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Republican Debates: NOT LIVE ANYMORE!

ElkiElki get busyModerator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
edited January 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
This one is being called a 'forum'. I'm not sure how much of a difference there'll be between it and a regular debate.


Location: Milford, New Hampshire

Network: Fox News

Time: 8:00 P.M. EST

Candidates:

Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Fred Thompson

Uninvited candidates:

Duncan Hunter
Ron Paul

Moderator: Chris Wallace

Webstream: www.foxnews.com



This is not the general primaries thread. General primaries talk goes here.

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  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    What day is this?

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  • No-QuarterNo-Quarter Nothing To Fear But Fear ItselfRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    If by forum do you mean that the audience will be asking questions?

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  • One Thousand CablesOne Thousand Cables An absence of thought Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    No-Quarter wrote: »
    If by forum do you mean that the audience will be asking questions?

    Oh god, that would be a lark.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2008
    Smasher wrote: »
    What day is this?

    Sunday.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2008
    No-Quarter wrote: »
    If by forum do you mean that the audience will be asking questions?

    There will be no audience. It'll be recorded on a bus.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Fuck, again?

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Milford? Seriously? Milford is like the crummiest place ever. Why would they have a debate there?

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    So does the GOP pulling their support for this have any real effect on it?

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Bump because this will be on in a few hours.

    I don't think dropping support will have an effect on the debate.

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  • matisyahumatisyahu Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Any idea if you can get this thing on AM radio?

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  • TalkaTalka Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Is this on 5 P.M. PST or is it tape delayed or something?

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  • DerrickDerrick Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Well, they dropped Ron Paul which means that everyone gets to parrot classical talking points with no relevance to the country or common sense. I'm kind of interested just how far afield they get this time.

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  • imbalancedimbalanced Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Derrick wrote: »
    Well, they dropped Ron Paul which means that everyone gets to parrot classical talking points with no relevance to the country or common sense. I'm kind of interested just how far afield they get this time.

    I think the opposite is the case. Because Paul is gone, they can't use him as a whipping boy for sound blurbs. They'll have to debate the small differences between each other without breaking it up with the random anti-war screaming.

    Plus, Ron Paul is craaaaaazy. :P

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  • jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    MAJOR GARRETT.

    Man, I can't get enough of seeing that guy's name on the screen.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Heh. Honor system.

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  • jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Reagan cut taxes and spending?

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  • werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    No one's in the IRC channel?

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  • jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    werehippy wrote: »
    No one's in the IRC channel?

    I thought we reserved that for actual primary/caucuses.

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  • werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    jotate wrote: »
    werehippy wrote: »
    No one's in the IRC channel?

    I thought we reserved that for actual primary/caucuses.

    I think it's whenever there's anythign worth talking about in real time. We were in there last night.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Heh,

    Romney: You voted against the Bush tax cuts.
    McCain: But I do want to cut taxes...
    Romney: Yeah, I've actually done that.

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  • WerewulfyWerewulfy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Bitch Bitch Tax Bitch Tax Bitch

    God, I hate these people.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Good argument

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  • TalkaTalka Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Yo this is getting ugly.

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  • TalkaTalka Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Isn't it nuts that Huckabee is going creamed for doing something admirable? I mean raising taxes for education in a woefully uneducated state? Christ, what a monster.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2008
    Somebody's getting punched, soon. Or I hope so.

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  • werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Talka wrote: »
    Yo this is getting ugly.

    If by ugly you mean awesome.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2008
    He's about to mention George Will.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Elki wrote: »
    He's about to mention George Will.

    Good call

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    "supply side" take a drink

    edit: x2

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Reduce the corporate tax. Lowering taxes will raise more money for the government.

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  • ManticMantic Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I thought Mitt was going to say "populist" there for a second

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  • Satan.Satan. __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    Here comes Thompson tripping over his own feet again.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    We will spend less money and people will get more benefits.

    Yes, these guys are crazy.

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  • werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    Reduce the corporate tax. Lowering taxes will raise more money for the government.

    Laffer shoudl die in a goddam fire.

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  • jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I'm confused. Aren't these guys supposed to be speaking to the common person?

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    So you'd decrease future cost of living increases by changing the index?


    Nonononononono, I'd switch the index, which would reduce the future increases.

    Wow, thanks for that incoherent double-talk, Fred.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Jesus, Mitt. Give less money to rich retirees. This is why I like the guy.

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  • Satan.Satan. __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    jotate wrote: »
    I'm confused. Aren't these guys supposed to be speaking to the common person?

    They are. Big fancy words that they scarcely understand mixed together at a simpler and simpler level, with a lot of mutual backscratching to make them all seem nice in the end.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2008
    I want to see another Mitt - Huck fight.

    Edit: Oh yeah.

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    werehippy wrote: »
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    Reduce the corporate tax. Lowering taxes will raise more money for the government.

    Laffer shoudl die in a goddam fire.

    Naw, you just correct it to more closely reflect real market behavior:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Neo-Laffer-Curve.svg

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