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(41,987 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)Ted not so much. But it's fun to watch.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)dmr
(28,347 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)How long before they pull out maternity test results? Throw chairs?
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)this bad boy is back to a toss-up.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)Problem solved!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)polly7
(20,582 posts)Our politics are so frigging boring .... is it ok if I laugh at these people? I LOVE these GOP debate threads.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Five 2-part threads later, I have learned it.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)jesus.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)it was horrible.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Trump and Carson, and segments of the debate were on. One person in the room was discussing his history as an educator.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)every word out of his mouth is a giant lie.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)demosocialist
(184 posts)Cruz needs to live in France or Sweden.... he can see what socialized medicine does
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)We mustn't allow him anywhere near the White House.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)He was not prepared for this level of insanity.
TBF
(32,068 posts)It was hard to hear. I thought he said something about that being a liberal argument. I can't keep up with the crazy. I've paused and resound at least 3 times.
TBF
(32,068 posts)I don't care what words they used - they were shaking their heads "no" and blathering on about their republican policies. Donald Trump, not the swiftest or nicest, actually said "I am not going to let people die in the street" and those 2 disagreed. Marco's a tool and Ted's a major asshole. Trump actually does look better than those 2. Think about how fucked that is.
Kittycat
(10,493 posts)I know exactly how fucked up it is and sounds. The whole healthcare plan idea was terrifying to me as a parent with a special needs child. I wasn't suggesting those two kit cases sounded sane. I thought he was saying something to the tune of why are we are going that here and not saving it.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)The inmates are running the asylum
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)and Cruz and Rubio are arguing they do want that.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Mz Pip
(27,451 posts)What a douche nozzle.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)You can't write this shit.
Gawd help us if any of these assholes become president.
demosocialist
(184 posts)They are actually arguing FOR people dying on the streets.... I love they are finally honest after all the years of dodging it
nolabear
(41,987 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)TBF
(32,068 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Ultimately he's sane but will go along with the repuke mindset to win.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Maybe that's the plan, shred him later over the facts and let Rubio be da man
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)not ask him any difficult questions any more. Let me find the link for you!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)He's already been fact checked on that claim.
"The top income tax rate in the United States is 39.6 percent. That ranked 33rd highest on a list of the top rates in 116 nations compiled this year by KPMG, an international tax advisory corporation. Another survey - by tradingeconomics.com, a website that compiles economic data - ranks the U.S. top rate 38th highest among 155 nations and territories."
"Chad and Ivory Coast had the highest top tax rates, at 60 percent."
"The bottom income tax rate in the U.S. is 10 percent. Forty-one countries have higher bottom rates, according to data on 157 nations and territories compiled by Ernst & Young, an international accounting corporation."
"Taxes accounted for about 25 percent of the United States GDP -- placing the U.S. 27th out of 30 countries studied. "
"Taxes per capita in the United States totaled $13,482, according to the OECD data. That ranked 16th out of 29 countries for which data were available for 2013."
"While it probably makes the most sense to compare the United States with other advanced, industrialized nations, there is one additional data source that includes the full roster of countries. In the World Banks comparison of 115 countries for 2012, the U.S. ranked 12th from the bottom in taxation as a percentage of GDP. "
http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2015/oct/20/donald-trump/trump-says-us-has-highest-tax-rate-anywhere-world/
Angel Martin
(942 posts)although with all the special interest deals and tax loopholes, almost no company actually pays that.
maybe we can give Trump a "not completely false" or "mostly false" on this one
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Not something the average person worries about.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Damn, I didn't know that
TBF
(32,068 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)demosocialist
(184 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)demosocialist
(184 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)he's the stealth clown.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)and is letting Trump/Rubio/Cruz kill each other off?
bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)TBF
(32,068 posts)Gorgatron
(95 posts)This guys could be president?
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Gorgatron
(95 posts)I was just thinking about what it would be like if he somehow becomes president earlier this week. What is happening in our country....
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Ask somebody else a question, will ya?
nolabear
(41,987 posts)GP6971
(31,170 posts)or is CNN ignoring Cruz?
nolabear
(41,987 posts)GP6971
(31,170 posts)and not doing that well for s "skilled" debater. Trump is having him for lunch.
dmr
(28,347 posts)So am I, but am anti-Cruz & anti-Rubio more.
They're all so sleazy. The only one who appears intelligent is Kasich, & I don't want him either.
Gorgatron
(95 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Gorgatron
(95 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)that.
LSK
(36,846 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Angel Martin
(942 posts)everybody duck !
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Of course CNN is getting great ratings as a result
Angel Martin
(942 posts)he's the only candidate ever who can say:
Lying media assholes, I'll be in Mobile tomorrow at noon, don't be late
Kittycat
(10,493 posts)Comedy gold!
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)I'd be writing like Ben Carson speaks.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Blus4u
(608 posts)Peace
nolabear
(41,987 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)I'm just sitting here like
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Let me go look.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)After Secretary Clinton and the President salvaged their marriage through that, who would possibly like the thrice-married Trump for bringing it up again?
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Polls don't make you President
JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)but Trump's followers don't care about facts.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)dflprincess
(28,079 posts)but I'm wondering if Marco used the phrase "new American century" at all in this one?
He did in a couple of the earlier ones and then I didn't hear it again. I wondered if the old PNAC crowd told him to avoid the phrase (or maybe they own the rights to the phrase and sent a cease and desist order).
Made my blood run cold when I heard him say that.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Whoop-whoop-whoop! Oh, a wise guy!
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)My dick is bigger than your dick.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)about a return to the Reagan revolution years. None of it makes much sense.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)demosocialist
(184 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Damn...I'm rooting for Rubio...
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)I feel your pain.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)but came over here to talk about this circus. Jesus, we're in trouble if any of them win.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)I'll be so glad when Sooper Tuesday is over in Texas.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Seriously. He really works at it.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)That changes everything.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)demosocialist
(184 posts)You cannot legally be President attack.... disappointed once again
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)demosocialist
(184 posts)corrected for ya Trump
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Trump was the grand marshall .....
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)I knew it would surface!
nolabear
(41,987 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)No really funny, but pure irony - given one of the primary base issues is over real estate.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Kali
(55,014 posts)patriotic dildos?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Interview with Tump about Israel
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)Like a game of bat toss, they will keep one upping each other until one lucky sole gets to be the one to claim we'll use ALL our nukes on NK.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Korean War Redux coming soon to a theater near you.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Arm South Korea and Japan ... these guys sure sound like Republicans.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)about taxes.
demosocialist
(184 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)demosocialist
(184 posts)Please Wolf could you call on me more
MattP
(3,304 posts)Why only question Trumps plan? They all have crazy ass budget plans and then Rubio acts like he is going to help balance the budget WTF!
bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)And I thought White Bread Johnny was the same one.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...because having 35,000 troops facing off at the DMZ is not enough?
nolabear
(41,987 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)"a total sensation" WTF Trump?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Just talking points and stump speech BS.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)But his ears are huge and pointy, and you can see he is bald under that shelf of hair he has combed forward.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)in the rain. I need pics of that!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I'd Youtube the shit out of that!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)We could start a gofundme for this one.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)will lose him the election.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)How I loathe than piece of crap.
Sorry for the rough language, but that's the way it is.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)beveeheart
(1,369 posts)became president. Since then I use it a lot.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)beveeheart
(1,369 posts)for saying "that word".
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Warpy
(111,282 posts)The only thing that graphic could possibly be is a giant weenie. It seems oddly appropriate to all those men yelling at each other in front of it. I could only cope for a second. I tried, really.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)None of these idiots are qualified to be president.
IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)but seriously? this is so sad. And Wolf is so terrible.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Retrograde
(10,137 posts)Hate to say it, but Trump is coming across as the least bad of a pathetic lot.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)"would someone attack me please?"
IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)Otherwise Der Trumpler
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Can someone attack me?
demosocialist
(184 posts)but he is an even bigger crazy Fucker than I thought
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)monmouth4
(9,708 posts)ould
nolabear
(41,987 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)his support might anger his white supremacist group supporters
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)Wow, guess I need to study some history books.
Peace
nolabear
(41,987 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)His hairline just receded another 5 inches.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)They got like 90%, with Kusich 7% and Carson like 3%
nolabear
(41,987 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Cadaver flesh paint. Lol
demosocialist
(184 posts)LSK
(36,846 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)turning this into a "Apple supports terrorists" vs "All threats are on that phone" argument are stupid.
And now, after months of the Republicans saying the President oversteps his Constitutional powers, they call on him to force Apple to turn over the data.
They are idiots and their supporters are idiots.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)A big red one right into Cruz' fat mouth!
LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)as they devolved yet again into yelling over each other.
Can you picture, at all, Sen. Sanders and Sec. Clinton yelling and arguing over each other? Of course not. They would be discussing issues, showing common decency and respect to their opponent, and answering the questions.
The distinction between the two parties candidates could not be any clearer.
brooklynite
(94,606 posts)This is what GOP losing WH looks like,
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)Poor guy looks like he's going to have nightmares after this.