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******GOP Debate Debacle Thread Two****** (Original Post) nolabear Feb 2016 OP
"Now he's repeating himself." Score one for Rubio! nolabear Feb 2016 #1
Rubio is going for the kill WolverineDG Feb 2016 #3
It is. And nice Seahawks icon. nolabear Feb 2016 #6
Rubio thinks he's clever. What a grin he has. n/t dmr Feb 2016 #11
This is truly like watching Jerry Springer ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #2
just please, no clothes tugging ewwwwwwww nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #5
Wow! Kasich "trumps" the fruit-salad reference with a Dead Sea Scroll reference ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #4
Nobody cares though. nolabear Feb 2016 #8
Carsons health care plan is hiding Uncle Joe's cigarettes LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #13
HA HA HA I thought I imagined that! bettyellen Feb 2016 #18
Now that's a plan leftofcool Feb 2016 #43
omg .. polly7 Feb 2016 #141
hide the bon bons, Aunt Lucy has the DIABEETUS !! bettyellen Feb 2016 #167
Carson just changed his campaign logo DesertRat Feb 2016 #7
*snort!* nolabear Feb 2016 #9
LINK TO THREAD #1 of the Debate Debacle !1!!!1!11! bettyellen Feb 2016 #10
Bless you, my smarter sister. nolabear Feb 2016 #14
Someone will inevitably ask you for it if you do not provide it in the OP. Happens EVERY time. bettyellen Feb 2016 #16
Carson has no idea how poor people are. nolabear Feb 2016 #12
Carson is super stupid, don't care how good a dr. he is, he's stupid! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #15
Imagine him with a scalpel coming at you, talking fruit salad! nt flamingdem Feb 2016 #17
Oh fuck, you should write horror movies! LOL bettyellen Feb 2016 #23
Kinda like having Freddy Krueger coming at you to operate! RKP5637 Feb 2016 #47
I met someone indirectly that interned under him, they said he's a really super strange dude and RKP5637 Feb 2016 #29
Details?!?!?! bettyellen Feb 2016 #52
It was a passing conversation while watching the debate in a waiting room. We had been discussing RKP5637 Feb 2016 #84
Carson is living proof you don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a brain surgeon Zorro Feb 2016 #151
K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #166
The candidates are correct about one thing ... Cruz is a HUGE liar ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #19
"Wait! I haven't attacked Trump on health care!" nolabear Feb 2016 #20
HAHAHAHA demosocialist Feb 2016 #21
Is the secret mike cougher Carson again? DesertRat Feb 2016 #22
Gawd. Cruz is one creepy *astard TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #24
I am more worried about Rubio, not sure why. bettyellen Feb 2016 #28
Trump will magically prevent everyone from "dying in the streets" OH BOY. bettyellen Feb 2016 #25
Cruz shaming him for allowing people to not die in the streets! flamingdem Feb 2016 #33
I'm crying over here!! bettyellen Feb 2016 #38
Is it a pre-existing condition? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #61
Wolf Blitzer fail several times at this point ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #26
Trump is not going to let people die in street - Rafa the idiot argues w/him TBF Feb 2016 #27
Did he? Kittycat Feb 2016 #169
They both did - tweedle dee and tweedle dum on either side TBF Feb 2016 #280
Take a breath. Kittycat Feb 2016 #282
CNN is pathetic. The have no control. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #30
It is a fucking zoo! bettyellen Feb 2016 #41
Unfuckinbelievable. Trump doesn't want to let people die on the street valerief Feb 2016 #31
I know- the whole thing has been a lovely IMPLOSION !! Have they all been this crazy? bettyellen Feb 2016 #35
Cruz is a heartless bastard Mz Pip Feb 2016 #36
Trump wants to allow people to live, shame him! flamingdem Feb 2016 #37
I know, and the assholes flanking him are arguing against that. valerief Feb 2016 #40
WOW demosocialist Feb 2016 #32
We have he highest taxes in the world? nolabear Feb 2016 #34
80% of what Trump says is false flamingdem Feb 2016 #39
He says what people want to hear - that is why they are voting for him TBF Feb 2016 #42
At least it's possible to "translate" what he's saying flamingdem Feb 2016 #48
All but the conjunctions and a few of the adjectives. nolabear Feb 2016 #45
he exaggerates every single statistic he cites. he is never right on stats. bettyellen Feb 2016 #46
Why doesn't someone fact check him? flamingdem Feb 2016 #51
I have seen it in print. But also read Trump has banned so many reporters already that they will bettyellen Feb 2016 #57
Here- the Rolling Stone Article about Trump is amazing: bettyellen Feb 2016 #78
Of course not. noamnety Feb 2016 #59
USA does have the highest Corp tax rate in the industrialized world Angel Martin Feb 2016 #119
He's talking about the corporate rate on worldwide income LittleBlue Feb 2016 #91
Kasich is governor of Ohio? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #44
It's the only reason he's still up there - he's a swing state potential VP TBF Feb 2016 #49
and he... can sound normal! who let him in the clown car? bettyellen Feb 2016 #50
he is the driver demosocialist Feb 2016 #63
let's re-route them.... over a cliff! bettyellen Feb 2016 #69
LOL I agree totally!!!!!!!!!! n/t demosocialist Feb 2016 #80
He's just as bad as the rest - LiberalElite Feb 2016 #97
Everyone else is wearing the "clown" on their sleeves. Or faces. bettyellen Feb 2016 #102
He needs to work on his posture, his head juts forward, not presidential looking nt flamingdem Feb 2016 #58
Yep, and he signed a bill to defund PP just this week. He is NO moderate, don't be fooled LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #131
Didn't we already cover Romney? nolabear Feb 2016 #53
Not deep enough, evidently. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #56
Uh-Oh. Mittens is in the crosshairs. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #54
Anyone thinking Kasich's strategy is to look like the most sane up there WolverineDG Feb 2016 #55
Yup. It's not hard though. bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #60
Until you remember he just defunded Planned Parenthood in Ohio. TBF Feb 2016 #281
"Bigly" I have heard trump use this before... Really people? Gorgatron Feb 2016 #62
yeayah, bigly dat's da ticket, whatevuh fugetaboudit, gimme a break flamingdem Feb 2016 #76
Lol seriously tho, what the fuck is that... Gorgatron Feb 2016 #109
Trumo: "Leave me alone" Stinky The Clown Feb 2016 #64
Damn, Trump is a shit. nolabear Feb 2016 #65
Is it me GP6971 Feb 2016 #66
He's certainly not being thrown as much as Trump and Rubio. Decisions were made. Oh yes. nolabear Feb 2016 #72
Well, Cruz now has the floor GP6971 Feb 2016 #105
CNN seems to be anti-Trump dmr Feb 2016 #135
Was thinking the same thing. Gorgatron Feb 2016 #83
Trump's incredible! Very few people listen to your radio show! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #67
Hahaha that was good, soooo like him to say something like that Gorgatron Feb 2016 #73
He took lessons from Triumph the Insult Dog nt flamingdem Feb 2016 #81
He reminds of the CEOs in some of the companies I worked in, they were very quick with quips like RKP5637 Feb 2016 #90
Now trump even attacking Hugh Hewitt lol LSK Feb 2016 #68
He's confused, Donald attack the other candidates! flamingdem Feb 2016 #82
He's in attack mode Angel Martin Feb 2016 #136
His machine gun is stuck in automatic flamingdem Feb 2016 #142
that's why they love the Donald Angel Martin Feb 2016 #161
No one listens to your show. Kittycat Feb 2016 #216
Rubio - don't audit me, bro! TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #70
OMG! A Hugh Hewitt smackdown! leftofcool Feb 2016 #71
Hugh Who? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #74
Didn't have my glasses on. Fixed it! leftofcool Feb 2016 #77
Take them back off. I'll be better that way. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #79
Are you kidding? I wear trifocals! leftofcool Feb 2016 #85
Me too - Buying Coke bottles first thing tomorrow. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #103
Hugh Who Hewitt Blus4u Feb 2016 #87
Rubio's mother depends on SS and Medicare? That's cold. nolabear Feb 2016 #75
Greatest. Debate. Ever. LittleBlue Feb 2016 #86
Plastic Man is upset - tax return time. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #92
He SO wants to beat Hillary. It's a little creepy actually. nolabear Feb 2016 #88
That was a preview, is that to be allowed just insult after insult? flamingdem Feb 2016 #95
It is creeptatstic... reminds me of this thing I read. bettyellen Feb 2016 #96
Namechecks Hillary. Implies Hillary and Bill "had a rough weekend" because of him? WHUT? bettyellen Feb 2016 #89
He's kinda nuts, isn't he? nolabear Feb 2016 #99
Yes because he started dragging Monica into it, and clearly he'll do all that again flamingdem Feb 2016 #101
Oh fuck him. He has nothing to say about anyone's marriage (singular). Nada. bettyellen Feb 2016 #110
But he knows the Clintons won't hit back with that.. well maybe their surrogates flamingdem Feb 2016 #116
She could quickly shut him down, and I think will probably have to. bettyellen Feb 2016 #127
So what? That's all been in the open for nearly 20 years ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #121
polls polls polls SummerSnow Feb 2016 #93
Nevahda, Donald? That's the last straw. JohnnyLib2 Feb 2016 #94
Cruz brings up the upcoming fraud trial WolverineDG Feb 2016 #98
They want a bloody brawl with Hllary as the next course flamingdem Feb 2016 #106
I admit I couldn't bring myself to watch dflprincess Feb 2016 #100
Lord knows. It's like WWF and WWII combined in here. Oh, and The Marx Bros. nolabear Feb 2016 #107
It's like The Three Stooges up there! nolabear Feb 2016 #114
Meh, it's more simple than that leftofcool Feb 2016 #118
mostly he has been stabbing at Trump like Tony Perkins in Psycho! He also did say something bettyellen Feb 2016 #125
Cruz just dug a hole and Trump shoveled him into it. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #104
Rubio is a waay better attack dog, if it was Rubio and Trump only onstage Rubio would win flamingdem Feb 2016 #111
He looks like Fido's hind end. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #120
Let's discuss Trump University, shall we? Happyhippychick Feb 2016 #108
Oral Roberts University or Bob Jones? demosocialist Feb 2016 #115
Rubio lobbed that early on. He needs to keep hammering. nolabear Feb 2016 #117
I rooted for Jeb last week WolverineDG Feb 2016 #134
Hey- long time no see!! bettyellen Feb 2016 #146
hiya! WolverineDG Feb 2016 #170
Awesome to see you here! bettyellen Feb 2016 #177
I'm mostly on FB WolverineDG Feb 2016 #200
I've been trying to do *pleasant* threads for all the Dem debates- so far it's going okay. bettyellen Feb 2016 #203
Compared to these debates, those are rather, um, boring WolverineDG Feb 2016 #218
Yeah, but they make me feel better about the country. This shit is crazy! bettyellen Feb 2016 #233
Trump talks so much shiz, if he loses he will hide his head in the sand SummerSnow Feb 2016 #112
Cruz is such an asshole TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #113
I always wonder if he has a bad smell. He just seems like he would. nolabear Feb 2016 #123
In Cruz' case it's a birth defect leftofcool Feb 2016 #124
Ahhh! A pre-existing condition. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #129
Only people with pre-existing conditions are allowed to live flamingdem Feb 2016 #133
Should we have a Senate committee hearing on Trump University? SummerSnow Feb 2016 #122
Oh let's do. nolabear Feb 2016 #128
I thought Trump was going to go for the demosocialist Feb 2016 #126
Give him another few minutes, his claim to fame is birtherism flamingdem Feb 2016 #130
It's his Freeboard. nolabear Feb 2016 #132
Macy's parade, wasn't it, Donald? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #137
he means Grand Wizard... demosocialist Feb 2016 #138
Welcome back for foreign policy and national security, a new topic these guys missed in college. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #139
Trump has close ties with Israel? Lol SummerSnow Feb 2016 #140
They have such beautiful pagent contestants there! bettyellen Feb 2016 #144
He looks like an overcooked bagel. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #145
Looks like he was dipped in paprika SummerSnow Feb 2016 #163
Terra Terra Terra TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #143
Oh, Rubio condescends to Donald on Israel. nolabear Feb 2016 #147
Look Rubio didn't get to be in the Iraeli parade though! flamingdem Feb 2016 #152
They are fighting over who loves Israel the most? Did Carson fall asleep? bettyellen Feb 2016 #148
He left. Domino's man was at the door. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #155
Carson should just walk off the stage SummerSnow Feb 2016 #168
Actually, that would be AWESOME! LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #183
I get drowsy when he speaks SummerSnow Feb 2016 #192
Rubio's ownership by the Israeli Lobby in full view flamingdem Feb 2016 #149
The odd irony of Rubio saying that Palestine isn't a "real estate deal" ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #157
Maybe the Donald could solve it, just put hotels everywhere flamingdem Feb 2016 #182
Marco: Here's how to be a broker, Donald. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #150
Bullshit, Donald- William Shatner is "The Negotiator"!!! bettyellen Feb 2016 #153
... nolabear Feb 2016 #158
what are those three tubular things in the backgroung? Kali Feb 2016 #154
Missle launch tubes. Cruz takes them everywhere. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #159
Tubular bells, for the musical score for the exorcism? suffragette Feb 2016 #180
Lord, Trump switches to the bullying tactic as soon as he doesn't know what he's doing. nolabear Feb 2016 #156
Trump and Israel article... SummerSnow Feb 2016 #160
Uh oh, we're talking about "taking out" dictators now!! Kim Jong is gonna be mad. bettyellen Feb 2016 #162
Plus he's just a young Un. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #171
This discussion will devolve into an argument over how many times we will nuke them ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #174
Yep, just what we need, yet another war. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #176
I's official, Little Kim has to go. leftofcool Feb 2016 #179
From the boys sparing to regime change ... this should be even better. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #164
Paging Dr. Carson. Dr. Carson to the stage... nolabear Feb 2016 #165
He is seeing unicorns SummerSnow Feb 2016 #175
He's loading grain into a pyramid. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #178
"I would love to see regime change ..." When has that ever gone well? L. Coyote Feb 2016 #172
I bet both the 19 and 21 trillion dollar amounts Trump cites are wrong. bettyellen Feb 2016 #173
Kasich = warmonger IcyPeas Feb 2016 #181
Brevity. Gregorian Feb 2016 #194
Take out Kim and give South Korea and Japan missiles? Why, what a LOVELY idea! Miles Archer Feb 2016 #197
Trump want other countries to pay for our military. Donald, they work for us! L. Coyote Feb 2016 #184
Because, dear Doctor, you're irrelevant. nolabear Feb 2016 #185
He's planning to debut a new Fruit Salad mix on late night TV after the election flamingdem Feb 2016 #191
Carson whines no one asked him about taxes. ZZZZZZZZ. So he won't answer about NK but will go on bettyellen Feb 2016 #186
Why dont they call on me... sniff sniff n/t demosocialist Feb 2016 #187
And now he is answering everything they never asked him, LOL. bettyellen Feb 2016 #190
Wow, Kasich is like some maniacal entrepreneur with a fantastic war machine device. Gregorian Feb 2016 #188
What the hell just happened. Who is this guy Carson and where did he come from? L. Coyote Feb 2016 #189
HA HA, HE IS NUTZ. bettyellen Feb 2016 #195
He was making fruit salad and happened to walk on stage! LOL! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #202
Ill present strength demosocialist Feb 2016 #193
All of the gop budget plans are batshit crazy MattP Feb 2016 #196
Kasich wants to do regime change in North Korea bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #198
Carson wants to strengthen our alliance with South Korea jberryhill Feb 2016 #205
Throw in the kitchen sink, Carson. You may never have another chance. nolabear Feb 2016 #199
He did bring some real color to the clown car, pun not intended. I'm talking grain storage. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #214
This is like a game show where no one will follow the rules. bettyellen Feb 2016 #201
Suddenly I'm focused on who has the most make up on. They really lack substance. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #204
Yes, their physical attributes are distracting because it's all gibberish. Rubio has the best blush bettyellen Feb 2016 #208
Trump's eyebrows don't match his wig, or even his skin color. Paint job! L. Coyote Feb 2016 #268
I am pretty sure he uses that weird spray fiber stuff on his head. I just want to see him caught bettyellen Feb 2016 #273
Just keep him away from open flames. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #274
I think a protester needs to show up with a strong fan and point it at Donald's head. bettyellen Feb 2016 #276
Some kind of a pneumatic bomb with a video camera built in. A huge blast. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #277
A drone with a strong fan! Let;s make it happen! I happen to think his bald scalp.... bettyellen Feb 2016 #278
Fuck Cruz. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #206
Sometimes the only appropriate word is fuck! Fuck Cruz! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #213
Hmmm. Great bumper sticker idea, actually. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #220
The word fuck was never in my vocabulary until Bush the son beveeheart Feb 2016 #266
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #272
And I was a schoolteacher and sent kids to the Office beveeheart Feb 2016 #275
I still don't get the hot dog in a roll behind them. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #207
I JUST noticed that!! *SPIT* bettyellen Feb 2016 #210
Oh now I see what you've been talking about. It's...uh... nolabear Feb 2016 #211
OK, you made me look Warpy Feb 2016 #254
LOL!!! If it were a corn dog, Michele Bachmann would be there eating it! RKP5637 Feb 2016 #270
Another thread says The Fruit Salad of Life is trending. nolabear Feb 2016 #209
This is like amateur night at the Comedy Club. procon Feb 2016 #212
it's like amateur debate class in junior high school IcyPeas Feb 2016 #224
Donald knows the crowd wants meat. Carson...LOL! Could somebody attack me please? nolabear Feb 2016 #215
HAHAHA that was hilarious laundry_queen Feb 2016 #225
Trump making Dem commercials now. Carson wants to be insulted too. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #217
Are they running for president of Israel? Retrograde Feb 2016 #219
So who do you think is winning this sucker? I really don't know. nolabear Feb 2016 #221
Not Carson WolverineDG Feb 2016 #227
"please clap" IcyPeas Feb 2016 #240
On twitter repugs are praising Rubio for attacking Trump flamingdem Feb 2016 #229
I think Rubio too. But Trump love is a strange thing. bettyellen Feb 2016 #239
Just like every other debate - the Democratic nominee is winning LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #231
Carson. He's barely opened his mouth. bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #238
Best line of the night..Carson: "can someone attack me" SummerSnow Feb 2016 #222
LMAO poor Ben LittleBlue Feb 2016 #223
I never liked Kasich demosocialist Feb 2016 #226
crazy AND boring flamingdem Feb 2016 #232
He wants to declare WWIII on most of the world! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #244
K says we should arm the Ukraine? bettyellen Feb 2016 #228
Missed opportunity to attack Trump for his friendship with Putin flamingdem Feb 2016 #234
He;s friends with a lot of people. It's great! bettyellen Feb 2016 #243
This guy's a joke artist; Ukranians!--Stuck in the middle with youuuuuuuu. Gregorian Feb 2016 #230
I'm thinking Melania Trump is from the Ukraine. Could be wrong. BTW, this is the best thread evah.. monmouth4 Feb 2016 #252
I'll give Trump this. He can pivot on a dime. Now it's Cruz's dishonesty. nolabear Feb 2016 #235
And he mowed down Cruz with the Rubio book distraction, then 2 more insults flamingdem Feb 2016 #242
Trump has to be careful talking about any Israel support, SummerSnow Feb 2016 #236
True. The fundies like is because Armageddon, but the regular supremacists not so much flamingdem Feb 2016 #246
Exactly SummerSnow Feb 2016 #251
Jimmy Carter was anti-israel? hibbing Feb 2016 #237
It's like the Three Tenors up there. Jesus, what assholes. nolabear Feb 2016 #241
It's embarrassing the rest of the world can see these asses. FFS, presidential hopefuls. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #255
Wolf is losing control davidpdx Feb 2016 #245
I think Wolf is also ready to say "F*ck Cruz." Miles Archer Feb 2016 #260
It seem to me that only the three (Trump, Cruz, and Rubio) get any time to talk davidpdx Feb 2016 #271
DAMN. I've never seen anything like this that didn't involve tights and chairs. nolabear Feb 2016 #247
Is Trump airbrushed ? Name his color. SummerSnow Feb 2016 #248
this isn't funny anymore... kinda sad and pathetic n/t demosocialist Feb 2016 #249
new thread please! LSK Feb 2016 #250
Frankly I trust Apple over this crowd. nolabear Feb 2016 #253
Attack Apple = fail with Millenials flamingdem Feb 2016 #258
The moderators and the candidates are WAY oversimplifying this issue ... LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #269
I'll set a new thread. bettyellen, can you link when I do? nolabear Feb 2016 #259
yes! bettyellen Feb 2016 #263
I want to force apple too! leftofcool Feb 2016 #267
Did anyone hear Kasich just say to the others "People all over American are watching ..." LannyDeVaney Feb 2016 #256
Michael Murphy (GOP consultant) opines: brooklynite Feb 2016 #257
woot! flamingdem Feb 2016 #261
Yea! DesertRat Feb 2016 #279
Someone pour poor Wolfie a big strong drink. bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #262
THREAD #3 IS UP- LETS MOVE THERE!!! bettyellen Feb 2016 #264
Carson-"Allowing terrorists to get away with things is bad for America'. Gregorian Feb 2016 #265
 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
2. This is truly like watching Jerry Springer ...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:40 PM
Feb 2016

How long before they pull out maternity test results? Throw chairs?

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
4. Wow! Kasich "trumps" the fruit-salad reference with a Dead Sea Scroll reference ...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:41 PM
Feb 2016

this bad boy is back to a toss-up.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
141. omg ..
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:11 PM
Feb 2016

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)
16. Someone will inevitably ask you for it if you do not provide it in the OP. Happens EVERY time.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:46 PM
Feb 2016

Five 2-part threads later, I have learned it.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
29. I met someone indirectly that interned under him, they said he's a really super strange dude and
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:50 PM
Feb 2016

it was horrible.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
84. It was a passing conversation while watching the debate in a waiting room. We had been discussing
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:00 PM
Feb 2016

Trump and Carson, and segments of the debate were on. One person in the room was discussing his history as an educator.

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
19. The candidates are correct about one thing ... Cruz is a HUGE liar ...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:47 PM
Feb 2016

every word out of his mouth is a giant lie.

Kittycat

(10,493 posts)
169. Did he?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:19 PM
Feb 2016

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)
280. They both did - tweedle dee and tweedle dum on either side
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 08:01 AM
Feb 2016

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)
282. Take a breath.
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 08:55 AM
Feb 2016

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.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
31. Unfuckinbelievable. Trump doesn't want to let people die on the street
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:50 PM
Feb 2016

and Cruz and Rubio are arguing they do want that.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
40. I know, and the assholes flanking him are arguing against that.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:52 PM
Feb 2016

You can't write this shit.

Gawd help us if any of these assholes become president.

demosocialist

(184 posts)
32. WOW
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:50 PM
Feb 2016

They are actually arguing FOR people dying on the streets.... I love they are finally honest after all the years of dodging it

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
48. At least it's possible to "translate" what he's saying
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:53 PM
Feb 2016

Ultimately he's sane but will go along with the repuke mindset to win.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
51. Why doesn't someone fact check him?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:54 PM
Feb 2016

Maybe that's the plan, shred him later over the facts and let Rubio be da man

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
57. I have seen it in print. But also read Trump has banned so many reporters already that they will
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:56 PM
Feb 2016

not ask him any difficult questions any more. Let me find the link for you!

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
59. Of course not.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:56 PM
Feb 2016

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 Bank’s 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)
119. USA does have the highest Corp tax rate in the industrialized world
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:06 PM
Feb 2016

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)
91. He's talking about the corporate rate on worldwide income
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:02 PM
Feb 2016

Not something the average person worries about.

WolverineDG

(22,298 posts)
55. Anyone thinking Kasich's strategy is to look like the most sane up there
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:55 PM
Feb 2016

and is letting Trump/Rubio/Cruz kill each other off?

Gorgatron

(95 posts)
109. Lol seriously tho, what the fuck is that...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:04 PM
Feb 2016

I was just thinking about what it would be like if he somehow becomes president earlier this week. What is happening in our country....

GP6971

(31,170 posts)
105. Well, Cruz now has the floor
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:04 PM
Feb 2016

and not doing that well for s "skilled" debater. Trump is having him for lunch.

dmr

(28,347 posts)
135. CNN seems to be anti-Trump
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:10 PM
Feb 2016

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.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
90. He reminds of the CEOs in some of the companies I worked in, they were very quick with quips like
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:02 PM
Feb 2016

that.

Angel Martin

(942 posts)
161. that's why they love the Donald
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:17 PM
Feb 2016

he's the only candidate ever who can say:

Lying media assholes, I'll be in Mobile tomorrow at noon, don't be late

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
121. So what? That's all been in the open for nearly 20 years ...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:06 PM
Feb 2016

After Secretary Clinton and the President salvaged their marriage through that, who would possibly like the thrice-married Trump for bringing it up again?

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)
100. I admit I couldn't bring myself to watch
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:03 PM
Feb 2016

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.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
125. mostly he has been stabbing at Trump like Tony Perkins in Psycho! He also did say something
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:07 PM
Feb 2016

about a return to the Reagan revolution years. None of it makes much sense.

WolverineDG

(22,298 posts)
200. I'm mostly on FB
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:23 PM
Feb 2016

but came over here to talk about this circus. Jesus, we're in trouble if any of them win.

WolverineDG

(22,298 posts)
218. Compared to these debates, those are rather, um, boring
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:31 PM
Feb 2016


I'll be so glad when Sooper Tuesday is over in Texas.

demosocialist

(184 posts)
126. I thought Trump was going to go for the
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:07 PM
Feb 2016

You cannot legally be President attack.... disappointed once again

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
139. Welcome back for foreign policy and national security, a new topic these guys missed in college.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:10 PM
Feb 2016

Trump was the grand marshall .....

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
157. The odd irony of Rubio saying that Palestine isn't a "real estate deal" ...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:16 PM
Feb 2016

No really funny, but pure irony - given one of the primary base issues is over real estate.

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
174. This discussion will devolve into an argument over how many times we will nuke them ...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:19 PM
Feb 2016

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.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
164. From the boys sparing to regime change ... this should be even better.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:17 PM
Feb 2016

Arm South Korea and Japan ... these guys sure sound like Republicans.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
186. Carson whines no one asked him about taxes. ZZZZZZZZ. So he won't answer about NK but will go on
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:21 PM
Feb 2016

about taxes.

MattP

(3,304 posts)
196. All of the gop budget plans are batshit crazy
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:23 PM
Feb 2016

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!

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
205. Carson wants to strengthen our alliance with South Korea
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:26 PM
Feb 2016

...because having 35,000 troops facing off at the DMZ is not enough?

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
204. Suddenly I'm focused on who has the most make up on. They really lack substance.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:25 PM
Feb 2016

Just talking points and stump speech BS.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
208. Yes, their physical attributes are distracting because it's all gibberish. Rubio has the best blush
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:27 PM
Feb 2016

But his ears are huge and pointy, and you can see he is bald under that shelf of hair he has combed forward.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
273. I am pretty sure he uses that weird spray fiber stuff on his head. I just want to see him caught
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:43 PM
Feb 2016

in the rain. I need pics of that!

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
276. I think a protester needs to show up with a strong fan and point it at Donald's head.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:46 PM
Feb 2016

I'd Youtube the shit out of that!

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
277. Some kind of a pneumatic bomb with a video camera built in. A huge blast.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:48 PM
Feb 2016

We could start a gofundme for this one.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
278. A drone with a strong fan! Let;s make it happen! I happen to think his bald scalp....
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:53 PM
Feb 2016

will lose him the election.

beveeheart

(1,369 posts)
266. The word fuck was never in my vocabulary until Bush the son
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:40 PM
Feb 2016

became president. Since then I use it a lot.

Warpy

(111,282 posts)
254. OK, you made me look
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:37 PM
Feb 2016

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.

procon

(15,805 posts)
212. This is like amateur night at the Comedy Club.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:29 PM
Feb 2016

None of these idiots are qualified to be president.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
219. Are they running for president of Israel?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:31 PM
Feb 2016

Hate to say it, but Trump is coming across as the least bad of a pathetic lot.

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)
252. I'm thinking Melania Trump is from the Ukraine. Could be wrong. BTW, this is the best thread evah..
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:36 PM
Feb 2016

ould

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
236. Trump has to be careful talking about any Israel support,
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:33 PM
Feb 2016

his support might anger his white supremacist group supporters

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
271. It seem to me that only the three (Trump, Cruz, and Rubio) get any time to talk
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:42 PM
Feb 2016

They got like 90%, with Kusich 7% and Carson like 3%

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
269. The moderators and the candidates are WAY oversimplifying this issue ...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:41 PM
Feb 2016

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.

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
256. Did anyone hear Kasich just say to the others "People all over American are watching ..."
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:37 PM
Feb 2016

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.

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
262. Someone pour poor Wolfie a big strong drink.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:38 PM
Feb 2016

Poor guy looks like he's going to have nightmares after this.

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