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Subscribe to RSSOn Wednesday, six Republican presidential candidates met on Twitter to answer questions from commentator S.E. Cupp and radio host Rusty Humphries who moderated the event. Those participating: Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Gary Johnson and Thad McCotter. You can see the recap of the debate, sponsored by TheTeaParty.net here or in the stream below:
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What could be more perfect than a bunch of 'twits' - tweeting! lol
Where's granny grizzley? I'm sure she could give them some helpful hints!
Hey, did you hear about Eric Cantor censoring his Facebook page?
You got to love these phony constitutional experts... LMAO!
LoL I'm all a-twitter with anticipation.
Twitter messages are JUST the right length for the likes of Bachmann. No depth necessary.
Excitement builds.
During the last few moments before the debate begins, the candidates are busy adjusting their make-up.
Yeah, this is what I figured. An opportunity for y'all to make really bad jokes. I just wish you weren't ALWAYS so predictable.
Huntsman and Romney are not playing. They are probably "all thumbs" when it comes to tweeting. Gotta wonder, how many votes will the top twitter get? Answer: Zero.
The really good part about this is that it's slow enough for me to follow AND make predictable comments.
Wow. 140-character opening statements. This could be the wave of the future.
It is just about their speed. Even then I bet they screw it up.
Talk about predictable...
You mean like how you never miss an opportunity to p!ss & moan? *yawn*
The Progressives will bring the popcorn, and the Tea People will bring the nuts.
Ron, I'm actually going to stick up for Romney and Huntsman on this one...
Perhaps it is the wiser move to not engage in the Twitter debate.
LoL If such a thing is possible, this is even more shallow than the ordinary debates. And SLOW. I actually did some work and haven't missed a thing so far.
Eric Cantor looks like he breast fed until he was in his mid-twenties.
That is all, move along, nothing to see here.
Well, I blame the President for this. He is the one that started this Youtube, Facebook, Twitter stuff. (See, I can figure out how to blame the President for everything!)
And I agree with Da Noid, pretty sure Romney and Huntsman took the High road on this one.
How appropriate- angry birds, twittering away.
Angry Birds... I like angry birds, especially the blue ones that, when you tap the screen, seperate and attack 3 pigs at once.
Well...Feisty...you are the queen at pissing and moaning! Everything you post is something negative. You know you should adhere to that saying..."if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all..."
...he said, while saying mean things aboutg Feisty.....
WASHINGTON—Members of the U.S. Congress reported Wednesday they were continuing to carefully debate the issue of whether or not they should allow the country to descend into a roiling economic meltdown of historically dire proportions. "It is a question that, I think, is worthy of serious consideration: Should we take steps to avoid a crippling, decades-long depression that would lead to disastrous consequences on a worldwide scale? Or should we not do that?" asked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), adding that arguments could be made for both sides, and that the debate over ensuring America’s financial solvency versus allowing the nation to default on its debt—which would torpedo stock markets, cause mortgage and interests rates to skyrocket, and decimate the value of the U.S. dollar—is “certainly a conversation worth having.” "Obviously, we don't want to rush to consensus on whether it is or isn't a good idea to save the American economy and all our respective livelihoods from certain peril until we've examined this thorny dilemma from every angle. And if we’re still discussing this matter on Aug. 2, well, then, so be it.” At press time, President Obama said he personally believed the country should not be economically ruined.
LoL I was away for a while and came back to discover this brilliant, and incredibly LOADED, question --
-- from the brilliant journalist S.E. Cupp. Does anyone believe that S.E. is a real person?
And is this what the whole thing was like? Waste of time.
It's okay DBO - little guy's got a bad case of Feisty Fever!
He trolls me from thread to thread begging for my attention! ;o)
*popcorn*?
Drive by..
There is a big difference, in case you haven't noticed, between stating facts and insults...
This is considered a debate? For cryin' out loud.
Drive by..
Angry Birds analogy cracked me up!! (I personally like the Black Bomb Bird......)
Troll you?? Hardly...considering you post every article with nothing to debate about... I should consider using ignore, but then that defeats the purpose of holding substantial and meaninful dialog on here with people of opposing viewpoints. The only thing you offer is noise to the conversation...
Just for fun, let’s see how many of your last 10 comments were directed at me?
Add in the one above and it’s safe to say you are undeniably a troll, albeit not a very good
one! ;o)
Unfortunetly for you, the only known cure for a BAD case of Feisty Fever is the ignore button
I am flattered though, really… now run along, you're dismissed!
And all those comments were in reference to your berating and insulting people. If the true purpose of this board is to debate the political issues of the day, then have a thoughtful discussion without personal attacks. Your endless comments about popcorn and more so your adolescent remarks remind me of being back in grade school. You are incapable of carrying on a thoughtful dialog without name calling and insulting people. And you are truly delusional if you think I'm flattering you by my comments. It is yet just another indication of your maturity level.
This, along with Facebook debates are just ridiculous concepts. What a gigantic waste of time for everyone except Twitter and Facebook, who, I am sure, are making plenty of money off of these stupid charades.
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! Bird brain alert!
"God likes ME!"
"NO- ME!!"
"Me, Me, Me- he likes ME!"
"God doesn't like Obama- or you guys.....he likes ME!"
"chirpy chirpy, tweet-tweet"
Mac and Katie Kissoon, Circa 1971-72.
Right, because what Presidential debates really needed were more terse catch phrases and talking points with even less substance.
Couldn't agree more, Nathan! That comment is short enough that you could probably Tweet it!
I have bumper stickers on my car that say more than these comments.
How do we know the candidates are really there?
We don't. And I'll bet they're not doing the typing, either.
A Twitter debate is an oxymoron and apparently there are plenty of GOP morons willing to articulate their ideas in this utterly restricted and ridiculous format.
And let's not forget Kurt Vonnegut's famous bird-line: 'Poo-too-weet!'
Cheep, cheep, cheap jokes all...so what the hell...
They can't be real politicians if they can limit their BS to 140 characters...:)
....and the probing questions from conservative commentator S.E. Cupp and Rusty Humphries who are moderating the event.
Without having to Google it, who is Thad McCotter?
Oooh OOOh Ira, I know! He is my Rock and Roll Congressman from Michigan who doesn't have a chance.
He plays a pretty mean guitar, though.
WCA..
Wow...the dude didn't even make the fractional percentages in the polls.
He's a rocker in Detroit...nice!
So they call this a debate? Wow, pretty lame.
Job1---it is actually a perfect format for any politician---they just spout off their talking points and don't interact or get called on not making any sense. Not even sure the candidates are doing the tweeting!
And these people are running for President. Gosh, the dumbing down of America is talking place.
This is an absolute farce. What a waste of time and in some cases taxpayer $$. Should Michelle Bachmann be doing something in congress? Isn't that what she gets paid to do? If i were to moonlight in my profession or take on other jobs that intersect with my work day that would be called a conflict of interest. I don't believe that candidates should be able to keep their seats in congress while on the campaign trail. They should have to forefit their term. America cannot afford a congress woman/man that is not focused on delivering results for their constituents.
That's an interesting, albeit utterly unworkable and unrealistic idea. There would have been a LOT of empty seats in the senate and house in 2008...and it's really more like applying for a promotion from the boss (you know US) than moonlighting, which is usually done without the employer's knowledge...
If moving from one branch of gov't to another (Legislative -> Executive), i think they should definitely forefit their term. Moving within the same branch (House -> Senate) would be fine. Difference between you or i looking for another job is that we don't go on TV and tell our bosses we're looking for another job. Make sense?
Bryan -
Uh-ohh.....you're forcing me to be all fair and open-minded here. If we were to apply this rule to all senators and congressmen running for President, then wouldn't we have to apply the same rule to Presidents running for re-election? A number of posters on the other side have tried to make the case that President Obama shouldn't be attending fundraisers or doing any campaigning either - and if I think that's an unfair expectation for him, then I have to grit my teeth and give Michele Bachmann the same consideration. And come on, do we really want just the Rick Santorums of the world who have nothing better to do with their time to be the only ones running? Also, given the long drawn-out process by which these people "announce" their candidacy, at what point in time would they have to actually forfeit? Some of these people have been running for what seems like years before they officially said they were!
That being said, I think "absolute farce" is an understatement.
Why else are the republicans trying so hard to cut education? They want us all dumb enough to vote for them.
Americans First-3238795
!00% right on.
Americans First-3238795
Hysterical!!
That observation is spot on!
First read, is it my technical incompetence (never to be underestimated) or are we missing the questions?
Rick---it doesn't matter what the questions are, the candidates will give the canned answers/talking points anyway.
Wow - it's over already???
That was absolutely riveting.
Not.
Obama sucks. Cut taxes. Stop spending. blah blah blah
HOUSE BILL IS COMPROMISE! Congress gets another trillion and we (the people) take their formerly unlimited credit card away.
Stop spending our grandchildren's money and re-take country. Can do better than congress.
Congress fails their number 1 job - balance the budget (e.g. last 2 years)
Restore people control - right now or it's over!
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