Grade Ron's Debate Preformance

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[mosquitobite]

B; he made no mistakes, but missed opportunities.

This!

 

[D.A.S.]

I gave Dr. Paul an A.

He was positive, he took shots at other candidates in a very classy way, he stayed positive and projected a good image, he KILLED the foreign policy question by calling other GOP candidates ISOLATIONISTS - something we've been wanting him to do for a while, and he KILLED the economy question in such a way that he was able to explain accessibly where our economic trouble came from.

Yes, he could have handled the first question about 3rd party a little better, but he DID mention that he's running neck-and-neck with Obama in recent polls, which is something we've been wanting him to mention for a while.

So Dr. Paul is listening to us. Please understand that he can't all of a sudden do an about-face and become a slick debater like Newt. And referring to one of the comments above, ANYONE of us could write a killer punchline to any of the questions the moderator has asked tonight -- but would you be able to deliver that off the cuff, in front of the big audience, live on national television? Methinks we're not giving Dr. Paul credit where credit is due, and I say: Thank You, Dr. Paul. You did a great job and surely got new voters today in Florida!

 

[V3n]

I'd rather grade Brian William's performance as a solid F- because at least twice he said he would go "down the line" and the line stopped at
Newt Romney.

 

[Warmon]

I give a solid A. Some of his responses were so good that it's not going to really sink in right away, My take is the he got at least, if not more applause than any other candidate. We also got one of the best sound bites ever in "Had a Revolution - Wrote a Constitution". I also think the good humor and respect by Paul towards Newt went a long way to ease tension in the debate. I like how he stayed away from the mud slinging and simply said Newt did not have the votes to be speaker again.

 

[Article V]

Good performance when he spoke, but too gentlemanly to insert himself when he needs speaking time. B+

 

[D.A.S.]

B+ had awful questions. Would have been an A if he snuck in either "declare war, go and win it decisively, and come home" or "will not cut one dime from Social Security benefits for people now over 30" and would have been A+ if he snuck in both. They gave him crap questions and he did the best anybody can ask of anybody with the crap they gave him.

But Gunny, he DID say something like "declare a war, win it, and come home" - I think he didn't make that a punchline, but he did sneak it in during the foreign policy remark.

 

[dmitchell]

B+

I just watched the highlights at ronpaulflix. No touchdowns to my mind, but solid answers all around. No harm done. If I were to compare it to American football, I might call it a three yard gain.

Edit: Fixed mixed metaphor.

 

[doctorfunk]

B+ had awful questions. Would have been an A if he snuck in either "declare war, go and win it decisively, and come home" or "will not cut one dime from Social Security benefits for people now over 30" and would have been A+ if he snuck in both. They gave him crap questions and he did the best anybody can ask of anybody with the crap they gave him.

He said the first one.

I would give him a B. Not out of the park but solid. Questions kinda sucked and his talk time was quite low, but he can do more to turn them into something useful.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

But Gunny, he DID say something like "declare a war, win it, and come home" - I think he didn't make that a punchline, but he did sneak it in during the foreign policy remark.

Musta missed it, and I was actively listening for it. I've got lots of people that I've 50% turned who are waiting for something that sounds strong on defense to go past 50/50.

 

[MrTudo]

He did good considering what he was given. I was really hoping he would inject himself into the "what have you done to further the conservative cause" that was asked of romney and then floated to gingrich who recited his rendition of his "track record".

I think he did better than santorum and better than romney. Gingrich is an excellent salesman. Despite that Dr Paul got a quasi-endorsement from the cockroach not the other way around. You KNOW that gingrich is pitching US as he believess he has the conservative vote ( and he probably is closer than anyone to it and will probably get it ) however he also knows he can't win without our vote and so the phoney smiles and being nice begins. Hey that's cool, that's a knife fight we don't need and maybe he'll get more time as a result.

Dr Paul better get California. THAT would be a trophy. You know we'll get the "legalize marijuana" vote there. Obama crushed mccain in california just like he would crush gingrich. I don't see the crush with Dr Paul. How many delegates in Cali and is it winner take all?

 

[Clay Hamm]

He gets an A. Keep in mind the atmosphere. What a pathetic debate structure; fill the room with sleeping gas and gag the audience. Nice...

 

[No Free Beer]

did very well,

but too bad, once again, it was Newt vs Mitt

 

[Clay Hamm]

If they had asked Ron what he had done for the Conservative cause he would have simply said "I opened the books on the FED".

 

[UCFGavin]

I gave him a B. He once again separated himself from the other candidates and showed why he is the only reasonable candidate running for president. He didn't go after many of their bogus positions like I like, but overall he did well.

 

[DogLover2113]

B+ I think he did well, but there were times when he didn't use the full minute. He should have said more. He's such a nice guy that it makes it hard for him to really debate hard. I do think he did well though.

 

[MrTudo]

Musta missed it, and I was actively listening for it. I've got lots of people that I've 50% turned who are waiting for something that sounds strong on defense to go past 50/50.

It was used in response to a gingrich ( remember every time you call him by his first name you make him seem more friendly to America, more one of the gang, an OK guy. Using his last name when referring to him is all business ) talk about WW2 where gingrich said that Americans never want to go to war, like WW2 and Afghanistan ( an insult imo to WW2 Vets ) and Dr Paul said gingrich was right, then he said he was wrong and then without pause said the people were behind our involvement in WW2 because we did it the right way we got a declaration from congress , went to war, won it and came home.

Point Dr Paul

 

[GunnyFreedom]

It was used in response to a gingrich ( remember every time you call him by his first name you make him seem more friendly to America, more one of the gang, an OK guy. Using his last name when referring to him is all business ) talk about WW2 where gingrich said that Americans never want to go to war, like WW2 and Afghanistan ( an insult imo to WW2 Vets ) and Dr Paul said gingrich was right, then he said he was wrong and then without pause said the people were behind our involvement in WW2 because we did it the right way we got a declaration from congress , went to war, won it and came home.

Point Dr Paul

Ahh yes I remember that now. No idea why it didn't stick out for me.

 

[MrTudo]

If they had asked Ron what he had done for the Conservative cause he would have simply said "I opened the books on the FED".

He has a lengthy resume including all the books he's written on Liberty. The fact he NEVER voted for a tax increase or bailout. NONE of the others can say that. All they can do is lie and spin the facts of there piss poor representation of the people. That's why they passed him buy on that question the fkers.
Florida is among the most corrupt states in the country. If you knew what we had to overcome here to get Harry Browne on the ballot ( Harry was the ONLY 3rd party candidate to EVER get on the ballot in all 50 states. Look even know some of the alleged reps of the people, the 2 party reps can't even qualify for all 50 states. Harry did on the Libertarian ticket and then they wouldn't let him on the debates but they did let ross perot who was NOT on the ballot and could never qualify for it . Just like a bannana republic )

Fla is impossibe. Freaking traitors. So to see the HUGE amount of RP supporters, believe me there's a lot of us here. We're not getting the attention we should be.

 

[otherone]

B....would have scored an A if he didn't say America started a war with Iran. Doesn't sit well with the rubes....