Feb. 6th: Republican Debate in NH

[NumberSix]

Let's go.

[Draz]

Can't watch, I'm a democrat by heart

[NumberSix]

Wtf? :roll:

[NumberSix]

Marco Rubio just lost the election right there.

[DonDadda59]

Christie taking Ricky Rubio's lunch money on some school yard bully shit.

[Jameerthefear]

Marco Rubio just lost the election right there.
y?

[oh the horror]

Ben Carson must drink scotch before he comes on stage. Dude looks lost and rambling.

[Jameerthefear]

:roll:

[DonDadda59]

Trump on the verge of going full heel.

Almost there...

[Patrick Chewing]

I missed the beginning. What was that fiasco at the beginning with Carson??

[zoom17]

Getting booed off the stage. :lol

[dude77]

alpha trump laying the smack down and setting things straight as usual

[DonDadda59]

Random Old Lady- 1

The Donald- 0

#Toughness

[Jameerthefear]

rubio is choking hard
"uhh barack obama :("

[DonDadda59]

This nerd Rubio needs a bottle of water. He is no good under pressure. Plus it doesn't help that his haircut makes him look 14.

[Akrazotile]

Instead of watching guys who just want to maneuver and pander on a quest of personal ambition, we should watch people who don't really care which among them gets elected but just want to actually put the best ideas forward to improve the country.

We're treating politics way too much like a sporting event. This is madness.

[dude77]

so mr. rubio .. gang of 8 ?


rubio: obama !

[Jameerthefear]

Way to kill the mood Cruz

[Nanners]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&feature=youtu.be&t=28

:roll:

so awkward

[DonDadda59]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&feature=youtu.be&t=28

:roll:

so awkward

I swear these dudes are trolling the absolute shit out of the GOP. :lol

[dude77]

:facepalm even worse .. moderators forgot to introduce kasich

trump was looking out for his boy carson .. stood by him till the end so carson would look like less of an idiot .. a true alpha and loyal friend

[oh the horror]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&feature=youtu.be&t=28

:roll:

so awkward



These dudes are getting on some slapstick three stooges comedy levels. Jesus Christ. This has to be the absolute worst crop of candidates I've seen for presidency on BOTH sides :facepalm

[Akrazotile]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&feature=youtu.be&t=28

:roll:

so awkward


Ok, he didn't hear them announce his name over the audience. I barely did the first time as well. This is supposed to be some kind of unthinkable faux pas? A simple miscommunication?

Trust me, these guys aren't the problem in this country. The problem is everyone who wants to eat popcorn and watch debates just to see what kind of awkward moments will happen, instead of discuss with each other the critical issues that will impact US.

Yayy whoopie, it's all some big circus. They came out in the wrong order and tee hee hee, now my party will have better field goal position, Im gonna waive my pom poms and cheer for the blue team!!! Lol stupid other party, real nice job GOP lolzlolzlolzlolz.

Hurray politics is fun, Im cheering for a side!

[Akrazotile]

These dudes are getting on some slapstick three stooges comedy levels. Jesus Christ. This has to be the absolute worst crop of candidates I've seen for presidency on BOTH sides :facepalm


So let's forget them and let's figure out what matters to US.

You don't just pick some politicians and say 'ok, now you go make everything good!'

That's just asking to get suckered. That's WHY we get suckered.

But we're not gonna get anywhere if people just stick to their party dogma instead of work with each other to find compromises.

[Im Still Ballin]

It's a clear stitch up

Everyone knows Cruz is the establishment's guy

[BoutPractice]

That botched entrance was slapstick at its finest :lol Couldn't have scripted it better, the characterization, the timing, everything was perfect.

Somewhat lost between that and Rubio's "oops" moment was that unbelievable exchange in which candidates debated over what kind of horrific torture methods they'd implement as president... Reminded me of the audience cheering executions last election cycle - the whole unreality of it.

[TheMan]

Ok, he didn't hear them announce his name over the audience. I barely did the first time as well. This is supposed to be some kind of unthinkable faux pas? A simple miscommunication?

Trust me, these guys aren't the problem in this country. The problem is everyone who wants to eat popcorn and watch debates just to see what kind of awkward moments will happen, instead of discuss with each other the critical issues that will impact US.

Yayy whoopie, it's all some big circus. They came out in the wrong order and tee hee hee, now my party will have better field goal position, Im gonna waive my pom poms and cheer for the blue team!!! Lol stupid other party, real nice job GOP lolzlolzlolzlolz.

Hurray politics is fun, Im cheering for a side!
!nwodtleM

[Hawker]

!nwodtleM

He's right though. And everyone knows it.

[BoutPractice]

It's more complicated than that.

You can both appreciate the tragicomedy of circus elections and care about the issues... it's not binary.

In fact, forgotten about in all this madness is the fact that this US election is the most substantial in a long time. (Certainly more substantial than 2012)

The plutocratic nature of the US political system is directly being challenged both on the right and left. You rarely if ever see elections tackle the structural properties of the system that produces them.

The extreme level of income inequality is finally on the agenda... And the neoclassical consensus that took over governments in the late 1970s and 1980s is starting to show signs of collapse, which could have world historical consequences.

My only concern is that foreign policy isn't being discussed enough (especially now that Rand Paul is out of the race). There is potential for a real discussion on the fundamentals of the American approach to world affairs since WW2.

Trump, for instance, is challenging the very idea of an American led world order, to be replaced with a policy of strict quid pro quo ("OK, I'll help you - what do I get in return?"). Rubio instead wants to double down on the neoconservative dream of "full spectrum dominance", in which America serves as the benevolent ruler of the world at great financial and human expense. Clinton is inclined to agree with that approach but doesn't outright admit it... It would be good to clarify the position of all candidates on how they envision America's place in the world, particularly Sanders who is prone to punting on that issue. Does he have liberal internationalist or realist instincts? I suspect the latter, but journalists need to ask tougher, more specific questions so he can better reveal himself.

[Trollsmasher]

Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing.

[Graviton]

http://i.imgur.com/pGv2MJr.gif

[knickballer]

I just saw that clip where Trump stomped on Bush about eminent domain and then about the donors. Say what you want about Trump but he absolutely nailed it in the ****ing head and called out the donors and all that political funding BS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycayhPTn-Zk

[TheMan]

Marco Rubio just lost the election right there.
I don't know if I'd go that far but holy shit did Christie demolish Rubio there. He made him look like a dumbass, and Rubio kept repeating his memorized line after Christie had pointed it out :oldlol: "This notion that Barrack Obama doesn't know what he's doing, he exactly knows what he's doing blah blah blah...":roll:

[Akrazotile]

I don't know if I'd go that far but holy shit did Christie demolish Rubio there. He made him look like a dumbass, and Rubio kept repeating his memorized line after Christie had pointed it out :oldlol: "This notion that Barrack Obama doesn't know what he's doing, he exactly knows what he's doing blah blah blah...":roll:


hahahahah yeah, he got him so good there! i jumped off my couch and was like DAAAAYUMMM. Boom, pow, thwack! Rubio just dropped 4 places on my big board, now Christie is making a climb, but I'm gonna wait and have to see how witty his next commercial is when he goes after Cruz :blah :blah :blah :blah :blah

[BoutPractice]

Losing to Christie in particular is humiliating.

Christie is one of those politicians you shouldn't even have to debate.

You can simply say the word "bridge" every time he opens his mouth, then people remember, and they no longer want to vote for him if they were considering it for a moment.

Fair? Maybe, maybe not. But that's politics - the man is tainted.

[KyrieTheFuture]

Kraz melting

[poido123]

I don't know if I'd go that far but holy shit did Christie demolish Rubio there. He made him look like a dumbass, and Rubio kept repeating his memorized line after Christie had pointed it out :oldlol: "This notion that Barrack Obama doesn't know what he's doing, he exactly knows what he's doing blah blah blah...":roll:


Wow.


Rubio was clearly rattled there. When you are repeating yourself like that, you have lost your composure.


I agree, rubio is out of the race IMO

[DonDadda59]

Rubio is awful under pressure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ZxJVnM5Gs). :yaohappy:

He was on the rise, poised to be the establishment's answer to the Trump/Cruz phenomena. Then he choked, right on cue.

[poido123]

I think Ben Carson did quite well and made some very level headed responses.


I particularly liked his humble approach to listening to the military heads on Libya, that none of the politicians are military experts, which is true.


Jeb grew some balls all of sudden :lol:


rubio looks a bit too wild with his ideas to be a president.

[TheMan]

I'm in full meltdown mode, I'm an idiot, I suck cocks :blah :blah :blah :blah :blah
Oh yeah

[Micku]

Trump on the verge of going full heel.

Almost there...

Are you talking about this moment? Trump is heel, lol, but he doesn't even care. Just doing what he wants. Dude can afford to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykko1Cm8kKE#t=02m35s

[Nanners]

I thought Marco Roboto was gonna be the candidate for sure, but after seeing him flop so hard in the last debate i dont really know anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tUcE10yZ9I&index=98&list=PLQJKF_BQ--MqCHr5HVSOPhN8kBOcLFMvZ cringey

[Real Men Wear Green]

I'm wondering what effect, if any, Cruz's Carson scandal has on his campaign going forwards. It was nothing less than a lie told to steal votes. Do future voters see that kind of tactic as a reason to support someone else?

[TheMan]

I thought Marco Roboto was gonna be the candidate for sure, but after seeing him flop so hard in the last debate i dont really know anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tUcE10yZ9I&index=98&list=PLQJKF_BQ--MqCHr5HVSOPhN8kBOcLFMvZ cringey
For a moment there, as a Dem, I was worried about the prospect of facing off vs Rubio on aesthetics alone vs Clinton/Sanders as Americans usually vote for the younger candidate but my God did Christie expose Rubio as a lightweight :oldlol: I'm feeling much more confident that the Dem nominee would take his lunch money in a one on one debate now.

I wasn't too familiar with Rubio but I did hear that if you rattle him, he tends to lose his cool and isn't good when he isn't in his comfort zone or repeating his rehearsed lines. It'll be interesting to see how much Rubio drops after that horrible performance (if at all). I still think the GOP's best chance is with Kasich, he's by far the most reasonable sounding candidate of the whole bunch.

BTW, that whole bit about "Obama knowing exactly what he's doing, trying to make America more like world" line is something he's said before numerous times...I wonder if he'll keep repeating that line going foward :oldlol: