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

[seawolf]

Not being shown live on the West Coast. This may be the least watch debate of them all!!

 

[flightlesskiwi]

murderers row? did i hear that right?

 

[devil21]

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"

A big reason his suit rides up is because Ron often grabs the podium from the top when he talks and it props his suit jacket up a little. It's one of his mannerisms but I don't expect people to figure this out on their own. The other candidates don't do that much and therefore don't have the riding up. His suit jacket fits much better (visually) when he's just standing. It's not a great fit but you only notice it because Ron is on camera when he's answering a question and no other time and he's usually grabbing the podium then.

 

[otherone]

Let's not ask the doctor a medical question...

 

[pauliticalfan]

HE'S A DOCTOR!

 

[SaulPaulinsky]

What did Ron say about the Everglades? I'm not watching the debate, but a bunch of people on Twitter are saying he compromised his principles by endorsing federal funding for the Everglades.

He said with all the other problems the government has, that's not one that's worth getting in a twist over. It should still be looked at to see if parts of it can be better run at the state level, but that he doesn't have much problem with it.

 

[ONUV]

another shitty question

 

[RonPaulRules]

In Orlando, Disney World is considering a new monorail to Epcot the local city officials want to use $500 from a federal grant. Do you think Mickey Mouse deserves the peoples money?

 

[Wolfgang Bohringer]

is it me or do they go to commercial after Ron Paul speaks?... its ike 2/3 time it has happened.

Yes. Like with Cavuto. They yank him off with the cane handle as soon as he slows down to less than 100 mph with the blaring commercial break theme music.

 

[KCIndy]

What did Ron say about the Everglades? I'm not watching the debate, but a bunch of people on Twitter are saying he compromised his principles by endorsing federal funding for the Everglades.

He didn't endorse it, he said he would look at it to see if it could be cut or if it might be a state's issue.

 

[Bruno]

Newt's pin? Been brought up before, he has worn it every debate, I believe.

 

[mosquitobite]

What did Ron say about the Everglades? I'm not watching the debate, but a bunch of people on Twitter are saying he compromised his principles by endorsing federal funding for the Everglades.

He said that the economy is in too much of a mess for the FEDERAL government to be involved in a Florida issue such as that.

 

[bsi]

i bet newt wife wouldn't want him to decide

 

[Kords21]

i bet newt wife wouldn't want him to decide

Which one?

 

[Tim724]

My wife just pointed out that the stripes on Rick's tie are going the opposite direction as mine. Mine is a $12.00 Kohls tie, maybe it is a knock off and he has the fancy expensive designer version.

 

[Lord Xar]

Ron could take ANY of those questions that are assanine and just say "I will answer that, but you passed me again and I want to address a previous question....<and address the pertinent question>... before I get your current question".

This way he GETS TO ANSWER THE RELEVANT questions and then the moderators have a choice, let him keep talking to then answer the current question.. so he it is a win / win situation. Answer pertinent question only and get out of the lame question, OR answer both.

This is easy stuff. Not sure why Ron isn't doing it.

 

[bobmurph]

i bet newt wife wouldn't want him to decide

which one?

 

[PursuePeace]

Good answer Ron.

 

[green73]

Privatize Space and we'll go to the stars!

 

[Sentinelrv]

This debate is so boring.