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Reason Staff Live Tweets the New Hampshire Republican Debate!

Reason Staff | 10.11.2011 7:06 PM

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  1. waffles   14 years ago

    Thank you for watching so I don't have to.

    1. Contra Dikshun   14 years ago

      How in the world do libertarian hold two opposite beliefs simultaneously:

      1. The State makes life worse.
      2. Life got better under the city-State.

      Got contradiction?

      1. barfman   14 years ago

        *barf*

      2. marlok   14 years ago

        "Life got better under the city-State."

        So correlation equals causation?
        You suck. Bring our old trolls back.

        1. Coeus   14 years ago

          It's been all downhill since lonewacko got hisself banninated.

      3. squarooticus   14 years ago

        It's possible alcohol can make life better, too. To a point. Beyond that, it starts killing you.

    2. WARNING!   14 years ago

      Colossal waste of time ahead.
      Proceed with alcohol.

  2. juris imprudent   14 years ago

    I'll watch the U.S. men's soccer friendly and then we can compare who won what.

    1. jj   14 years ago

      +1

    2. TomD   14 years ago

      And another +1 here. Heading home now to watch the game on my DVR...

  3. GeneralAntilles   14 years ago

    These Bloomberg pre-debate analysts make me gag. Bunch of damn socialists.

    1. GeneralAntilles   14 years ago

      "I don't think there was an alternative to government-directed trying-to-prevent-a-depression spending [...]"

      Double ugh.

    2. Contra Dikshun   14 years ago

      At least socialist don't hold two contradictory beliefs simultaneously like libertarians:

      1. The State makes life worse.
      2. Life got better under the city-State.

      1. Xenocles   14 years ago

        Libertarians don't hold your first premise to be universally true. They only apply it for most states in existence, not against a hypothetical minimalist state. Contradiction nullified.

        Now go troll somewhere else.

        1. Contra Dikshun   14 years ago

          When it's convenient, libertarians call people Statists and decry the State all the time.*

          Then they turn into Statist themselves when it's convenient.

          Contradiction stands, and you've been weighted in the balance and found wanting.

          1. yonemoto   14 years ago

            When it's convenient Liberals call Libertarians hypocrites.

            Then they turn into hypocrites themselves when it's convenient.

            1. Contra Dikshun   14 years ago

              true

              But libertarians like to call themselves principled, and I find them unprincipled and contradictory just as much as marxists, liberals, progressivists, republicans, etc.

              1. .   14 years ago

                You're full of shit, to put it bluntly and succinctly.

              2. capitol l   14 years ago

                Awww, did the thread move too fast for ya, little buddy?

                Don't worry, now you have all the time in the world to sprinkle your feces all over the place.

                ---------------------------

                Still waiting for that address, brother.

              3. Coeus   14 years ago

                I find them unprincipled and contradictory just as much as marxists, liberals, progressivists, republicans, etc.

                If that's true, then you're reaching so hard you're bound to sprain something.

                1. The State makes life worse when it tries to intefere in anything but defense of life and property from real, physical threats.

                2.Life got better under the City-State as long as technology advances.

                #2 happens at a much faster rate when #1 holds true. The further you get from #1, the less you get of #2 (see North Korea).

      2. marlok   14 years ago

        "At least socialist don't hold two contradictory beliefs simultaneously like libertarians."

        Shouldn't you be licking a bootheel somewhere?

        Maybe life has gotten better due to things like the internal combustion engine. Nah, must be the state power you worship.

      3. Suckmy Dicksun   14 years ago

        "1. The State makes life worse.
        2. Life got better under the city-State."

        Just imagine where we'd be without the various states - we'd already be colonizing Mars and Titan, and cancer would be no more. Regulations, guilds, unions, protectionism, state monopolies on education, and corruption in government have held us back.

      4. Thomas Paine   14 years ago

        "Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.
        Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer."

        The alleged contradiction is all in your own imagination.

  4. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    So this is being streamed online, right?

    Have they handed out a greater proportion of microphones to Ron Paul supporters so that I get the expected effect through my speakers?

  5. nicole   14 years ago

    Guys, anyone know if I have to actually live-stream this or if I will be able to stream it somewhere later? The actual debate I mean. And you don't have to tell me how sad it is that I've been DVRing these to watch a few hours after the fact. My boyfriend works late and we enjoy making fun of these assholes together.

    1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

      My boyfriend works late and we enjoy making fun of these assholes together.

      Same here. I just refer to Reason commenters as my boyfriend

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      I'm sure it will be posted to YouTube by tomorrow.

      You can also watch it live here.

  6. Episiarch   14 years ago

    I honestly don't know how anyone can sit through these excruciatingly painful debates.

    I'll be installing the OS and drivers on my new gaming computer instead.

    1. Lucy Steigerwald   14 years ago

      Sarcastic commentary makes it go down much smoother, I find.

    2. Lucy Steigerwald   14 years ago

      Sarcastic commentary makes it go down much smoother, I find.

      1. Episiarch   14 years ago

        Does double-posting help too?

        I hear you, but I find political chatter to be the functional equivalent of a conversation between Forrest Gump and Bubba, except ten times stupider. I can't even handle seeing the 24-hour news talking heads on mute at the club; I have to change the channel.

        1. Lucy Steigerwald   14 years ago

          I wish I could double post on command just to spite you! Fucking internet.

          The commentators are appalling. Sarcastic tweeters are sometimes even a comfort.

          1. Warty   14 years ago

            The commentators are appalling.

            Oh, come on. We're at worst disgusting.

            1. Lucy Steigerwald   14 years ago

              You're a commenter, dammit. That's different than a commentator.

              1. Episiarch   14 years ago

                Being Warty, he is also disgusting.

          2. Coeus   14 years ago

            I wish I could double post on command just to spite you!

            Good news. After extensive study, I believe I've found a way double post on command. But it's one of things where if your not wise enough to figure it out on your own, you're not wise enough to be trusted with the secret.

            No offense, but the stakes are just too damn high. If this information got out, the results could be catastrophic.

    3. nicole   14 years ago

      Does it surprise you that the H&R commentariat has (more than) its fair share of masochists?

      On the other hand, I actually find it much less painful than the evening network news, which I sometimes cannot avoid reading the closed captioning for at the gym. Even during a run it can enrage. The debates are funnier.

      1. sloopyinca   14 years ago

        What the fuck is a "gym?"

        1. SIV   14 years ago

          Monkey bars.

        2. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

          It's a prefix meaning "female", I think.

          1. nicole   14 years ago

            Always refresh! BakedPenguin, you win.

          2. rogue biologists   14 years ago

            so that makes "gymnosperm"...

        3. nicole   14 years ago

          It's this place you have to go if, as the/a token vag at H&R, you are always reminded that dudes hate fatties. Which is cool. So do I.

          1. Bingo   14 years ago

            If you ever need a running bra, just let me know. I support this statement.

    4. Tulpa   14 years ago

      You just have to learn to take pleasure in the humiliation of other human beings. I have an online course available.

      1. Episiarch   14 years ago

        Oh, I do, Commodore. It's just that I prefer the humiliations to be a little more subtle and less like screeching flying monkeys.

    5. marlok   14 years ago

      What's the rig on your new gaming computer?

      1. Episiarch   14 years ago

        AMD Phenom II quadcore 3.2Ghz
        4 gigs 1600 Mhz RAM (for now)
        Gigabyte GA-870A motherboard (no SLI, as I don't plan to)

        and the prize:

        nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1G

        It's not a super-retarded box; I would never spend a bunch more to get incremental increases in resolution and frame rate. But it's going to still rock just the same.

        If I can get fucking Windows to install on it, that is.

        1. marlok   14 years ago

          Straight ballin'. I need an upgrade.

          Due to being a broke-ass, I run on a duocore processor with one of the cheaper GeForce graphics cards (whichever was like 60 bucks on newegg). Works decently well on low quality graphics, but on high settings 3d games play frame by frame like a comic book.

          1. Episiarch   14 years ago

            Guess how much I paid for it? $725 + free shipping. From Cyberpower. I got the GTX 560 Ti as a free upgrade from a GTX 560, too.

            But I waited until I knew I was getting a phenomenal deal, then pounced.

            1. marlok   14 years ago

              Damn. I'll keep my eyes on that for anything flying below my cheap bastard radar. Thanks.

              If I had any balls, I'd build my own, but I know I'd fry something.

        2. PantsFan   14 years ago

          But what case are you using?

          1. Episiarch   14 years ago

            The cheapest, least retarded looking one they had, of course.

        3. PantsFan   14 years ago

          Challenge is to find a workable rig for $500 not including monitor

  7. Adam   14 years ago

    Bowtie? Barf. Signature apparel of liberal snobbery.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      What about George Will?

      1. marlok   14 years ago

        Negated by Tucker Carlson.

    2. Adam   14 years ago

      Ahhh forgot about that one. Good call.

    3. Coeus   14 years ago

      Bowtie? Barf.

      Hey now, bowties are cool.

      1. Heroic Mulatto   14 years ago

        Agreed.

        1. The Art-P.O.G.   14 years ago

          Nation of Islam ruined the bowtie for black guys.

  8. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    That guy wearin a bow tie or is that bow tie wearin him?

  9. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Charlie Rose? WTF. Is Geraldo hosting a debate too?

    1. nicole   14 years ago

      Charlie Rose is going to be the secret awesomesauce of this debate. I think. It better be like this.

  10. toaster oven   14 years ago

    I hope they ask the candidates a Star Trek question.

  11. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Web feed audio is not synced. Epic fail.

  12. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Families around the kitchen table? Murphy Brown should have a witty retort next week.

  13. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Do we really need shaky cam in a debate?

    1. Coeus   14 years ago

      I was hoping it meant there would be some fight scenes. Alas, no such luck.

  14. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Funny, I don't remember any of our family problems being solved at the dinner table. A lot of arguments got started there though.

  15. Tulpa   14 years ago

    999 is the new 9/11.

    1. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

      No shit?

  16. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    9 blinks every 9 seconds for every 9 words for herman cain

  17. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Let's hope Rick Perry didn't just eat a large turkey dinner.

    1. Proprietrist   14 years ago

      He already seems out of it.

  18. Adam   14 years ago

    Wow, Perry FAIL already.

  19. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    I think he just asked Romney what he would be preHAIRed to do instead of prepared to do. I will not listen to anyone who says otherwise.

  20. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Wait a minute, isn't this supposed to be a dinner table? Shouldn't they be eating?

    "Next we have the coffee course, and you know what that means, we talk about immigration!"

    1. Binky   14 years ago

      Pretty sure they're playing footsie.

      1. Tulpa   14 years ago

        Santorum and Newt are definitely flashing bedroom eyes at each other.

  21. RyanXXX   14 years ago

    OK, is Reason purposefully ignoring this Iran D.C. plot thing? I really don't get this blog sometimes

    1. cynical   14 years ago

      They're ignoring that missing baby story too.

  22. Banjos   14 years ago

    I don't want a leader, I want a "will get the fuck out of the wayer".

  23. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Liberal opinion writers want to know if Chris Christie would have even fit between the chair and the table.

  24. Tulpa   14 years ago

    So they're still doing the Perry v Romney thing? I thought it was Cain vs. Romney now.

  25. Adam   14 years ago

    So I guess the circular table doesn't equate to equal standing and air time among the candidates.

  26. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Thinking of plans is exhausting!

  27. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Waaaa not fair, Romney's been running for president for 6 years!

  28. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Congresswoman Bachman: meeee-ow?

  29. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Uh... I will admit to being clueless in this arena... but is Michelle Bachmann wearing any make-up at all?

    1. johnl   14 years ago

      Too much even. More than Mittens.

  30. Tulpa   14 years ago

    WTF question? Last I knew you need to prove someone broke the law before putting them in jail.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      That red dress lady Karen Tumulty is making a speech, not asking a fucking question.

  31. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Bachmann avoiding the question.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      It's a stupid question. There's no evidence they broke the law, why should they be in jail?

      1. toaster oven   14 years ago

        robosigning...

  32. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Fantastic, still no questions for Ron Paul. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It's so predictable yet I still feel stunned each time.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Santorum hasn't had a question.

      1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

        True. Progress is progress, I suppose.

        1. The Art-P.O.G.   14 years ago

          Santorum must be either A) a secret masochist or B) an egomaniac. I suppose neither choice is mutually exclusive.

  33. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Good answer from Gingrich, I'll admit it.

  34. Tulpa   14 years ago

    This is totally disorganized. Rose is following up on Tumulty's question?

  35. GeneralAntilles   14 years ago

    You tell 'em, Newt!

  36. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Start with the people who were bribed, not the bribers? Ok there Newty...

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Why not? Being bribed is a crime too.

      1. toaster oven   14 years ago

        Why not the reverse? I want to see some banksters do a perp walk.

        1. Tulpa   14 years ago

          If you have evidence they bribed people, go for it.

          1. toaster oven   14 years ago

            Well, Newt just said Frank and Dodd were bribed.

      2. MJ   14 years ago

        Accepting a bribe is marginally worse than offering one, as the bribee is the one expected to abuse his position. Of course, one might expect politicians to disgree on that point.

  37. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    This kitchen table has really brought out the folksy in Ron Paul.

    1. toaster oven   14 years ago

      He owns this tonight.

  38. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Audio on the live feed has the audio syncing in and out.

  39. Tulpa   14 years ago

    OMG WE'RE IN A CRISIS YOU NEED TO CREATE JOBS NOW!!!!!

  40. Lost_In_Translation   14 years ago

    WTF, the live tweeting is really letting me down. H&R commenters are kicking the writers ass in volume and snarkiness.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      TEH WISDOM OF THE CLOUD

      1. Episiarch   14 years ago

        How much cough syrup and amphetamines are you on, Commodore?

        1. Tulpa   14 years ago

          Just enough to party, glibster.

      2. Lucy Steigerwald   14 years ago

        We're kind of low on staff tonight.

        But this is what we pay you people for.

        1. The Art-P.O.G.   14 years ago

          Lucy for the win.

          If Reason ever needs a bunch of two-sentence articles, they know where to go for crowdsourcing.

  41. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Make the US the manufacturing capital again? Don Bordeaux just had an aneurysm.

    1. hazeeran   14 years ago

      http://lincicome.blogspot.com/.....-myth.html

    2. Trespassers W   14 years ago

      Boudreaux.

      Although, come to think of it, I'm going to start calling him Don Bordeaux too.

  42. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Mormons can't deliver jokes.

    1. Skr   14 years ago

      No, but they can deliver babies.

      1. Apogee   14 years ago

        You're thinking of Ron Paul.

  43. Adam   14 years ago

    Maybe Huntsman would be doing better if he didn't always keep playing candidate clown.

  44. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Ha ha ha. Huntsman is a real card.

  45. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Great, it's awesome when debate moderators speechify and build ideological assumption into their questions.

  46. DeSelby   14 years ago

    Does Ron Paul's eyebrow remind anyone else of Stan Sitwell?

    1. Binky   14 years ago

      It looks like a fake mustache falling off.

    2. Binky   14 years ago

      It looks like a fake mustache falling off.

  47. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Patent reform anyone?

  48. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    KILL EVERYONE 2 YEARS EARLY

  49. toaster oven   14 years ago

    This debate is really moving along. I like the tempo.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Are they doing the Occupy finger waving instead of applause? That's why it's moving along.

  50. Adam   14 years ago

    WHAT THE HELL?! Do you want death panels to save medicare money, Mr. Speaker?

  51. toaster oven   14 years ago

    I don't want to know what you are swapping and with whom.

  52. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Andy Von Eschenbach shout out. What a name dropper.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      I thought he was making up that name.

      1. toaster oven   14 years ago

        Bloomberg fact checkers looking into it.

        1. Tulpa   14 years ago

          Art Vandelay?

      2. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

        I googled it to see how to spell it and I still think he made it up.

        1. Tulpa   14 years ago

          It sounded like Andy Va mumble mumble mumble.

  53. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Oooo, Michelle Bachmann is going all-in with conspiracy theories. I like this, she has the crazy eyes to pull it off.

  54. Jerry   14 years ago

    "Preventive treatments do the most." wth

    1. Logic Cop   14 years ago

      Everybody knows preventative health care is the most economical strategy for a society. Except libertarian economists.

      1. marlok   14 years ago

        "Everybody knows ..."

        Agumentum ad populum. Logic fail, moron.

        You may be the dumbest troll we've ever had.

  55. toaster oven   14 years ago

    That was racist.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Wait, I thought 999 was the price of a cornbread?

    2. Logic Cop   14 years ago

      Straw man. Logical Fallacy.

  56. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    My dog runs to the door to see if there are any witches outside when Michelle Bachmann laughs.

    1. mike   14 years ago

      please don't insult my pagan friends like that!

  57. Michele   14 years ago

    I'm "doable, doable, doable".

  58. Joe M   14 years ago

    Cain layin down the law!

  59. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Shorter Charlie Rose: "do I need to slap a bitch? Give him 30 seconds."

  60. toaster oven   14 years ago

    The Noid is a secret advisor.

  61. Joe M   14 years ago

    Haha Cain is getting good at spouting off content-free sound bites.

  62. Adam   14 years ago

    Huntsman needs to drop the jokes or just leave.

    1. The Art-P.O.G.   14 years ago

      Please tell me they were puns.

  63. hazeeran   14 years ago

    The "deaf" tax? HUH

  64. Banjos   14 years ago

    Only a complete dipshit would advocate opening the National Sales Tax floodgate.

    1. toaster oven   14 years ago

      But it would never go higher than 9. 9 is the limit!

  65. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Cleveland, Texas?

    Fact-checkers!

  66. Adam   14 years ago

    If it hasn't happened yet, lady, that makes it hypothetical.

    1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

      But people think stuff!

  67. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    The call is coming from inside the economy!

    1. Binky   14 years ago

      +9.1

  68. Joe M   14 years ago

    Romney don't argue with a pretty girl.

  69. Mitt   14 years ago

    Trust me. I know how the economy works.

  70. Joe M   14 years ago

    Romney is leading polls with this doubletalk bullshit? How depressing.

  71. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Robot Romney is stuck in "ask self question" subroutine. Me thinks its poorly implemented recursion.

  72. Tulpa   14 years ago

    My advisors H. E. Pennypacker and Bob Sacamano have thoroughly investigated my 8-8-8 plan.

  73. Joe M   14 years ago

    Okay Ron Paul you were mentioned speak up! And Romney name-dropping Friedman??

  74. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Shorter Mitt: We need another Milton Friedman. Here's something he said. I'm now going to disagree with it.

  75. Adam   14 years ago

    WTF it's the Romney-effing-monologue

  76. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Romney is ready for the 3AM call telling him Europe exploded. Thank God.

  77. .   14 years ago

    Chick in black is a cute chick. Lady in red is a dried-apple-face lady.

  78. Mitt   14 years ago

    Don't bail out anybody, other than the country.

  79. You're Getting Romney   14 years ago

    Deal with it. He's smooth. Articulate. Convincing. And he quotes the same kind of wisdom that Reagan would quote.

    You'll whine that he's not perfect. He's not. But he's what you're going to get. And he's better than Obama.

    1. Dell Guy   14 years ago

      Dude, you're getting a Romney!

      1. Old lady   14 years ago

        He looks like my gynecologist.

  80. Adam   14 years ago

    Alright Paul needs to butt in too, cause this debate is crap.

  81. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Wait, Gingrich just has to ask to be able to get face time? Why aren't they all doing this then.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      I know, I don't understand why Paul isn't getting on that gravy train of free time.

  82. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Ron Paul needs to do what Gingrich is doing right now. Taking time for himself especially right after Cain and Romney just gave pathetic answers.

    1. Proprietrist   14 years ago

      I think Gingrich is, again, proving to be hands down the best debater at the table.

      1. 0x90   14 years ago

        Guy's in his element.

  83. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Fannie mae, Freddie mac, community reinvestment, and a bunch of other stuff the viewers have never heard of.

    Keep it simple Dr Paul!!!

    1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

      I thought he wrapped it up well. But yes, I agree, he throws around terms that libertarians know already but others don't.

    2. Joe M   14 years ago

      I think he's trying harder, but it's not like it's simple stuff he's trying to convey.

  84. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Solid answer from Paul.

    1. Half of America   14 years ago

      "Kenyan economists are wrong"? No wonder people call him racist.

      1. Not Tony   14 years ago

        Newsletters!

  85. Adam   14 years ago

    Paul's weakness is he's too nice. That was a 15-minute pro-bailout speech by Romney and Cain. He should have laid into them on that.

  86. mustard   14 years ago

    wtf Ron Paul thinks Austrian economists are better than American one's. Maybe he should run for president of Austria.

    1. Half of America   14 years ago

      Yeah. And you know who else came from Austria?

      1. Terminator   14 years ago

        WHO?

        1. Mr. FIFY   14 years ago

          I'd take a dead Austrian economist over Paul Fucking Krugman any day.

          1. Drax the Destroyer   14 years ago

            You jew-hating bastard.

  87. PeopleNEVERProfits   14 years ago

    It doesn't matter who wins, they're all slaves to the corporations who pull the strings.
    Wake up, sheeple

    1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

      Nice, they got WiFi setup at the Occupy site.

      1. l0b0t   14 years ago

        +10

        1. Mr. FIFY   14 years ago

          Hey, PowerOfThePenis... if I incorporate as a sole propreitor, am I an evil corporation?

          1. PeopleBEFOREProfits   14 years ago

            Depends. Would the world be better off if your goods were distributed free to the poor by blind nuns instead of by your "corporation"?

  88. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Hey! No watching TV at the dinner table!

  89. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    John Edward helped out with getting that question through.

  90. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    Perry's dead. Thank fucking god.

    1. Adam   14 years ago

      Texas toast!

  91. Chancellor   14 years ago

    But... but... Reagan!

  92. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Does Perry have a morphine drip or something? What's his deal?

    1. The Art-P.O.G.   14 years ago

      Maybe he's an early-to-bed, early-to-rise type. Nothing some vodka-redbulls couldn't fix.

  93. Binky   14 years ago

    Please, somebody point out what a "cut" is. Dr Paul?

  94. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Looks like Mitt is on board with Reason's 19% solution.

  95. l0b0t   14 years ago

    Reagan's corpse looked so lifelike. DeVito's mortician does a great makeup job.

  96. Draco   14 years ago

    Mitt just pitched the Nick Gillespie plan. Cap spending at a percentage of GDP.

  97. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Lady in red is worst moderator, by far.

  98. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Lady in red is worst moderator, by far.

    1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

      Worth mentioning twice for the way she elongated "draconian"

  99. Adam   14 years ago

    "Draconian"?! Get this red-coat wearing commie host off my screen!

  100. Joe M   14 years ago

    "Draconian?" Bitch, please.

    But of course Romney is a total sell-out on military spending.

  101. Tulpa   14 years ago

    "mix of revenues and cuts"

    Someone did a s/tax/revenue/ on that reporter's brain.

  102. 0x90   14 years ago

    Romney: "get the economy going."

    What is the proper level of activity?

  103. Tulpa   14 years ago

    WTF Newt does it again.

  104. Joe M   14 years ago

    And here goes Newt again; this is bullshit!

  105. sloopyinca   14 years ago

    Threadjackss.
    OT, but which one of you reasonoids told me to go to Tommy's Joynt in SF? I'm heading there tonight, and wanted to see if any Bay Area libertarians were up for a night of boozing it up.

    I will be in town tomorrow night as well, but I think I'm gonna have a case of yellow fever if you know what I mean.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      You had to travel to SF for a night of bar hopping?

      I understand. Really.

      1. Mr. FIFY   14 years ago

        Just don't set up any lemonade stands, sloopy.

    2. Atanarjuat   14 years ago

      I got an Asian hooker once too. Oddly, she looked better with the lights on.

    3. Atanarjuat   14 years ago

      I got an Asian hooker once too. Oddly, she looked better with the lights on.

  106. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Charlie Rose can't say no to anyone but Ron Paul.

  107. 0x90   14 years ago

    Newt: ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC!

    1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

      He compared Congress to the kind of bowler Obama is.

  108. Joe M   14 years ago

    And it's pretty damn pathetic for Romney to put responsibility on this idiotic super committee.

  109. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Wow, Bachmann has the nerve to say she's the only one saying don't raise the debt ceiling while sitting right beside Paul.

    1. MSM   14 years ago

      Who is this "Paul" of which you speak?

  110. Joe M   14 years ago

    Ahem, that's IRS lawyer.

  111. Draco   14 years ago

    Bachmann: I agree with the more idiotic of libertarians and think we shouldn't raise the debt ceiling in the greatest recession on record.

    You guys should absolutely love her.

    And the grandkids too! Oh, the stupid. You and her.

  112. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    I AM A FEDERAL TAX LAWYER! I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!

  113. Young Person   14 years ago

    No, old lady, I will not be paying for your spending.

  114. 0x90   14 years ago

    Michele's an economist!

  115. Joe M   14 years ago

    Ron Paul is too damn polite.

  116. Adam   14 years ago

    Are people really too stupid to realize that 9% on a 30K car increases the cost 3 grand?

  117. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Ha, better looking moderator is getting embarrassed tonight.

  118. Joe M   14 years ago

    WTF? Cain just said three correct things about the economy, and the sound money part?!?

  119. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Herman Cain is reminding me of TimeCube guy right now.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      Four sides! 96 hours!

  120. 0x90   14 years ago

    9 is the lowest POSSIBLE rate.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Herman Cain: Well-ordering principle denier!

      1. Tulpa   14 years ago

        If elected, I will repeal Zorn's Lemma and pass the Axiom of Choice!

        1. Fluffy   14 years ago

          I'm really ashamed that I laughed at this shit.

          1. Werner Heisenberg's Ghost   14 years ago

            I may have laughed at it.

        2. yonemoto   14 years ago

          + omega sub omega

  121. Joe M   14 years ago

    Haha, wait, my beer is going to be more expensive?! F that.

  122. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    Because they'll be cutting corporate income taxes, dropping prices. Fuck this lady's stupid.

  123. Tulpa   14 years ago

    I have an extremely hard time believing that a tax percentage combination consisting of whole number percents is exactly revenue neutral.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      The devil is in the details.

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      That was good: It's about time someone noticed what 999 is upside down.

      1. cynical   14 years ago

        What, seriously?

  124. Adam   14 years ago

    NICE, Michelle!

  125. Joe M   14 years ago

    Bachmann destroyed her own argument by calling taxes "revenue streams".

  126. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Cain just called her White Devil. I refuse to believe otherwise.

  127. Bea Flagger   14 years ago

    MIC CHECK!

    1. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

      How are you feeling about this mic check?

      1. Guy in Middle Row   14 years ago

        ** wiggles finger **

      2. Bea Flagger   14 years ago

        WIGGLE YOUR FINGERS ONLY, PLEASE!

        *wiggle wiggle wiggle*

  128. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Jon Huntsman, say something meaningless for us. Make it so meaningless that we can ask Rick Santorum for a follow-up.

  129. Joe M   14 years ago

    See, Paul needs to speak in terms of what policies he will enact to help small business and create jobs. That's all anyone cares about.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Or what policies he will de-enact.

  130. Banjos   14 years ago

    It's 20fucking11 and people are still advocating for mercantilism?

  131. Romney   14 years ago

    Well, I don't not not want to have a trade-war.

  132. l0b0t   14 years ago

    Huntsman wants mayors from China and America getting together to make decisions? Has he met my shitheel mayor, Lickpenny Bloomberg?

    1. Fluffy   14 years ago

      Bloomberg gets together with the Mayor of Beijing, we end up with no trans fats and mandatory injections of MSG for all

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      I see your Lickpenny and raise you Legohead Steelerstahl.

  133. Joe M   14 years ago

    Yes we hatesssesse tricksy Chinesesese.

  134. Adam   14 years ago

    Alright- this is by far the most unfair face-time debate yet. Not just Paul- Santorum and "Can i butt in" Newt

  135. Joe M   14 years ago

    Anyone else notice Perry is getting no questions?

  136. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Maybe we should find a way to make them want to buy more stuff from us. Or make it cheaper to make stuff here so we can buy from ourselves.

  137. Joe M   14 years ago

    Did he say governor Huckabee?

  138. Draco   14 years ago

    Anti-Free Trade/Anti-Chinese Morons: "We need to stop the Chinese from sending us huge quantities of real goods in return for bits of green paper."

    This is where Romney is at his most idiotic. "We insist that the Chinese receive actual goods from us instead of bits of green paper in return for the real goods they send us."

    Incredible. And I'll bet 90% of Americans agree with him.

    1. Draco   14 years ago

      This Christmas, everyone who agrees with Romney here can give me actual goods (preferably built with your own sweaty, overworked hands), and I'll give you an IOU which can only be redeemed by you at a later date for goods that I decide to make available to you at that time, and at prices that I set at that time. Deal?

      1. Tulpa   14 years ago

        China's buying a lot of precious metals and investing in trade relationships with other ex-3rd world countries. They're not buying as much US debt as they used to. They weren't born yesterday, and your attitude that they were is arrogant in the extreme.

        1. Draco   14 years ago

          The US dollar can ultimately only be redeemed for US goods and services. If the Chinese get someone else to hold the green bits of paper, good for them.

          The fact is, though, that they have a huge trade surplus with the US. And I celebrate that, for reasons this analogy tries to make obvious.

          1. Tulpa   14 years ago

            The US dollar can ultimately only be redeemed for US goods and services.

            This statement is so stupid it could become a source of renewable energy. I support a loan guarantee for your commentary.

            1. Draco   14 years ago

              As a matter of fact, my statement was incorrect because I used the word "ultimately." In fact, it can ultimately only be used as a credit against tax obligations to the US government.

              But in practice, China's not going to be using US cash and bonds for tax payment. They're going to use them to buy goods and services from Americans at the prices Americans then set.

              BTW, a chuckled a bit at your witticism. Well done.

        2. Fluffy   14 years ago

          Not really.

          For as long as they will give us goods for piles of green paper, we should indulge them.

          If some day they will wise up and stop - oh well. That makes it a self-correcting "problem", then, and not one we need to have the President "fix".

          1. Draco   14 years ago

            I like the cut of your jib here Fluffy. I really do.

  139. Banjos   14 years ago

    "They are taking our currency" and buying our debt with it. We get their shit, they get our worthless IOUs. We are winning on this deal.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      If we stop borrowing money they're gonna be fucked. It's not their fault we're addicted to debt.

    2. Draco   14 years ago

      You're more correct than you know Banjo. See the post above yours.

  140. Jerry   14 years ago

    Romney has Mankiw as economic advisor? It sure doesn't sound like it.

    1. SIV   14 years ago

      Another reason not to vote for Mittens. Mankiw advocates high inflation as "the cure".

  141. Binky   14 years ago

    Perry: We don't need no stinkin' policies!

  142. Adam   14 years ago

    Really sad that Romeny gets away with being pro-Fed, pro-bailout, and criticizing China for "manipulating their currency"

    1. Fatty Bolger   14 years ago

      How else could he win the Democratic nomination?

  143. shrike   14 years ago

    derp

  144. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    Man, every time Perry opens his mouth, I hear nothing but FAIL.

  145. Joe M   14 years ago

    Hahah, I think Santorum literally wants to go to war with China.

  146. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    Santorum doesn't want a war with China. He wants to defeat them in a war!

  147. l0b0t   14 years ago

    Did Santorum just admit he wants to get into a shooting war with the PRC?

  148. Adam   14 years ago

    Santorum is awesome in debates.

  149. Joe M   14 years ago

    Wow Santorum is tearing Cain's plan up with accurate points. He neglected to mention the sales tax would be another "revenue stream".

  150. Ray Zhurhans   14 years ago

    How many people want no income tax?

    1. l0b0t   14 years ago

      Me, I do.

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Most people in the country don't pay income tax.

      1. SIV   14 years ago

        If you count children and the incarcerated.

        Most people who earn an income do pay income tax.

        1. l0b0t   14 years ago

          I don't know SIV, 308 million citizens, 142 million taxpayers with positive AGI. Top bracket = 1.4 million taxpayers who contribute 40% of income tax collected. Bottom 2 brackets = 71 million taxpayers who contribute 3% of income tax collected.

  151. Noid   14 years ago

    IP, Cain -- I got it. 5-5-5 BITCHEZ!

  152. Joe M   14 years ago

    Is it a commercial break? They're still arguing online.

  153. Bee Tagger   14 years ago

    That's it for me. Enjoy the rest of this suckfest.

    1. Bea Flagger   14 years ago

      *wiggle wiggle*

  154. Joe M   14 years ago

    Romney, fuck you. "Let me spout more banal generalities before the break."

  155. Tulpa   14 years ago

    This "if you get mentioned you get time to respond" is an unworkable rule.

  156. Binky   14 years ago

    For cryin' out loud, "mention" Ron Paul so he can talk!

  157. 0x90   14 years ago

    Repeal and Replace. Yeah, that's what the tea party told you.

  158. l0b0t   14 years ago

    Most poorly moderated debate ever. Rose just said "When we come back, we'll let you ask each other questions."

  159. SIV   14 years ago

    Alyona should moderate a debate on Russia Today. It would be fun to watch Gary Johnson mop the floor with Buddy Roemer. Maybe even another candidate would show up!

  160. Adam   14 years ago

    So 60 minutes, Paul got 2. Seems fair enough.

  161. Tulpa   14 years ago

    They should each get a certain amount of time, and if they want to respond to someone else they have to use that time. Just like in competitive debate.

    1. Binky   14 years ago

      This. These "debates" are bullshit.

    2. Joe M   14 years ago

      +1

    3. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Of course in competitive debate you have only two sides and a single topic, so it's simpler to work. But it could be adjusted for multiple sides.

  162. Jerry   14 years ago

    30 years ago, Santorum would have started another war with Japan.

  163. Adam   14 years ago

    "look how warm everyone looks"?

  164. LilDebbie   14 years ago

    Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick, why do they keep giving so much time to Huntsman of all people? He polls worse than Santorum.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      Two words: media candidate.

    2. Proprietrist   14 years ago

      Not in New Hampshire though.

    3. SIV   14 years ago

      It's Bloomberg. Huntsman is their kind of Republican.

    4. Tulpa   14 years ago

      They have no fucking control.

      They should have some old-style Catholic nuns run these things. With metal yardsticks.

      1. Binky   14 years ago

        Shock chairs. "Your time is (ZZAP!!) up."

    5. Fluffy   14 years ago

      I thought Huntsman dropped out?

      1. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

        No, he just might as well have.

  165. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    Land value taxes: stop taxing productive activities and creating deadweight loss. Better than any of these plans.

    1. Draco   14 years ago

      Oh lord, here come the Henry Georgists!

      1. Proprietrist   14 years ago

        Geolibertarians, thank you very much.

    2. toaster oven   14 years ago

      the single tax is the best tax.

    3. johnl   14 years ago

      Tax corporations for raising capital rather than earning income.

  166. Joe M   14 years ago

    Oh, Margaret Brennan. Financial babe.

  167. SIV   14 years ago

    My shitty hotel internet connection just shows a still shot of Mittens. I F5ed it a few times and got an American flag with text stating it is a commercial break.

    1. 0x90   14 years ago

      So you saw mitt & santorum then?

  168. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Peter G. Peterson? the pickle king of chicago?

  169. toaster oven   14 years ago

    So Paul hasn't spoken in 30-40 minutes? Nice skipping over a response to the Reagan clip from someone who was actually in Congress at the time...

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Paul very publicly broke with Reagan in 1984.

      1. toaster oven   14 years ago

        Would have been nice for that to get a mention in the debate.

        1. Tulpa   14 years ago

          It wouldn't have been nice for Paul.

          1. toaster oven   14 years ago

            Why not? He could say, "See that clip everyone else has to avoid and pretend Reagan never said? I was there. I heard him say it. I was against it then!"

  170. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Who's the hot chick in the beige raincoat?

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      Margaret Brennan

      1. Spank Bank   14 years ago

        Updated

  171. Adam   14 years ago

    I wonder how many consultants their are that tell the candidates how to position their hands on the table.

  172. wef   14 years ago

    Why doesn't one of these idiots say to the lewinsky press some
    introductory line like the following? You power-worshipping,
    knee-padded lewinsky ass-kisser.....

  173. Joe M   14 years ago

    30 seconds each, plus infinite free time if you make noises about it.

  174. 0x90   14 years ago

    Circular firing squad...FIRE!

  175. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Gotta love the "fact" that was flashing during the commercial break: the debt went up $4T under Obama but $5T under Bush.

    No fan of Bush, but that's not remotely a fair comparison, 8 years vs. 3 years.

    1. Yuno Hoo   14 years ago

      Shh!

      1. The Art-P.O.G.   14 years ago

        Yeah. Give the man a chance to outdo his predecessor.

  176. Joe M   14 years ago

    Haha, Bachmann stealing Paul's slam when she should be going after the leaders. What a dope.

  177. 0x90   14 years ago

    Perry: I was Reagan before Reagan was Reagan!

  178. Joe M   14 years ago

    I hope Paul is thinking of a great question, because ain't no one gonna ask him a question.

    1. Adam   14 years ago

      He should ask the anchors why they're such corrupt propaganda d-bags

      1. Tulpa   14 years ago

        I just noticed Gingrich hasn't attacked the moderators yet. He's grown.

  179. 0x90   14 years ago

    Cain: 999! 999! 999((99nine(99

  180. Draco   14 years ago

    But Governor Perry, states have to balance their budgets because they don't create and control a fiat currency - they are users of that currency. The Federal Govt is an entirely different beast.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      And as we all know, there are no negative consequences from debasing that fiat currency.

      1. Fluffy   14 years ago

        Wah! In the long run, we'll all be dead!

        ...Oops, sorry, had a psychotic incident there and thought I was a Keynesian for a second.

      2. Draco   14 years ago

        I'm not in favor of debasing the US dollar. Straw man. (I don't consider targeted 1-2% annual inflation "debasement" though - you probably do).

        1. Tulpa   14 years ago

          We're just arguing over the price then. Compound interest is a bitch, dude.

        2. yonemoto   14 years ago

          so, you're in favor of exponential money growth. That's really great for the planet.

    2. What Tony would say:   14 years ago

      You simpletons think we can run a national economy like a household economy. No wonder you don't understand Keynes' brilliance.

  181. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Can you summarize your plan in a soundbite?

    What a stupid question, Cain.

    1. Cain   14 years ago

      I can: 9-9-9.

    2. Joe M   14 years ago

      Attention candidates: STOP GIVING ROMNEY MORE TIME.

      1. Adam   14 years ago

        They should be asking Perry- he's the #1 guy to lose support the more he talks.

        1. Joe M   14 years ago

          Plus they're all fighting over the conservative vote. Romney has the moderate vote locked up.

  182. 0x90   14 years ago

    Romney: fundamentally restructure the American economy. Shades of Obama.

  183. Adam   14 years ago

    OMG Huntsman STFU

    1. Huntsman   14 years ago

      "OMG"? I'm not going to talk religion.

  184. Joe M   14 years ago

    Idiots! So now Romney has gotten THREE free chunks of time.

    A smart thing would be to spend your time attacking everyone else and never getting around to asking a question. Oopsie.

  185. 0x90   14 years ago

    No Mitt. I could only want somebody who fundamentally *does not* know how the economy works. And knows it.

  186. Joe M   14 years ago

    Wow Paul is doing his question right.

  187. PantsFan   14 years ago

    Don't tell me they arrested Sandi

    http://www.firstcoastnews.com/.....t-Arrested

    1. Devil's Advocate   14 years ago

      He has the crazy eyes.

  188. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

    Personally, I like Motorhead's 999 plan better than Cain's.

    1. SIV   14 years ago

      The original

      1. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

        The cover's better, although I shouldn't have posted it twice.

  189. Cain   14 years ago

    99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

  190. toaster oven   14 years ago

    I think the fact checkers will eat Cain on that answer.

    1. Cain   14 years ago

      As long as they eat Cain's pizza.

      Oh, and 9-9-9.

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      If anyone besides Ron Paul had asked it, maybe.

  191. Mitt   14 years ago

    I'm proud of alot of facts.

  192. Adam   14 years ago

    As conservatives, including Rep. Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich, rally for fiscal transparency, Cain ? a former Kansas City Federal Reserve chairman ? continues to dismiss the push for a thorough audit of the public-private agency. While Cain asserts in his new autobiography, "I don't think you're going to find anything to audit on the Federal Reserve," Paul's Domestic Monetary Policy subcommittee has overseen a GAO investigation of the Fed's crisis response emergency lending that uncovered $16 trillion in emergency loans to foreign banks.

    Cain's pattern of misjudgment and obfuscation is not a recent phenomenon. Just one week before the economic collapse and subsequent banker bailouts in 2008, he went on the record to defend the strength of the financial markets and suggest an "imaginary recession."

    "He was completely clueless about the condition of the economy right up to the moment of collapse," notes Revolution PAC Chairman Tom Woods.

    1. .   14 years ago

      Thank you for that, Adam.

    2. BigT   14 years ago

      Not very many were clear they saw it coming. Peter Schiff and a few others. But it's how you respond. McCain, Bush, Obama, Paulson etc panicked.

      1. yonemoto   14 years ago

        Schiff also miscalled the hyperinflation thing by a mile.

  193. Cowboy   14 years ago

    I don't wanna jump the gun or anything, but I'm pretty sure Romney is the Corporatocracy/GOP/Media's chosen one...

    1. Banjos   14 years ago

      Say it ain't so Joe!

  194. Tom Walls   14 years ago

    Herman Cain to Ron Paul: And furthermore, you a grumpy old man!

  195. Mitt   14 years ago

    Skips you goes to me. Reverses you goes to me. Draw four.

  196. Joe M   14 years ago

    See, Romney is smart, he's asking someone who is already on the down slope.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      And who can take votes from his stronger competitors.

  197. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    She's 55?!?! Damn, I thought she was ten years younger.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      Yeah she's lookin good for her age.

      1. Charlie Rose   14 years ago

        Unlike me.

  198. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

    Did Romney get douchier since last time?

    I don't know how you could possibly tell without an electron douchometer.

    1. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

      ...or is that an electron douchoscope?

  199. Draco   14 years ago

    That is one attractive 55-year old woman. Just sayin.

  200. Adam   14 years ago

    Santorum = best debater ever. Incredible, considering what a dick he is.

    1. Draco   14 years ago

      Anyone who thinks Santorum an idiot is making a grave error.

      1. Tulpa   14 years ago

        Where's he at in the polls again?

      2. Fatty Bolger   14 years ago

        Not an idiot. A dick.

        1. cynical   14 years ago

          Not surprising that a dick would be a good 'bater.

          1. Metazoan   14 years ago

            A master 'bater, in fact.

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Chuck Schumer is the best TV appearance manipulator I've ever seen. None of these guys comes close.

      1. Binky   14 years ago

        These guys need to lick their lips more, like Chuck.

  201. toaster oven   14 years ago

    "Cain is an inexperienced tool." - Rick Santorum

  202. LilDebbie   14 years ago

    lol "you will not be president forever"

  203. toaster oven   14 years ago

    And Paul whispered, "You aren't gonna be president forever..."

    1. hazeeran   14 years ago

      Was that him?

      1. toaster oven   14 years ago

        I thought it sounded like him.

      2. Jerry   14 years ago

        I think Santorum's mic was still open...

        1. hazeeran   14 years ago

          Sounded more like Santorum's voice to me.

  204. Herr Cain   14 years ago

    Nein! Nein! Nein!

    Fahrvergn?gen!

  205. Tom Walls   14 years ago

    I thought Morton "Mor-teeny tiny town" Kondracke was going to be the moderator.

  206. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Haha, Christie is in the audience. Romney probably sprung for three seats for him and his wife.

    1. PantsFan   14 years ago

      ha! a fat joke!
      is he eating a hoagie too?

      1. Chris   14 years ago

        Fat jokes, they're only pathetic when Conan (not the sword and brawn guy) does them. He always follows them up with nutritional advice that is thirty years out of date.

  207. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Greenspan!?!?!

  208. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Herman endorses Greenspan FTL.

  209. 0x90   14 years ago

    Greenspan.

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

  210. Binky   14 years ago

    Dr Paul, jump in the effectiveness of Fed Reserve chairmen.

  211. Joe M   14 years ago

    Cain shows why he absolutely sucks.

  212. Joe M   14 years ago

    Paul throwing out red meat for the Goldbugs.

  213. Tulpa   14 years ago

    Cain just gave RP a belt-high fastball right down the middle. Holy shit.

  214. Adam   14 years ago

    Good god Rose went straight to Romney before she even finished talking.

  215. 0x90   14 years ago

    I was in the right place, but it must've been the wrong time...

  216. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    Damn it, Romney sounds like a fucking president. I don't really mean that as a compliment, just as reality.

  217. Draco   14 years ago

    Romney is right about Dodd-Frank, and right about Obama being in over his head. He just wants a trade war with China, that's all!

    So depressing.

  218. Draco   14 years ago

    She understands Dodd-Frank will destroy jobs... but she doesn't understand that shrinking the deficit during a recession will also destroy jobs.

    So depressing.

    1. curiousgeorge   14 years ago

      Luckily a lot of those jobs will be government ones, so that's a plus.

      1. Draco   14 years ago

        Sadly, you have a point. Paying some of these people to sit on the couch and watch TV might be better than paying them to interfere with liberty and markets.

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      The first one destroys jobs long-term, the second temporarily.

  219. 0x90   14 years ago

    Did she just slander Durbin?

  220. Joe M   14 years ago

    Yes Paul take some time!

  221. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    Fuck yeah - SOX kickdown. I've been waiting for someone to say that.

  222. Joe M   14 years ago

    Did you see how absolutely dismissive they were of him???

  223. Binky   14 years ago

    Paul: A pox on both Teams.

  224. Adam   14 years ago

    Charlie's a dick- he's cut off Paul and Paul alone every single time.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      Yep total bullshit.

  225. Heroic Mulatto   14 years ago

    Cain is the Rent Is Too Damn High guy.

    1. BakedPenguin   14 years ago

      $999 should be the highest rent in this country!

      1. Cain   14 years ago

        The 9 is too 9 9!

  226. Proprietrist   14 years ago

    All three of these moderators are fucking horrible. Not just that their biased - they just flat out should not be up there. Although the hot girl can stay up there as long as she doesn't talk and gets lots of camera shots. Worst debate moderation I've ever seen.

    1. Joe M   14 years ago

      I think Wolf Blitzer was the best.

      1. Tulpa   14 years ago

        Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos would be moderating these things. And they should bring Gingrich's ex-wives up to the table too.

    2. Adam   14 years ago

      Yeah it's like a SCOTUS transcript- all biased speech, with a question mark at the end.

  227. Draco   14 years ago

    Tim Cavanaugh just puked.

  228. Charlie   14 years ago

    Has the American Dream died, Newt?

  229. Joe M   14 years ago

    Heh, Cain says what many are thinking.

  230. Cain   14 years ago

    D.C.

    Wall St.

    Ne'er the twain shall meet.

  231. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Can we have a debate without the candidates and just the chick asking questions?

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      In a bikini. Playing volleyball.

      1. chupacabra   14 years ago

        Why the bikini?

  232. Joe M   14 years ago

    Karen Tumulty is the 99%

  233. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Mitt wants to fundamentally restructure her foundation.

    1. hazeeran   14 years ago

      Sounds like Obama.

  234. Tulpa   14 years ago

    We can't let this debate go without the question of disparity?

  235. Alice Cooper   14 years ago

    How do I look in red?

  236. Binky   14 years ago

    Every candidate should post their explicit replacement for the existing tax code. Don't just say "It needs fundamental overhaul".

    1. curiousgeorge   14 years ago

      I whole-heartedly support this. It would shift the debate to the details on how we should reform it.

      1. 0x90   14 years ago

        But what about the IRS accountants, agents, lawyers, and bureaucrats?

        Won't somebody think about them?

  237. Adam   14 years ago

    It's called a double-income home, Rick. Getting rid of gays and single mothers won't fix poverty.

  238. Jerry   14 years ago

    Income statistics are even worse than climate change statistics.

  239. Santorium   14 years ago

    Home is Latin for Economy. This means something. This is important.

    1. toaster oven   14 years ago

      foreign words mean me smart

    2. Tulpa   14 years ago

      ROMANI EUNT IN DOMO

      1. toaster oven   14 years ago

        dumb it down a shade

        1. Tulpa   14 years ago

          Required Monty Python viewing

          1. Tulpa   14 years ago

            Though I fucked it up. Well, fucked it up the wrong way.

      2. Joe M   14 years ago

        Romans they go the house?

        1. Draco   14 years ago

          People called Romans they go the house?

  240. toaster oven   14 years ago

    Who was that talking?

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      Hitler, I think.

  241. Tulpa   14 years ago

    I don't know if it's a good idea to quote Greek wisdom about economics at this point in history....

    1. Heroic Mulatto   14 years ago

      I'm surprised Santorum would say anything about those same-sex lovin' ancient Greeks.

      1. Tulpa   14 years ago

        That's a misconception. They didn't penetrate, they just frotted.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   14 years ago

          It's still an expression of eros, bro.

          1. Tulpa   14 years ago

            That's what she said.

        2. Chris   14 years ago

          Gay friend told me about that. I answered back, "I don't know about you, but I target the ass, not the thigh." He was like, 'Amen to that brother. Heaven's quota is already full.'

  242. Dekedin   14 years ago

    The return of Kerry=Skull&Bones; guy!

  243. Adam   14 years ago

    So what was the heckler yelling about? All I heard was "gay"

    1. toaster oven   14 years ago

      So you got the important part.

    2. Proprietrist   14 years ago

      Assuming about how Santorum's a dick and doesn't want two-parent homes for gay parents...just a guess though.

    3. Tulpa   14 years ago

      I thought it was a recipe for chicken casserole.

  244. Tulpa   14 years ago

    semiskilled, overskilled, hyperskilled, propterskilled, interskilled,....

    1. 0x90   14 years ago

      roflcopterskilled?

    2. Napoleon D   14 years ago

      You know, like nun-chuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills...

  245. toaster oven   14 years ago

    That angle makes Perry look goofy.

  246. Joe M   14 years ago

    Wow Perry just comes across as not very intelligent.

  247. Heroic Mulatto   14 years ago

    Nothing wrong with Perry that a punch in his face won't fix.

  248. Shorter Romney   14 years ago

    FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111 WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  249. l0b0t   14 years ago

    "Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others."
    Wow, that was 2 hours I will never get back.

  250. mike   14 years ago

    Cain is a freakin idiot.. Greenspan? How many people spit out their beer tonight?

  251. Joe M   14 years ago

    Oh Margaret...

  252. Colin   14 years ago

    Too bad Charlie Rose doesn't moderate every debate.

    1. Tulpa   14 years ago

      His kids must be really fucked up if this is his idea of a nice dinner conversation.

      1. Jerry   14 years ago

        I liked his show because it's one of the few places you see in-depth interviews, but he seems to become more annoying with age.

        1. Bam!   14 years ago

          Used to have in-depth interviews. Now it's mostly Charlie speaking his opinion at his guest in the form of a question.

  253. 0x90   14 years ago

    Now for the post-game wrap-up.

  254. toaster oven   14 years ago

    I actually liked this debate the most out of all of them, although candidate time was way off. Seems like 80% was Cain speaking. Was it really necessary to have that video clip of him saying 9-9-9?

    1. curiousgeorge   14 years ago

      Considering the new poll numbers that were recently released, it seems appropriate that this would be a Cain-centric debate.

      Really each debate should focus on having the candidate swarm attack the flavor of the week. This has worked well in the past (see also: Perry, Bachmann).

      1. Jerry   14 years ago

        Cain's Greenspan love is going to hurt him.

        1. toaster oven   14 years ago

          Nah, only among us. Most people don't even know who Greenspan is or what he did.

        2. curiousgeorge   14 years ago

          Splicing that into an attack ad would be VERY effective.

        3. 999   14 years ago

          But, but, he got us through the dotcom bubble! Granted, by getting us into the housing bubble, but we got out of that, eventually!

          And he hung out with Ayn Rand! Wait...where was I going with this?

          1. curiousgeorge   14 years ago

            I think you were going to offer me a combo deal on a pizza and breadsticks.

  255. Tulpa   14 years ago

    I finally found the jingle that Cain's 999 reminds me of. A flerking Wendy's commercial.

    1. 0x90   14 years ago

      Awkward to say, isn't it. Triple-nine...

    2. l0b0t   14 years ago

      I can't find a clip but there was a Dangermouse episode where he and Penfold are talking to a German and every time the German says "nein, nein, nein" Penfold replies "27".

      1. Heroic Mulatto   14 years ago

        Here.

  256. Tulpa   14 years ago

    My sources tell me that Christie was going to run, but then he found out there would be no food served at this "dinner table debate" and backed out.

    1. Proprietrist   14 years ago

      He wouldn't have qualified for the debate. Remember the Gary Johnson rule of having to have been in 3+ debates (which probably wouldn't exist if Christie was there)???

      1. death panelist   14 years ago

        ... unless you're Rick Perry who still gets in with just 2 debates.

        bullshit.

        1. Joe M   14 years ago

          Perry was in three debates in September.

          1. death panelist   14 years ago

            oops. oh well, still bullshit.

          2. death panelist   14 years ago

            oops. oh well, still bullshit.

          3. death panelist   14 years ago

            oops. oh well, still bullshit.

  257. 0x90   14 years ago

    I've still got this thing going. They just played Santorum's "I want to go to war with China" sound-clip.

  258. Max   14 years ago

    What kind of dweeb wears false eyebrows? Is Ron Paul a closeted gay?

    1. to the Max   14 years ago

      ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!ARF!

    2. sevo   14 years ago

      "What kind of dweeb wears false eyebrows? Is Ron Paul a closeted gay?"

      Dunno Max. Are you looking for a date?

      1. PantsFan   14 years ago

        The stupid just exploded on my facebook when someone who's been all Occupy WallStreet rules for the last 7 days felt sorry for the NBA players.

        1. Mr. FIFY   14 years ago

          Isn't a persons' sexual preference a private matter, Max?

  259. Pedant   14 years ago

    Relevant to everyone's interest:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSIbTJSJtc

  260. MAX   14 years ago

    Michelle Bachmann did so good, she almost turned me straight.

    1. Commentaters   14 years ago

      There's hope for you
      http://www.showbizspy.com/arti.....penis.html

  261. Commentaters   14 years ago

    WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MATTHEW BRODERICK?

  262. Fist of Etiquette   14 years ago

    Which of these turds won tonight?

    1. Rick Santorum   14 years ago

      I did!

      Wait, what?

  263. PMP Phoenix   14 years ago

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