GOP debate

[Crampknees]

Megyn is now pissed at the questions they were asked.  Wait, wasn't Megyn in trouble for the questions she asked?  You can never make a con happy. 

 

Yes IE, I saw it on FOX News, thank you. 

[Crampknees]

The question was phrased as something like, "doesn't that mean you're not a good leader?" Almost every question ended with an insult. 

Oh no thems po baby's who run their mouths off at their current POTUS as a Socialist, Muslim, Illegal, baby killing commie gots insulted.  Oh me. 

[Glen]

I think Cruz graduated in the top of his class at Harvard and argued several cases in front of the Supreme Court. He was also a champion debater in college.

And Obama was a constitutional law professor.

[Crampknees]

And Obama was a constitutional law professor.

Oh come on.  You know that is not true and if he had any diploma to prove it he got it off Reverend Jeremiah Wright's internet law diploma website. 

[Spirit]

And Jeff Mathis was a major league baseball player.

[Crampknees]

And Jeff Mathis was a major league baseball player.

boom goes the dynamite. 

[Glen]

And Jeff Mathis was a major league baseball player.

Was?

[Spirit]

Was?

 

He's not playing right now. 

[Glen]

Like the old Mitch Hedberg line: I use to to do drugs. I still do them, but I used to do them, too.

[Spirit]

I'm pretty sure that response is racist.  And/or sexist.

 

You cad!  

[Chris]

Trump should have answered, "That's a clown question bro!"

[Jay]

It's pretty obvious at this point that the moderators were a disaster.

 

I used to think that Becky Quick and other CNBC commentators were smart.  They were just exposed as talking heads, especially John Harwood.  What a goofball that guy is.

[Spirit]

LOL!   I used to think these people were smart until they acted in a way I didn't agree with.  Now they're dumb. 

[Jay]

LOL!   I used to think these people were smart until they acted in a way I didn't agree with.  Now they're dumb. 

 

You think they're dumb?

 

Or did they just ask a lot of dumb questions?

[Make Angels Great Again]

Well, what's another $18 trillion in the whole scheme of things? That's the price tag for all the goodies he's promising.

 

Where did you read that? From feelthebern.org

 

What policies has he proposed with regards to college tuition?

Bernie introduced the College for All Act, which would “eliminate the $70 billion dollar tuition costs at all 4-year public colleges and universities.” To qualify, states would have to foot 33 percent of the bill (the federal government would sponsor the rest) and take various steps to maintain or increase expenditure on improving opportunities for students and faculty.

 

But nothing is “free”!  How are you going to pay for this?

There are various measures that have been proposed to cover these changes. In the College for All Act, which Bernie sponsored, a “Robin Hood” tax on Wall Street would be implemented– a 0.5 percent speculation fee on investment houses, hedge funds, and other stock trades, as well as a 0.1 percent fee on bonds and a 0.005 percent fee charged on derivatives. These very small taxes on the financial sector would completely cover the cost of providing free higher education to all students who are willing and able to attend college or university.

Moreover, the cost of not providing higher education must also be factored into consideration. A more educated workforce is likely to lead to higher incomes and a higher GDP for the nation, which will lead to increased prosperity, wealth, and consumer spending in its own right. In addition, families and individuals will spend their income freely instead of saving it for college tuition or using it to pay back student loans. This rise in consumer spending will also likely have a positive effect on the nation’s GDP.

[red321]

I see the Republicans have banished NBC from the debate schedule.

 

What's that comment about if you can't x, how can you handle Putin?

 

What a bunch of clowns. Oh no...people ask me hard question.

[Spirit]

You think they're dumb?

 

Or did they just ask a lot of dumb questions?

 

 

I was commenting on your statement, "I used to think that Becky Quick and other CNBC commentators were smart."

 

 

Do I think they're dumb?  No.  Did they ask many questions in a douchey way?  Yes.

[Spirit]

I see the Republicans have banished NBC from the debate schedule.

 

What's that comment about if you can't x, how can you handle Putin?

 

What a bunch of clowns. Oh no...people ask me hard question.

 

 

When is the Democratic debate on Fox News again?

[Jay]

Can't wait for the Democrat debate on Fox News.

 

Maybe someone can ask Sanders: Do you think a lying, incompetent poser like Clinton should be president?

 

Maybe someone can ask Clinton: Do you think a grumpy old America-hating commie like Sanders should be president?

[Make Angels Great Again]

Well, what's another $18 trillion in the whole scheme of things? That's the price tag for all the goodies he's promising.

 

By the way, this writer destroys the 18 trillion dollar claim.

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/15/no-bernie-sanders-is-not-going-to-bankrupt-america-to-the-tune-of-18-trillion/

[red321]

You do have a point re: Democrats and Fox. Though I think saying NBC is to liberals as Fox is to conservatives is inaccurate, especially when you consider the debate was on CNBC which is a spokesperson for Wall St. and big business. But your point is taken.

 

 

But go and read the Fox transcripts...and the CNBC transcipts...there is very little difference. In fact, it certainly seems like Fox tried to create more on stage drama than CNBC.

 

 

 

....Dr. Carson....Your critics say that your inexperience shows. You've suggested that the Baltic States are not a part of NATO, just months ago you were unfamiliar with the major political parties and government in Israel, and domestically, you thought Alan Greenspan had been treasury secretary instead of federal reserve chair. Aren't these basic mistakes, and don't they raise legitimate questions about whether you are ready to be president?

Mr. Trump, one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you don't use a politician's filter. However, that is not without its downsides, in particular, when it comes to women. You've called women you don't like "fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals."....Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments about women's looks. You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. 

 

Senator Cruz, your colleague, Senator Paul, right there next to you, said a few months ago he agrees with you on a number of issues, but he says you do nothing to grow the party. He says you feed red meat to the base, but you don't reach out to minorities. You have a toxic relationship with GOP leaders in Congress. You even called the Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell a liar recently. How can you win in 2016 when you're such a divisive figure?

Under your watch, New Jersey has undergone nine credit rating downgrades. The state's 44th in private sector growth. You face an employee pension crisis and the Garden State has the third highest foreclosure rate in the country. So why should voters believe that your management of the country's finances would be any different?

 

Would you really let a mother die rather than have an abortion, and with 83 percent of the American public in favor of a life exception, are you too out of the mainstream on this issue to win the general election?

 

Why should Republican voters, who generally want to shrink government, believe that you won't use your Saint Peter rationale to expand every government program?

 

 

Mr. Trump, it has not escaped anybody's notice that you say that the Mexican government, the Mexican government is sending criminals -- rapists, drug dealers, across the border.Governor Bush has called those remarks, quote, "extraordinarily ugly." I'd like you -- you're right next to him -- tell us -- talk to him directly and say how you respond to that and -- and you have repeatedly said that you have evidence that the Mexican government is doing this, but you have evidence you have refused or declined to share.

[Spirit]

At least we can all agree that the parties are a bunch of clowns for dodging the networks they don't agree with. 

[Jay]

I would like to hear somebody tell Clinton that free college tuition is about as likely to happen as her flapping her wings and flying away.

[mtangelsfan]

I didn't watch the debate.  So I am merely commenting on what others have said.

 

My big problem with how it seems that the moderators considered their position as "adversarial".  I think once anyone in the press does this, they have lost what it means to be the press.

 

I know that Fox does this (at least that is what I hear from the libs who watch it) and now it seems others have as well.

[Spirit]

Anytime you're talking about an umpire, a referee or a debate moderator the day after the event, it typically means they did a shitty job.