GOP debate .. winners ... losers
 

What a farce.

Winners: All of the GOP candidates.

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

GOP debate .. winners ... losers
 

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.

GOP debate .. winners ... losers
 

On 10/29/2015 7:51 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
(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.

Would you mind if I appended your list?

(8A) Hillery is an evil, ego maniacal, deceptive, POS who bragged about
dodging bullets while disembarking from a helicopter in an obviously
staged media event, in some ******** in the middle east.

You share some of her attributes, so maybe that's why you are so
mesmerized by her.

GOP debate .. winners ... losers
 

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:51:48 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

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

No just kill them ;-)

GOP debate .. winners ... losers
 

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:51:48 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:


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

.... kill them and sell off the parts ;-)

GOP debate .. winners ... losers
 

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.

GOP debate .. winners ... losers
 

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.

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On 10/29/2015 9:12 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:51:48 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:
Democrats are commie cannibals who will eat your babies.

.... kill them and sell off the parts ;-)


Oh wait. The abortion mills are already doing that

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On 10/29/2015 11:50 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
I ended up talking with a fellow in India whose English was just
abominable. The cleaning tool was $29.95, not a lot, but, screw them. If
I need help, I want someone on the other end of the phone who speaks
English at least as well as your average Kentuckian.
:)
Doesn't Apple offer a solution? I don't know why you allow windows
hardware in your home. Apple can emulate anything, or so I'm told.

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On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:13:49 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Eliminating all tax breaks for corporations that export jobs sounds good
but is likely to be symbolic only in terms of a real affect. You'd have
to crunch all the numbers in terms of cost to manufacture here versus
there to find the point where it is economically more viable to
move jobs back to the USA. I suspect that gap is pretty large, even at
a higher tax rate.

It's interesting to me (not having much knowledge of world economics)
that the Republican positions and Democrat positions can be so
diametrically opposed. Democrats want to punish businesses for
choosing the most effective way to produce products, maximizing the
return on their shareholder's investments. They think that by increasing
the punishment (more taxes or no tax breaks) it will force businesses to
comply with their wishes and cause the economy to prosper.
Republicans say just the opposite. They want to reduce taxes on
businesses as a means to promote expansion, creation of new jobs and to
keep manufacturing here in a fertile economic environment.

I'd have to go along with the GOP ideas on this one. The Democrat's
way is the tail wagging the dog, IMO. Again, the amount of additional
revenues generated by tax "punishments" doesn't amount to a hill of
beans when compared to those revenues generated by a growing, healthy
and gainfully employed middle class paying normal income taxes.


Liberals still believe corporations pay taxes. In fact it is their
customers who pay the tax and taxing a corporation only makes them the
tax collector for the government. They make a profit on that tax since
it gets rolled into the expense line.
I suppose the corporations could list the tax as a separate line item
in the price of their products like they do with sales taxes but then
it would be harder to make a profit on it.

I doubt the public would be happy if they bought a TV and the receipt
said

***********
TV $549
Federal Tariff $300
(about what it would cost extra to make it competive in a US factory)
Sub total $849

State sales tax $50.94 (at 6%)

Total $899.94