On 10/29/15 10:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/29/2015 7:51 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/29/15 4:35 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
What a farce.

Winners: All of the GOP candidates.

Losers: Pretty much all of the CNBC moderators and questioners.


I watched some of the GOPer “debate� last night, and have a few
impressions:


(1) The candidates said whatever they chose to, often with no connection
to the questions. The moderators were weaklings and had no control over
the debate.

(2) The GOPers believe Hillary is worse than Hitler, Stalin, Typhoid,
the Huns and ISIS combined. and so is the media. In a properly moderated
debate, Hillary would mop the floor with any of them.

(3) The GOPers believe the federal government should be abolished.

(4) Christie seemed surprisingly coherent and forceful. His remark about
the government not getting involved in fantasy sports betting was a
crowd pleaser. He'd be tougher on overpriced medicine than Benjy would.

(5) Donald seemed to be out of energy but made funny faces when others
spoke. He loves guns, has at least one and thinks casino employees and
gamblers should pack heat. He likes to be unpredictable.

(6) Jeb seemed like he walked into the wrong wedding at a catering hall
and had to act like he belonged there. His tie was a mess.

(7) Carly is a deceptive, ego maniacal piece of ****.

(8) Cruz is an evil, ego maniacal piece of **** who bragged about
leading the battle against Planned Parenthood.

(9) Huck is merely a schmuck, but got laughs pointing out that he was
wearing a Trump tie, but did not know where it was made. He bragged
about fighting the Clintons for decades.

(10) Rand is in a world of his own, perhaps on another planet.

(11) So is Benjy, but a different world than Rand. He reminded me of
perpetually shell-shocked Dan Quayle. He doesn’t know anything.
Literally.

(12) Rubio thinks he should should be America's Idol.

(13) Kasich is too rational to be a Republican.

(14) GOPers believe Democrats are commie cannibals who will eat your
babies.



I got a kick out of Huckabee's "plan" to solve rising medical care costs.

Discover a cure for cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Simple.


When you are a "Today's Republican" national office seeker, *everything*
is easy, at least for most of them.

What you see as candidates from the GOP is a direct result of the party
being taken over by the extreme *and* overly religious right wing, and I
mean extreme and overly religious. Ben Carson is leading in the Iowa and
perhaps other polls at the moment because he is soft-spoken and
perceived as closely aligned with evangelical christians, and they are a
huge percentage of the GOP base. They like him because of his religious
beliefs, and that is a ****-poor way to pick a POTUS. His lack of
knowledge is painful to watch.