UNOFFICIAL CNBC (later on MSNBC) GOP "Debate" (Ha!) Thread

[johnfunk]

Grampa Fred gets teh first question -- are we headed for a recession? No, uh, 22 straight quar, uhm, tres, of, uh, mmm, yeah, period, of growth, um, continue the policies.

[johnfunk]

1. Mitt: Pres should leave door OPEN for auto indu$try, blah, blah

Phony phony phony.

"Granholm, she'd tax this debate." Lemmings cheer.

[Cameron27]

2. CNBC

[johnfunk]

3. Fixed. My bad.

[johnfunk]

4. Oh, looky. Rudy LOVES free markets...

"Sky's the limit blah blah, president is not a forecaster, baseball, fundamentals, keep taxes low, keep regulations moderate, keep spending low, reform the law system, frivolous lawsuits. Democrats are evil." Same old crap, but no 9/11!

[johnfunk]

6. Ron Paul: Middle Class knows there's a recession

Hedge funds, monetary system, living beyond our means to fund an extravagant foreign policy, it debases the currency. Military-industrial complex makes money, though.

Sounds almost like Kucinich and Edwards on the issue.

[Catchawave]

5. Is it me, or does it sound like these questions

were given to them already so they'd have a nice soundbite response ready?
Freddy sounded way too rehearsed.

[johnfunk]

8. They are "sound-bite freindy"

And Ol' Fred sounded old, old, old.

[sabra]

7. lol - Ron Paul is asked the 4th question before McCain...

[johnfunk]

9. Huckleberry favors the regressive Value added Tax

"FAIR Tax" my rosy ass. Rush's rosy pilodinal cyst for that matter.

[johnfunk]

10. Grampa Fred hearts free trade, Tancredo hates Commie China

Real he-men

[Blackhatjack]

11. Fred Thompson touts 'free trade' because it has been so good for our country... LOL

[johnfunk]

12. Brownback sounds like a moron on taxes

Says taxes are controlling our lives. Wants to reform the tax code. Against higher taxes.

Hey, Bareback, how about closing tax loopholes? (crickets)

[Blackhatjack]

14. Well Tancredo is showing he can top him!

[johnfunk]

15. Brownback wants to piratize Social Security

Figgers

[Catchawave]

13. Wonder if Rudy's cell phone will ring ?

Where are the hard questions?

[annabanana]

16. Giuliani lies faster than any other candidate...

[annabanana]

17. Those numbers are all craptastic

[johnfunk]

19. But Mitt lies a lot more smoothly

Goes down smooth like Jonestown Kool-Aid

[johnfunk]

18. Willard Mitt hides behind "Hair Club for Growth" to claim he did not raise Mass taxes

When he did.

[BelgianMadCow]

20. MSNBC is streaming it live - LINK

click watch live on this page :
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21207382/

[Blackhatjack]

21. Thompson loves the new jobs(at Starbucks!) created by the free market economy

[sabra]

22. are you a "bush republican" ? - I like it !

[Blackhatjack]

23. Did you notice not one Repub will let the name ' Bush' pass his lips?

They know that using 'Bush' in an answer is pure poison.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

24. Was that actually asked?

That's a phrase coined by our own DUer yardwork!



It started in this thread in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3003824&mesg_id=3004008

[Blackhatjack]

25. Uncle Fred says the Iraqi insurgents are 'out to destroy Western Civilization...'

[sabra]

26. lol - Rudy 9/11 and um 9/11

[AlCzervik]

27. i'm up to ass in work but can you cliff note me on Fred and how bad he is or isn't doing?

are the other candidates ignoring him to try an marginalize him or are they attacking him? Please and thank you.

[johnfunk]

29. Grampa Fred was dull, uninspiring, craptacular

No chance.

[BelgianMadCow]

28. There was one that advocated strongly against Kyl-Lieberman

he actually made a lot of sense to me. I don't know who it is - it was the one on the left.
On edit : Ron Paul

He got an untimed healthy round of applause for it as well.

[johnfunk]

30. Oliver Willis has the best summary of the "debate"

"I can beat Hillary!"
"No, I can beat Hillary"
"Snooze." (Fred Thompson)
"The Iraq War is a fraud." (Ron Paul)
"Close the border!" (Tom Tancredo)
"I can beat Hillary Clinton!"


Hillary Clinton: I'm in yer pollz, beatin' all you Republicans.