My daughter's EX mother & father-in-law are in the audience!!! About choked! Glad she was smart enough to divorce that guy!

Just terrible that the Parties have so little to offer we the People!

super x, I'm more inclined to think it is just terrrible that the GOP has so little to offer we the people.

I don't know Jody, I think super X may have a good point. Just 81 days until Americanselect vote for a candidate.

Chucky,

Did you watch, and if so, what did you think? (I went back and forth from debate to the finding of a mummy in the Valley of the Kings)

Hi Phine,

I think Santorum and Paul tied for first. Romney and Newt looked pathetic.

But if you include my natural bias, Paul won hands down.

Agree. I also think this cost Newt the state of Florida and the nomination. Romney will be the GOP candidate.

Yep, Mitt's bucks will make all the difference.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

I'm here Feisty, and have some nice Spanish red wine. Oh Geez, the sh** just hit the fan with Mitt and Newt over immigration.

<3 mouse vs elephant comparison and the cocky head nod in agreement from Romney

No Long Island Tea ? No Fire wings ? ;-)

Anyone else notice how that crowd of idiots booed Wolfs tax question BEFORE he was able to complete it?

You are rocking tonight Wolf.

(also love how Newt tried to turn the crowd on you till Mittens took up the question and forced Newt to aswer it)

Zzzzzzzz fairly uneventful debate. Couple of nose bleeds, but no good hits. Neither Romney or Newt are willing to bring the sideshow into the main ring. Since Romney is slightly more aggressive in the sideshow, I could see Romney potentially winning Florida. The big unknown is the Tea Party that elected Rick Scott and Marco Rubio. Neither of those were the establishment candidate. Is it 2012 like 2010...

However, Rick Scott is now the most unpopular governor in the nation. That might play into things. And Rubio listens to Jeb.

Could not bring myself to watch this debate but the tweets were great! Sounds as if Newt lost his anger between this morning and tonight--he hasn't quite got the anger timing down yet.

All the serious issues to discuss and it was spent arguing about who had more Fannie and Freddie stock and putting an American colony on the moon when we can't even find the money to fix our electrical grid on earth.

With this debate, mediocre performance and all, Romney just won the state of Florida.

Boooh the Republican establishment wins. So much for the Tea Party, swallowed up by big money. Even Citizens United (ie. superPACs) and Sheldon Adelson could not overcome the establishment with their superPACs.

Greg,

The question is will the GOP base support Romney?

3/4 of them, and that is probably being generous, are mindless voters that vote the party line. The base will support Romney and if the hatred for Obama is still there come November, then they will turn out at the ballots. The bigger question is if the left rests on their laurels and stays home.

Maybe because they aren't very bright? (And I had stuffed sole for dinner. Stuffed with crab & shrimp.)

Santorum has said often that the jihadists are in Central and South America; and in Cuba putting up platforms to "attack us".

Actually, what the Cubans really want is for cruise ships to port there - with all that tourist money!

There is a great program on about the Valley of the Kings.

Hope that the Republican Debates just Stop. My God nothing about the Country being discussed??

They think the tomb they found is a relative of King Tut. :)

Ideology, good point about the flag pins. The republicans were rabid when Candidate Obama wasn't wearing one.

Jody, I guess it is no longer the American way.

all but one...

Newton had his chance and he lost his populist voice and the tea party angst.

Romney with his trustee taking care of his weath can sleep well tonight.

This liberal Democrat will too, minus the trustee.

yep they both are very bad candidates.

Egilman, your man is the only honest person on that stage as he has been since the beginning ... I subtract one from the Muddle ... at least he does not pander to Floridian Cubans.

Odd part of the Cuba thing, only the very old really remember him. Everyone else it is a story the grandparents tell. The "Cubans" in south Florida are American (some speak very little Spanish).

Egilman, remember what Newt said about there not really being a "Palestinian" people. They were just Arabs.

Phin,

They are Arabs.......................

Wonder if they remember there is also the US Virgin Islands, Samoa.........

Phine,

Unfortunately none of those territories have the population to support statehood, and they know it and accept it.

(P.R. is the last U.S. Territory that does have the population)

I know that and you know that, but do THEY (Dr. Paul excluded) know that. They way they pander........

ditto

Stays away from religion and foreign policy!

Your right I forgot that one too.

"....Dr Paul had the best lines of the night" They just don't want to give it up for the Doc do they....;-)

Nor would the Dems give it up for Bernie Sanders ... just as honest as Paul

Bernie Sanders is a man I truly admire and like. Whenever he is a scheduled guest on a program, I try to be sure to watch him.

Bernie Sanders/Ron Paul

Ron Paul/Bernie Sanders

Americanselect may make one of these choices possible. 81 days and counting.

Actually, I think that would be an unbeatable ticket, but it would piss off the establishment....

Bernie might be a Canadian ... there is some talk up here that Mittens was born in Ontario, I believe it because all the witnesses are insane and constantly hammered.

.....are insane and constantly hammered.

Sure they aren't relatives of the newtster? ;-0)

Chucky,

That would be a good pairing. Although together, they may be too far out there for the American public. What about a Huntsman and Sanders (either way)?

but it would piss off the establishment....

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Egilman, that in and of itself would make it all worth it. Can you imagine both the dem and repub fallout? I'd buy that for a dollar.

I like Huntsman to Phine, but I would see him as an excellent Sec. of State. His experience would be invaluable in that role.

I'd chip in a buck for that also.... just to see the gnashing teeth..

Has anyone ever SEEN Romney's birth certificate? And what about all those relatives in Mexico?

Chucky, you are right about him as SecState. I really like his views on Asia.

ideology,

It is so easy to slip across the Northern border ...

Mittens from Ontario, it could work. Sober up those witnesses.

If anyone made a case for a greater role in a future administration, Huntsman did without a doubt.

Actually phine,

Didn't Mitts admit to his father being from Mexico? or was it his grandfather...

Hmmmm? Mitt Romney, born in Canada of illegal Mexican immigrants? Hmmmmmmm?

Northstar,

We have to watch out for the Canadians and Germans. A poster the other day thinks they should overthrow our government. Screen name was Simplton. Seriously.

are we going to see the democrat members of the birther club come crawling out of the woodwork now? they doo have to make room for the republican members to crawl back in...

Northstar ... it is possible that his parents smuggled him back into the States after he was born in than contraption Mitt used to get his pooch into Canada ... our border guards don't care too much about what's coming in or going out ... let's have another beer eh?

our border guards don't care too much about what's coming in because we are an export economy.

Are you trying to say that our border security might learn something from yours?

(I actually agree with you, yep lets have another)

Uh oh, did we just start something? Don't blame me if the dems run with it, I was just jokin'. But it would be a hoot.

Can I have a Cornona with lime?

Ideology, did his parents have to hose off the car from any little "accidents" he might have had along the way?

Chucky, we will just all say that we heard from an unidentified source that Romney was born in Canada of illegal Mexican immigrants. We promise not to tell who the source is! LOL

well according to the media after debate discussion, Obama is going to win Florida...;-0)

I don't know why we sell our oil to you, you guys just sell it to China. Sell our dope to them instead.

We water it down first. I'll keep the weed, thank you very much.

We get our dope from Mexico. And China has its own very good hash. :)

and besides china has the corner on the opium, they don't need no weed...

Phine, on the books our largest cash crop shipped to the US is canola ... off the books it is BC Bud and Quebec AK47. Mexicans grow it in your State Parks.

Don't forget the national forests and Parks... why do you think we have to be able to carry guns in our national parks, it's for self defense.

I have one for you. In a list the other day on good place to retire was an adult (55 and over) community in California. In this community is one of the largest farms for marijuana. It was called something like Happy Sunsets or the like. Just a little something to share.

There are busts here in our state forests all the time for growing weed.

(And I wonder what the moderators think of THIS discussion?)

Egilman ... Afghanistan has the corner on opium and the US could resolve all issues there by buying all of it ... way cheaper than the war ... buy it and burn it, poof.

I'm a patriot. I say, whether its weed or guns, "Buy American!"

(And I wonder what the moderators think of THIS discussion?)

Phine, hopefully they have a sense of humor.

ideology, I was preaching about that ten years ago, you bet buy it at market rates and cure the source of medicinal morphine forever... make it a lot cheaper also.

But no, we cant think like that it's a DRUG thos eeEVVIL drugs...

I've often wondered why we let all those poppy fields just keep going. Seriously. That's where the "bad guys" get all their income from!

Wonder what it is like to retire to Happy Sunsets? I was a flower child in the 60's. I am starting to have flashbacks with this conversaton.

Ideology, Afghanistan has the corner on Raw poppy, china on processed opium.

but I could be wrong it's been a while since I've looked into such things..

Afghanistan was once an orchard, it will take decades of peace to return to that state.

phine,

for the first five or so years they tried to get the farmers to grow other crops with some success, but as soon as they left the area they went right back to poppy, they tried the agent orange route and the afghans got real defensive and threatened to open fire on them so that would work...

Actually buying the whole crop would have been a lot cheaper.

"Bernie Sanders is a man I truly admire and like."

He's a Socialist!!! I guess your NPA is in line with a Socialist since Florida doesn't have that party.

I think the media may give Santorum & Paul more credit this time. Wishful thinking. But, they will say Newt lost it.

your right phine,

Coalescing it it seems like Mitts, Dr Paul and Santy fairly even and The Grinch last according to the media

Sadly, I doubt it. Romney, at least, has too much money and too much establishment support.

well you are probably right girl, but I'm feeling in an optomistic mood! ;-)

Maybe this will help. This debate cost Newt the state of Florida.

I have wanted their medical records all along.

Hope they release them.

So, mitch, I will ask the question, who did you like best tonight? (And there are some GOP posters here, like Egilman).