The Final Showdown (Of 2011)

The final Republican debate of 2011 is on Fox News at 9 PM Eastern. Go, Mitt!  Or Rick!  Uhh, Rick Santorum.

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[Jane]

Here goes!

[Janet]

New Debate Rule...they're gonna have to hold a feather if they want to talk.

[Jane]

"Obama is beating himself" - only if you have a brain.

[Janet]

6 minutes in & only Newt has talked.

Ron Paul put the feather above his eye as an impromptu eyebrow wig.

[hit and run]

Last debate Michele gave us Newt Romney.

Maybe tonight Newt will give us Rick Bachmann.

Why not?

[hit and run]

Janet:
Ron Paul put the feather above his eye as an impromptu eyebrow wig.

He has a permanent feather? Who can shut him up????

[Kilroy was there.]

Climate blogosphere is all over the police raid on Tallbloke's server, initiated by the US DOJ and carried out by British coppers. I think request has been made to freeze Steve McIntyre's(Toronto, Canada) and Jeff Id's(US, Chicago area) servers for the two days right at the release of the ClimateGate II emails. Conjecture is that the search is out for visitors to those blogs.
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[Janet]

Romney always seems like he is gonna use government to solve problems. I want someone that gets rid of government in our lives.

Now Perry's turn...Baer says you're not a good debater. Good Lord.

[Janet]

Some tanned, gray haired guy is talking now...who is he?

[hit and run]

Oh.

I had never ever,not once, not ever,seen Huntsman speaking before.

Yike.

[Janet]

Santorum is doing well.

[Ignatz]

--Climate blogosphere is all over the police raid on Tallbloke's server, initiated by the US DOJ and carried out by British coppers.--

Cue numerous Ben Franklin C&Ps in support of the Climategate leaker in 3...2...1...never.

[hit and run]

Newt goes Alinsky on Obama.

[Janet]

Wow Kilroy was there.====

[hit and run]

Refill!

[Benjamin Franklin]

Clowns with better gowns.

Feather boas don't improve the image.

Chickenhawks, notwithstanding.

[centralcal]

FNC needs to slow down and let the candidates talk.

[Clarice]

I know if they come for me, I can count on youse guys..

[hit and run]

Is Jane not going to be here?

[centralcal]

I hate the iPad cuz I can't get rid of Chief Droopy Pants.

[Jane]

I'm here.

[hit and run]

Oh,good. Hi Jane. You're my favorite.

[Clarice]

Humph,,,

[Janet]

Chris Wallace asks a 14 paragraph question...

Newt is good at just saying what he has planned to say no matter what the question is.

[hit and run]

It's debate night and I jonesing for some liveblogging.

[Barbara-Lurking]

Mitt just said Obama doesn't understand how the economy works. Does he really believe that Obama's agenda is not to destroy this country, the economy being just one step to achieve that destruction?

[Janet]

I hate to admit it but I like some of Paul's ideas about shrinking govt.
Bachmann is good on that too.

[centralcal]

Janet, I have to dissent - Paul gives me the heebie jeebies - perhaps not the content but the manner in which he states his positions.

[hit and run]

Did Romney just end an otherwise fine statement with "And I applaud it *if* it's good news"?

Regarding the Ryan-Wyden medicare thingamajingajob?

[Janet]

Go Perry Go!!

[MoodyBlu]

Santorum supporter here and 45 minutes into this show with only 1 question. These "debates" are a complete joke!

[Janet]

Agree MoodyBlu.

[MoodyBlu]

Why is 1.6 million from FreddieMac over a period of 8 years a big deal? Newt is not my guy but darn if I can understand what the big deal is? Anyone help?

[Jane]

Hit,

I don;t think liveblogging works all that well when things are going so fast. Altho Daddy did a spectacular job the other day.

[MoodyBlu]

Have to say that Newt has done a good job at keeping his cool with the weapons of mass destruction being fired at him tonight.

[hit and run]

I agree Jane. I don't know how you (or daddy, or Elliott or anyone else) ever did it.

My gosh you are all superhuman.

[Benjamin Franklin]

"Regarding the Ryan-Wyden medicare thingamajingajob?"

I have a different descriptor....

[Jack is Back!]

Ron Paul - there is something lovable about him:)

[Threadkiller]

Mitt Rompromise.

[hit and run]

JiB:
Ron Paul - there is something lovable about him:)

Dude. He has the feather above his right eye -- you do not have the floor.

[Jim Ryan]

Anyone help?

We don't know what he did. It's he said, she said. But if he advised them on how to follow closely in the sleazy tradition of Jim Johnson, then it's a big deal. It means he's Johnsonian and he took his take just like Johnson and Raines did. We'll never know what happened, I guess.

[Clarice]

Jim, I was sorry to read about your uncle's passing.

[Benjamin Franklin]

"He has the feather above his right eye "

Not chicken, 'pigeon'.

[hit and run]

I'm sorry -- first night being exposed to Huntsman.

I've never actually felt my skin crawl like that.

[centralcal]

NOW you know how the rest of us have felt through this long debate season, Hit! He is creepy.

[hit and run]

Pigeon Forge = Dolly Parton

[Porchlight]

Come on guys, Huntsman is all my lib friends' favorite Republican. Obviously, he is a man of some quality.

[hit and run]

Sure,cc -- and it reinforces my prior decision to forego these debates.

Why oh why oh why did I subject my skin to this?

[Rocco]

Me too Jim, I'll remember him in my prayers. And hit, what a great tribute to PUK, you're one in a million!

[Rick Ballard]

"Ron Paul - there is something lovable about him:)"

Yeah, his cousin ET was a real hit in that movie. I guess it runs in the family.

[hit and run]

Thanks,Rocco. I did much less work than you. I'm just in p.r.

[narciso]

There's an ointment,for that but it has side effects.

[Jim Ryan]

Thank you.

[sbw]

Thanks for what you did. It was nice to have PUK visit here again.

[Threadkiller]

What do you think of Iran?

I Ron.

Yes, but what if Iran got a hold of a nuke?

I Ron do not have a nuke.

We know that, it is a hypothetical about Iran.

I Ron.

[Jane]

I am spellbound by this debate.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Ron Paul has been hit around the head and shoulders with oars without his knowledge.

Often.

[Jack is Back!]

What is more dangerous Ron Paul's thinking or Barack Obama's intentions and actions? Paul hands down and his acolytes. Terrifying.

[Threadkiller]

Max Huntsman is a root. I enjoy my wife's take on him. She thinks of Ellis from Die Hard everytime he speaks.

"Bret boobie!!"

[Threadkiller]

Root? That should say dolt.

[Jack is Back!]

Huntsman = Repubs Dukakis

[hit and run]

If you think Mitt Romney is a caricature of Hollywood central casting for a Republican president -- Abernathy Huntsman is a caricature of the caricature of Mitt Romney as the Republican caricature of the Republican nominee.

My skin stopped crawling,though. Thanks,Titos!

[centralcal]

Cavuto and Baier. The others not necessary.

[hit and run]

Good question by Cavuto to Perry -- sharp and pointed.

His answer?

[Melinda Romanoff]

At least I saw Romney's neck move tonight.

[Jack is Back!]

Question for Bachman: How does oil from Canada make us energy independent? Duh!

[Melinda Romanoff]

Hit-

Dead on targeting.

[Jane]

The pace of the debate is stunning. I cannot imagine Obama keeping up.

[hit and run]

Megyn Kelly has looked better than tonight,IMHO. She's one objectively beautiful woman. Maybe it's the makeup,maybe it's my tv,but tonight something's not quite right.

But that last question on Fast and Furious?

Soooooooooooo hot.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Jane-

Who?

[hit and run]

If it's any comparison,I think Mitt is as hot as I've ever found him.

[Threadkiller]

Set the feather down, Hit.

[hit and run]

Feather down.

But for the record I never found Mitt hotter than a 1.62 on a scale of 10.

[Melinda Romanoff]

hit-

Turn off the car in the garage, if you're going to post from the driveway.

Just for safety's sake.

[Rocco]

Newt wants to give amnesty to illegals who've been here a long time. Just how many does he want to give amnesty to?

http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/12/01/unauthorized-immigrants-length-of-residency-patterns-of-parenthood/

[Threadkiller]

--Just how many does he want to give amnesty to?--

Just Rubio's parents.

[Threadkiller]

...and Rubio.

[hit and run]

Not in the driveway,Melinda. But if you think I am,you can expand if you want.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Any anchors in that? Just checking...

[Clarice]

New light bulb standards blocked until Sept 30 by Omnibus Bill.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70534.html

[Janet]

Set the feather down, Hit.

Hahahaha...& I loved the BYOF post on the other thread, TK. Too funny!

[MoodyBlu]

So, who won? My guy Santorum did well and as far as the rest...OMG_ABO!

[Danube of Thought]

Why hasn't Huntsman been grilled about the undoubted skin-crawling effect? All other questions are just softballs by comparison.

The establishment media people are just afraid to ask...

[Clarice]

What's the question, DoT? Ambassador Huntsman, every time you speak it makes my skin crawl. Can you tell me why?

[hit and run]

In the grand conspiracy of the establishment -- Huntsman exists to make Romney look human by comparison.

[narciso]

It's hard to characterize that feeling, in an objective sense, Huntsman comes across like
Roger Sterling, the oily head of Don Draper's firm.

[Threadkiller]

Show Huntsman the Streisand/Kristofferson photo. That should do it.

[Pofarmer]

Pheh. Haven't watched one yet. Don't intend to.

[Clarice]

Po, I was just thinking about you today. How nice to see you.

[hit and run]

I was Pofarmer . . . 4 hours ago.

Innocence lost.

[narciso]

I was mostly watching the Burn Notice half season finale,

[Jane]

I think they are great Po. And it's good to see you.

[Threadkiller]

Janet, that picked apart bird keeps flashing in my mind. I can't stop laughing!

[Pofarmer]

Hey guys. Been busy. Still busy. Currently procrastinating.

[hit and run]

What did you learn tonight that you didn't already know,Jane?

[Uncle BigBad]

While you all have been watching the debate, I have been watching the Senate hearing on the Nuclear Commission.

Conclusion: Barbara Boxer is an idiot for real, without any question, conclusively; Senator Lautenberg may die at any minute; and Bernie Sanders is truly a socialist, communist, leninist, gramcian, stalinist.

[Danube of Thought]

"Ambassador Huntsman, every time you speak it makes my skin crawl. Can you tell me why?"

Perfetto.

A better effort might have been, "Ambassador Huntsman, it is generally accepted that you make everyone's skin crawl. Thus far, your efforts to dispell this view have been perceived as deceitful, and have caused you to all but disappear in the polls. So what do you have to say to those who find your daughters' YouTubes offensive?"

[Threadkiller]

"I want to thank you for asking why I make your skin crawl. While there is no good explanation, I will answer as if I answered already. And as long as we are on the subject I think my daughters are old enough to decide if they want their YouTubes tied. I cannot speak for them. I cannot speak for me either."

[Pofarmer]

"Barbara Boxer is an idiot for real, without any question, conclusively;"

You should have figured that out waaaayyyyyy before now.

[Ignatz]

--Conclusion: Barbara Boxer is an idiot for real, without any question, conclusively; --

Uncle, what does that make the retarded Californians who keep putting a woman they have known for decades to be a complete and profound idiot back into the senate to represent them and, God help me, me?