Republican Debate Thread

32 Comments

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   RandyH on October 18, 2011 at 8:54 pm

   Hell I guess I’m the only reader here who likes watching the crazies debate!

   This one is extra entertaining though. Not like that shitty Bloomberg one was. They’re really getting confrontational tonight. And Anderson Cooper knows how to channel the rage, anger and racism going on onstage.

   Lots of those things tonight. Seems like they’re getting desperate.

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     BooMan on October 18, 2011 at 9:07 pm

     Everyone on Twitter is saying it’s bitchy.  

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       RandyH on October 18, 2011 at 9:12 pm

       Bitchy beats boring. Bitchy political debate beats reality show or Dancing With The Stars, etc.

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         BooMan on October 18, 2011 at 9:17 pm

         Maybe it’s the extra oxygen in the casino?

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           RandyH on October 18, 2011 at 9:28 pm

           Something like that. Rick Perry, for sure, is not asleep like Fred Thompson tonight. But he still comes off as an idiot, even to THIS audience. But remember that it is Nevada and Mormons tend to do well. Romney is getting massive applause. And the lunatic Michele Bachmann feels extra-empowered here. And Nevada Republicans really LOVE the crazy.

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           Phil Perspective on October 18, 2011 at 11:24 pm

           And Nevada Republicans really LOVE the crazy.

           Did you forget who their top two contenders were to take on Harry Reid last year?  Sharron Angle and the Chicken-for-checkups lady.

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   lamh31 on October 18, 2011 at 9:06 pm

   Michelle Bachmann is a disgusting human being. Or just a disgusting pol.

   Did she really say that Obama’s aunt and uncle were illegals? Who does that impress?

   seriously, I hate using the B-word for women, but the first thing I thought when she said that BS was this racist/crazy B(((

3. 

   lamh31 on October 18, 2011 at 9:32 pm

   ok, I’m off the fence now:  Michelle Bachmman is a horrible racist bitch!!!!

   “He put us in Libya. He is now putting us in Africa.” — Michelle Bachmann

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     lamh31 on October 18, 2011 at 9:33 pm

     make that a horrible “dumb” racist bitch

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       rikyrah on October 18, 2011 at 10:38 pm

       LOL

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     seabe on October 18, 2011 at 9:50 pm

     She’s a sexist misogynist, too. Did you see her talking about housing policy? “Mom’s and their nest,” “Dad’s losing their jobs to provide for their wives.”

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   RandyH on October 18, 2011 at 9:37 pm

   As a gay man, I can honestly say that I have never seen a man more in need of a good deep ass-fucking than Rick Santorum. That man is so damn angry about such stupid shit. He really needs a good plowing. DESPERATELY. Maybe he needs a good dog or something to do it (he does have a thing for dog sex, apparently) because no gay man would dare do him that favor.

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   RandyH on October 18, 2011 at 9:42 pm

   OMG! Ron Paul just called out Saint Ronnie for negotiating with terrorists (Iran) in order to get elected!

   No one knew quite how to respond properly. Cognitive Dissonance, I guess. Thanks to the Coal and Natural Gas industries, they were saved by a commercial break. Whew!

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     Quentin on October 19, 2011 at 8:48 am

     Is it an ‘established fact’ that Reagan did a deal with Iran? I’ve heard this before but I can’t corroborate it. It must be true if Paul pulled this as a skelton out of the repugnant closet. Santorum is indeed a case. He still wouldn’t have much trouble finding someone very perverse to service him.

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       BooMan on October 19, 2011 at 8:59 am

       It should be established, but it isn’t.

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         Oui on October 19, 2011 at 10:33 am

         .

         The whereabouts of ex-CIA George H.W. Bush on Sunday October 19, 1980

         One of the strange mysteries from the Reagan-Bush era is where did George H.W. Bush go on one Sunday in October 1980 when some witnesses placed him meeting with Iranians in Paris. More than three decades later, Bush’s supposed alibi remains a state secret.

         French Intelligence offers support for the allegations of a Republican-Iranian meeting in Paris. David Andelman, the biographer for Count Alexandre deMarenches, then head of France’s Service de Documentation Exterieure et de Contre-Espionage (SDECE), testified to congressional investigators that deMarenches told him that he had helped the Reagan-Bush campaign arrange meetings with Iranians on the hostage issue in summer and fall of 1980, with one meeting in Paris in October.

         Andelman said deMarenches insisted that the secret meetings be kept out of his memoir because the story could otherwise damage the reputations of his friends, William Casey and George H.W. Bush.

         Begin’s revenge on Jimmy Carter for losing Sinaï and future loss of the West Bank  

         • Two Weeks at Camp David

         "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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           Oui on October 19, 2011 at 10:46 am

           .
           U.N. vote on Israeli settlements.

           "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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         Quentin on October 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm

         Thanks.

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     sjct on October 19, 2011 at 8:49 am

     Wow! It’s hard not to root for Ron Paul when he blurts out the truth on rare occasions. If only he wasn’t such a casually cold-hearted bastard, ya’know.

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   TarheelDem on October 18, 2011 at 9:47 pm

   Best comment of the night:

   allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
   RT @jamiekilstein: Poor smiegal just wants to be good. RT @allisonkilkenny: Sane Ron Paul currently winning battle against Crazy Ron Paul
   28 minutes ago

7. 

   RandyH on October 18, 2011 at 9:52 pm

   Michele Bachmann, Navy Admiral.

8. 

   TarheelDem on October 18, 2011 at 10:10 pm

   On Twitter, “Libya is in Africa” and “Lincoln-Douglas” are trending.

   btw  Naomi Wolf got herself arrested with protesters outside HuffPo’s GameChangers event.

   The protesters were there to confront Gov. Cuomo, who slipped out a back entrance.  He got a GameChangers award.

   Watch for this to the hot topic in the blogosphere.  And for the pic of her arrest.

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     lamh31 on October 18, 2011 at 10:12 pm

     I thinks it’ll be interesting to see how far the good will for Cuomo from the Gay Marriage law in NY gets him past some of the less “progressive” things he has done

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     Phil Perspective on October 18, 2011 at 11:26 pm

     I don’t get it.  Why should I care about Naomi Wolf?  What’s her claim to fame besides giving fashion advice to Al Gore?

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       TarheelDem on October 19, 2011 at 12:06 am

       Exactly.

       She did write two books recently: The End of America and Give Me Liberty

       The biggest deal about it was where she was, who she writes for now, and who was receiving awards.

       At the Gamechangers awards banquet in Soho; Huffington Post; and Gov. Cuomo.  And the eyecandy pic that is going to be catnip for the media.

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   lamh31 on October 18, 2011 at 10:11 pm

   Gotta love Gawker.  Check out the screenshots

   @mattchew03
   Here are five screenshots I tok of Rick Perry looking like he wants to kill Mitt Romney.

   Rick Perry Wants to Kill Mitt Romney

   BTW, when did Romney put his hand on Perry’s shoulder?  Isn’t that a no no in most debate rules?

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     Indianadem on October 18, 2011 at 10:20 pm

     Perry has that Cheney sneer down pretty good in the last shot.

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    lamh31 on October 18, 2011 at 10:56 pm

    Anyone else agree with this assessment of the Romney/Perry “touch-fest” that I linked above?

    @JamalSimmons JamalSimmons
    The more I think about it the more I think Romney touching Perry showed him coming unglued. Dem debate prep team has a lot to review.

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      sjct on October 19, 2011 at 8:43 am

      Didn’t watch so I have to ask: Which “him” was coming unglued? In the pic, it looks like Romney is trying to calm Perry down because Perry is unhinged. OTOH, touching is kinda not allowed in these debates so… Was this Romney’s desire to subjugate Perry overcoming Romney’s self-control? Either way, they are both different flavors of insane. The only question is, which one was crazier?

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        The Voice In The Wilderness on October 19, 2011 at 8:55 am

        It’s a moot question

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        lamh31 on October 19, 2011 at 12:41 pm

        The “him” in question is Romney.  This was after the immigration exchange I think?

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    The Voice In The Wilderness on October 19, 2011 at 8:56 am

    Good attack on the 9-9-9 plan here from The Atlantic.

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/9-Questions-For-Herman-Cain-9-atlantic-2569246121.html?x=0