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***** GOP DEBATES live blog part II ***** (Original Post) L. Coyote Jan 2016 OP
Trump: "We don't need a weak president like Jeb". Gregorian Jan 2016 #1
Well this has been an extremely bizarre experience so far... nt ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #2
Abolish the IRS.. Really? Never happen. #GOPDebate L. Coyote Jan 2016 #3
Instead of addressing bridge/infrastructure question, elleng Jan 2016 #4
FFS BlueSpot Jan 2016 #5
YES!!! elleng Jan 2016 #7
LOL! nolabear Jan 2016 #8
Another meme on twitter: L. Coyote Jan 2016 #6
A substantive debate? I'll grant they're not screaming "Kill! Kill!" right now but... nolabear Jan 2016 #9
You must have missed it! elleng Jan 2016 #11
"Evil government" online might get you scrutiny, or you can be a candidate for President. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #10
This is the best place to follow the debate Onlooker Jan 2016 #12
watch it here if you can stomach it yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #17
Three minutes of Jeb...complaining that Neil hadn't called on him much so he just libdem4life Jan 2016 #42
Ypu know what the most frightening thing is about tonights clown show? napi21 Jan 2016 #13
They are taking lies and their own made up ideas and attempting to argue which... ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #20
It's not just the candidates lying this time. Cavuto and Bartiromo are beyond belief. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2016 #30
Agree with you 100%. narnian60 Jan 2016 #43
SHIT! Rubio said something rational. bullwinkle428 Jan 2016 #14
Christie : "FUCK YES I'll push Grandma off the cliff in her wheelchair!" bullwinkle428 Jan 2016 #15
OH FFS, Rubio's scary! elleng Jan 2016 #16
I wonder if yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #19
Are they going into overtime? nolabear Jan 2016 #18
Hypothetical, Trump might become president. "Donald you are so super rich ..." Softball. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #21
Seriously Effed Up. libdem4life Jan 2016 #44
Hey Chris. Friend or Foe Jan 2016 #22
He lost the libertarian vote rufus dog Jan 2016 #25
Christie has a typical cop mentality... MindPilot Jan 2016 #32
"Dope smoking black president" - yeah, we get your dog whistle, Christie. bullwinkle428 Jan 2016 #23
What were those protesters saying? joshcryer Jan 2016 #24
"We Want Rand" DesertRat Jan 2016 #33
Bailing. narnian60 Jan 2016 #26
What was that chanting........eom a kennedy Jan 2016 #27
I think "We Want Rand" DesertRat Jan 2016 #31
What was that chanting? bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #28
We want Rand. We want Rand. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #35
Christie, "This President allows lawlessness across this country." Empty hate rhetoric. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #29
Jin up the fear!!! yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #34
Republicans are afraid of their own shadows. MindPilot Jan 2016 #38
They say they are ready to kick ass and take names yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #46
Cruz seems to be getting a helluva lot of airtime. JudyM Jan 2016 #36
Oh good, rubio vs cruz! elleng Jan 2016 #37
Rubio just mopped the floor with Cruz. Calls him a Bernie buddy too. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #39
Ouch that hurt! bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #41
Which half, Ted? DesertRat Jan 2016 #45
Rubio just destroyed Cruz. earthside Jan 2016 #40
Wee Marco does know how to stick the knife in. bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #48
Yes he does, elleng Jan 2016 #52
Has been hilarious. joshcryer Jan 2016 #53
Is it over yet? I'm not watching. Beaverhausen Jan 2016 #47
Concluding statements starting. Just desserts after the food fight. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #50
Shortly. Closing statements now. elleng Jan 2016 #51
They really milk this for a lot of propaganda time. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #49
Krispy just slammed "special interests" - yeah, like he doesn't play the special interests game. JudyM Jan 2016 #54
Now that fucker Cruz is flogging that new Benghazi movie. bullwinkle428 Jan 2016 #55
Cruz: Benghazi movie opens in 13 hours. LOL L. Coyote Jan 2016 #56
Maybe he's getting paid to mention it. bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #57
He's probably in the movie! L. Coyote Jan 2016 #60
LOTS OF SELF CHEST BEATING yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #58
I know, I know, I know!! narnian60 Jan 2016 #65
How many times did they mention their Republican buddies seizing a federal facility? L. Coyote Jan 2016 #59
My take away from this debate ... earthside Jan 2016 #61
Yes he is MEAN, elleng Jan 2016 #62
This is the longest I've ever watched Rubio -- he's scary. earthside Jan 2016 #63
Kasich works very hard at looking reasonable. It's what he does Maeve Jan 2016 #64
despite all that he has a snow ball's chance in hell yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #66
In other words (and a meme): L. Coyote Jan 2016 #67
Fact checking the 6th Republican debate L. Coyote Jan 2016 #68

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
3. Abolish the IRS.. Really? Never happen. #GOPDebate
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 11:47 PM
Jan 2016

Carpe Diem ‏@PattonDivision 4 minutes ago
Abolish the IRS.. Really? Never happen. #GOPDebate

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
10. "Evil government" online might get you scrutiny, or you can be a candidate for President.
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 11:52 PM
Jan 2016

Wow, these Republicans are so anti-American. Cheering "evil government." Hate, hate, hate.[center]





 

Onlooker

(5,636 posts)
12. This is the best place to follow the debate
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 11:53 PM
Jan 2016

For those like me who just don't have the capacity to watch those scumbags, threads like this are just great for getting a fair and balanced overview of what's happening. Thanks to those tough souls able to actually watch.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
42. Three minutes of Jeb...complaining that Neil hadn't called on him much so he just
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:16 AM
Jan 2016

spouted off a bunch of run on sentences...enough for me.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
13. Ypu know what the most frightening thing is about tonights clown show?
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 11:54 PM
Jan 2016

There are voters out there in TV land who believe what they're hearing! I've heard more lies tonight than I've heard for a very long time. I don't know if the candidates are just stupid, or if they're saying things they think the voters want to hear. The whole thing makes me sick!

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
20. They are taking lies and their own made up ideas and attempting to argue which...
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:00 AM
Jan 2016

...set of lies and made up ideas are the best lies and made up ideas we need to run this country.

Friend or Foe

(195 posts)
22. Hey Chris.
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:03 AM
Jan 2016

Funny thing. Our constitution gives the benefit of the reasonable doubt to the criminal too. Funny that a prosecutor doesn't know that!

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
32. Christie has a typical cop mentality...
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:09 AM
Jan 2016

Everybody is a criminal until proven otherwise.

authoritarians frighten me.

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
38. Republicans are afraid of their own shadows.
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:12 AM
Jan 2016

And they sure seem to like absolutes. Everything is black & white; no nuance.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
46. They say they are ready to kick ass and take names
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:19 AM
Jan 2016

but they are just chicken hawks, who will send tv duck hunters AND militia to the boarders to pick off "TERRAISTS!"

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
39. Rubio just mopped the floor with Cruz. Calls him a Bernie buddy too.
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:12 AM
Jan 2016

"No fewer than eleven attacks there ... half false." Cruz

earthside

(6,960 posts)
40. Rubio just destroyed Cruz.
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:14 AM
Jan 2016

This Repuglican debate is a bloodbath.

I'd say only Trump and Kasich look a little less bloodied (Bush, Christie, Carson are collateral damage).

This is the first one of these Repuglican debates I have watched ... 'clown car' is way too kind ... 'demolition car' is more accurate.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
49. They really milk this for a lot of propaganda time.
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:19 AM
Jan 2016




SemperSaint ‏@sempersaint 2 minutes ago
Why are they showing #GOPDebate reruns? I've seen this episode multiple times.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
58. LOTS OF SELF CHEST BEATING
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:28 AM
Jan 2016

Howling and puffing up their chests... These people are so insane and its amazing
they even have a following. Just insane.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
61. My take away from this debate ...
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:31 AM
Jan 2016

Trump won.

Marco Rubio really is one of the meanest, most bitter, uncharitable, extreme politicians I've seen on the national stage.
Trump is a lot of bombast, but I don't think he is as deep down hateful as Rubio.

Cruz got in some good punches, but he also took a lot of damaging incoming.

Kaisich looked the most reasonable ... but that is not saying much.

Bush, Carson, Christie ... who cares?

What awful bunch of people.

Democrats need to nominate Sanders because he will beat any one of this bunch and progressives will have the most progressive President since FDR, or ever! This is our chance -- we need to seize the day!

earthside

(6,960 posts)
63. This is the longest I've ever watched Rubio -- he's scary.
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:40 AM
Jan 2016

He comes across like a punk adolescent who tortures cats because he thinks it is god's will.

I think I have moved him to the top of my list of the most awful, rotten Repuglican presidential candidates.

Maeve

(42,271 posts)
64. Kasich works very hard at looking reasonable. It's what he does
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:42 AM
Jan 2016

Governing reasonably....not so much.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
66. despite all that he has a snow ball's chance in hell
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 12:53 AM
Jan 2016

of getting the nomination. Frankly, the GOP will probably fold their cards, and go with Trump, they have no one who will come out over the top, but Trump. Even if Trump were to pull out at the last second, there would be no one they would want to put up...that has any stamina at all.

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