No GOP Debate thread?

[FillJackson]

I guess there's too many of these, but reading up on it, seems to be the most entertaining debate yet.

Trump Goes Code Pink on George W. Bush



What the hell happened on Saturday night?

The umpteenth (or penultiumpteenth) Republican Debate was an ecstasy of noise in which everything was indistinguishable. We are long past you-can’t-do-that-on-television. We are long past manufactured controversy. We are fully into clown slapfight.




Losers:
* The Republican Party: This debate was downright nasty. Tons of name-calling. Lots of quotes that can be harvested by Democrats to be used against whoever emerges from the current bloodbath to be the Republican nominee. Just a bad face to put forward to the public.

[FillJackson]

Seriously, this is insane.

The GOP is destroying itself tonight, and they have no one to blame but themselves. #GOPDebate

[DonDadda59]

I enjoyed every second of that shit show. Trump is the ultimate plant. My compliments to Slick Willy. :applause:

[FillJackson]

I enjoyed every second of that shit show. Trump is the ultimate plant. My compliments to Slick Willy. :applause:from a conservative columnist

Donald Trump was so awful, so horrible, so disgusting in the latest Republican debate

[FillJackson]

from a liberal columnist

One candidate after another took turns describing America as a post-apocalyptic dystopia where the economy is on the verge of collapse, the culture is falling apart, the borders don’t exist, our liberties are at risk, and the military is so weak it can barely protect us.

[bladefd]

Trump took Jeb's virginity tonight. Cruz also got in there for a bit but Trump neutered him with his bare hands. Meanwhile, Carson slept through all in his pajamas.

Biggest winner today: Trump
Biggest loser: Jeb
Flying under the radar but coming up strong: Kasisch (Trump is the rabbit, Kasisch may be the turtle). Kasisch is the only Republican running who I respect
Blah: Carson
Nervous and playing it safe just to sneak by after massive blunder last week: Rubio
Biggest lying scum of the world: We all know who this is. This turd Ted makes me wish I could put my hand through my monitor and punch him in the face

[TheMan]

Lulz all around

Trump got all the GOP establishment dudes shitting their pants :oldlol:

Greatest troll ever

[dunksby]

I can't believe I'm saying this but Trump was the most sensible man on that stage last night :eek: the rest of GOP are ****ed in the head.
ETA: Cruz, Rubio and Bush are ****ed in the head.

[Nick Young]

cool what happened! Damn I missed this, the repub debates are always good for solid burns and comedic take downs.

[dunksby]

cool what happened! Damn I missed this, the repub debates are always good for solid burns and comedic take downs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGThXxRp4u4

[Nick Young]

from a conservative columnist

Donald Trump was so awful, so horrible, so disgusting in the latest Republican debate — his lies, his distortions, his deceits, and his libels thicker and fouler than they’ve yet been—that he’s done us all a favor. If he wins easily in South Carolina after his monstrous turn, he’ll be going straight to the Republican nomination.

Such a victory in a classically conservative state like South Carolina after his romp in idiosyncratic New Hampshire will prove Trump’s repellent personality is the real key to his success. You want me to delineate his dishonesties? That would be like asking me to count how many breaths he took.
.......
Alas, just as you don’t bring a knife to a gunfight, you can’t bring disapprobation to a showdown with Hannibal Lecter and hope to survive. You have to eat his liver with fava beans and a good chianti before he eats yours. How? How the hell do I know? But I’m not running for president. They are.

LOL what did he do that was so bad?


You want me to delineate his dishonesties? That would be like asking me to count how many breaths he took.
James Fenmore Cooper has been reborn:applause:

[Nick Young]

Let's dispel with this fiction that Donald Trump doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing.:lol

[Patrick Chewing]

I enjoyed every second of that shit show. Trump is the ultimate plant. My compliments to Slick Willy. :applause:

Bingo. Hate to agree with you, but Trump is there just to cause chaos and disorder. He's no Republican.

[longtime lurker]

Here's a summary for those who missed it

http://esl.culips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Train-Wreck.jpg

[dunksby]

Let's dispel with this fiction that Donald Trump doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing.:lol
You stole that off the YT comments :roll:

[FillJackson]

Here's a summary for those who missed it

http://esl.culips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Train-Wreck.jpg
Someone on Twitter posted this one.
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/9-03-2015/VbZYY1.gif

[Lakers Legend#32]

As a Democrat, I loved every minute of that shj!t sandwich.

[TheMan]

Last night's GOP debate was a circus.

If Trump handily wins in SC, he'll be well on his way to destroying the GOP.

Thing is that his support is around 30-35%, if only the GOP could settle on one guy (Bush, Kasich or Rubio), they'll stand a good chance at defeating him and nominating someone not as polarizing as Trump.

You can't blame Bush, Kasich or Rubio for sticking around though, they want to be the Establishment candidate, but the longer the three stick around, the more they'll be splitting the establishment vote and they'll keep handing Trump more victories.

That GOP convention gon' be one for the ages since I don't see Trump winning outright, he might have the most delegates by then
but I wouldn't be surprised if the party bosses settle on one guy and shift the delegates to that one candidate :oldlol:

What if Trump gets screwed and then runs as an independant :eek:

What a time to be alive, fam :applause:

[NumberSix]

That GOP convention gon' be one for the ages since I don't see Trump winning outright, he might have the most delegates by then
but I wouldn't be surprised if the party bosses settle on one guy and shift the delegates to that one candidate :oldlol:

What if Trump gets screwed and then runs as an independant :eek:

What a time to be alive, fam :applause:
Not gonna happen. Zero chance. They'd rather just lose the election and get ready for 2020 than spit in their voters' faces by fcuking the candidate that the most republicans voted for.

Like it or not, Trump is the most popular republican candidate in almost every state. If you backstab roughly 35-40% of your voters, they're not going to just accept it and stay loyal to the GOP. Not only will you lose the presidential election, there will be mass losses of senate seats, house seats, governors, etc...

[Nick Young]

You stole that off the YT comments :roll:
And Ricky Rubio :lol

[longtime lurker]

Not gonna happen. Zero chance. They'd rather just lose the election and get ready for 2020 than spit in their voters' faces by fcuking the candidate that the most republicans voted for.

Like it or not, Trump is the most popular republican candidate in almost every state. If you backstab roughly 35-40% of your voters, they're not going to just accept it and stay loyal to the GOP. Not only will you lose the presidential election, there will be mass losses of senate seats, house seats, governors, etc...

Good.

[TheMan]

Not gonna happen. Zero chance. They'd rather just lose the election and get ready for 2020 than spit in their voters' faces by fcuking the candidate that the most republicans voted for.

Like it or not, Trump is the most popular republican candidate in almost every state. If you backstab roughly 35-40% of your voters, they're not going to just accept it and stay loyal to the GOP. Not only will you lose the presidential election, there will be mass losses of senate seats, house seats, governors, etc...
What in your opinion are Trump's odds in the GE?

[FillJackson]

Last night's GOP debate was a circus.

If Trump handily wins in SC, he'll be well on his way to destroying the GOP.

Thing is that his support is around 30-35%, if only the GOP could settle on one guy (Bush, Kasich or Rubio), they'll stand a good chance at defeating him and nominating someone not as polarizing as Trump.

You can't blame Bush, Kasich or Rubio for sticking around though, they want to be the Establishment candidate, but the longer the three stick around, the more they'll be splitting the establishment vote and they'll keep handing Trump more victories.

That GOP convention gon' be one for the ages since I don't see Trump winning outright, he might have the most delegates by then
but I wouldn't be surprised if the party bosses settle on one guy and shift the delegates to that one candidate :oldlol:

What if Trump gets screwed and then runs as an independant :eek:

What a time to be alive, fam :applause:

The GOP can't get it down to three man race. Not in time to kill Trump.

[FillJackson]

Not gonna happen. Zero chance. They'd rather just lose the election and get ready for 2020 than spit in their voters' faces by fcuking the candidate that the most republicans voted for.

Like it or not, Trump is the most popular republican candidate in almost every state. If you backstab roughly 35-40% of your voters, they're not going to just accept it and stay loyal to the GOP. Not only will you lose the presidential election, there will be mass losses of senate seats, house seats, governors, etc...

If Trump doesn't have enough delegates to win on the first ballot, they absolutely 100% will try to prevent him from being the nominee.

Think about the scenario, you are envisioning, a candidate that as much 65% of the Party voted against becoming the nominee. Especially when that candidate is not a committed part of the party.

[DonDadda59]

Last night's GOP debate was a circus.

If Trump handily wins in SC, he'll be well on his way to destroying the GOP.

Thing is that his support is around 30-35%, if only the GOP could settle on one guy (Bush, Kasich or Rubio), they'll stand a good chance at defeating him and nominating someone not as polarizing as Trump.

You can't blame Bush, Kasich or Rubio for sticking around though, they want to be the Establishment candidate, but the longer the three stick around, the more they'll be splitting the establishment vote and they'll keep handing Trump more victories.

That GOP convention gon' be one for the ages since I don't see Trump winning outright, he might have the most delegates by then
but I wouldn't be surprised if the party bosses settle on one guy and shift the delegates to that one candidate :oldlol:

What if Trump gets screwed and then runs as an independant :eek:

What a time to be alive, fam :applause:

Thank you, Slick Willy. Thank you, Donald 'The Manchurian Candidate' Trump. The Conservative/Right Wing movement died yesterday with Scalia. :bowdown:



Like it or not, Trump is the most popular republican candidate in almost every state. If you backstab roughly 35-40% of your voters, they're not going to just accept it and stay loyal to the GOP. Not only will you lose the presidential election, there will be mass losses of senate seats, house seats, governors, etc...

EXACTLY. Add to that the Supreme Court being shifted firmly to the left... The conservative movement is on its death bed. In 5 years, we'll look back on it like the Whigs or the Federalists. History. :applause:

[NumberSix]

If Trump doesn't have enough delegates to win on the first ballot, they absolutely 100% will try to prevent him from being the nominee.

Think about the scenario, you are envisioning, a candidate that as much 65% of the Party voted against becoming the nominee. Especially when that candidate is not a committed part of the party.
Opposed to what? A candidate that 80% of the party didn't vote for? Or maybe JEB! Who 94% of the party didn't vote for?

[dunksby]

Trump will give the Democrats a run for their money if he talks sense like he did last night, I straight hated Trump before, but during last night's debate he was on point on foreign policy. Bush, Rubio and Cruz are their donors' dogs.

[NumberSix]

What in your opinion are Trump's odds in the GE?
Usually, I'd say terrible. But Hillary Clinton is really not well liked either. I can actually imagine Trump being better at inspiring voter turnout, although probably an overall low turnout between the 2 of them.

[Nick Young]

Usually, I'd say terrible. But Hillary Clinton is really not well liked either. I can actually imagine Trump being better at inspiring voter turnout, although probably an overall low turnout between the 2 of them.
If it is Hillary vs Clinton the left will push this as brave progressive Feminist Hillary fighting against evil big business misogynist Trump.


The lefties will not say "Go vote for hillary because she's the best"

They will say "vote for the feminist icon so that racist neo-nazi trump doesn't get in. Do this for the sisterhood!"

[Patrick Chewing]

Trump will give the Democrats a run for their money if he talks sense like he did last night, I straight hated Trump before, but during last night's debate he was on point on foreign policy. Bush, Rubio and Cruz are their donors' dogs.


I have a feeling you're only saying that because Trump went against Jeb and his brother and the Iraq war. He's repeating Democratic talking points and that's why I think he's resonating with Democrats too and not just Conservatives.

Doesn't mean he's the right man for the job.

[NumberSix]

Trump will give the Democrats a run for their money if he talks sense like he did last night, I straight hated Trump before, but during last night's debate he was on point on foreign policy. Bush, Rubio and Cruz are their donors' dogs.
JEB! Is an unbelievable moron. He wants to both fight ISIS and overthrow the Syrian government at the same time. Like, are a bunch of his donors weapons manufacturers who want a big war so they can sell of bunch of weapons?


I said that joking, but half way through, I was like "actually, he probably does have weapons manufacturing donors". The guy is the ultimate "for sale" candidate.

[DonDadda59]

Exclusive Behind the Scenes Video of the Debate (http://www.cc.com/video-clips/v64ifb/chappelle-s-show-the-playa-haters--ball) :applause:

[dunksby]

I have a feeling you're only saying that because Trump went against Jeb and his brother and the Iraq war. He's repeating Democratic talking points and that's why I think he's resonating with Democrats too and not just Conservatives.

Doesn't mean he's the right man for the job.
I say that because he was the one who kept saying we dunno who these forces that we have trained and support are. Which is something I'm strongly critical of Obama's administration for. To make it more clear, the forces that media likes to call moderate rebels are in fact Islamist terrorist groups supported and funded by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, and America blindly supports them to keep the supposed allies in the region happy.

[dunksby]

JEB! Is an unbelievable moron. He wants to both fight ISIS and overthrow the Syrian government at the same time. Like, are a bunch of his donors weapons manufacturers who want a big war so they can sell of bunch of weapons?


I said that joking, but half way through, I was like "actually, he probably does have weapons manufacturing donors". The guy is the ultimate "for sale" candidate.
Yep, the three I mentioned are groveling at the feet of their donors and the establishment to become their favorite bitch. The president of the US is too big for these morons' britches, can you imagine any of these guys in the White House? Donald Trump schools them in foreign policy, they have nothing to offer of their own.

[dkmwise]

Very entertaining debate. I would have to say Rubio won the debate, Kasich came out not looking any better or worse. Jeb had his best debate yet, but thats really not saying much, he has set himself a pretty low standard. I would say Cruz had a bad showing and Trump basically got boo'd off stage, anyone saying he was at all good I really don't know what you watched. He was like a cornered 5 year old who was just lashing out not even making any sense. And then interrupting other candidates every 3 seconds with just single words he'd say in his microphone.

I understand the initial appeal of Trump because he's not PC, but by now everyone can see that he has no substance and is clearly a lifetime liberal who has been planted there by his admitted good Friends the Clinton's to F things up. He never really says anything, just 'We're going to win so much; I'm going to make the best deals; I'm going to find the smartest people.'

[dkmwise]

Kasich is the only candidate who has a good shot to win the general election, especially this election cycle. There are going to be many democrats who in a general election don't trust Hilary and don't want to elect a socialist and will consider voting Republican if there is a moderate candidate and Kasich seems to be the only one from this field that might be able to capitalize on that. He has good experience between being a Government and a longtime member of congress, the guy spent 18 years on the house armed services committee and 6 years as the chairman for the house budget committee and played a big role in actually balancing a budget that was passed. Not to mention he gives you a key swing state in Ohio. Now add Rubio as his VP and that gives you FL and maybe some Hispanic voters nationwide. Rubio can talk and give speeches as well as anybody, his biggest flaw as an actual presidential candidate is his lack of experience.

[FillJackson]

Usually, I'd say terrible. But Hillary Clinton is really not well liked either. I can actually imagine Trump being better at inspiring voter turnout, although probably an overall low turnout between the 2 of them.
I didn't say it wasn't going to be funny.