This is no clown car... Republican debate

Discussion in 'Politics' started by jem, Sep 16, 2015.

  1. achilles28

    achilles28

    Yup. Everyone is an enemy. More bs.
     
    #61     Sep 17, 2015
  2. Ricter

    Ricter

    The Fox News fact checking I just posted confirms that Trump's interest in casino gambling in FL is a matter of public record.

    No one can verify that she did delete classified information containing emails, if they are truly deleted.
     
    #62     Sep 17, 2015
  3. Ricter

    Ricter

    It's not complete speculation, we have historical examples. The control of ozone damaging chemicals is one.
     
    #63     Sep 17, 2015
  4. It's not that I disagree with you guys about Fiorina's performance. She came close to dominating the debate, which is no mean feat considering each of the others candidates did pretty well themselves. The problem with her is similar to the problem with Jeb! Two strikes against each of them. With her it's Lucent and HP, with him his father and brother, both terrible presidents. Nice guys but disastrous presidents. it's not unfair to say that most of the chaos in the middle east is a direct result of their policies. If we had stayed the heck out and let the arabs sort it out on their own, we would have been a lot better off.

    Carly's over the top neo-con rhetoric scares me and is not a winning message for the general election. People have had enough body bags and heroes coming home missing arms and legs, and for what? WTF exactly has it all accomplished? The fact is no company will give her another shot in the C suite, which tells me plenty.

    I would have to say Trump kind of brought up the rear. He didn't handle several issues too well. He made a mistake with his comment about Fiorina's looks, even though in all honesty, she probably has depleted the botox supply for California. I thought he should have been a little tougher with Jeb! on the point about Jeb's mexican wife. For example, he could have said " I'm not attacking your wife but your amnesty support is so idiotic that I am trying to find a rationale for it."

    Trumps' performance in the first debate was also underwhelming and it seemed to make zero difference.
     
    #64     Sep 17, 2015
  5. I thought the two best lines of the night were Carly's attack on Planned Parenthood and Huck's defense of that Kentucky county clerk.

    But Carly never really said if she was for forcing a government shutdown or not. As a rino, she no doubt is against it but she made it sound like she was in favor.
     
    #65     Sep 17, 2015
  6. achilles28

    achilles28

    Two last things struck me. Jeb bush is an establishment milqtoast shill offering more of the same. And Donald trump stood down. I've watched most of his interviews speeches and first debate performances. He stood down. I don't know why. But that's what people love about him. His forceful straight talk. None of that from trump last night. Made the rhino hacks look like master politicians
     
    #66     Sep 17, 2015
  7. He probably hired some consultants and was trying to do what they told him. Of course they all thought Romney was a great candidate who ran a superb race.
     
    #67     Sep 17, 2015
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  8. Anyone else tried of listening to Scot Walker? I admire what he did in wisconsin and yes, he didn't back down when most republicans, ie Kasich and Bush, would have been wetting their pants. But he's kind of like the arrogant kid who won't shut up when the adults want to talk.
     
    #68     Sep 17, 2015
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  9. achilles28

    achilles28

    Walker, Rubio and Christie smack of arrogance. Trump is arrogant but he delivers political red meat. The rest are just cocky and bring little to the table. Except the same old rationalizations.
     
    #69     Sep 17, 2015
  10. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    This is great news. Since when did you start to use Fox News to fact check? Never thought that I would live to see the day. Perhaps you should use it more often.
     
    #70     Sep 17, 2015