Embarrassing.
Fascinating. Entertaining. Baffling, Crazy. Boring. Interminable. Endless. And ultimately, still embarrassing.
The GOP/conservative/Republican/Tea Party contingent is a confounding, self-contradictory mélange of mostly crap with the occasional flash of wit or inspiration, dashed with horrifying lack of self awareness, anti-American and anti-constitutional (but simultaneously allegedly patriotic) fervor, and crazy religiosity. Impressions:
- Carly Fiorina acquitted herself nicely, and was unquestionably the winner. She's awful, but for this crowd, she was terrific.
- Donald Trump hurt himself with thinking people (who he was already not doing well with), and hopefully with some less fervent supporters. If he goes up in popularity, it's not for any reality-based reason from this debate.
- Ben Carson came off slightly better and a tiny bit more animated than he has in the past, though could get a job voicing Winnie the Pooh.
- Ted Cruz was just as creepy and face-punchable as ever. Jesus and meanness and creepy facey-ness.
- Marco Rubio was smart (-ish), and articulate, but oddly juvenile, while also bearing huge old man ears.
- Chris Christie managed to be more amiable and dickish.
- John Kasich looked like he woke up after a long slumber with his face pressed against a pillow, and bed head. He made sense (sometimes) but looked like hell.
- Ron Paul looked extra-weasely, and landed few punches, though he tried. He actually sounded a little reasonable. . .too often to make me comfortable.
- Mike Huckabee is a Dominionist prick who should never, ever be near the levers of power.
- Scott Walker was sleepy-eyed, but occasionally reared his head and made a semi-coherent point.
- Jeb! Bush was mostly reasonable, but not above pandering. I can't imagine he'll budge an inch.
From the kiddie table, you had two Jesus freaks (Jindal and Santorum) and two sorta-kinda normals (Pataki and Graham). They arguably got more airtime than they every would have otherwise, particularly without Rick Perry, but fit the tone of this clown show pretty well.
Embarrassing is still my assessment.
[Excerpt]
Fiorina emerges in GOP debate, but Trump still dominates conversation
The second Republican debate, a three-hour affair that veered from sophomoric insults to policy to late-night silliness, ended after 11 p.m. Wednesday, with an outsider candidate — former tech executive Carly Fiorina — challenging front-runner Donald Trump in a way few rivals have.
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Read more at: MSN
Fascinating. Entertaining. Baffling, Crazy. Boring. Interminable. Endless. And ultimately, still embarrassing.
The GOP/conservative/Republican/Tea Party contingent is a confounding, self-contradictory mélange of mostly crap with the occasional flash of wit or inspiration, dashed with horrifying lack of self awareness, anti-American and anti-constitutional (but simultaneously allegedly patriotic) fervor, and crazy religiosity. Impressions:
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- Donald Trump hurt himself with thinking people (who he was already not doing well with), and hopefully with some less fervent supporters. If he goes up in popularity, it's not for any reality-based reason from this debate.
- Ben Carson came off slightly better and a tiny bit more animated than he has in the past, though could get a job voicing Winnie the Pooh.
- Ted Cruz was just as creepy and face-punchable as ever. Jesus and meanness and creepy facey-ness.
- Marco Rubio was smart (-ish), and articulate, but oddly juvenile, while also bearing huge old man ears.
- Chris Christie managed to be more amiable and dickish.
- John Kasich looked like he woke up after a long slumber with his face pressed against a pillow, and bed head. He made sense (sometimes) but looked like hell.
- Ron Paul looked extra-weasely, and landed few punches, though he tried. He actually sounded a little reasonable. . .too often to make me comfortable.
- Mike Huckabee is a Dominionist prick who should never, ever be near the levers of power.
- Scott Walker was sleepy-eyed, but occasionally reared his head and made a semi-coherent point.
- Jeb! Bush was mostly reasonable, but not above pandering. I can't imagine he'll budge an inch.
From the kiddie table, you had two Jesus freaks (Jindal and Santorum) and two sorta-kinda normals (Pataki and Graham). They arguably got more airtime than they every would have otherwise, particularly without Rick Perry, but fit the tone of this clown show pretty well.
Embarrassing is still my assessment.
[Excerpt]
Fiorina emerges in GOP debate, but Trump still dominates conversation
The second Republican debate, a three-hour affair that veered from sophomoric insults to policy to late-night silliness, ended after 11 p.m. Wednesday, with an outsider candidate — former tech executive Carly Fiorina — challenging front-runner Donald Trump in a way few rivals have.
. .
Read more at: MSN
You're more of a man than I am to have suffered through any of these debates!
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