CNN republican debate thread

[ivwshane]

I'm surprised no one has already created a post about this.

Although this is a better debate than the first one I really wish there was real time fact checking so Americans can see which politicians have a habit of lying or distorting the truth.
As it stands now, almost everything out of Cruz's mouth has been a lie or a distortion.

I actually liked Rand Paul's answers.

 

[UberNeuman]

Watch it Live.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Pataki laid a smackdown on bobby and ricky. His response about kim davis was perfect.

 

[ivwshane]

I missed the kids debate.

 

[mizzou]

Fiorina led HP? Poor HP...

Their computers were complete bloated trash

 

[mizzou]

This is, quite possibly, the worst field of candidates ever. I noticed CNN has a "Fiorina" is having a strong google search. Unfortunatley it's probably attached to "Plastic Surgery."

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Fiorina having strong Google search showing .. top five searched candidates: Fiorina, Trump, Carson, Cruz, Bush pic.twitter.com/OqzyL16q93

 

[Tombstone1881]

Civil discourse.
Interrupting... Talking over each other... ignoring the moderator...

I didn't get to see the "kids table" debate.
I wonder if they were better behaved.

 

[UberNeuman]

Chris Christie looks like he's got a fire in his belly.

Or maybe it was bad McD's.....

 

[Hugo Drax]

I like Trumps answer, let the people fight it out and we do business with whats left in Syria. Why get involved in that three way mess.

 

[ivwshane]

I like Carson's dual minimum wage idea, I haven't heard that before.

 

[MongGrel]

The wife is watching it, I'll ask her about it later.

Not too interested myself.

 

[Tombstone1881]

This is, quite possibly, the worst field of candidates ever. I noticed CNN has a "Fiorina" is having a strong google search. Unfortunatley it's probably attached to "Plastic Surgery."

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Fiorina having strong Google search showing .. top five searched candidates: Fiorina, Trump, Carson, Cruz, Bush pic.twitter.com/OqzyL16q93

CNN set up this debate for Fiorina. When they were selecting the top 10, Fiorina was in 11th place, so they "skewed" the numbers to "tie" 10th, making 11 seats, allowing #11 Fiorina in.

But since then, Fiorina climbed a little and #11 was Christie.
They could have kept to their original 10 seats, and Christie would have been at the "kids table" where he belongs.

 

[Paul98]

As expected a bunch of the same stupid ideas.

 

[ivwshane]

As expected a bunch of the same stupid ideas.

That's a given but at least they are talking about their ideas. A worse debate would have simply been personal attack after personal attack.

 

[Paul98]

I like Carson's dual minimum wage idea, I haven't heard that before.

and adjusted to inflation? that was the first half way decent idea i heard.

 

[Strk]

It would be nice if they stopped focusing on Clinton.

 

[BxgJ]

Rubio's water joke at the beginning didn't seem to go over so well.

 

[mizzou]

awwwkward handshake lollll

 

[UberNeuman]

It's a Bromance!

 

[Genx87]

A little progress? Two candidates are saying they are against the Iraq war.

 

[mizzou]

ben carson would be a good VP

 

[ivwshane]

Yeah more military spending! /s

 

[ivwshane]

Oh oh! Here comes the generic attack on liberals.

 

[Strk]

Admittedly, it doesn't really accomplish anything, but it is funny to see Jeb's response to being told that his brother did a shitty job.

 

[RaistlinZ]

I don't see anyone's position in the polls changing too much after this debate.

I think Jeb is having a better night than the first debate, which isn't saying much.