enrique Feb 2012 #26
Well that went well. No one knows what Santorum said about earmarks. nolabear Feb 2012 #28
god demtenjeep Feb 2012 #30
Is this the Earmark Debate? WTF? n/t K Gardner Feb 2012 #29
WTF with The Olympics? That's four mentions now. nolabear Feb 2012 #31
Damn, Romney is killing Icky Ricky tonight! Santorum is really fucking up tonight. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #32
and here comes Daddy Newt demtenjeep Feb 2012 #35
The ear mark discussion is a mud wrestling event. JoePhilly Feb 2012 #33
Whoa. Rough crowd. THey're stacked pro Romney and against Rick. nolabear Feb 2012 #36
Paul shitting on earmarking. joshcryer Feb 2012 #37
they are all disgusting demtenjeep Feb 2012 #39
Romney buried Santorum on the bailout issue! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #40
Unions are important you fuckers demtenjeep Feb 2012 #41
Romney is lying his fucking ass off on the auto industry bailout!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #42
Romney never addressed the point made by the host questioner aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #57
It is impossible, utterly impossible, for any of these men to be President. joshcryer Feb 2012 #43
Ron Paul getting lots of applause; Santorum ... nothing mainer Feb 2012 #45
Newt has certainly flamed out, n'est-ce pas? nolabear Feb 2012 #46
It's like Newt isn't even there. mainer Feb 2012 #47
Oh, boo-ing at the birth control question!!! mainer Feb 2012 #49
Which is strange because I can't see how any of Romney's answers are good.E Mr.Turnip Feb 2012 #51
here we go demtenjeep Feb 2012 #48
Wow, the audience went nuts over a birth control question. Wow. joshcryer Feb 2012 #50
and newty says Obama killed babies demtenjeep Feb 2012 #53
Wow, Obama voted to legalize infanticide according to Newt! joshcryer Feb 2012 #52
and preacher icky ricky nodding like a dunce demtenjeep Feb 2012 #54
That was a real bad one; hope we hear about it from Dems. elleng Feb 2012 #75
I think my head might explode. nolabear Feb 2012 #55
icky ricky says he wants to talk about things demtenjeep Feb 2012 #56
I could never go to Paul for OB services demtenjeep Feb 2012 #58
Is Ricky for or against contraception? GreatCaesarsGhost Feb 2012 #59
says no one shoudl have sex demtenjeep Feb 2012 #60
Or if people have sex, they should be thinking about other things at the time to reach climax aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #63
The GOP, Preserving the Patriarchy for You and Me. nolabear Feb 2012 #61
do they really hear the shit they spew out of their mouth? demtenjeep Feb 2012 #65
Are they against contraception? Only Ron Paul says "it's just a pill" mainer Feb 2012 #64
Right. elleng Feb 2012 #68
They're all against unmarried pregnancies mainer Feb 2012 #66
paul says the Morning After pill demtenjeep Feb 2012 #67
Whooee, Santorum's taking a whoopin'. You'd think it was *koff* orchestrated. nolabear Feb 2012 #69
The crowd sounds like a bunch of Romney plants aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #72
Actually I think he's winning. Mr.Turnip Feb 2012 #76
Paul's against abstinence programs too mainer Feb 2012 #71
Yes he is consistent. elleng Feb 2012 #73
The crowd is STACKED with Romney supporters. That is so clear!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #74
I don't care what anyone says. Mitt Romney is the most pompous, arrogant asshole on that stage!!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #77

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
3. None of them have said WHY they want to be president
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:13 PM
Feb 2012

only what they hate and what they would change

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
7. Romney got it wrong again
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:16 PM
Feb 2012

when he attributed a line to George Costanza, to the effect that when they're applauding, you stop. It was Jerry Seinfeld's line and it was significantly different than the way Romney quoted it. And this is the umpteenth time Romney has made this mistake in his various appearances.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
8. Introductions.
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:17 PM
Feb 2012

I'm Ron Paul, I defend George Bush's toilet paper.

I'm Rick Santorum. You need to be more afraid.

I'm Mitt Romney and I'm against myself for stealing your jobs and your future.

I'm Newt. I'm evil.

...

Romney: I want to make poor people more poor, and government workers should make more than people who pay taxes, unlike myself.

Santorum: We need to make our children more ignorant. That's the only way they'll swallow this tax cut shit. I represent everyone by raising taxes on nobody, dooming us to insolvency and destruction.

Romney: You want bigger government, unlike me, who was for such a thing before I was against it.

Gingrich: By shutting the government down repeatedly, we balanced the budget, thanks to raising taxes on the rich which not one Republican voted for. Our tapped, raped oil resources will keep gas at $2.50 a gallon, even though it's not cost effective to extract below $3.50.

Paul: Fakes!

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
23. ...
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:26 PM
Feb 2012

Paul demonstrates commitment to his Libertarian ideals by showing up to the debate drunk and high.

Santorum: Only poor people on Social Security stay in Pennsylvania. I'm all into old people and shit.

(Paul waves finger airily.)

Paul: You compare yourself to other members of Congress, who rate below Henry Lee Lucas in popularity. But Lucas killed fewer people.

Romney: As governor, I cut taxes, hated on immigrants, declared war on enemy neighboring states, vetoed the cloning of Hitler by the Catholic Church, but I also ran a sporting event with fixed funding and a known budget.

Gingrich: First of all, I don't believe in class warfare OBAMA DOES! All I want to do is change everything to benefit the rich, which is what a modern society should be. For example, instead of invading Arizona, we should help them, because it's cheaper to drive them into poverty.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
38. ...
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:33 PM
Feb 2012

Santorum: Sure I like earmarks, which I understand is a slang term for men's oiled chests. Without earmarks, many soldiers Marines would still be alive, having not flown the V-22. But now they're dead which means we don't pay benefits which pays for the duct tape on the seat cushions of the VTOL.

Romney: Yes and no and move forward. Did I mention the Olympics?

Santorum: I'd like to see your earmarks.

Romney: We have thousands and thousands of earmarks in Congress.

Gingrich: you lie!

Crowd: boo

Romney/Santorum: We agree with the line-item veto which we deliberately sent to the conservative Supreme Court to kill.

Paul: ha ha I'm too insignificant to be included in this.

Gingrich: Obama liberal democrat olympics successful governor... wait, I'm not Mitt Romney.

Paul: It's all Congress' fault. Did I mention I work there? The solution is to take power away from the President and give more of it to us, since we're so awesome as I just mentioned.



sofa king

(10,857 posts)
44. ...
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:42 PM
Feb 2012

Santorum: On principle, I opposed the Wall Street Bailout, until it worked. I opposed bailing out the auto industry, until it worked. Romney hates cars, but loves Wall Street. That's not consistent. My plan would have damaged more lives.

R: Car guys wanted money. I said no. Put them through a managed bankruptcy, so that firms like my own can liquidate them for cash. I just didn't want to lose all our banks. You (S) voted for all sorts of bailouts, including that one of your own for soliciting sex at the I-95 rest stop. I was right, you know. We wasted lots of money turning the auto industry around, and FUCK CARS AND THE PEOPLE WHO BUILD THEM. Except Canadians.

S: Hey that's not apples to apples.

G: Every nation that ever attacked us and lost started an auto company here and is doing just fine now. Because they treat unions like Jews.

P: That sort of like robbing a bank and endorsing it the robber for getting away with it. Hi Karl! Oh, and defense of liberty, except in womens' uteri.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
62. ...
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:54 PM
Feb 2012

The foul breath of the unwashed rabble passes over the candidates as they boo in favor of birth control.

Gingrich: We need to kill doctors who kill babies, including Ron Paul, who surely beats off. I would also define "attempted conception" as "semen that is ingested in the front seat of a Cadillac."

R: Obama Catholic health care birth control sterilization insurance government. Obama wants only Masai witch doctors appointed to church positions, the better to kill babies.

S: Here's the difference between me and the left. Just because I'm talking about genocide doesn't mean I want a government program to do it. Rush and Bill-O will do that for me.

P: I actually took a class in ethics once. Wrap your mind around this shit: guns don't kill people on birth control, unless the guns shoot birth control pills.

R: Unborn children deserve to live with a mother and a father. That's why I keep wanting inside womens' vaginas.



sofa king

(10,857 posts)
70. ...
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 10:00 PM
Feb 2012

G: I am inevitably moving toward a totalitarian society. Stare into the abyss and know it has less depth than my malevolence.

P: You've all voted for birth control pills... and abortion. You should all kill Planned Parenthood in a murder-suicide pact after this season of Twilight ends.

S: b) I would say that my prom date didn't put out, and that's why I want to control all womens' reproductive habits now.

P: I'm winning!


And the event has been vetoed by my girlfriend in favor of TV shows about fictional sociopaths, instead of real ones. Good night!



 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
11. Can anyone explain to me why Ron Paul refuses to attack Mitt Romney and has been attacking his
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:19 PM
Feb 2012

opponents nonstop since the beginning of this primary.

What does Paul stand to gain from Mittens?

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
13. NOOO!! Not yet. I want this to go on and on and on.
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:20 PM
Feb 2012

Polls showing that Republican voters losing interest as this thing drags out. We need it to go on. Mittens WILL be the nominee; I just want him to bruised!!

mainer

(12,022 posts)
17. Ron Paul is on fire tonight!
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:22 PM
Feb 2012

Sometimes, I even like that grumpy old guy. Especially when he goes after Santorum.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
22. Check out another article
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:25 PM
Feb 2012

Which suspects that Rand Paul is the Veep choice. If so, we need to hit him hard, as rand is worse than his dad.

mainer

(12,022 posts)
24. I hear they like each other, Mittens and Paul.
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:26 PM
Feb 2012

And their wives like each other, too. So they're not going to drive the shiv in too deep with each other. Instead, they'll both drive their shivs into Santorum.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
21. It would take approximately 2,430,274 years to do that many PB of debates.
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:24 PM
Feb 2012

I don't think we'll be around by then.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
57. Romney never addressed the point made by the host questioner
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:51 PM
Feb 2012

as to whether a managed Chapter 11 bankruptcy would have even been possible because no lenders were lending at the time to allow GM to restructure their debt. That cowardly ducking of the issue by Romney alone should lose this debate for him.

joshcryer

(62,269 posts)
43. It is impossible, utterly impossible, for any of these men to be President.
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:42 PM
Feb 2012

There just is no way. All of them coming out against the GM bailout?

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
46. Newt has certainly flamed out, n'est-ce pas?
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:45 PM
Feb 2012

Unfortunately his ego could refloat the Hindenberg, so he's not going anywhere soon.

Mr.Turnip

(645 posts)
51. Which is strange because I can't see how any of Romney's answers are good.E
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:47 PM
Feb 2012

even from a rightwing nutjob Point of view.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
63. Or if people have sex, they should be thinking about other things at the time to reach climax
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:55 PM
Feb 2012

like how to get out of paying taxes or deporting women and children. Those things are what give Santorum pleasure.

mainer

(12,022 posts)
64. Are they against contraception? Only Ron Paul says "it's just a pill"
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:56 PM
Feb 2012

Santorum says the problem is kids born out of wedlock. So ... he's against contraception? What?

elleng

(130,860 posts)
68. Right.
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 10:00 PM
Feb 2012

and no planned parenthood 'funding,' and Paul says No Funding for 'abstinence only' training.
NUTSY here!!!
 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
67. paul says the Morning After pill
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:58 PM
Feb 2012

is just birth control



and Icky Ricky vows to take down Planned Parenthood

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