Republican [Debate] thread once again, now with less Jesus and more bombing foreigners

VoodooV

damnit...I always forget about these debates and start watching right as they're about to end.

Rchanen

VoodooV wrote:

damnit...I always forget about these debates and start watching right as they're about to end.

You may be saving your brain/soul that way.

There's a lot of highly infectious stupidity in these debates.

lonelyahava

VoodooV wrote:

damnit...I always forget about these debates and start watching right as they're about to end.

I went to the gym instead.

The end result is the same.

I need a shower.

DevoutlyApathetic

lonelyahava wrote:

VoodooV wrote:

damnit...I always forget about these debates and start watching right as they're about to end.

I went to the gym instead.

The end result is the same.

I need a shower.

You are a funny lady.

I did not watch this debate. My brain at this point is either blocking them out from either over saturation or an attempt to lower my blood pressure.

No-Quarter

I only un-mute the debate when a moderator asks a question. Then I read this thread for responses haha

override367

Kana wrote:

Suddenly Paul speaking sense again.

Paul is actually better than a broken clock, he's right roughly a third of the time

The rest of contestants aren't even timepieces of any kind (except Romney, which says its whatever time you want him to say it is), and yet half the country will pick one of them to tell us what time it is

Fencingsax

I am sad I missed this. Stupid Work.

No-Quarter

Fencingsax wrote:

I am sad I missed this. Stupid Work.

Sad you missed it? Or overjoyed?

Der Waffle Mous

override367 wrote:

Kana wrote:

Suddenly Paul speaking sense again.

Paul is actually better than a broken clock, he's right roughly a third of the time

The rest of contestants aren't even timepieces of any kind (except Romney, which says its whatever time you want him to say it is), and yet half the country will pick one of them to tell us what time it is

So Ron Paul is a sundial in the middle of winter?

Fencingsax

No-Quarter wrote:

Fencingsax wrote:

I am sad I missed this. Stupid Work.

Sad you missed it? Or overjoyed?

I am entertained by these things.

SammyF

Kana wrote:

Suddenly Paul speaking sense again.

The first two words have made me deeply desire the following: someone with talents both musical and cinematic must make a Ron Paul themed parody of the following:

KungFu

Did Bachmann leak classified information during the debate or did she just make stuff up as usual?

I'm voting just making stuff up.

Jars

there's also been 82 foiled terrorist attempts!

Crakes

I don't get how anybody could say they hate Paul when you have Santorum on the stage.

DevoutlyApathetic

KungFu wrote:

Did Bachmann leak classified information during the debate or did she just make stuff up as usual?

I'm voting just making stuff up.

Well you see Bachmann is really a theoretical politician and is now testing new and exciting boundaries in plausible deniablity.

override367

Wooow

So either she lied or she's a fucking moron validating all of our concerns about being on the security council

Deebaser

override367 wrote:

Kana wrote:

Suddenly Paul speaking sense again.

Paul is actually better than a broken clock, he's right roughly a third of the time

The rest of contestants aren't even timepieces of any kind (except Romney, which says its whatever time you want him to say it is), and yet half the country will pick one of them to tell us what time it is

I may disagree with Paul 70% of the time, but at least he isn't
-a complete moron like Perry and Cain.
-not crazy like Michelle B

override367

He's his own brand of crazy, in that he has certain beliefs about the market that don't align with reality in the slightest, but his worldview is consistant

Bachmann's world is a constantly shifting rainbow of crazy

dojango

They're all pretty crazy, just different sorts.

Kana

Bush may have been horrible on 98% of his policies, but he did do a bit towards dealing with AIDS in Africa, and that's not only just a plain old-fashioned good thing, it's also necessary to create long-term stability in the region.

Ron Paul thinks that's bullshit, the only thing we should give to Africa is our ideals about free markets. Because free markets are awesome when huge swaths of your population are dying of AIDS.

Paul may be very right on some things, but the -reasons- he's right are usually really, really wrong. The same ideals that make him say we shouldn't sacrifice liberty for safety on the war on terror also make him say we shouldn't sacrifice liberty for universal health care, or for unemployment insurance, or basically anything, no matter how little liberty is being lost, nor how great a benefit we're receiving. Sometimes if seems like Ron Paul reads Hobbes' description of the state of nature and thinks "Man, if only we could go back to that."

Kana

Oh, also Gingrich for some reason broke out a bit of compassionate conservatism when dealing with illegal immigrants, so we can pretty much expect that contender status he had going for him to be gone by next week. Judging by the length at which he spoke about it, and his otherwise complete evilness, I can only assume he's decided that this book tour's gone on long enough and he's ready to bow out.

dojango

Didn't Bush 2 restrict US aid to combat AIDS in (the country of) Africa to only organizations that promoted abstinence? I remember that there were a lot of stupid restrictions on aid due to the culture wars here at home.

Jars

he isn't completely wrong about africa because if it was wealthier and more educated the AIDS rate would drop dramatically. but the AIDS aid bush gave to africa is one of the few things he did right and something he can be commended for.

mythago

Kana wrote:

Oh, also Gingrich for some reason broke out a bit of compassionate conservatism when dealing with illegal immigrants, so we can pretty much expect that contender status he had going for him to be gone by next week. Judging by the length at which he spoke about it, and his otherwise complete evilness, I can only assume he's decided that this book tour's gone on long enough and he's ready to bow out.

Or his brain just misfired, like it does.

Incenjucar

Jars wrote:

he isn't completely wrong about africa because if it was wealthier and more educated the AIDS rate would drop dramatically. but the AIDS aid bush gave to africa is one of the few things he did right and something he can be commended for.

We didn't try to force them to teach only Abstinence-Only Education like we tried to do with Brazil, right?