USF Tampa Debate (1/23/12) NBC 9:00 pm ET Official Thread

[wstrucke]

Is anyone outside of Florida actually watching this on television?

It is airing on my local affiliate station in Columbus, OH, but we are having some bad weather and my signal was cutting out... thank goodness for the stream.

 

[dawnbt]

I just read 5 tweets on Ron's baggy suit. lol My personal fave..."Brian Williams plz ask Ron Paul to pull his jacket down on his shoulders so he doesn't look like that sick uncle at a funeral in a new suit"

 

[Edward]

I would suggest that our new drinking game should be to do a shot every time Ron get's to speak, but frankly I'd like to actually drink.

I have a low tolerance, but even I wouldn't feel a thing if that were the case.

 

[kathy88]

I would suggest that our new drinking game should be to do a shot every time Ron get's to speak, but frankly I'd like to actually drink.

Also every time Romney says "90 rounds of golf"

Is it me, or does Frothy look like Herbie the dentist elf from Rudolph?

 

[UK4Paul]

Ron looked EXHAUSTED in that last reply.... what's up?

Probably bored

 

[ericthethe]

Ron looked EXHAUSTED in that last reply.... what's up?

Probably realizes it's a bullshit question and isn't too excited about it.

 

[RonPauledbyYoutube]

They instructed the audience not to applaud or boo. something they should have done in the SC debates.

Pffff, well, the questions don't call for it anyways.

 

[RonPaul101.com]

ask stupid question...get short answer to stupid irrelevant question.

He should have used the extra time for something else. Mitt does.

 

[Bruno]

On the bright side, Ricky isn't getting a bump out of this and we can hopefully still take him in Florida.

 

[bunklocoempire]

Newt answering that sugar question is gold for us. A lot of lobbyists like sugar/other subsidies so nothing can really be done about it -don't try.

 

[slamhead]

Is anyone outside of Florida actually watching this on television?

It is not airing in Southern California.

 

[KCIndy]

Ron looked EXHAUSTED in that last reply.... what's up?

Because they ALWAYS hit Ron with the "gotcha" question like, "Little Timmie is dying, and only a million dollar Federal government grant can save him! Dr. Paul, would you oppose this grant??"

RP *always* gets set up because they know he is a real Constitutionalist.

 

[MozoVote]

I'd be afraid of a drinking game that includes "The American People" as a tag. Especially if you have to do a double shot when Mitt uses it.

 

[SaulPaulinsky]

Ron looked EXHAUSTED in that last reply.... what's up?

Probably just woke up and was pissed to hear the BS question he got.

 

[Matthanuf06]

You sir need to calm down. As someone said last week, RP is the horse we brought to the race. And "good campaigners" would have us pandering off message. The support is swelling, so stay positive. Dec. 2011 join date and you're complaining about a man who has been on message for 30 years??? Slow your role.

The beauty of freedom is I didn't need a Ron Paul to wake me up. I've always been for freedom. But yeah I'm not tied to Paul. I'm tied to freedom. Freedom can have bad candidates and good candidates. Paul's message is great but he's a flawed candidate. A great teacher but not a good campaigner. We will never "wake up" 51%. Christ the Dems and GOP never have anywhere near 51% on their side, but they play the game for votes.

 

[3kgt]

yeah his facial expression shows what he thought about the question

 

[Dublin4Paul]

I can't exactly blame him too much for the 'meh' answer cause it was such a 'meh' question that no one should give a shit about in the first place. I would say, though, that those are the opportunities where you take the time to answer the questions you want to answer. Even just a token "stick to the issues" comment after answering the stupid question would work rather well.

 

[ONUV]

Ron looked EXHAUSTED in that last reply.... what's up?

he's probably bored/uninterested since he's not getting many questions. he needs to take a page out of newt's playbook complain about the time the other candidates have received and the relevancy of the questions.

voters on the right are pissed off. he needs to throw them a bone.

 

[Muttley]

Ron looked EXHAUSTED in that last reply.... what's up?

I think he was irritated with the stupidity of the question. It's a blackout for sure, and I'm sure he's just aggravated overall. I would be too.

 

[Edward]

He should have used the extra time for something else. Mitt does.

Yeah. Just take the time and run with it.