Image via ShutterstockWell, here we go again. I must admit I’m suffering from a bit of debate fatigue, but somehow I’ll force myself to watch yet another go-round of the Republican clown car, in Miami this time. It’s live-streaming at cnn.com, or so I hear.
This will be our first open thread to live-blog the fisticuffs and rage you know will be on display.
My 8-year-old on the CNN intro video: “They make it all sound so dramatic.”
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) March 11, 2016
5 to 1 that somebody in the audience gets punched or kicked.
Looking forward to seeing how Trump attacks his rival in Ohio, John Kasich.
Mr. Lewandowski is not a peaceful citizen.
On April 30, 1999, the United States Capitol Police arrested Mr. Lewandowski when he attempted to enter the Longworth House Office Building carrying a loaded .40 caliber pistol in his overnight bag. See Compl. at 1; Def.’s Mot. to Dismiss or, in the alternative, for Summary Judgment (“Mot. to Dismiss”) at 1. At the time of Mr. Lewandowski’s arrest, the officers seized a pistol, three pistol magazines, a holster, and several rounds of ammunition. See Compl. at 1. Prosecutors charged Mr. Lewandowski with attempted carrying of a pistol without a license. See id. A D.C. Superior Court Judge acquitted him in a bench trial on September 23, 1999. See id. at 1-2.
No not tonite, I’m making a nice dinner and want to keep my appetite.
LLLLET’S GET RRRRREADY TO RRRRRRRRRRUE THE STATE OF OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE!!!
Trump campaign announces they will be picking up Carson’s endorsement, locking down the narcoleptic fundamentalist vote.
re: #9 Ubiq
Trump campaign announces they will be picking up Carson’s endorsement, locking down the
narcoleptic fundamentalistI can’t be racist, I have a black friend vote.
Had to switch to Firefox tonight. Chrome is getting super-bloated.
Rubio campaign reports they think that throwing around insinuations about Donald’s penis may have made him look unpresidential.
Meanwhile, in the Virgin Islands…
St Thomas (#VICaucus site 1 of 2) vote leaders (top 6 win): pic.twitter.com/nVlfuvY89O
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) March 11, 2016
re: #2 Aunty Entity Dragon
5 to 1 that somebody in the audience gets punched or kicked.
Open invitation to sworn law enforcement officers-Lets please go to a Trump rally and protest. With the powers to arrest anyone who assaults a police officer. No uniforms just badges. I’ll have a couple GoPros on.
Just switched again … to Safari… stupid Flash on CNN…
re: #8 Skip Intro
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I dunno, man. If I were the GOP, looking at this field, I think this would be my hope….
.@CNN tells you the debate starts at 8:30 ET because they know you won’t watch their talking heads blather for a half hour otherwise.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
re: #17 Decatur Deb
Who are the ringmasters tonight?
I think I read Hugh Hewitt would be smiling his stupid smile while getting reamed by the TRUMP.
It’s Lent, so any Catholics watching this get full remission of sins. You too, wlewis.
re: #20 ObserverArt
I think I read Hugh Hewitt would be smiling his stupid smile while getting reamed by the TRUMP.
Hugh, your show is so bad, even your wife and kids don’t watch. That’s how bad your ratings are Hugh. Now smile that shit eating grin at me again.
I’m hoping for another moment like this. “Nobody listens to your crappy radio show, Hugh.” pic.twitter.com/Dij7KTq9bt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Reince Preibus: can we all agree that any of these four gentlemen would be better than Hillary or Bernie?
Actually, so far, I can’t believe any of these four would be better than a name picked at random out of the phone book.
Reince Priebus onstage espousing PARTY OVER COUNTRY in his pre-debate statement.
Hugh was thinking, “Punish me, Don! Yes. It hurts so good. Hurt me some more.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Reince HAS to be fired after this debacle of an election is over, right?
re: #20 ObserverArt
I think I read Hugh Hewitt would be smiling his stupid smile while getting reamed by the TRUMP.
“Donald Trump knows my name! I must be famous!”
re: #25 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Reince Priebus onstage espousing PARTY OVER COUNTRY in his pre-debate statement.
Anything, as long as Dad Trump doesn’t take of his belt…
re: #24 Ubiq
Reince Preibus: can we all agree that any of these four gentlemen would be better than Hillary or Bernie?
Actually, so far, I can’t believe any of these four would be better than a name picked at random out of the phone book.
Well, there’s a chance that random name out of a phone book could be:
Cheney, Richard
Bush, George W
But the odds are probably still in your favor.
re: #27 Ubiq
Reince HAS to be fired after this debacle of an election is over, right?
Assuming they lose, esp. if they lose both the White House and the Senate.
re: #27 Ubiq
Reince HAS to be fired after this debacle of an election is over, right?
He has the ultimate job security- what sane person would want his job?
re: #27 Ubiq
Reince HAS to be fired after this debacle of an election is over, right?
He has a big future in Sham-Wow merchandising.
re: #32 Brian J.
He has the ultimate job security- what sane person would want his job?
I was listening to MSNBC on my drive home on one of the primary nights and they have Michael Steele on and he actually said something along the lines of “the best part of my title right now is ‘former’ as in ‘former chair of the RNC’.” When even the guy who has had your job pities you, you’re fucked.
re: #33 Decatur Deb
He has a big future in Sham-Wow merchandising.
Yeah, but does he have a history of slapping hookers?
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re: #35 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah, but does he have a history of slapping hookers?
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If he had strong pimp skills, the TPGOP wouldn’t be in this predicament.
Jake Tapper: For our viewers around the world, no, this is not a joke. Stop laughing.
Well I see Trapper is tonight’s game show host?
What’s behind podium number 1 Jake?
re: #30 KGxvi
I would take Dubya over these four idiots in a heartbeat.
“We hope the candidates will give us specifics on their plans for America” is a sad plea right before you start a debate.
— Matt O’Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) March 11, 2016
Tapper says he wants “specifics”.
If they really wanted specifics of policies CNN would give them more than 30 seconds.
.@Reince just made it clear the @GOP is going to die vigorously defending racism.
— UnprintableHandleGuy (@goddamnedfrank) March 11, 2016
re: #27 Ubiq
Reince HAS to be fired after this debacle of an election is over, right?
They thought they had before, but no one could remember how to spell his name so it never turned up in the email search.
re: #36 freetoken
Safari is not as fancy, but at least it works.
Firefox is so bloated it barely works on my brand new gaming computer. How bad is that? Pale Moon, a Firefox based browser, is amazing. It blazes.
With Ben Carson wanting to hit his mother on head with a hammer, stab a friend and Pyramids built for grain storage - don’t people get it?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2015
Carson endorsed Trump today (announcement coming tomorrow).
I’m coming around to the position that all the GOP candidates are into BDSM. They really are into the masochism part. Trump seems particularly thrilled to be a sadist.
I usually like Thomas Frank, but his idea that liberals helped create Donald Trump is utter bullshit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
America wants to know: will Ted Cruz eat another suddenly appearing unidentifiable white glob tonight?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Sling TV working worse than usual tonight. But I’ll be damned if I pay for cable again.
MooneyTimes - are they loonier than Salem Communications?
I’m surprised TRUMP didn’t want the podiums arranged so that he was out front in the middle with the others behind in an arc that puts Rubio behind TRUMP’s fat ass.
re: #51 Big Beautiful Door
CNN is streaming it on their landing page.
re: #47 lawhawk
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Carson endorsed Trump today (announcement coming tomorrow).
I’m coming around to the position that all the GOP candidates are into BDSM. They really are into the masochism part. Trump seems particularly thrilled to be a sadist.
Says the guy whose security detail on more than one occasion has assaulted members of the press (including those reportedly friendly to the campaign).
And Rubio spouts “New American Century” on cue. Let’s dispel with the claim that he wouldn’t.
re: #48 Charles Johnson
If I had created Trump, he’d be an amphibian in a Louisiana swamp.
re: #48 Charles Johnson
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It’s crap. It really is. I’m sorry but it’s so idiotic to blame liberals for Republicans embracing this guy. We didn’t force them vote for him. Our party leadership didn’t flirt with britherism and hasn’t used fear of the other to get voted for the past near 50 years.
re: #56 Brian J.
Product placement, Rubio forgot it last time.
And now, a moment of silence for Nancy Reagan, who mercifully didn’t have to watch the conclusion of this election cycle.
Well…with Rubio’s “New American Century” I’m already sick of this crap.
Now we, will reject all refugees like my father
re: #30 KGxvi
I wouldn’t be too sure.
Keith Olbermann made a point about the American People in an article a few days ago.
And it isn’t as though the American electorate hasn’t always had a soft spot for exactly the worst possible person for the presidency. Two months before the 1864 vote, some Republicans were so thoroughly convinced that Abraham Lincoln would lose in a landslide that they proposed to hold a second Republican convention and nominate somebody to run in his place. The Democrat they feared, George B. McClellan, was not only probably the worst general in the history of the country, but also his campaign platform was predicated on stopping the Civil War, giving the South whatever it wanted, running the greatest president in history out of town and repudiating the Emancipation Proclamation. Even after the North’s victory at Atlanta turned the tide of the war and thus the election, McClellan — anti-Union, anti-Lincoln, anti-victory and pro-slavery — still got 45 percent of the all-Northern vote.
Also, a Muslim I follow on Twitter found an interview with the last reformist president before this one, Khatami.
In it, he mentioned how Americans have commonly read de Tocqueville (Who I now must read). He vastly overestimates us.
Khatami vastly overestimated the American People, if I can be so blunt.
re: #62 ObserverArt
Well…with Rubio’s “New American Century” I’m already sick of this crap.
No biggie. Can you calculate what they paid for that product placement?
I’m your new daddy. Hi! #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/mw0uuWZR0l
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 11, 2016
Wow. On Trump’s opening statement there wasn’t a single word espousing freedom, or any so-called patriotic catch-phrase. It was all about crushing Democrats.
re: #24 Ubiq
Reince Preibus: can we all agree that any of these four gentlemen would be better than Hillary or Bernie?
Actually, so far, I can’t believe any of these four would be better than a name picked at random out of the phone book.
Bill the Cat would be a better POTUS than any GOP candidate.
Trump should toss Marco a bottle of Trump water to see if he fumbles the catch.
re: #59 HappyWarrior
It’s crap. It really is. I’m sorry but it’s so idiotic to blame liberals for Republicans embracing this guy. We didn’t force them vote for him. Our party leadership didn’t flirt with britherism and hasn’t used fear of the other to get voted for the past near 50 years.
Not to mention Personal Responsibility! Something not one of them has or takes.
Kasich: The problem with our economy is not corporations screwing Americans, it’s other countries.
re: #72 MsJ
Not to mention Personal Responsibility! Something not one of them has or takes.
Personal responsibility for thee but never for me.
Trump is right it’s not about insults. His campaign is about assault and battery.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 11, 2016
He knows H 1 B well enough to violate it.
Trump: Even though I’ve never been in a position of changing a law before, only I know how to change laws.
Everyone on the dais other than Trumpy Dumpy is a current or former US Senator or Congressmen, and yet he claims that he knows the system better than any of them. And he may be right.
re: #27 Ubiq
Reince HAS to be fired after this debacle of an election is over, right?
DWS definitely needs to be fired; it’s her fault for letting Bernie run as a putative Democrat.
Yes, Donald, you know the H-1B. Which is why you are being investigated for paying slave wages to employees of your modeling agency.
Somebody tell Kasich Chinese steel just got hit w 266% tariffs.
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) March 11, 2016
Is Little Marco going to go after Trump like an angry chihuahua again, or is he now properly chastened?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Clearly Trump’s protectionism has affected the entire field.
Rubio: Some trade deals are good! Like this one that helped millions hundreds of people in Florida!
U.S. Imposes 266% Duty on Some Chinese Steel Imports
wsj.com
re: #68 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Wow. On Trump’s opening statement there wasn’t a single word espousing freedom, or any so-called patriotic catch-phrase. It was all about crushing Democrats.
But “crushing Democrats” = “freedom” for GOPers. As always, Trump removes meaningless layers of misdirection and obfuscation to tell the GOP base what it really wants to hear.
Reminder: the vast majority of manufacturing jobs that have left the US are NEVER EVER coming back no matter who is POTUS.
“…goods from Brazil, India, South Korea, Russia, Japan and the U.K. also subject to duties, the Commerce Department said in a preliminary decision Tuesday”
bloomberg.com
re: #92 bratwurst
Reminder: the vast majority of manufacturing jobs that have left the US are NEVER EVER coming back no matter who is POTUS.
Unless we work for 100.00/week.
Free trade, economy, yadda yadda. Let’s get to the penis size comparisons.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Ford is selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles overseas and the dealership support network is controlled in…. Dearborn.
US manufacturers are producing more than ever, but due to robots they require many fewer workers than in the past.
Trump should toss Rubio a bottle of Trump Water and call Rubio a “waterboy”.
re: #98 Pawn of the Oppressor
Trump should toss Rubio a bottle of Trump Water and call Rubio a “waterboy”.
That would be a truly awesome moment.
Having one more glass, then going to bed. If no one is gut-stabbed in the first 30 minutes, they’ll all survive the night.
Five bucks says that not a single person on stage mentions Trump’s own H-1B violations.
re: #97 Big Beautiful Door
US manufacturers are producing more than ever, but due to robots they require many fewer workers than in the past.
Robots don’t program themselves.
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
Robots don’t program themselves.
Agreed, but there aren’t going to be millions of high wage manufacturing jobs created by protectionism.
Trump: I use this program. It’s a terrible program. It’s terrible for my workers. Fuck my workers, daddy needs a new caddie.
Trump: “I know the H1-B very well and frankly I use it and I shouldn’t be allowed to use it.”
This guy.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
OF COURSE I ABUSE H1-B BUT IT’S VERY VERY BAD, OK. I AM SO BAD BUT WHY DO THEY LET ME KEEP ON DOING IT! I WILL STOP ME! TRUST ME ON THIS, ONLY I CAN STOP ME!!!!!
re: #57 Decatur Deb
If I had created Trump, he’d be an amphibian in a Louisiana swamp.
I think of Trump as a Nutria.
A presidential candidate whose message is basically, “this policy is terrible, but I exploit it, because I can.” Amazing. #GOPDebate
— Marin Cogan (@marincogan) March 11, 2016
Cruz’ voice makes me want to just turn this off. Grating af.
But he wants a wall, too.
And cutting off funds to American cities. Fuck you, Whine-boy.
re: #115 freetoken
Build the wall! - Cruz’s new cry.
Let’s try one around Texas first to see if it works.
Cruz: I have a plan to completely destroy America’s agriculture industry. No one else has the vision to completely destroy America’s agriculture industry. No one else has the courage to destroy America’s agriculture industry.
I WILL USE H1-B TO BRING IN MEXICANS TO BUILD MY BIG, BEAUTIFUL CLASSY WALL AND MEXICO WILL PAY THEM LOWER WAGES THAN AMERICANS!!!!
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
Robots don’t program themselves.
That was what had me rolling at the wingnuts who gleefully said that burger robot (which never advanced past the prototype stage, primarily because of costs and health concerns) was gonna put fast food workers out on the street (and wouldn’t they be so, so sorry that they agitated for a living wage?); none of them ever saw things logically, that those robots would have to not only be continuously cleaned to prevent widespread outbreaks of diseases, such as E. Coli, but that they’d have to have lots of highly trained, highly skilled technicians to keep them running properly.
Trump: Charter schools work very well. Please don’t verify that. Also, common core, booga booga.
So, now they want to limit immigration to the “right kind” of people.
If any of these people get within breathing distance of the White House, France should demand to have that statue on Ellis Island returned to them.
re: #127 freetoken
Ben Carson is an expert in education?
Slept through the best schools in the country.
I WILL END COMMON CORE BECAUSE IT’S BAD, OK! I WILL REPLACE ALL THE UNION TEACHERS WITH CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS & THEY WILL WORK FOR MINIMUM WAGE & BE TERRIFIC BECAUSE I KNOW THIS, BELIEVE ME IT’LL BE SO TERRIFIC YOU’LL GET EDUCATED, SO EDUCATED!!
Ted Cruz: I also don’t know what Common Core actually is.
So education now is apprenticeships in the 7th grade?
re: #106 Big Beautiful Door
Agreed, but there aren’t going to be millions of high wage manufacturing jobs created by protectionism.
There’s already millions of manufacturing jobs that aren’t being filled in this country. They’re mostly advanced manufacturing jobs which typically require a minimum of an associates degree due to their more technological nature. The problem is less about job creation than it is about getting people into community colleges so they can be trained for these positions.
re: #125 TedStriker
That was what had me rolling at the wingnuts who gleefully said that burger robot (which never advanced past the prototype stage, primarily because of costs and health concerns) was gonna put fast food workers out on the street (and wouldn’t they be so, so sorry that they agitated for a living wage?); none of them ever saw things logically, that those robots would have to not only be continuously cleaned to prevent widespread outbreaks of diseases, such as E. Coli, but that they’d have to have lots of highly trained, highly skilled technicians to keep them running properly.
Sorry to disappoint you #tcot BURGER ROBOT WON’T REPLACE uppity #MinimumWage workers #UniteBlue #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/EnQLgQH7f0
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 10, 2016
re: #128 Bill and Opus for 2016!
So, now they want to limit immigration to the “right kind” of people.
If any of these people get within breathing distance of the White House, France should demand to have that statue on Ellis Island returned to them.
Hell, get some of the “good” pink goo from Ghostbusters 2, some PA equipment, some Jackie Wilson, and a Nintendo controller, they can pilot it all the way across the Atlantic.
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“charter schools” - dog whistle for creationists.
Charter schools are basically a scam for religious organizations to claim sweet, sweet gubmit moneys that they wouldn’t otherwise qualify for.
“School choice,” i.e. making it legal to funnel public funds to private schools and parochial schools.
Tangential thought: You know how small towns in the Midwest famously have strange claims to fame like the world’s largest ball of twine? Well, why doesn’t some town have a Presidential Campaign Museum? You could fill it with memes and items relating to Presidential campaigns.
Things that could be in this museum:
- A copy of the DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN paper
- A wax statue of Joe The Plumber
- Dukakis’ tank helmet
- Trump’s water bottle
- Collections of goofy or raunchy campaign buttons
At this rate, we could have a “21st Century Wing” full of crazy shit on looping video.
Rubio: If you can vote this fall, I won’t touch your social security.
re: #136 freetoken
…and segregationists.
@Green_Footballs Just today seen Jindal and GW Bush blamed for Trump. Well thats just 2 primary votes. Blame the freaking voters.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) March 11, 2016
Rubio: “I’m against changes to Social Security that are bad for my mother.”
Other people’s mothers… all bets are off.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Dana Bash: Listen, you little dipshit, you didn’t actually say anything at all other than spit out useless buzzwords
At least Rubio finally got away from those silly gray shirts.
.@realDonaldTrump: “I’ll change the laws I abuse to ship jobs overseas and hire cheap immigrant labor.” #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/CWs12L3707
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) March 11, 2016
Doesn’t that mean that the only thing that stops abuse is more govt regulation? https://t.co/V9Zstx187G
— morelikespace (@kate_macdonald) March 11, 2016
Trump: The democratic debates are way boring. No dick jokes at all!
re: #136 freetoken
“charter schools” - dog whistle for creationists.
A large number of those schools, especially in the south, were created as an end-around to racial desegregation.
Well shit, if you didn’t want our kids to inherit a debt crisis, then your party shouldn’t have spent trillions fighting needless wars!
You are asking it of people who can’t do hard physical labor until 68, Marco.
re: #61 Ubiq
And now, a moment of silence for Nancy Reagan, who mercifully didn’t have to watch the conclusion of this election cycle.
Lol!! Small mercy.
Kudos for Trump for at least not buying/peddling the false narrative about Social Security.
“Waste, fraud, and abuse,” that spending that every Republican promises to cut, but never budges because Republicans always finds uses for all that spending.
Wait. Nobody on the Republican debate is openly advocating privatizing Social Security? I’m guessing that’s because of the fact they are in Florida.
re: #148 Bill and Opus for 2016!
A large number of those schools, especially in the south, were created as an end-around to racial desegregation.
With three or four slots for black kids so that…hey! we’re integrated!
re: #154 Ubiq
Kudos for Trump for at least not buying/peddling the false narrative about Social Security.
One reason Trump is leading; because he doesn’t adopt the donor classes unpopular priorities.
Trump: Our military is depleted. Sure, we spend more than the next 11 countries - 10 of which are allies - combined, but still, let’s talk about how weak and pathetic we are!
re: #155 Targetpractice
“Waste, fraud, and abuse,” that spending that every Republican promises to cut, but never budges because Republicans always finds uses for all that spending.
If they care so much about waste, fraud and abuse, then why not audit the DoD?
re: #157 Barefoot Grin
With three or four slots for black kids so that…hey! we’re integrated!
Coincidentally, they’re always really good ath-a-letes.
Trump repeats his idiotic claim that “our GDP is zero.” https://t.co/v0QDhcU9Bs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
re: #152 The Vicious Babushka
DEMOCRATS IS BORING!!!!!
I’m sure Trump could throw a more lavish inaugural ball than HRC, but we’ll never know.
Rubio: There’s a coming debt crisis. I blame this president, even though he’s done a heroic job cutting the deficit he inherited
re: #164 Decatur Deb
I’m sure Trump could throw a more lavish inaugural ball than HRC, but we’ll never know.
Hookers and blow, baby
Trump: I’m self-funding my campaign. That’s how you know I can bid competitively for federal contracts.
re: #162 stpaulbear
Really. His hair looks floofy.
THAT is the thing that will take down Drumph. His looks. Even as horrible as they are, it’s gonna get worse. He knows it.
re: #165 Ubiq
Rubio: There’s a coming debt crisis. I blame this president, even though he’s done a heroic job cutting the deficit he inherited
There is no debt crisis; its a GOP myth.
Breitbart just sacked Patrick Howley. This is getting good now.
Cruz: Fuck the younger workers and their social security. They’re all voting for Bernie or Hillary anyway.
re: #166 Big Beautiful Door
Hookers and blow, baby
H1B hookers, turning tricks Americans don’t want to turn.
re: #171 Charles Johnson
Breitbart just sacked Patrick Howley. This is getting good now.
Surprising. Maybe Trump stopped their check.
re: #168 Stanley Sea
THAT is the thing that will take down Drumph. His looks. Even as horrible as they are, it’s gonna get worse. He knows it.
That horrible hair is his Hitler mustache. It’s his signature! Nobody else has that hair!
Did someone inject The Donald with a heavy dose of Thorazine? He seems to be heavily sedated tonight.
re: #173 Decatur Deb
H1B hookers, turning tricks Americans don’t want to turn.
They all hope to become Melania.
re: #176 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Did someone inject The Donald with a heavy dose of Thorazine? He seems to be heavily sedated tonight.
He can be more Presidential than anyone!
What’s with Trump tonight? Did Ben Carson write him a prescription for downers or something?
— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) March 11, 2016
re: #168 Stanley Sea
THAT is the thing that will take down Drumph. His looks. Even as horrible as they are, it’s gonna get worse. He knows it.
I’m still hoping he has a major hair malfunction somewhere on the campaign trail (that it just gets pushed or blown off the side of his head), but he never puts himself in any kind of situation that’s not completely controllable.
Cruz: Remember how I shut down the government? That was awesome, wasn’t it?
Trump: You know that insane sheriff in Arizona? Of course he endorsed me. Wait, what do you mean this question had nothing to do with that?
Saying that you are supported by fellow birther “Stormfront” Joe Arpaio isn’t exactly a rousing endorsement, Donald.
“How civil it’s been up here.” That’s because this is CNN, not Fox News.
re: #169 Big Beautiful Door
There is no debt crisis; its a GOP myth.
Present-day debt/deficit troubles are mostly due to Republicans putting two wars on the credit card while cutting taxes under W Bush. IIRC, the Republicans didn’t even put the wars on the books to be accounted for.
I’ll engage a GOPer on this issue only if the facts stated above are engaged with in a reality based manner. Like that will ever happen.
FWIW, Hillary is up more than 12 points on Trump nationally. Trump has gone straight downhill since New Year’s.
And Bernie is up by more than 15:
Kasich: I want to privatize Social Security. Please don’t think about how much it would have sucked if you retired in 2008.
Had the two best years of job creation of this century since Obamacare went into effect
Trump: Don’t you want someone with my temperament negotiating with other countries, instead of these lame-o wimps?
Donald’s got red eyes and is pretty subdued this evening.
Musta burned a fatty before the show
Jake Tapper: This is boring so far. Can you guys please attack each other, maybe tell some dick jokes?
re: #176 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Did someone inject The Donald with a heavy dose of Thorazine? He seems to be heavily sedated tonight.
Very low energy. SAD!
Heh.
re: #190 thecommodore
I am beginning to relax on Sanders. I realize I am taking Politics far too seriously.
re: #190 thecommodore
FWIW, Hillary is up more than 12 points on Trump nationally. Trump has gone straight downhill since New Year’s.
And Bernie is up by more than 15:
Lots more data points on Hillary’s chart.
Just turned it on.
Who’s winning?
I already know who’s losing.
re: #186 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Saying that you are supported by fellow birther “Stormfront” Joe Arpaio isn’t exactly a rousing endorsement, Donald.
For those not familiar why I use that moniker, it is because of his open association with the group (including speaking at their gatherings), along with links with individuals like the late neo-Nazi J.T. Ready.
Also, pic related.
Joe and FriendTrump: Our jobs are going to hell. Please ignore recent unemployment reports.
Are we witnessing the beginnings of the other candidates giving up and supporting Trump in the end? Yup.
re: #206 Ubiq
Trump: Our jobs are going to hell. Please ignore recent unemployment reports.
True unemployment is 37%!!!
I literally had more faith in Trump’s ability to be president when he was talking dick jokes instead of policy.
This was made a week ago, but it’s still true:
Ha! To the person that created this, you da real MVP! #GOPdebate (h/t @SJ_Galvez) pic.twitter.com/40dpH5IDkE
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) March 4, 2016
Crap. Looks like the weather hitting Mexico right now, including snow in the mountains is going to do a number on the monarch butterfly populations.
I eagerly await Reince Preibus’ bullshit ass kissing tweets at the end of this debate.
Poor Baby Whiplash could use a spliff.
Cruz kicks Trump. He’s right. It doesn’t matter. The world is a bleak and terrible place filled with horror and suffering and then you die.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 11, 2016
Privatized Social Security accounts in Chile became a total failure. Chile has been forced to supplement the meager value of those privatized accounts!
re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg
I eagerly await Reince Preibus’ bullshit ass kissing tweets at the end of this debate.
Probably something to the effect that their debate was more “civil” than the one yesterday.
The first half hour has been so boring, that CNN has to be losing audience…
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
Robots don’t program themselves.
Yeah, but laid-off line workers don’t do a lot of robot programming either.
This GOP debate is a competition to see who’s best at selling an unworkable fantasy agenda to an audience of rubes.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
re: #220 Sophist, Vogon Poet Laureate
Yeah, but laid-off line workers don’t do a lot of robot programming either.
Maybe not but they do operate them.
Trump is mailing this one in. His approach is akin to teams resting their starters in meaningless late season games.
These adverts for Rocket Mortgage illustrate why the candidates are unwilling to state the truth.
Trump: I don’t know why Islam hates us. It’s a mystery to me. We should shoot them with bullets dipped in pig’s blood.
re: #171 Charles Johnson
Breitbart just sacked Patrick Howley. This is getting good now.
LOL.
When asked what she would say to Trump, Fields said she would “ask him to put himself in my shoes and imagine if I was his daughter.”
If Trump imagined Fields was his daughter his interest in her body would become much more pronounced and disturbing.
re: #216 The Vicious Babushka
Poor Baby Whiplash could use a spliff.
Ben is singing this song to his new baby.
re: #171 Charles Johnson
Breitbart just sacked Patrick Howley. This is getting good now.
Closing paragraph of that story:
When asked what she would say to Trump, Fields said she would “ask him to put himself in my shoes and imagine if I was his daughter.”
Considering what Trump has said about his daughter, I’m not sure Fields wants to explore that line of questioning.
Mr. Trump, when you talk shit about Muslims, are you aware there are 1.6 billion Muslims on the planet?
Trump: FUCK MUSLIMS. #GOPDebate— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 11, 2016
Rubio: Is Trump aware of the repugnant bullshit that falls out of his mouth? (Answer to Rubio: no)
re: #220 Sophist, Vogon Poet Laureate
Yeah, but laid-off line workers don’t do a lot of robot programming either.
The robots are coming. In order for our economy to handle it, we will have to shift away from requiring basics to be paid for with money, or provide a minimum allowance to everyone. It would be nice to prepare for it, but we’re not that kind of country.
Rubio is upset at Trump’s anti-Muslim hate speech because it interferes with converting Muslims to Christianity.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Rubio: Um, you DO realize we have lots of Muslim allies, right?
Rubio briefly - ever so briefly - shows a glimpse of being presidential. Granted, easy by comparison.
re: #216 The Vicious Babushka
This is strange. Ben Shapiro says “The world is a bleak and terrible place filled with horror and suffering and then you die.” as if this is a bad thing.
We’re talking about the Republican party platform here.
Stone the heretic!!!
Kasich: I would like some of that applause that Rubio just got, so I’ll repeat his answer.
These idiots don’t seem to realize that most Muslims do not live in the Middle East.
re: #196 Dave In Austin
Donald’s got red eyes and is pretty subdued this evening.
Musta burned a fatty before the show
He’s still got ludes from the Studio 54 days.
Trump is now totally reneging on his promise not to violate the Geneva Conventions. He says “we have to expand the laws” on torture.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Trump’s meds are wearing off.
He’s going racial nationalist against Muslims now, and advocating war crimes again.
Trump: Geneva Conventions? More like Pussy Conventions, amirite?
re: #228 stpaulbear
Ben is singing this song to his new baby.
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I don’t know whether to upding for the reference or downding for the heresy.
re: #216 The Vicious Babushka
Poor Baby Whiplash could use a spliff.
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I think I found Ben’s jam:
We need to create laws that allow murder and torture so we can follow the law. #GOPDebate
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) March 11, 2016
Cruz: I would totally destroy the Iranian nuclear deal that is by all accounts working perfectly as designed.
Ted Cruz sez Donald Trump doesn’t go far enough in his Islamophobia.
re: #246 jaunte
And my sister will vote for this guy because she thinks Hillary should be in prison.
This must be the first time that a presidential candidate has bragged multiple times about being the “grand marshal” of a parade as some kind of foreign policy qualification.
Slightly OT, but Charles I just read Rage Furby’s hit piece on Michelle Fields you referenced downstairs.
Holy shit! She could easily make a case for libel and defamation, if she were inclined. She is not a public figure, in the sense that Trump or Cruz are, and Chuck has some very defamatory remarks in that post (which for some reason is posted twice on his blog).
Chuck is scum, and he’d better be sure to avoid Jamie Weinstein.
Trump: No one is as pro-Israel as me.
Crowd: What utter fucking bullshit, man.
re: #250 Ubiq
I’m noticing support for Israel in the US is starting to dip.
Trump is Israel’s biggest supporter BUT DON’T TELL THE PALESTINIANS OK? SHHHHH SUPER SECRET.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) March 11, 2016
re: #254 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m noticing support for Israel in the US is starting to dip.
It will continue to dip as long as Israel is run by right-wing agitators. Most Americans do want a solution of some sort to emerge.
re: #256 Ubiq
It will continue to dip as long as Israel is run by right-wing agitators. Most Americans do want a solution of some sort to emerge.
So does most of the American Jewish community.
Rubio: I want a free, prosperous Israel. That’s why I utterly oppose any attempts to help Israel negotiate the end of their perpetual war.
Trump is talking about how he knows all about the Jewishes & the Israelis #tcot #UniteBlue #GOPDebate
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 11, 2016
You fuckers SHUT THE FUCK UP about your Israel fantasies.
Kasich: Israelites live a life of perpetual terror. Not like those Palestinians who live an easy life of hookers and blow.
I lasted about five minutes. This debate is too boring! Where’s the schoolyard brawls and juvenile insults?
Look at that guy’s face next to Donald.
Trump’s pro-Israel bonafides pic.twitter.com/eg6rOOTReT
— Kyle Blaine (@kyletblaine) March 11, 2016
re: #254 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m noticing support for Israel in the US is starting to dip.
Support for the policies of the current government? Yes.
Support for the country itself? No.
Is this debate as awful as Ubiq’s posts? Not that I don’t believe it could get this clueless and awful, but this sounds really clueless and awful.
Did Kasich actually say that Miami, Florida never had to live with the fear of missiles flying toward their city?
re: #252 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Slightly OT, but Charles I just read Rage Furby’s hit piece on Michelle Fields you referenced downstairs.
Holy shit! She could easily make a case for libel and defamation, if she were inclined. She is not a public figure, in the sense that Trump or Cruz are, and Chuck has some very defamatory remarks in that post (which for some reason is posted twice on his blog).
Chuck is scum, and he’d better be sure to avoid Jamie Weinstein.
Chuck is now totally off the leash. He’s identified so thoroughly with racism and white supremacism, he has no hope of ever working as a mainstream journalist again. He knows all of his bridges have been burned and he’s just lashing out at the people he thinks are his enemies, with no control.
But people like Fields and Weinstein will never take him to court, because they have too much they need to keep secret themselves. The whole right wing media establishment is rotten to the core.
Cruz: We’re totally not doing air strikes (actually we are), and soldiers should be encouraged to be free to start World War III by accident
Cruz just doesn’t have it in him to not be creepy.
Cruz basically as bloodthirsty as Trump, just not outright advocating genocide.
re: #258 Ubiq
Man, it’s so cute when they think they’re getting away with tricking Israel into building the Third Temple. Their eyes light up.
Thousands of pro-Trump neo-Nazis are right now very confused about Trump’s Jewish grandchildren.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 11, 2016
Trump and Kasich: We’re all for committing ourselves to a lengthy, protracted war in the middle east. Worked great last time.
TRUMP: KILL KILL KILL
CRUZ: KILL MORE!!#tcot #Uniteblue #GOPDebate— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 11, 2016
So Cruz will let generals decide if we go to war or not.
These guys will commit war crimes. They’re saying it out loud.
— digby (@digby56) March 11, 2016
Obama; “We can cure cancer!”
The ENTIRE GOP; “Fuck THAT! We want to kill!”
They will all start a new war in Syria
Little Marco has obviously been chastened, and he’s not going to attack Donald Trump again. He’s no fun.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Jake Tapper: You guys talk a great game about veteran funding, and then you throw them under the bus whenever budget time comes. Hmmmm.
re: #275 Big Beautiful Door
So Cruz will let generals decide if we go to war or not.
That’s dumb. There’s a good reason why the Commander-in-Chief is a civilian.
re: #263 The Vicious Babushka
Look at that guy’s face next to Donald.
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Tapper: The VA hospital system is a mess.
Kasich: That’s why we need to get veterans jobs, so they can get insurance elsewhere.
re: #267 Charles Johnson
Chuck is now totally off the leash. He’s identified so thoroughly with racism and white supremacism, he has no hope of ever working as a mainstream journalist again. He knows all of his bridges have been burned and he’s just lashing out at the people he thinks are his enemies, with no control.
But people like Fields and Weinstein will never take him to court, because they have too much they need to keep secret themselves. The whole right wing media establishment is rotten to the core.
I am also quite sure her gender has something to do with his vitriol, given his MRA proclivities. The two of them seem to have had a less-than-cordial relationship previously, not that it’s surprising in the least.
I don’t know much about Fields, but getting shoved around on two occasions by authority figures while trying to do her job as a reporter suggests she is more of a journalist than UpChuck is.
Rubio: I refuse to let the GOP’s hateboner for Fidel Castro die.
Tonight all the GOP candidates are coming out enthusiastically in favor of war crimes. They’ve learned from Donald.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Remember Trump is gonna take multiple positions. Don’t worry about the hypocrisy, just hit the most ridiculous one.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 11, 2016
Obama’s policy will put Castro in power, unlike the policies of the last sixty years!
Rubio: I’m now going to make it clear that Trump has never thought about Cuba in his entire life.
re: #164 Decatur Deb
I’m sure Trump could throw a more lavish inaugural ball than HRC, but we’ll never know.
Bastard would probably have a cash bar.
Trump has a thought balloon over his head show a huge vulgar tower emblazoned with Trump Hotel Havana. #GOPdebate
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) March 11, 2016
I like this game show where a guy who doesn’t know anything about foreign policy has to answer specific questions. But why is it on CNN?
— Mike Madden (@MikeMadden) March 11, 2016
Can someone tell me why Cuba is so bad and China and Vietnam are no issue?
Cruz: A vote for Trump is a vote for Hillary. Even if Trump ends up running against Hillary.
re: #294 Dave In Austin
Can someone tell me why Cuba is so bad and China and Vietnam are no issue?
Because SHUT UP!
When it comes to Cuba, there is an odd dynamic in that Donald Trump is the least nationalist of the candidates.
re: #294 Dave In Austin
Can someone tell me why Cuba is so bad and China and Vietnam are no issue?
No.
Note that the GOP candidates don’t just want to bring us back to the 1950s in social policy, but foreign policy as well.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
re: #169 Big Beautiful Door
There is no debt crisis; its a GOP myth.
It’s Zeno’s debt crisis. Each Dem president takes us halfway closer to it.
Cruz: Donald Trump says we need smarter people in government. I agree. Do you really think that Trump isn’t a fucking idiot?
Are you for good deals, or bad deals? pic.twitter.com/80HMU5HFPc
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 11, 2016
re: #294 Dave In Austin
Can someone tell me why Cuba is so bad and China and Vietnam are no issue?
Easy: Chinese and Vietnamese folks don’t represent an important voting block in a swing state like Cubans do in Florida. The end.
re: #294 Dave In Austin
Can someone tell me why Cuba is so bad and China and Vietnam are no issue?
proximity?
Other than that I got nothing
Ted Cruz hasn’t been watching the news lately regarding Iran - if he had, he would know that moderates (including some who are openly pro-West) within the country won sweeping victories in the latest elections.
Kasich wants to arm the Ukrainian rebels. I just can’t even.
This foreign policy discussion is mind-bogglingly idiotic. These are cavemen.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Arm the Ukranians! A winning slogan all Americans can relate to!
Kasich: I’m not rattling my sword at Russia, but bring it on, Putin, you bear-fucking wimp.
Kasich wants to shut down the internet in China. Good lord.
Holy shit, a question about climate change at a GOP debate.
re: #123 makeitstop
You apologize to Nutrias this very minute.
Do you atchafalaya think they would listen to what I have to say?
re: #181 stpaulbear
I’m still hoping he has a major hair malfunction somewhere on the campaign trail (that it just gets pushed or blown off the side of his head), but he never puts himself in any kind of situation that’s not completely controllable.
I’ve wondered about someone going to a rally and straight snatching his weave. But with his supporters these days, that would probably end up as a suicide mission.
Kasich seems to be firmly in the PNAC camp as well as Rubio. He’s already referenced Rumsfeld, and is now going the BOMB NOW ASK QUESTIONS LATER neoconservative tactic.
Rubio: Americans are going to pay the price of any attempts to fix climate change. So fuck the Americans who happen to live in Miami.
re: #294 Dave In Austin
Can someone tell me why Cuba is so bad and China and Vietnam are no issue?
Because Cuba never wanted to join the United States, and it’s driven lots of leaders over the years nuts.
re: #316 Sophist, Vogon Poet Laureate
I’ve wondered about someone going to a rally and straight snatching his weave.
Hey, watch it buddy! :)
re: #314 BeenHereAwhile
Do you atchafalaya think they would listen to what I have to say?
I think even Nutrias would be offended by a comparison to Trump.
“We can’t pass a law that will change the weather.”
Lightning bolt strikes stage.
Rubio:
Don’t fix climate change because China!
Rubio: I’m now going to double down on my scientific cowardice and ignorance.
NO ONE’S ASKING WASHINGTON TO CHANGE THE CLIMATE, DIPSHITS. We need to change HOW WE’RE CHANGING IT. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 11, 2016
Break time!
Sophisticated young lady 1stFampic.twitter.com/4UycHfv0WC
— Martha P Fred (@sardnas51) March 11, 2016
Kasich: Here’s a completely reasonable response to climate change.
Crowd: *crickets*
WINSTON CHURCHILL BUST!!!!
APOLOGY TOUR!!!11!!!
Cruz: Remember how Iran released hostages on Reagan’s first day of office? Try not to think about how shitty that actually was.
Aargh. Ripping up the nuclear deal would free Khamenei to immediately begin building a nuclear weapon.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 11, 2016
Germany is not a “disaster” right now, fuckwit.
Trump: I’m not pro-fascists, but you gotta admit, no one thinks they’re pussies.
On the upside of climate change, if Florida goes underwater, Rubio loses his senate seat. #GOPDebate
— David Niose (@ahadave) March 11, 2016
re: #339 teleskiguy
Rubio is losing his seat anyway.
It’s past my bedtime. Sleep well, Scaly Ones!
So why didn’t they ask Trump or Cruz about climate change.
And then he was torn to bloody gobbets by other candidates and eaten raw until only his yellowed bones remained https://t.co/K42mwvQjqv
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 11, 2016
Kasich: I do believe we contribute to climate change. Watch live: https://t.co/jVsgxIyV1B #GOPDebate https://t.co/vErfkjzDw4
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 11, 2016
re: #336 Stanley Sea
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Also, it won’t matter, but Trump calling the Tiananmen Square protests a “riot” is … just … unbelievable.
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) March 11, 2016
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I wish someone would ask Cruz, “after you tear up the Iranian deal, then what?”
re: #339 teleskiguy
On the upside of climate change, if Florida goes underwater, Rubio loses his senate seat.
Rubio is losing his senate seat in January no matter what…
President Cruz will have only two cabinet positions: Secretary of Repealing, and the Abolisher General.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 11, 2016
re: #349 teleskiguy
And the Director of Carpet Bombing.
Anderson Cooper: Do you support face punching? I mean, other than Ted Cruz, because who doesn’t support punching that face?
Remember when Trump promised that he would start learning how to be president after he won the election? Looks like that’s one promise he’s keeping, because he still doesn’t know basic shit.
re: #346 Ubiq
Trump calling the Tiananmen Square protests a “riot” is … just … unbelievable.
One more clue that he’s an authoritarian at heart.
Tapper: here’s some quotes of you telling your fans to beat the shit out of people.
Trump: Is it my fault they listened? I’m a leader!
Trump is claiming that protesters at his rallies are violent, not his own people - even though EVERY incident of physicality has been instigated by his people.
re: #353 KingKenrod
Remember when Trump promised that he would start learning how to be president after he won the election? Looks like that’s one promise he’s keeping, because he still doesn’t know basic shit.
Remember when Republicans thought ‘learning on the job’ was a bad thing?
Anderson: Will you repudiate the violent thugs in Trump’s fandom?
Cruz: I blame Obama.
Jesus, what a chickenshit.
Trump is now making excuses for the guy who punched a black protester in the face.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Trump says his supporters have such “love for the country” that they want to assault protesters.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
re: #357 Belafon
But only precision carpet bombing.
So right on top of the dead animal on Trumpy Dumpy’s head?
Cruz: “Obama is acting like an emperor”.
So elect one of us and we’ll be just like dictators toward anyone who oppose us!
Trump: Hahahahaha, we have such fun reenacting obvious nazi memes on the campaign trail.
Kasich is clearly talking to the Ohio demographic.
Kasich: Yo, Cruz, prayer is nice and all, but it’s, like, not actually a public policy that will do shit.
re: #364 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Cruz: “Obama is acting like an emperor”.
So elect one of us and we’ll be just like dictators toward anyone who oppose us!
And yet you guys are on stage running against his successor.
The Miami debate has shown everyone that it is possible to advocate fascism with a smile on one’s face and without the all of the bluster previously exhibited.
Rubio: My handlers told me to start closing on a positive, hopeful note after the second commercial break.
I guess if I had a follow-up question for Rubio on that one, I’d say “Exactly what problems have we solved?”
@danja84 @WalshFreedom as for the French years of appeasement finally caught up with them but now they’re fighting the good fight
— jim thomsen (@jimthomsen60030) March 11, 2016
Holy shit.
Why aren’t there more scientists in politics? There obviously needs to be more science in politics.
— realscientists (@realscientists) March 11, 2016
Kasich: Divided conventions are healing! Also, I’m still in this thing, rocking my 54 delegates.
Trump: Nobody who is honest with themselves thinks that Rubio or Kasich have the right to be on this stage right now.
Marco, the moon shot was made possible by an expensive big government program
re: #377 Big Beautiful Door
Marco, the moon shot was made possible by an expensive big government program
yeah, but that was back when we were allowed to do things like that, since then IGMFY
Geographically from Kansas to Texas? Oklahoma thanks you, Ted.
Ah, yes, Ted Cruz. Trump is merely a figment of the media’s well-known and passionate love for Hillary Rodham Clinton. MAKES SENSE.
— Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) March 11, 2016
Marco Rubio gives the understatement of the week. Zero delegates in the last primary was a “minor disappointment”.
Important point: not one of the other candidates denounced the violence at Trump’s rallies.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Trump: If you think about it, only billionaires who can self-fund their campaign have any right to be president.
Cruz: If you think about it, someone who proudly takes advantage of a corrupt broken system may not want to change that system.
I just clicked over to CNN and saw that there was an exchange on Cuba between Trump and Rubio. Trump basically said “they asked for reparations, nobody talks about it, there’s going to be a deal, and then we’re going to get sued for a trillion dollars.” He’s like a fucking freeper comment thread come to life. None of that makes sense. I had to stop right there because I’m way too sober for this bullshit.
You start a conversation you can’t even finish it.
You’re talking a lot, but you’re not saying anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?
Rubio: I’m also chomping at the bit to take insurance away from 18 million Americans.
TRUMP says he is turning down $5 million checks from donors … which of course would be a blatant violation of FEC laws if he accepted
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 11, 2016
Trump just said he turned down $275 MILLION in donations. Please.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Trump: “I know the system better than anybody who has ever lived.”
[Audience: nervous laughter.]— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Rubio has been well crafted to win college class debates.
re: #386 KGxvi
If Trump started making sense his poll numbers would drop 20 points overnight.
Kasich trumpeting his accomplishments from when Bill Clinton was President.
Ok, so OT has anyone seen the amazon Echo Dot thing they are selling. Is that basically just the amazon echo in a smaller package or does it have any limitations that the echo doesn’t?
re: #397 Skip Intro
If Trump started making sense his poll numbers would drop 20 points overnight.
Trump just advocated bipartisanship. Must admit, can’t remember the last time I heard a GOP candidate talk about anything but blatant obstructionism and my-way-or-the-highway.
Of course, he probably assumes he’ll get a really good deal.
Other than Trump doubling down on his claim that Islam hates America, this has been a rather non-headline event.
Cruz performance #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/UJXSXemDDF
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) March 11, 2016
re: #400 Ubiq
Trump just advocated bipartisanship. Must admit, can’t remember the last time I heard a GOP candidate talk about anything but blatant obstructionism and my-way-or-the-highway.
Of course, he probably assumes he’ll get a really good deal.
Of course. That bipartisanship is dependent on Republicans controlling both congressional houses and the White House.
Cruz says The president behaves like an Emperor but I’ve never seen him use Force lightning ONCE
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) March 11, 2016
re: #401 freetoken
Other than Trump doubling down on his claim that Islam hates America, this has been a rather non-headline event.
Now, now, we had all four candidates hedge in the favor of committing war crimes.
CNN just showed an ad from “NumbersUSA” - people should be aware that this is a nativist hate group. https://t.co/4lEXHvYdWm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 11, 2016
Do we at least have a consensus over who we go to war against next?
re: #397 Skip Intro
If Trump started making sense his poll numbers would drop 20 points overnight.
Sure, but I mean, we won’t pay reparations to our own citizens (and some of them even made an actual federal case out what we did in WWII), why the fuck would we pay reparations to another country?
Then again, Trump’s scam is actually pretty straight forward - whatever the issue “we don’t have the right people making deals (insert some bullshit about a bad deal that would never happen) I’m the right person to make a deal, I can make deals, it’s what I do, and it will be a great deal for us.” That’s his entire argument for every issue. It is spoken like someone who has never been without leverage in negotiations. I don’t think Trump realizes that in most cases, the president doesn’t have a ton of leverage when negotiating deals.
re: #408 Skip Intro
Do we at least have a consensus over who we go to war against next?
Clearly they all favor letting the generals tell them to send however many American soldiers to Syria that the generals want.
Kasich: I’m boring, but definitely not terrifying.
Rubio: America is a special country. I have a plan to destroy everything that makes it special.
re: #408 Skip Intro
Do we at least have a consensus over who we go to war against next?
It’s probably a coin flip between Syria and Iran. Of course, since Russia, Turkey, Iran, and several others in the region are involved (on various sides) in Syria, the answer ends up being:
All of them, Katie.
(I think that may be officially replacing 42 as the answer)
Would it be too much to ask for a censorship bar placed over Ted Cruz’s face?
OK Cruz! Abolish the IRS, now what will collect the taxes?
Hillary Clinton or the American Taliban?
Hmm. REAL tough choice, Ted.
Cruz: We all still hate Hillary, right?
Trump: I’m going to bring the biggest, classiest, most gold-plated voters this November.
“Where can a boy born in Calgery grow up to run for POTUS.”
Pres. Barack Obama…. Tonite at the State Dinner.
Said with a straight face ( for about 15 sec.$).
re: #417 Joe Bacon
OK Cruz! Abolish the IRS, now what will collect the taxes?
You don’t need taxes to run a country, just a plantation.
And the debate ends with a whimper.
CNN already grousing about the fact that there was no blood.
#Trump: “I’m bringing in so many bigots, you guys. Seriously. Millions. It’s not terrifying. Just embrace the inevitable.” #GOPDebate
— Truth Tellah (@tellahtruth) March 11, 2016
re: #422 freetoken
Is our goose cooked yet?
We’ll be lucky if we have a goose to cook if any of these assholes get into the Oval Office!
Melania always sneaks in behind Trump in these on-stage one-on-one interviews.
re: #419 Ubiq
Cruz: We all still hate Hillary, right?
Trump: I’m going to bring the biggest, classiest, most gold-plated voters this November.
They don’t look gold-plated…
re: #423 Belafon
You don’t need taxes to run a country, just a plantation.
No we know how L’il Rafael will collect his taxes! Everyone will put their taxes into church collection plates!
Very low energy tonight, I have to tell you.
But still, lots-o-crazy.
re: #411 freetoken
What The Heck Is Going On With The Virgin Islands Republican Party?
The US Virgin Islands has about 103,000 people in 133 square miles. About 30% speak languages other than English. It’s economy is pretty much completely tourism based and it is beautiful. Basically, it is exactly what you think of when you think of Caribbean Island.
My guess is that nobody living there really gives mainland politics much thought, why would they?
re: #428 freetoken
Melania always sneaks in behind Trump in these on-stage one-on-one interviews.
She always has that Xanex glow about her.
Here is your #GOPDebate recap pic.twitter.com/TAe5SZNRv0
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 11, 2016
Trump boasting about the ratings he gave Anderson Cooper.
CNN: Hillary just criticized you for not condemning the assholes in your rallies.
Trump: I think her anger is a disgrace and w/o dignity
CNN just cut off my “preview”.
That’s fine, I don’t want to watch any more CNN.
re: #428 freetoken
Melania always sneaks in behind Trump in these on-stage one-on-one interviews.
His little visa baby.
Wow California raising the age to buy tobacco products to 21. Good move.
re: #411 freetoken
What The Heck Is Going On With The Virgin Islands Republican Party?
Maybe they chose ‘none of the above.’ I wouldn’t blame them.
Here is your #GOPDebate recap pic.twitter.com/TAe5SZNRv0
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 11, 2016
re: #434 teleskiguy
Sorry, great minds and so on
re: #133 No Depression
As someone involved in economic development, what you say is 100 percent true. Our area in NC was devastated by offshoring and the Great Recession. But we have rebounded from an unemployment rate above 17 percent to below 6 percent by diversifying our manufacturing sector. The problem now is having qualified workers to fill these advanced manufacturing jobs. That’s tough in a location where 33 percent of the population over the age of 30 does not have a high school diploma or GED. We are preparing for a job fair that will have more nearly 2,000 available jobs, but the folks around here still complain that there is no work. And, yes, this area will vote 70 percent for whichever one of these GOP clowns gets the nomination.
re: #362 Charles Johnson
Trump says his supporters have such “love for the country” that they want to assault protesters.
Reminds me of the Republican pol who blamed his infidelity on his love of country getting him so worked up. Which one was that again? I disremember.
So this Persian Gulf war vet that supports Trump has no clue who he is:
@danja84 @BillSFrank @WalshFreedom I have to be honest with you I don’t even know who that is
— jim thomsen (@jimthomsen60030) March 11, 2016
re: #444 Sophist, Vogon Poet Laureate
Reminds me of the Republican pol who blamed his infidelity on his love of country getting him so worked up. Which one was that again? I disremember.
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Who are you calling arrogant?Against its better judgment, GotNwes has published a Michelle Fields story.
GotNewsDotCom fails yet again, denying #MichelleFields video exists when it does
Why is there no video of this incident?
Full disclosure: I’m a supporter of Ted Cruz, The One. If I had the chance, I would worship at his altar. I’ve even bet on him winning the election and the primary, in that order, which shows you how clever I am. But I am not going to allow a serial liar* control the discussion about what happened. Nyah nyah nyah.
* EDITOR’S NOTE: As it may be hard to follow Chuck’s disjointed train of invective here, we’ll point out that the serial liar being referenced is not Ted Cruz, who was not even present at the Trump rally in question. Well, as far as we know, anyway.
Sometimes you can tell a story is fake really quick, but that’s never stopped us from publishing them before. Sometimes you can tell a reporter is a fraud even faster, especially when they repeatedly insist they are not a blogger but an Award Winning JournalistTM.
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