GOP Debate Thread 2: Clowns Fighting Bigly
Here’s our second thread for tonight’s very angry clown show, since the first one has filled up rapidly.
Here’s our second thread for tonight’s very angry clown show, since the first one has filled up rapidly.
When the closed captioning on CNN has given up #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/KNdOYcL9YC
— Mic (@micnews) February 26, 2016
when he says very large company, he’s really talking about his dick.
Well, all the religious right were begging Rubio and Cruz to attack Trump ceaselessly, and they are.
Will it work?
Oh boy, another “kid goes to heaven and comes back” religious pandering movie. I wonder how long before the “true story” it’s based on turns out to be not-so-true.
re: #1 jaunte
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People make fun of CNN, but those two small words are the best description of these Republican debates that I’ve seen to date.
On the other hand, this Purge ad is so spot on.
Donald Trump’s total lack of embarrassment about constantly being sued is a fascinating reminder of what a strange life he leads
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) February 26, 2016
CNN should get its graphics department busy on some red white and blue “Unintelligible Yelling” supers.
re: #3 freetoken
Well, all the religious right were begging Rubio and Cruz to attack Trump ceaselessly, and they are.
Will it work?
It’s hard to say. Trump voters are irrational, so who can say what does or doesn’t make a difference to them.
OK. That ad for “The Purge”— it’s not really about vomiting, right?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
There are thousands of “huge companies” that don’t get audited every year, Mr. Trump. The size of your business has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether the IRS takes an interest in your tax returns. Their thinking that you are either omitting information or outright lying on them on the other hand, does.
The only single “issue” Trump can discuss with granular detail is poll numbers.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) February 26, 2016
These attacks by Rubio and Ted are great, but too fucking late. Two months ago, Ted was kissing his ass.
re: #8 jaunte
CNN should get its graphics department busy on some red white and blue “Unintelligible Yelling” supers.
How about the blue-footed booby fart noise image that’s sometimes seen here.?
re: #3 freetoken
Well, all the religious right were begging Rubio and Cruz to attack Trump ceaselessly, and they are.
Will it work?
I hope it drives more people to the Democrats at least for this election. Two reasons…sanity and to send a message to what is left of the garbage pile known as the Republican Presidential Primary.
Excuse me, the flies are buzzing, I gotta get the spray.
re: #10 Charles Johnson
It’s actually about privileged/rich people establishing a 12-hour open season culling of the poors, so, basically the GOP policy of 2020.
Trump talks like a drunk who’s been caught in his hotel suite with a dead hooker and blood on his hands. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 26, 2016
re: #17 thecommodore
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The problem with that analogy is that the people who caught them also have closets full of dead hookers.
re: #14 EPR-radar
How about the blue-footed booby fart noise image that’s sometimes seen here.?
Today it is
FISH FARTS!!!!
A mysterious ocean hum has been attributed to either a migration signal or fish farts >> https://t.co/36MRkjdnDy pic.twitter.com/0lRC0UyQey
— Discovery (@Discovery) February 25, 2016
Grand Marshal of Israel Day Parade? Middle east qualifications don’t come any bigger than that!
Trump University isn’t an anomaly. It’s the way this guy does business. https://t.co/gZZ1yBX8MS pic.twitter.com/d8InXnV998
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) February 26, 2016
re: #6 StephenMeansMe
On the other hand, this Purge ad is so spot on.
Very, very fitting for being shown during the Republican debates.
re: #17 thecommodore
What is Oswalt’s point? Trump talking like a drunk who’s been caught in his hotel suite with a dead hooker and blood on his hands is a favorable with his supporters.
This goes way beyond any kind of teflon I’ve ever seen on a politician before.
Trump will spend the next 48 hours savaging Marco Rubio on the talk shows. More effective that way so Rubio can’t hit back. #GOPDebate
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) February 26, 2016
re: #19 Belafon
So that’s why Morning Joe likes him.
You know I was just thinking about Joke Scarborough. I wonder if tomorrow morning he and Mika will be applying the pain cream and bandages on all his ouchies from tonight.
Donald Trump: I’m being sued for fraud and audited
[audience applauds wildly]
“I love Israel more!”
“No, I love Israel more!”
“No, I love Israel more and so does my wife!”
It’s like Wolf Blitzer stuffed five cats into a pillowcase and wonders why there’s so much chaos. #GOPDebate
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) February 26, 2016
your face when Donald Trump says nobody listens to your radio show #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/C1BIOVwauz
— CAFE (@cafedotcom) February 26, 2016
For the far-right theocrats, it’s not about “protecting” Israel, it’s about preserving Israel… for Armageddon. Then all the Jews will go to Hell or Convert to Christianity when Jesus returns.
At the end of three and a half years, the Antichrist will enter the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and declare himself to be God (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15-18, & 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
The Jews will reject the Antichrist, and he will respond with an attempt to annihilate them, killing two-thirds of them in the process (Revelation 12:13-17 & Zechariah 13:8-9).
At the end of the Tribulation, when the Jews have come to the end of themselves, they will turn to God and receive Yeshua as their Messiah (Zechariah 12:10, Romans 9:27-28, & Romans 11:25-27).
“I love Israel so much that I’m going to start a nuclear war in the middle east according to my personal interpretation of The Book of Revelations.”
re: #14 EPR-radar
How about the blue-footed booby fart noise image that’s sometimes seen here.?
Hee-Hee. You said Booby.
RBS
re: #35 Jenner7
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The face of a man who’s just had his heart pulled from his chest and made to look at it.
Kasich: “I didn’t give as much money as Donald has.”
Can’t mention Jews without mentioning money, can he?
Ironically, the original 1940s carving-up of the Middle East was a real estate deal.
re: #40 Targetpractice
The last debate with Hugh, they were besties.
These people think they are going to be able to bring peace to the Middle East?
Basically, Trump’s debating style is “You’re a poopyhead.”
It’s really pretty fucking embarrassing that it works.
re: #23 Stanley Sea
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Ouch. Looks like people are in the digging it all up stage on Trump.
The race will be on how much they can bash Trump down before he continues to obliterate them and get the delegates.
Someone is going to totally melt down as it goes though. Trump is also going to be digging and he does have a real mean streak.
This weekend is going to really heat up.
re: #45 BongCrodny
Everything important in life can be learned in kindergarten?
To all of my international friends around the world who may be watching our US Republican debate… Sorry… #GOPDebate
— Scott Olson (@scottolson101) February 26, 2016
Yes, we should give other nations even more weapons. That has never backfired on America.
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Rubio: “You cannot be an honest broker when one of the parties is constantly operating in bad faith”
Obama: “Tell me about it”#GOPDebate— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 26, 2016
re: #42 StephenMeansMe
Ironically, the original 1940s carving-up of the Middle East was a real estate deal.
Way too contemporary. When Republicans think of Israel they’re thinking about 2,000 years ago.
Lets start a war with a country with nukes!
re: #45 BongCrodny
Basically, Trump’s debating style is “You’re a poopyhead.”
It’s really pretty fucking embarrassing that it works.
In a Republican debate, “you’re a poopyhead” is juvenile, but true. If Trump tries that in the general vs. either Clinton or Sanders it will not be true.
That special moment when Trump told Hugh Hewitt, “Very few people listen to your radio show.” pic.twitter.com/dXRNp9NHz7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
re: #52 De Kolta Chair
Way too historical. They’re thinking of a cartoon fantasy version of Israel that doesn’t have a culture or inhabitants, just cardboard props for their fucked-up morality play.
Kasich says we should give North Korea a dose of regime change. Because killing dictators always works so well for us #CNNDebate #GOPDebate
— Pitt Griffin (@pittgriffin) February 26, 2016
re: #54 Big Beautiful Door
Lets start a war with a country with nukes!
Remember, he’s the ‘reasonable’ one.
re: #54 Big Beautiful Door
I wonder how many of these assholes know what war does to other people.
I think this needs to be played at each on of these sort of functions.
John Kasich is underrated for his foreign policy stupidity. He honestly has no idea what he’s talking about
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 26, 2016
“These countries” tend not to believe in a bloated military budget. Good luck getting money from them for that.
No legit reason @realDonaldTrump can’t release returns while being audited, but if scared, release earlier returns no longer under audit.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) February 26, 2016
“We should make the Japanese do more” militarily. You know, the thing we expressly prohibited when we rewrote their constitution post-VJ Day.
re: #54 Big Beautiful Door
Lets start a war with a country with nukes!
The Republicans need to start a war or two if they get the presidency, in order to distract people from what a shit storm their domestic policies will be.
Oh, this will be rich. Tell Japan that they will have to rebuild a military that they are constitutionally banned from creating.
Team America!!!! Hire our Forces, or we’ll kill you.
RBS
Carson says he never got audited until he attended the Prayer Breakfast…
Ben Carson: “People say that I whine a lot.” LOL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
Wow, I wonder why the IRS would even think of auditing Carson? ////////////////////////
re: #69 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Oh, this will be rich. Tell Japan that they will have to rebuild a military that they are constitutionally banned from creating.
There’s an argument to be made there, but not from the meatheads at the Republican debate.
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
I bet there was plenty of fruit salad there.
I have fucking had it with Carson. I can’t watch another minute of this idiot.
re: #66 StephenMeansMe
“We should make the Japanese do more” militarily. You know, the thing we expressly prohibited when we rewrote their constitution post-VJ Day.
And which they repeatedly have rejected in their elections; the Liberal Democratic Party has consistently favored greater military activity and repeal of the article of their constitution that outlaws foreign operations, but even when their opposition has been in disarray, the LDP has never had the votes.
Carson gives his solution to tax audits: “Get rid of the IRS!”
How would you deal with North Korea?
Carson: I’d give him a fruit salad.
I have read enough stories history on what has happened in war.
I read the stories of Bosnia, of rape, of torture, and similar actions.
War is not a fucking toy. It should be a damn last resort, When you fire that first shot, you have no idea who will end up dead before the end. And what about the Children, who will be caught in the middle?
I would love to dress these people down. Bunch of cushy assholes who have no idea what will happen to others when the shooting starts.
And yes, I do think there are times for war. Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan in my lifetime.
Carson obviously hasn’t noticed that the US and China are for the first time in agreement about North Korea.
Trump doesn’t agree to the Syria cease-fire because it isn’t working.
It doesn’t start until tomorrow.
Trump doesn’t agree with a cease-fire that hasn’t started yet.
“I don’t like it…I certainly support it.”
“The fruit salad of their life is what I’d look at.” - The Sleepy One. #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/G3iCiime3G
— Captain Obvious (@CaptainObvious) February 26, 2016
Trump doesn’t support a ceasefire that hasn’t started yet. Bravo.
Trump won’t mention that his daughter converted to Judaism and he has Jewish grandchildren because he doesn’t want to piss off all his neo-nazi fanboys.
re: #82 freetoken
Ben, is Israel our child?
That analogy won’t work for a GOPer. If Israel is a child, it is pretty clearly born. Of necessary then, the GOP policy would be “Tough shit.”
It’s a good thing we live in the TV age. Cruz might be doing a lot better if people couldn’t see him.
re: #69 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Oh, this will be rich. Tell Japan that they will have to rebuild a military that they are constitutionally banned from creating.
They are actually rebuilding their forces. They have been building naval force projection for some time claiming it was all self defense. Which is arguably true, if they want to defend themselves from the Chinese at sea.
I’ve lost track of the current PM, but he or a recent one (or more) worked really hard to building up their military.
Putin has strengthened his hand in the Middle East…you know, the same hand that Russia has had for decades.
@DrMatthew it’s weed. That guy is stoned constantly.
— TheBringerOfFuckTM (@MrFuckBringer) February 26, 2016
I picture everyone Ben Carson ever operated on, nervously touching their heads right now. #GOPDebate
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) February 26, 2016
re: #83 Ziggy_TARDIS
I have read enough stories history on what has happened in war.
I read the stories of Bosnia, of rape, of torture, and similar actions.
War is not a fucking toy. It should be a damn last resort, When you fire that first shot, you have no idea who will end up dead before the end. And what about the Children, who will be caught in the middle?
I would love to dress these people down. Bunch of cushy assholes who have no idea what will happen to others when the shooting starts.
And yes, I do think there are times for war. Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan in my lifetime.
Saving Private Ryan opening scene.
RBS
I’m trying to wrap my head around something.
We have our military being sold as the world’s police.
Our American police are now more of a military type force.
Our police are known around the world for just randomly shooting people dead many times for no real reason.
I wonder how that same world thinks about some of this crap they are talking about.
I don’t trust our police.
If I was outside this country would I trust our military?
Trump says things would be better with Col. Mo and Saddam still in power, he’ll still win the nomination.
Rubio is like that kid on the Tonight Show who has memorized all the U.S. Presidents.
— Blogs of War (@BlogsofWar) February 26, 2016
Trump just took the side of keeping Saddam Hussein in charge.
The salad of MY life is more of a Crab Louie. #GOPDebate
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) February 26, 2016
This is the consequence of war
Each one of those artificial Poppies represents a British Subject who died in World War I. One of the most senseless wars in history, and that is saying alot.
Each one of those represents a life that was extinguished because everyone had to go and escalate things out of control. Because they couldn’t sit down and talk!
re: #107 The Vicious Babushka
You too!
I wonder if Cruz has a body pillow with a map of Israel printed on it.
I like it when the little guy laughs at the funny hair guy #GOPDebate
— Bill (@tomservo10) February 26, 2016
What is a “joke artist”? Someone who tells jokes “bigly”?
LOL at Carson!
“Can somebody attack me please?”
I gotta say though, Trump attacking two people at once is masterful trolling of the debate rules.
Ben Carson pathetically asks: “Can somebody attack me, please?”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL at Carson!
“Can somebody attack me please?”
The “please clap” of the man’s campaign.
Kasich making fantasies about Libya and Syria.
When does the half-time show start? Worst Hubris Bowl ever!
My feed just fed me Carsons “someone attack me”… ROFL
Wrap your head around that: George HW Bush watching from the audience as Trump suggests we’d be better off with Saddam in power in Baghdad.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 26, 2016
Wolf Blitzer is exhibiting the strength, authority and control of substitute teacher at a shitty middle school. #GOPDebate
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) February 26, 2016
We totally should help the rebels in Syria! Also, we were idiots to support the rebels in Libya!
Arm the Ukrainians? Fucking hell, Kasich is supposed to be the reasonable one!
re: #94 Targetpractice
Putin is going to burn up Russia trying to hold its position.
Lower than replacement birthrate among ethnic majority, restive ethnic minorities, low life expectancy, rampant drug use and alcoholism, an economy based on a single industry.
Russia is in for an incredibly rough ride this century.
re: #125 Ubiq
Hillary was involved in Libya, therefore fuck Libya.
“Can somebody attack me please?” is today’s “Please Clap”. #GOPDebate
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 26, 2016
re: #105 freetoken
Remember, Rubio = PNAC.
Project for a New American Century. I read their manifesto at least 10 years ago, and still remember its insanity. As I recall they wanted the US to have such overwhelming military superiority that we could project power anywhere and everywhere in the entire world simultaneously, including Moscow and Beijing.
Their vision is for the entire rest of the world to abide a US global military hegemony.
This is the point of GOP defense hawk budget goals of spending 10x as much on our military as the rest of the world combined.
Uh earth to Ted. Do you have even an inkling about what people think of you and your brand of slimy politics? Dude…you’re dripping.
Someone needs to explain to these idiots that Muammar Gadaffi was not a friend to the United States and we shouldn’t have been propping him up.
I’ll confess to liking it when Trump says “woist.”
“That’s the woist thing I’ve ever seen.”
Wait, Kasich is in this thing too?
/not watching.
re: #133 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Someone needs to explain to these idiots that Muammar Gadaffi was not a friend to the United States and we shouldn’t have been propping him up.
You’d think that for how much they all love Reagan they’d get that but I see now, Qaddafi was opposed by Obama so he had to be okay.
The debate screaming has greatly upset le chat, who is busy meowing angerly at me. You’re not the only one that’s unhappy kitty.
re: #123 thecommodore
Wolf Blitzer is exhibiting the strength, authority and control of substitute teacher at a shitty middle school. #GOPDebate
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) February 26, 2016
These idiots look like complete fools. They have no clue how embarrassing they look.
re: #133 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Someone needs to explain to these idiots that Muammar Gadaffi was not a friend to the United States and we shouldn’t have been propping him up.
Oh it is a total GOP talking point to rehabilitate his image in order to discredit Hillary as Secretary of State. Limbaugh speaks wistfully about him on a regular basis.
re: #125 Ubiq
If we hadn’t intervened there, thousands upon thousands would have died at the hands of Qaddafi.
We did the right thing there. That’s a justified war in my book.
And we are now in Libya, helping the Government in Tobruk, along with the French and British.
Libya only went bad when the MB and their thugs attempted to seize control.
They do know they’re on television, don’t they?
Hola Lizards! How’s the clown show this evening?
I have purposely missed all of it so far because Netflix is more fun. Have Rubio and Cruz found their spines long enough to attack Trumpy?
Time for the tranquilizers.
I can’t tell if they are for them or me. Jeeeezuz!
Rubio quietly through the yelling: “My name is Marco Rubio”
Oh boy, now we get to hear the clown thoughts on complicated cybersecurity issues.
I’m just checking in too. Was catching up on Billions.
re: #136 goddamnedfrank
Wait, Kasich is in this thing too?
/not watching.
I can’t imagine it would be good for you to watch this GOP debate. I’m certainly not.
The last thing anyone needs is for GOP crap to end up in their (literal) fever dreams.
re: #140 Dr. Matt
These idiots look like complete fools. They have no clue how embarrassing they look.
Only Rubio has figured out how to handle Trump and he’s not getting a lot of stage time. Trump is utterly handling the others.
re: #150 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Cruz getting booed.
In Texas.
I don’t think he’s long for his Senate seat.
re: #145 Lidane
Hola Lizards! How’s the clown show this evening?
I have purposely missed all of it so far because Netflix is more fun. Have Rubio and Cruz found their spines long enough to attack Trumpy?
big time. gloves came off at the first question, and it’s been a freaking WWF Battle Royal ever since.
RBS
re: #147 freetoken
Wolf is so weak.
And here is how we know Wolf is doing a terrible job:
Once again Wolf Blitzer — and I can’t believe I’m saying this — is proving to be the best moderator of the season.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) February 26, 2016
re: #133 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Made from Plastic Explosives from Libya.
Pam Am Flight 103 and UTA Flight 772 as well.
re: #153 HappyWarrior
I’m just checking in too. Was catching up on Billions.
We got ‘em here… Trump… PNAC… Kochs…
re: #141 bratwurst
Oh it is a total GOP talking point to rehabilitate his image in order to discredit Hillary as Secretary of State. Limbaugh speaks wistfully about him on a regular basis.
Christ that’s disgusting, even for Republican pig-fuckers.
re: #145 Lidane
Hola Lizards! How’s the clown show this evening?
I have purposely missed all of it so far because Netflix is more fun. Have Rubio and Cruz found their spines long enough to attack Trumpy?
Oh yes
re: #141 bratwurst
Oh it is a total GOP talking point to rehabilitate his image in order to discredit Hillary as Secretary of State. Limbaugh speaks wistfully about him on a regular basis.
Rush praising a Muslim socialist. That’s funny.
If I were receiving this broadcast as someone from another country, there is no way in hell I would believe someone if they told me that these twits were the leading candidates of a major party in the United States.
These people believing even for a second that they are qualified to even open the Oval Office door for Obama, much less replace him, is a farce.
re: #153 HappyWarrior
I’m just checking in too. Was catching up on Billions.
Speaking of billions, the koch bros are worth 82 of them. And *this* is the best they could do? o_O
re: #145 Lidane
Hola Lizards! How’s the clown show this evening?
I have purposely missed all of it so far because Netflix is more fun. Have Rubio and Cruz found their spines long enough to attack Trumpy?
They all look real bad to me. I likened it to a teenage pillow fight. Sleuth called it a slap fight. It is a mess. Anyone sane will question what the hell is going on.
re: #156 HappyWarrior
I don’t think he’s long for his Senate seat.
No doubt in 2018 he’ll face a primary challenge…from the right.
re: #162 EPR-radar
I think I need to send the story of the Red Dress Girl to this clowns.
Five members of the Dixit family, including three-year-old Suruchi Rattan, were flying to Detroit from New Delhi. They were supposed to be on Flight 67, which had left Frankfurt earlier in the day, but one of the children had fallen ill with breathing difficulties, and the pilot had taken the unusual step of bringing the plane back to the gate to allow the family to disembark. The boy soon recovered, and the family was transferred to PA 103 instead.
Suruchi was wearing a bright red kurta and salwar for her journey — a knee-length tunic and matching pants — and she became forever associated with a note left with flowers outside Lockerbie town hall:
To the little girl in the red dress who lies here who made my flight from Frankfurt such fun.
You didn’t deserve this. God Bless, Chas.
Qaddafi burns in hell. That is justice.
re: #168 HappyWarrior
Rubio and Ted going after Trump on his tax returns.
And the disaster of a moderator that Wolf is.
“Terrorists getting away with things is terrible for America”
~Dr. Sleepy
re: #167 Whack-A-Mole
If I were receiving this broadcast as someone from another country, there is no way in hell I would believe someone if they told me that these twits were the leading candidates of a major party in the United States.
These people believing even for a second that they are qualified to even open the Oval Office door for Obama, much less replace him, is a farce.
My favorite parts of the 2012 election were when Romney’s counterparts in the UK Conservative Party pretty much called him out. The first was the mayor of London calling him out when he bashed London’s handling of the Olympics and PM Cameron refusing to go along with the Obama bashing.
re: #168 HappyWarrior
So any moments from tonight that stand out?
Rubio noted that Trump was repeating himself.
Trump replied: “I never repeat myself. I never repeat myself.”
Kasich wants POTUS to be a micromanager with the Apple/FBI thing.
re: #171 BongCrodny
No doubt in 2018 he’ll face a primary challenge…from the right.
That’s scary yet believable as hell.
re: #170 ObserverArt
They all look real bad to me. I likened it to a teenage pillow fight. Sleuth called it a slap fight. It is a mess. Anyone sane will question what the hell is going on.
This is only to be expected. The entire GOP is a landfill fire where live ordnance has been scattered around to make things more entertaining for the yokels in the cheap seats.
Tonight’s debate sponsored by the Democratic National Committee. #GOPDebate
— Gerard Mulligan (@GerardMulligan1) February 26, 2016
Kasich sounding very Trump-ish with this “get everyone in a room..”
re: #177 jaunte
Rubio noted that Trump was repeating himself.
Trump replied: “I never repeat myself. I never repeat myself.”
Ha.
Apparently, Kasich decided he should show some spine at some point.
Yeah, I’ve exceeded my RDA of stupid for the night.
Oops.
Kasich re back room deals: “I do this all the time.” there ya go.
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 26, 2016
Someone needs to explain to Kasich that Governor != President.
Very, very different job description.
A lot of leadership on stage tonight at #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/gbArMoKAYc
— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) February 26, 2016
re: #174 Dr. Matt
“Terrorists getting away with things is terrible for America”
~Dr. Sleepy
We did finally arrest those guys in Oregon.
John Kasich: When you’re president, you lock the door.
Adolf Hitler: Good idea#GOPDebate— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 26, 2016
These guys spinning is offsetting my vertigo attack spin.
I love the idea that a wall all across the Canadian border is SO MUCH LESS REALISTIC than a wall across the Mexican border!
The funny thing with Trump referencing drugs and the Great Wall of China… the Great Wall didn’t do jack when the British pushed opium into China in the 19th c.
Trump sez that Canada won’t have to pay for the wall built there.
Nice shout out to the white nationalists there, Donald.
Why should Obama get involved in this Apple thing?? He’s got people for that job.
re: #175 HappyWarrior
My favorite parts of the 2012 election were when Romney’s counterparts in the UK Conservative Party pretty much called him out. The first was the mayor of London calling him out when he bashed London’s handling of the Olympics and PM Cameron refusing to go along with the Obama bashing.
Romney has no counterparts in British politics. Obama would be a right-wing Conservative in British terms.
re: #194 bratwurst
I love the idea that a wall all across the Canadian border is SO MUCH LESS REALISTIC than a wall across the Mexican border!
I just wish they would come out and say why. They’re not threatened by white Canadians. They are by Spanish speaking darker skinned people. It’s as simple as that. It’s how John Derbyshire managed to be an illegal alien and work for NRO.
How long is this going to go? I think I’ve aged two months tonight.
re: #195 StephenMeansMe
The funny thing with Trump referencing drugs and the Great Wall of China… the Great Wall didn’t do jack when the British pushed opium into China in the 19th c.
IIRC, the great wall was mostly in ruins by then anyway. Even if it had been intact, it wouldn’t have made any difference at all with respect to British opium.
re: #195 StephenMeansMe
The funny thing with Trump referencing drugs and the Great Wall of China… the Great Wall didn’t do jack when the British pushed opium into China in the 19th c.
Walls, they’re not to keep out white people.
re: #198 Nojay UK
Romney has no counterparts in British politics. Obama would be a right-wing Conservative in British terms.
Well the Conservative party is technically the GOP’s UK equivalent. Only technically though. Would you say as a British resident that the GOP resembles the UKIP or BNP more?
re: #174 Dr. Matt
“Terrorists getting away with things is terrible for America”
~Dr. Sleepy
“I think terrorists getting away with things is bad. You can’t live on just cake. A giraffe would be fun to ride.” — Carson #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 26, 2016
Tomorrow is the Iranian Election.
It could go either way.
Make America GRAPE Again
— Fruit SaIad of Life (@Fruit_SaIad) February 26, 2016
re: #201 EPR-radar
In the immortal words of Dr. Ian Malcolm: “Drugs… uhh… find a way.”
Can’t grow the P.R. economy if they can’t get out from under that debt, Marco.
The MN caucuses are on Super Tuesday, the GOP one is much closer to the Dem one.
Which one do I want to ratfuck?
“Hell I”ve got 29 people locked in rooms around Ohio right now!” — Kasich #GOPDebate
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) February 26, 2016
Somewhere, Jeb Bush is in his basement, Rupert Pupkin-style, debating a cardboard standee of Jack Sparrow. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 26, 2016
All this debate needs is some salacious sex-talk.
.@realDonaldTrump, JUST ASK ME TO PAY FOR A WALL. MAKE. MY. DAY. #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/bLuRTgDry2
— Mark Joyella (@standupkid) February 26, 2016
re: #171 BongCrodny
No doubt in 2018 he’ll face a primary challenge…from the right.
Ugh. Just like the GOP’s dream replacement for Scalia would be some 25 year old prick several parsecs to the right of Scalia on all issues.
Anytime you start an attack on Donald Trump with “See! This is what he does…!” you have lost the attack. Did Jeb Bush teach you nothing?
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) February 26, 2016
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Props to Patton for mentioning Martin Scrosese’s most underrated movie.
if you’re embarrased as an America by this just wait until Jimmy Fallon sings The Humpty Dance with Hillary at her inauguration #GOPDEbate
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) February 26, 2016
Mad props to the transcription service. #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/jUVWSWGYRX
— Chris Ariens (@ChrisAriens) February 26, 2016
Cruz: “John Kerry’s foreign policy has been a disaster for decades,” like when he served his country, something none of these guys ever did.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) February 26, 2016
re: #198 Nojay UK
Romney has no counterparts in British politics. Obama would be a right-wing Conservative in British terms.
Romney, doesn’t really have a counterpart, but the current crop of Republicans we see nowadays identify with the BNP - or the Official Stark Raving Loony Party.
re: #218 EPR-radar
Ugh. Just like the GOP’s dream replacement for Scalia would be some 25 year old prick several parsecs to the right of Scalia on all issues.
It certainly is possible to go to Scalia’s right and I know we’ll find out that it is to go to Cruz’s right despite him trying to be conservative on every possible issue.
I’m still not watching the GOP dumpster fire, but this is an amazing tweet:
This debate is a Vonnegut novel, adapted into a film by Uwe Bolle and starring the Banana Splits. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 26, 2016
Seriously, Wolf has totally lost control of this thing. pic.twitter.com/0liCrbiDCb
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 26, 2016
re: #223 De Kolta Chair
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Beats yours Ted any day. If you ever became President, the next time I’d go to Europe, I’d pretend to be Canadian.
Carson starts every response with “First thing….”
re: #226 Lidane
I’m still not watching the GOP dumpster fire, but this is an amazing tweet:
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Its been a spectacular mess. I love it.
The one wall Mexico would pay for #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/ZgAt1ZR8Rv
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) February 26, 2016
LOW BATTERY WARNING just flashed over Rubio’s head.
— Mat Johnson (@mat_johnson) February 26, 2016
Ben Carson: “If not us, who?”
America: “Literally anyone else. Choose someone out of the phone book at random.”
re: #232 Lidane
Pretty sure the UN would be able to pass a unanimous agree to have every nation pay to do that.
Political slogan, or Metamucil commercial?
When I was a young lad, my father once told me that anyone can become president. I do believe that now after watching the #GOPDebate.
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 26, 2016
re: #205 HappyWarrior
Well the Conservative party is technically the GOP’s UK equivalent. Only technically though. Would you say as a British resident that the GOP resembles the UKIP or BNP more?
Monster Raving Loony Party, but they actually had some good policies such as Public Lending Right for authors that actually made it into the statute books. Sensible chaps.
Tough, but I do not personally doubt this:
Sen Graham at the #WPCFDinner: “If you kill Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial is at the Senate, no one will convict you.”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) February 26, 2016
Dr. Sleepy: “Several years ago, a movie was made about these hands.” pic.twitter.com/ElhaI7H39t
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
The next #GOP debate would be even more entertaining if @BenCarson administered truth serum to all candidates before the opening bell.
— cheerio grrrl (@cheeriogrrrl) February 26, 2016
re: #228 HappyWarrior
Beats yours Ted any day. If you ever became President, the next time I’d go to Europe, I’d pretend to be Canadian.
My best bud, an American, lived in Barcelona for a couple of years during Bush II and whenever he ran into Ugly Americans he pretended he was from Holland, complete with a silly fake accent that Peter Sellers would’ve admired.
Somehow enough time to discuss how same-sex marriage destroys society, but not enough for climate change which will actually destroy society
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) February 26, 2016
I’d like to see a debate moderator ask a pointed question or two about how unbridled enthusiasm for US war mongering by GOP candidates seems apparently inconsistent with markedly less enthusiasm for military service by said GOP candidates.
Dr. Ben needs to Be on California Rocket Fuel (Effexor XR & Remeron) STAT!
re: #240 Charles Johnson
i’ll vote for @RealBenCarson’s hands as long as we get someone else’s brain #GOPDebate
— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) February 26, 2016
re: #238 Nojay UK
Monster Raving Loony Party, but they actually had some good policies such as Public Lending Right for authors that actually made it into the statute books. Sensible chaps.
Ha, I need to ask my cousins about that. I got two cousins that live in the UK. Great people. One of them has helped with the refugees.
Cruz bringing up Planned Parenthood again. :/
The Establishment’s only hope: Trump & me in a cage match.
Sorry to disappoint — @realDonaldTrump is terrific. #DealWithIt— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 11, 2015
Clever Ted
Forget a wall, we’re gonna build a MOAT, & a mega castle, & we’ll put alligators in that moat & have Russia pay for it #GOPdebate, probably
— PK Creedon (@PK514) February 26, 2016
Ted Cruz promises a Christian Theocracy in his closing comments.
re: #242 De Kolta Chair
I have gotten good and picking up accents from things I watch, and people I am around.
I would move to Scotland, and start to learn to blend in with the population.
On his first day in office, Ted Cruz will circumvent the earth in reverse direction at super speed to turn back time. #GOPDebate
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 26, 2016
Tonight was a pretty good example of why #GOPDebate halls are gun free zones.
— Speaker Cruz (@HavanaTed) February 26, 2016
I thought Rand Paul made some cogent points.
Ending music to this should have been “Erika”, or some other similar popular patriotic music from 1930s Berlin.
re: #249 HappyWarrior
Ha, I need to ask my cousins about that. I got two cousins that live in the UK. Great people. One of them has helped with the refugees.
re: #242 De Kolta Chair
My best bud lived in Barcelona for a couple of years during Bush II and whenever he ran into Ugly Americans he pretended he was from Holland, complete with a silly fake accent that Peter Sellers would’ve admired.
I was in Ireland the year Obama became President. I was in a cab one night. My cab driver was an African immigrant. He wanted to know what I thought of Obama. I was pretty blunt. I voted for the man happily and I really thought that people needed to give him a chance. I never got too much crap from Europeans the first time I was in Europe in 2008. I think most Europeans are pretty cool with Americans even if they are weirded out by our politicians and frustrated by policies. I had a blast being the lone American in my hostel the few days I spent in Lisbon though. That really is my favorite part about traveling is all the different people you meet. I even had a good conversation about how James Joyce would pick fights and have Ernest Hemingway be his body guard with some Austrians.
re: #240 Charles Johnson
I liked the Ben Carson biopic. pic.twitter.com/e7yFd7WhG8
— James Urbaniak (@JamesUrbaniak) February 26, 2016
re: #260 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Ending music to this should have been “Erika”, or some other similar popular patriotic music from 1930s Berlin.
Or
Relevant. MT @Lawrence: Debate discussion of religious liberty did not mention Trump’s unconstitutional ban on Muslims entering USA.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) February 26, 2016
#GOPDebate How can any Dem watch this debate and not admit the talent is on the right?? @foxandfriends
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) February 26, 2016
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wolf Blitzer is bad at his job? Shocking, I tells ya.
re: #213 Eric The Fruit Bat
The MN caucuses are on Super Tuesday, the GOP one is much closer to the Dem one.
Which one do I want to ratfuck?
Stay home.
re: #266 Lidane
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Talent? Hahaha yeah that’s a good one Bry. You got the one guy who only can attack Obama, the otehr guy who’s a Canadian Cuban theocrat, and the other guy who RTs white supremacists. Nice talent pool you got there. The Dems race is proving that less is better some times.
All I can say is that as a result of this debate, Politifact better stock up on fire extinguishers because the sheer volume of pants-on-fire lies that were said tonight might make the website spontaneously combust.
Sen Graham at the #WPCFDinner: “If you kill Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial is at the Senate, no one will convict you.”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) February 26, 2016
re: #213 Eric The Fruit Bat
The MN caucuses are on Super Tuesday, the GOP one is much closer to the Dem one.
Shhh… don’t tell anyone Minnesota is having a primary…
“The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.” - Hermann Goering at Nuremberg, 1945
Trump’s appeal to white Americans today or George W. Bush’s appeal to invade Iraq in 2003?
Or both?
Trump being interviewed by stuffed shirt Chris Cuomo, suggesting his tax audits are a result of his being a “strong Christian”!
America, 2016 #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/5IacKfgd5a
— Pete Catapano (@pcatapano) February 26, 2016
*Brian Kilmeade leaps to his feet, applauding wildly*
Ben Carson: “The fruit salad of their life is what I will look at.” pic.twitter.com/TA7trIJN0X
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
Trump thinks he might be getting audited because he’s a “strong Christian”.
re: #266 Lidane
.@kilmeade @foxandfriends Actual quote from Trump: “We need someone that doesn’t sweat.”
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 26, 2016
Well, CNN just cut their free streaming…
At least the RNC wanted me to watch their candidates, unlike the DNC.
re: #278 freetoken
Hehe… Trump is trash talking Mitt…
I swear that when Trump and Cruz were yelling at each other about tax returns, Trump called Cruz “Mitt”.
re: #283 KingKenrod
Trump thinks he might be getting audited because he’s a “strong Christian”.
He stole that excuse from Ben Carson.
re: #285 Dr. Matt
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Right up there with “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.”
Not sure this is how it works: https://t.co/hvCoWr1OTO pic.twitter.com/dfEznDO2Nt
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) February 26, 2016
Sadly, Ben Carson’s gifted hands would later turn to evil…
At some point, shouldn’t somebody close to Donald Trump let him know that “bigly” is not a real word?
@kilmeade @foxandfriends https://t.co/gCXtSh76SV
— Varek Raith (@VarekRaith) February 26, 2016
re: #281 jaunte
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*Brian Kilmeade leaps to his feet, applauding wildly*
Robots sweat?
#GOPDebate #Recap
Make me a Cuban Samwich! pic.twitter.com/TB6ivCCQFt— NaphiSoc (@NaphiSoc) February 26, 2016
re: #295 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Robots sweat?
Rubi-0 does sweat, Rubi-0 thinks Ronald Reagan is totally awesome.
You know I have two kids under 4 and the last 30 minutes of this debate look a lot like putting them to bed
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 26, 2016
To summarize the #GOPDebate in moving pictures: pic.twitter.com/uerL4ZDkyX
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 26, 2016
Mexico may need to invade the United States in the interest of hemispheric stability if Trump or any of these guys is elected.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 26, 2016
re: #293 Charles Johnson
At some point, shouldn’t somebody close to Donald Trump let him know that “bigly” is not a real word?
He went to the best schools… he went to Wharton… he’s built a great company… of course he knows that.
Is there way to make valium airborne? Asking 4 some friends #GOPDebate
— Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) February 26, 2016
After debate, Trump says on CNN he expects this race for the GOP nomination will soon be over and won’t drag on until the convention.
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) February 26, 2016
Did he say that or that there is no need for a convention??
Dear Ted Cruz, stay away from my kids, you’re a creepy bastard. #GOPDebate
— Tim (@SupermanHotMale) February 26, 2016
re: #290 HappyWarrior
:)
.@kilmeade
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 26, 2016
JFK: Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country
Trump: We need someone that doesn’t sweat
Nothing like a bunch of pricks healthy enough to stand & bitch for two hours threaten to repeal your healthcare. #GOPDebate
— Casey (@pari_passu) February 26, 2016
re: #305 Jenner7
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Did he say that or that there is no need for a convention??
I believe the words were more the effect of “there won’t be a convention..”
I re-watched the first ten minutes of Saving Private Ryan after seeing it linked upthread. I also watch it every D-Day, but tonight it made me cry. I feel sick that good people sacrificed and suffered and died by the tens of thousands, and for what? This? This is what we fucking have now. I want to vomit.
Let’s see what is happening on other planets tonight:
Tonight we saw another spirited debate between the most diverse & well-qualified group of presidential candidates in history #GOPDebate
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) February 26, 2016
The Entire GOP Debate Can Be Summed Up in This Cacophony of Shouting https://t.co/0ZBtc55Jcp (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/W46H7zMTz2
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 26, 2016
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yep. And yet 45% of the country will vote for one of these assholes probably.
re: #311 bratwurst
@Reince are you high? what show were you watching? you should all be ashamed of yourselves that it’s come to this.
— Game of Thornes (@GeoffThorne) February 26, 2016
re: #314 Lidane
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Diverse? Hahaha. Well I take that back Reince, you do have the first Troll-American presidential candidate.
Good lord these Texans in Frank Lunz’s focus group are dumb. HURR HURR TRUMP IZ TEH ONLY ONE THAT HAZ ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHIN’
Oh, for sure, man. https://t.co/B7ZxmDs6WO @Reince
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
We have to keep reminding ourselves - Donald Trump is playing a character.
And he’s not breaking that character in front of a camera.
Since we’ve used the analogy of pro-wrestling before, we can use it here.
Trump is not breaking kayfabe.
He knows he’s going for voters who hate Obama because they think Obama thinks he’s smarter than them.
So Trump is not going to try and engage in an intellectual conversation.
It’s not what his character does.
re: #311 bratwurst
Let’s see what is happening on other planets tonight:
Tonight we saw another spirited debate between the most diverse & well-qualified group of presidential candidates in history #GOPDebate
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re: #280 bratwurst
Trump being interviewed by stuffed shirt Chris Cuomo, suggesting his tax audits are a result of his being a “strong Christian”!
Now I have really heard it all.
re: #316 No Depression
Good lord these Texans in Frank Lunz’s focus group are dumb. HURR HURR TRUMP IZ TEH ONLY ONE THAT HAZ ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHIN’
If you think my focus group is wrong, I’d love to hear your thoughts too.
Join my online #GOPDebate group here: https://t.co/XCEtyM6BLx— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) February 26, 2016
Poor Marco Rubio is sitting in his hotel room waiting for the Texas primary results to come in tonight.
re: #322 De Kolta Chair
Poor Marco Rubio is sitting in his hotel room waiting for the Texas primary results to come in tonight.
You don’t fuck with the philosophers
re: #322 De Kolta Chair
Poor Marco Rubio is sitting in his hotel room waiting for the Texas election results to come in.
And Ben is still at the podium waiting for someone to attack him.
Republicans really love Israel. Boy, have things changed since I grew up.
It’s time for jews to wake up. #GOPDebate— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) February 26, 2016
Good to see Rubio bring up the Trump University scandal, but why didn’t the questioners?
This wasn’t a debate.
It was an out of control Kindergarten class.
Best moment: when Trump told Hugh Hewitt: “Very few people listen to your radio show.” pic.twitter.com/yqIaLciOPt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2016
For all Rubio’s and Cruz’s attacks, the Drudgeons are having none of it:
re: #326 freetoken
@FrankLuntz Republicans love Isreal in the same way some civilizations loved virgins, only as a sacrifice.
— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) February 26, 2016
I am so glad that I don’t have TV (personal choice), and the only radio stations I listen to are NPR and the local collage one. It’s going to be wall to wall ads between now and Super Tuesday.
I have a strong feeling that Trump will come out of it with such a resounding lead that either Cruz or Rubio (whoever does worst overall) is going to be taken aside by the GOP and strongly advised that he should drop out and endorse the other. It will probably be Cruz sitting in 3rd spot, and we know how well he plays with others.
RBS
I’d love to know what was really going through Hugh Hewitt’s mind when that bizarre shit-eating grin took over his face.
I had to take a break. I was suffering from The Delusions.
Before logging off I want to say: Far out Reince. Like wow man! Pffffffffffffft. Cough. Wow. Good stuff.
Later all…it was something!
@FrankLuntz We are awake. Which is why we won’t vote Republican!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) February 26, 2016
re: #334 Charles Johnson
I’d love to know what was really going through Hugh Hewitt’s mind when that bizarre shit-eating grin appeared on his face.
“Please sir, may I have another?”
Mental health break:
All of Steph Curry’s 51 points tonight. 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/zYbg221jIa
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 26, 2016
re: #334 Charles Johnson
I’d love to know what was really going through Hugh Hewitt’s mind when that bizarre shit-eating grin appeared on his face.
“How big will my bonus check from the Koch Brothers be?”
If you missed the debate, here it is in 3 seconds #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/OphpzVOanp
— William Price, III (@williamPriceIII) February 26, 2016
re: #336 Joe Bacon
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I’m so sick of how Republicans treat Israel. It’s not based out of genuine love for the Israeli people but because of Fundamentalist doomsday prophecies by the theological descendants of people who were saying Anti-Semitic slurs a generation ago and who hate on the tendency of the Jewish people in America and Israel to hold generally liberal views. If the Republican party were truly concerned about the Jewish people, they’d have more than just a single member of Congress and not using the Rapture crap. Listen to Clinton talk about Israel, she talks about an ally, a country that actually exists.
Trump’s debate performance wins all the internets:
Being hailed as the winner of the #GOPDebate is like being named the tallest Pygmy or the thinnest anorexic.
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) February 26, 2016
re: #318 freetoken
We have to keep reminding ourselves - Donald Trump is playing a character.
And he’s not breaking that character in front of a camera.
Since we’ve used the analogy of pro-wrestling before, we can use it here.
Trump is not breaking kayfabe.
He knows he’s going for voters who hate Obama because they think Obama thinks he’s smarter than them.
So Trump is not going to try and engage in an intellectual conversation.
It’s not what his character does.
Fine. But what the hell is his character going to do should he actually become president? That the biggest issue. At some point the show is going to go up against reality. Trump is going to meet a real wrestler and get his fat face planted into the mat, then rolled over on and pinned.
This whole thing about Rubio and his watch ad on his campaign site..
It’s all very meta, and I think won’t really matter.
re: #342 HappyWarrior
I’m so sick of how Republicans treat Israel. It’s not based out of genuine love for the Israeli people but because of Fundamentalist doomsday prophecies by the theological descendants of people who were saying Anti-Semitic slurs a generation ago and who hate on the tendency of the Jewish people in America and Israel to hold generally liberal views. If the Republican party were truly concerned about the Jewish people, they’d have more than just a single member of Congress and not using the Rapture crap. Listen to Clinton talk about Israel, she talks about an ally, a country that actually exists.
You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Listen to John Hagee on You Tube when he preaches that all but 144,000 male virgin Jews will be slaughtered at Armageddon. And those 144,000 survivors will convert to Christianity.
Bottom line—the Religious Right wants to finish what Hitler started!
re: #346 ObserverArt
Fine. But what the hell is his character going to do should he actually become president?
Same as Reagan?
re: #346 ObserverArt
Fine. But what the hell is his character going to do should he actually become president? That the biggest issue. At some point the show is going to go up against reality. Trump is going to meet a real wrestler and get his fat face planted into the mat, then rolled over on and pinned.
re: #318 freetoken
We have to keep reminding ourselves - Donald Trump is playing a character.
And he’s not breaking that character in front of a camera.
Since we’ve used the analogy of pro-wrestling before, we can use it here.
Trump is not breaking kayfabe.
He knows he’s going for voters who hate Obama because they think Obama thinks he’s smarter than them.
So Trump is not going to try and engage in an intellectual conversation.
It’s not what his character does.
I think its simpler than that even. His entire campaign can be summed up as “I’m a winner. These other guys are losers. Hey, you might not agree with me all the time, but aren’t you tired of losing?” This plays EXTREMELY well to a primary audience who feels like they’ve been owned by Obama for 8 years. He’s going to need a major change in tactics in the general - it’s just not going to work. I do think he’s savvy enough to recognize that.
The thing about his sales pitch is that the more he wins, the more it reinforces itself. If the GOP had had the balls to go after him early, he couldn’t point to that success. But now its a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The only time that Trump stumbles is when someone is a bigger bully to Trump back. Rubio ALMOST gets it - there were a couple of times there where Rubio managed to get Trump almost flustered. Trump just ran circles around the rest. He managed to make them look both like extremists and like losers at the same time.
re: #348 Joe Bacon
You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Listen to John Hagee on You Tube when he preaches that all but 144,000 male virgin Jews will be slaughtered at Armageddon. And those 144,000 survivors will convert to Christianity.
Bottom line—the Religious Right wants to finish what Hitler started!
Hagee is the worst. He’s pretty much called the Holocaust God’s Will. Yeah buddy, I’m sure the Jewish people love hearing that from an Evangelical Christian like you whose family was NOT effected by the Germans. I’m not Jewish but I’m tired of Evangelicals condescending to Jews through this crap. I’m glad though not surprised that the Jewish people don’t buy it at all.
re: #234 Ubiq
Ben Carson: “If not us, who?”
America: “Literally anyone else. Choose someone out of the phone book at random.”
You. Are. On. A. Roll.
re: #266 Lidane
Because we on the left have functioning brains. If that’s talent you guys are so screwed. It’s awesome! #GOPToast @kilmeade @foxandfriends
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) February 26, 2016
Jeez, new thread? I’m not half way through this one!
re: #266 Lidane
We see authoritarianism, not talent. A decade and a half into the 21st cent,and Rs still shamefully run theocrats and xenophobes. @kilmeade
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) February 26, 2016
re: #317 Charles Johnson
@Reince We’re seeing Idiocracy come true, and the RNC PR BS spin is that this was a serious debate, rather than a freak show.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) February 26, 2016