I watched the debate. The questions were mostly garbage.
Ron Paul got asked about what parts of government he would eliminate. He went right to departments – Education and Homeland Security were both on the list. God Bless him. Neither one has done a damn thing for us. He didn’t have time during that question to mention Medicare, Medicaid or the IRS. Anyone who has been paying attention knows he got some licks in on the IRS last debate.
Kick John Edwards in his carefully coiffed hair! That was OK. They got some humor in there.
Hillary Rodham Clinton got kicked too, for suggesting that free enterprise is a ball and chain.
Giuliani avoided directly answering a query about his pro gun control and pro abortion stance. I’m not sure about Giuliani.
Tommy Thompson should get a neck tuck like John McCain clearly did in the recent past.
McCain wants to "reach across the aisle" and claims he is "most qualified" based on his life experiences.
The guy with the blue polka-dotted tie thinks the education system has improved recently. I guess we agree to disagree.
Mitt Romney supports the 2nd Amendment but thinks that doesn’t include assault weapons. I suppose he thinks that the people who settled this land only used their weapons for hunting deer. Great. Can’t wait till he crashes and burns out of this race.
Ronald Reagan got mentioned a lot for a dead guy. He must have been doing something right.
Ron Paul got mostly left out. That pretty much pissed me off.
Tommy Thompson really suffers from old man ear growth syndrome. He did seem to know his stuff when it came to stem cells though. He thinks we don’t need to destroy any more embryonic stem cells.
Mitt Romney gets why that what makes America great is how much we value life. What he doesn’t get is when life begins. That’s just my personal opinion. I don’t encourage abortion, but none of us really knows, scientifically speaking, when sentient life begins for a fetus. Is a cell mas a "beautiful child of a loving God?" I really don’t know.
How did Mitt Romney get his hair so perfect?
The American people don’t want John McCain to support amnesty, but they do support biometrics, according to the war hero. He thinks the status quo is unacceptable. I somewhat agree, but not with biometrics. Biometrics are anti-freedom and anti-choice.
Mitt Romney of the perfect hair thinks there should be no advantage from "coming here illegally." I’ll bet Iraqi refugees all over the world are cheering tonight. No special doorway for them. Let’s talk about those people. I’ll bet they feel pretty damned.
Delusionally, McCain thinks his McCain-Feingold legislation did something to improve American politics. Wow!
Giuliani isn’t soft on "anything" and he wants people to know biometrics work! He secured a large city, after all. Let’s be sensible about immigration, he reminds us. I agree. Let’s be sensible. Let’s stop fettering our cops with bureaucratic rules.
Where the crap are the questions for Ron Paul?
A fence might work, but trying to reduce the smuggling of narcotics won’t. That’s the market in action. They’ll just dig more tunnels or rent more planes and cigarette boats.
"Knock on the front door because the back door’s gonna be closed." I’m not touching that one.
The party has lost it’s way, says my hero Ron. He’s against nation building, and that’s OK with me. I like humanitarianism but not entangling alliances. Make the culture something others will be forced to emulate because IT JUST WORKS.
"We don’t understand the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics. We need to look at what we do from the perspective of what we would do if it happened to us."
Giuliani had to jump in on that one. He’s heard some pretty absurd explanations of why 9/11 happened.
Ron Paul talked about blowback. He’s right. There is always blowback. We can only meddle so much. An outcry!
Cut off.
They don’t think we’re going to solve this tonight.
Let’s get on the goddamn Confederate flag. That’ll change things.
As long as that flag isn’t on top we’ll be OK! Thank heavens for McCain.
On to the killers. It’s a dangerous world. We make tough decisions. As President polka-dots won’t repeat his mistakes even though none of us can see into the future.
Oh crud! Global warming. "We put most of the stuff up there."
Tancredo doesn’t believe something. I’m not sure what. He thinks there might be something we can do about it though. Let’s reduce the carbon emissions – it’s a national security issue. Switchback! They would be trying to kill us anyhow. It’s time to defend ourselves.
Oh shit! How would they react during an "evolving terrorist attack." Stay tuned.
And we’re back!
Nice! The moderators are trying to determine which candidates support torture. They started with McCain, the only one who has been physically tortured. He referred to the Army Field Manual. His bottom line – no torture.
Giuliani says "hypothetically" he doesn’t want to see another 3,000 dead.
Romney says make sure we use prevention. I guess he’s an isolationist too? Does that work in a shrinking globe environment? He thinks we need more Guantanamo type prisons.
Now we’ve got to attack West African countries. Ronald Reagan invoked again. And now Colin Powell. All the force necessary. If they’re anti-American – attack. Take the camps out. Methodically, only after it’s been verified.
No United Nations from the gray tie. Love that one. He wants to protect U.S. lives, that guy with the gray tie.
Hunter would only need one minute with the SecDef. He’d want "high pressure" techniques. And the decision would be rendered within an hour. Man, that guy has never dealt with bureaucracy.
McCain reiterates no torture. He’s gotta be right on that. Physically. I think psychological torture might sometimes be necessary. Survival certainly is, sociologically speaking.
Huckabee thinks we need to shop. But we can’t have "business as usual." Hmm, tell that to the people who don’t even know we’re still in Iraq or don’t know why we went to begin with.
OK we’re back to Ron Paul.
What economic policies would he propose?
The lower the taxes, the better. Sounds simple. Can I get an amen?
Calls them on "newspeak" regarding torture. He does a lot of finger pointing.
Now Tancredo is looking for Jack Bauer. He says "last, best hope of Western Civilization." Do every single thing you can. Torture. Otherwise, it’s going to happen.
It’s all old white men now. Response: reach out.
You know what, I don’t care who leads, as long as they lead.
What does it matter if the leader is man? What’s the color matter? What’s the ethnicity matter?
Romney says he no longer wants to eliminate the Department of Education. He supports the dream world of "No Child Left Behind." What’s going on in inner city schools is the central issue. That’s where he stands.
Let’s absolve ourselves of the debt we owe the Chinese. After all, they’re arming themselves with our deficit.
Why isn’t anyone really addressing the deficit?
That’s it. The Republican debate in South Carolina is over.
Who won? You decide?
I’m not fair and balanced, I’m biased. Not one of the candidates was perfect, but the media control of the debate made that even worse.
Update: Could it be any clearer that Fox News supports John McCain? About time to switch channels.