Official 2016 GOP thread: Is it really going to be Donald Trump?? (1 Viewer)

[Shula-holic]

Marco is trying to check all the standard GOP viewpoints and he is missing the populist appeal on the trade issue that Trump has found.

 

[SIDA!]

Kasich makes too much sense for this election.

He is too soft on immigration. He had his chance to really stake out an interesting niche by being strong on budget, the governor of a swing state, had experience in DC, etc...but he decided to be soft on the illegal alien issue.

He is the candidate that has disappointed me the most this election.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Marco is trying to check all the standard GOP viewpoints and he is missing the populist appeal on the trade issue that Trump has found.

He had a moment of extreme sense: the consumer pays for the tariff, the people suffer.

Trump doesn't shop at WalMart he'll be fine.

 

[Righetti]

We're in Tumple?

 

[quickhands]

Trade Bush for Rand.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Trump is in ranting drunk uncle mode now.

Push his buttons.

 

[SIDA!]

I just absolutely love the raw disdain Trump has for #######. He looks at Jeb and sees nothing but a giant va gina.

 

[Righetti]

How much longer is this?

 

[RBM]

This Benghazi movie looks awesome.

 

[bud29]

Kasich makes too much sense for this election.

He'd be a very solid candidate in the general election, but nowhere near crazy enough to win the nomination.

 

[TripItUp]

I just absolutely love the raw disdain Trump has for #######. He looks at Jeb and sees nothing but a giant va gina.

tis the gift that keeps giving...almost feel bad for Jebster at this point

 

[TripItUp]

Kasich makes too much sense for this election.

He'd be a very solid candidate in the general election, but nowhere near crazy enough to win the nomination.

Kasich and Paul are my two favorite candidates.

 

[bud29]

Kasich makes too much sense for this election.

He'd be a very solid candidate in the general election, but nowhere near crazy enough to win the nomination.

Kasich and Paul are my two favorite candidates.

Probably my favorite two on the GOP side as well.

 

[squistion]

Chris Matthews ‏@hardball_chris

Every time Marco Rubio talks its a serenade. Never a single clear point but a series of speech points he throws out. #GOPDebate

 

[Righetti]

Gotta love them ask the bridge question to Big Chris

 

[Rove!]

I like Kasich, but he never has a breakout moment. Even the 'moderates' Cruz, Christie, are on steroids. Get out there man, take charge. Him and Bush are just muttering.

I heard he might have had something to do with a balanced budget in the 90s....

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Christie

 

[bigbottom]

This Benghazi movie looks awesome.

It does look good. But Michael Bay? Hmmm.

 

[Amused to Death]

Chris, the transportation trust fund in your own state is about to go broke, how do you propose to fund it? We await your answer.

 

[The General]

Chris Matthews ‏@hardball_chris

Every time Marco Rubio talks its a serenade. Never a single clear point but a series of speech points he throws out. #GOPDebate

Rubio definitely gets the most words out per minute.

 

[tri-man 47]

Kasich makes too much sense for this election.

He'd be a very solid candidate in the general election, but nowhere near crazy enough to win the nomination.

Kasich and Paul are my two favorite candidates.

Probably my favorite two on the GOP side as well.

Me too. The problem with this whole process, though, is that the voters at the extremes are the ones who vote in the primaries ...so sensible candidates like Kasich stand little chance.

 

[Rove!]

Don't agree with Carson's Christian stuff, but I like hearing him speak for some reason.

He has a calming demeanor. I'm sure he's a nice guy and a great doctor, but he is no way qualified for the Presidency and he has said some strange things...

 

[Eephus]

Cruz is crushing Trump tonight. Not sure it will resonate in the polls.

Not really. Insulting the third most populous state is pretty dumb.

That's going to be the sound-bite of the week.

To who?When the terrorists attacked New York...New York didn't stop being liberals who support abortion, higher regulation, higher taxes and a multitude of other things that are completely contradictory to what voters in the GOP believe and stand for.

I just hope that the terrorists don't take out a San Francisco skyscraper...because then I guess we can't refer to San Francisco values anymore....

 

[Righetti]

I have never hear of the V.A.T. reffered to as a "vat" it is always the three initials

 

[timschochet]

None of these guys are going to get a flat tax through. It's a complete waste of time to even talk about it. Never going to happen.

Has the entire debate been like this?

 

[bud29]

Gotta be the first time Rubio has made a point tonight without talking about how Obama has failed us / is failing us.

 

[timschochet]

And the IRS is never going to be abolished. Why are they wasting our time?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

10% flat tax, yeah that is "genious."

 

[bud29]

Cruz wants to abolish the IRS and you'll be able to send in your taxes on a postcard. Where would you send that postcard? A department? Of internal revenue, perhaps?

 

[BassNBrew]

And the IRS is never going to be abolished. Why are they wasting our time?

Pot is never going to be legal, why are we wasting our time.

 

[SIDA!]

LMAO at Christie laying into Rubio.

"You had your chance and you blew it..."

 

[Capella]

The leading presidential candidates of a major American political party are debating whether we should impose a religious test on refugees.

 

[bud29]

Oh snap Christie

 

[Righetti]

Big Chris looking to wrestle Rubio tonight. Sadly it will be a jello wrestle

 

[Doctor Detroit]

This Benghazi movie looks awesome.

It does look good. But Michael Bay? Hmmm.

He's involved in Black Sails, which is awesome.

 

[timschochet]

And the IRS is never going to be abolished. Why are they wasting our time?

Pot is never going to be legal, why are we wasting our time.

You think that's analogous? Really?

 

[SIDA!]

10% flat tax, yeah that is "genious."

I see what you did there...

 

[Arizona Ron]

Carson is just 'cute' at this point.

 

[tri-man 47]

I have never hear of the V.A.T. reffered to as a "vat" it is always the three initials

Actually a BMO banker just used "vat" in a conversation with me yesterday. First I'd heard that, too.

 

[Righetti]

Cruz wants to abolish the IRS and you'll be able to send in your taxes on a postcard. Where would you send that postcard? A department? Of internal revenue, perhaps?

Seems like a way to bolster another worthless department, the USPS

 

[BassNBrew]

And the IRS is never going to be abolished. Why are they wasting our time?

Pot is never going to be legal, why are we wasting our time.

You think that's analogous? Really?

Allowing women to vote?

The Lakers continuously sucking?

Times change.

 

[quickhands]

And the IRS is never going to be abolished. Why are they wasting our time?

The affordable care act will not be passed along party lines either.

 

[Righetti]

None of these guys are going to get a flat tax through. It's a complete waste of time to even talk about it. Never going to happen.

Has the entire debate been like this?

Trump and Cruz went at it early, they are both tired now

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Carson is just 'cute' at this point.

He's an interesting guy, just not the president and ####.

 

[Porkchop Express]

LMAO at Christie laying into Rubio.

"You had your chance and you blew it..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqPRwq3QJsk

 

[Doctor Detroit]

And the IRS is never going to be abolished. Why are they wasting our time?

Pot is never going to be legal, why are we wasting our time.

You think that's analogous? Really?

Allowing women to vote?

I think we can all agree that was a mistake. Letting them drive was an even worse idea.

 

[bud29]

First debate I can recall where some of these candidates are lumping Bernie into their attacks against Hillary and Obama. Is the GOP starting to feel the bern?

 

[SIDA!]

ROTFLMAO

"Whatever it may be..."

 

[timschochet]

And the IRS is never going to be abolished. Why are they wasting our time?

The affordable care act will not be passed along party lines either.

You want to know the main difference between Hillary Clinton and most of these guys and Bernie as well? It's that she understands that governing is the art of the possible.

 

[SoBeDad]

Hey guys just got back from a parent meeting and missed the entire thing up to now. Quick summary? Who's winning?

Most substantive debate so far. Trump was challenged on the Muslim comment and Bush made some great points. Cruz clarified what he meant by "New York" - liberal - and Trump took him to the woodshed for insulting all New Yorkers. Kinda ironic.