Today's the debate! OFFICIAL 9/7 debate thread!

[mikef]

About the fence comment: I think RP could've phrased it as something along the lines of "building a fence is isolationist." It sounds less "crazy" and it's a dig at the others who call him the "isolationist" while they advocate war and building fences around our borders. Saying that a fence could "keep us in" might be the truth but unfortunately it's perfect fodder for the media to spin the "RP is kooky" meme.

Overall, not really a good performance tonight but at least his last answer was pretty good.

 

[GreenBulldog]

One thing I like when they treat DRP (Dr. Ron Paul) unfairly is the blowback that's going come.

There are lot of people piiiiiiiiiiiiissed!

The second definition in the dictionary for blowback is going to be: "The occurring of the opposite effect of the intended when marginalizing a man who's time has come."

 

[FlatIron]

I agree that Ron Paul should of interpreted Santorum , right after Rick Santorum insulted him, and educate Rick about what really happen on Reagan's foreign policy

 

[tfurrh]

Shut up Mr. Icke

did I say something that means something that I dont know? Ron Paul licked his lips, I just wondered if anyone else noticed....guess they didnt. Sooooooo sorrrry.

 

[Razmear]

MSNBC is killing Perry, total slam fest, so that can't be bad. No mention of Ron yet.

 

[ApathyCuredRP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtdFtSAmLw

The Campaign needs to focus on CONSISTENCY and not let these people get away with this smoke and mirror shit. Perry talking about Keyn's economics, newt with fed, perry anti fed... it is so FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@$%@!%@#$!%@#!$%@#!@$!#~

 

[DrN0]

Someone made a comment about the expression on Ron's face as he walked off stage and greeted Carol. What was the expression?

It was like "Sorry I sucked, I'm glad that's over, whew!"

No offense to RP, I love him, but that's what it looked like.

 

[FlatIron]

MSNBC is killing Perry, total slam fest, so that can't be bad. No mention of Ron yet.

They attacked him, but he was getting the most applause from the crowd

 

[Razmear]

did I say something that means something that I dont know? Ron Paul licked his lips, I just wondered if anyone else noticed....guess they didnt. Sooooooo sorrrry.

Yeah I saw that, gave a last impression as an old codger. Thankfully the vast majority of the public isn't watching this BS and hopefully we'll get a few talking points out of the debate.

 

[Buchananite]

did I say something that means something that I dont know? Ron Paul licked his lips, I just wondered if anyone else noticed....guess they didnt. Sooooooo sorrrry.

Who notices something like that?

 

[svobody]

Whatever guys, isn't there another debate in less than a week anyway? Just gotta hope for fair questions, I think the questions threw him off his game tonight. I expected them to be bad, but they were even more ridiculous than anticipated.

 

[Matt Collins]

James Madison Agreed with Paul on Welfare
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/09/07/james-madison-agreed-with-paul-on-welfare/

 

[wgadget]

They attacked him, but he was getting the most applause from the crowd

Yeah, so who exactly was IN THIS CROWD?

 

[Feelgood]

Its official, its a Perry / Romney race!!!

How long before it is locked up with an announcement of a Perry / Romney ticket to seal the deal?

 

[cdc482]

I hope Ron Paul learned his lesson. We all want him to win, and we back him with millions of dollars and tons of support converting people and spreading the word.

The least he could do is practice his answers to likely questions!!!

 

[mac_hine]

Ron Paul getting love on Twitter.

Step away from the cliff people. It's all good.

 

[KurtBoyer25L]

I don't see what was so bad about tonight's debate. Ron didn't make any gaffe that anyone's talking about. They froze him out and pushed the mainstream guys, big wow. We should expect that already.

 

[The New Fury]

The fact that Politico co-hosted really makes me question the purpose of those "no one is listening to Ron Paul" articles.

 

[RonPaul101.com]

We won the intellectual debate, hands down. I heard the words "Fed, QE2 and Keynesian," among many other ideas that were blatantly lifted from Dr. Paul's platform. Keep your collective head up folks. It's a long way from over.

Perry mentioning "KENyian" (pronounced like the country where Obama's father was from) instead of the economic term is not encouraging; it only means that the mainstream will take a few Ron Paul talking points and catch=phrase them out for a nod or two. Perry couldn't even detail what Keynesian economics means.

 

[Uriah]

It was like "Sorry I sucked, I'm glad that's over, whew!"

No offense to RP, I love him, but that's what it looked like.

Thanks. Hmm... not so good.