CNN GOP debate October 18 - Official Thread

[ZanZibar]

Anyone notice how both Santorum and Romney were VERY friendly to Ron just after the debate? Even Mitt went over to Ron and put his hands on his back and patted him on the back etc.

 

[idiom]

They were cribbing RP in real time. It was sad to watch that many people flounder out of their depth.

 

[brushfire]

Anyone notice how both Santorum and Romney were VERY friendly to Ron just after the debate? Even Mitt went over to Ron and put his hands on his back and patted him on the back etc.

They were all offering their sympathies for Dr Paul being BLACKED OUT at the end of the debate. He was flat out robbed.

 

[NorfolkPCSolutions]

Well, I, personally, would be dumbfounded. I do not mingle with people who are extremely shallow/who follow the media blindly/are not too bright, as a result I have no knowledge of what they are capable of doing.

I pay attention to the folks I speak to just "in passing." They are the very people you describe. That notwithstanding, when they see what happened tonight, and one of their friends or relatives shows them youtube videos of what happened tonight...

Many will see the light. I'm confident in that.

 

[josiahkeller]

Apparently the campaign has raised around $10,000 in the last hour, since the debate finished!
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/wp-content/themes/ronpaul2012/tp.php


edit: And the moneybomb hasn't even begun yet!

 

[bpitas]

Oh THAT is where Bachmann got her jacket...

 

[RDM]

Apparently the campaign has raised around $10,000 in the last hour, since the debate finished!
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/wp-content/themes/ronpaul2012/tp.php


edit: And the moneybomb hasn't even begun yet!

It was about 1,817,000 before the debate, now about 1,844,000 and rising. That's 27,000 dollars raised during the debate.

 

[Aldanga]

Do you have a link to this?

https://twitter.com/#!/AnnCoulter/status/126469948389326848

 

[IterTemporis]

I pay attention to the folks I speak to just "in passing." They are the very people you describe. That notwithstanding, when they see what happened tonight, and one of their friends or relatives shows them youtube videos of what happened tonight...

Many will see the light. I'm confident in that.

Thank you. I hope that you are correct.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...ll_in_vegas_could_beat_obama_in_a_debate.html

Palin: Newt "Did The Best" In Vegas, Would "Clobber" Obama In A Debate
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
"I think we (Republicans) are more interested in substance and that's why like tonight Newt Gingrich again I think did the best because he seems to be above a lot of the bickering that goes on," Sarah Palin told FOX News after tonight's CNN debate in Las Vegas.

Former Alaska governor Palin discussed the latest GOP debate, the candidates and momentum and more on FOX News' "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren."

"Newt Gingrich would -- he would clobber Barack Obama in any debate, any forum that had to do with substance when it comes to policy and solutions for the challenges that America faces. Newt Gingrich would clobber Barack Obama. I don't think if he's going to be the one that surfaces as the fortunate candidate who gets to face Barack Obama because unfortunately, in this day and age, sometimes conventional wisdom would dictate that he who has the most money, the campaign dollars, wins. I don't want to believe that this is going to be the case this go-around," Palin said about Gingrich's debate skills.

 

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

"I think we (Republicans) are more interested in substance and that's why like tonight Newt Gingrich again I think did the best because he seems to be above a lot of the bickering that goes on," Sarah Palin told FOX News after tonight's CNN debate in Las Vegas.

Yes, Sarah, make yourself even more irrelevant by backing a loser with tepid establishment support. That will boost your Tea Party cred.

 

[NorfolkPCSolutions]

Fuck Sarah Palin.

 

[Aratus]

BTO is now

 

[Aratus]

y'all

 

[ivflight]

I missed most of the debate (catching the second half on CNN right now, as they replay it). Is there anywhere that I can watch the whole thing?

 

[donnay]

Romney keep on talking about E-Verify...which is nothing but a backdoor for a National ID for employment.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=e94888e60a405110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD

 

[Brett85]

I just have one question. During the debate, Ron gave an answer where he said something like, "we should've given the money to the people who lost their homes rather than giving money to the banks." While I agree that we shouldn't give money to the banks, why in the world would Ron advocate giving money to people who lost their homes? I thought Ron was a strict Constitutionalist who didn't support any spending that isn't authorized in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution. Every once in a while Ron says something like this that really bothers me. I would appreciate it if somebody could clarify this.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

lol I'm lost without "new posts"

 

[tremendoustie]

I just have one question. During the debate, Ron gave an answer where he said something like, "we should've given the money to the people who lost their homes rather than giving money to the banks." While I agree that we shouldn't give money to the banks, why in the world would Ron advocate giving money to people who lost their homes? I thought Ron was a strict Constitutionalist who didn't support any spending that isn't authorized in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution. Every once in a while Ron says something like this that really bothers me. I would appreciate it if somebody could clarify this.

I'd have a problem with it too if he'd said that. The phrase started with "If we were going to be giving money away ..."

He wasn't supporting federal government bailouts at all, just saying that there was absolutely no excuse for bailing out the banks.

Kudos to you for bringing it up, though -- it shows you follow principles, and not persons.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I just have one question. During the debate, Ron gave an answer where he said something like, "we should've given the money to the people who lost their homes rather than giving money to the banks." While I agree that we shouldn't give money to the banks, why in the world would Ron advocate giving money to people who lost their homes? I thought Ron was a strict Constitutionalist who didn't support any spending that isn't authorized in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution. Every once in a while Ron says something like this that really bothers me. I would appreciate it if somebody could clarify this.

He means it "if we had to give out a trillion dollars in bailout money" then it would have done more good with the little guys not the big fish. He doesn't mean that bailouts are good, or even legal, he was just demonstrating that not only are the bailouts wrong, but who got the bailouts are even more wrong.

Personally I agree. Bailouts are wrong, but if the dingbat Congress felt they JUST HAD to give a trillion dollar bailout, then giving it to the people would have been more productive than giving it to JP Morgan Chase.