Good grief! The fact checkers will be up all night trying to rate the lies of the debate.

[Frustratedlady]

The lies are flying all over that stage and they are even able to say them with a straight face.

The reaction from the audience when reference was made to George W. keeping us safe after 911 was positively incredible. The audience is booing Trump, big time. It looks like the supporters have their assignments.

[HassleCat]

1. Debate audiences

The campaigns always pack as many of their supporters into the audience as possible. There is never any kind of honest audience reaction at these things.

[TTUBatfan2008]

4. Yep, Bush/Rubio...

...have the audience in their back pocket. Cruz and Trump both called out the dishonesty in the audience.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Didn't I read somewhere on DU this week where Bush was paying people to attend his speeches?

My memory isn't the best, but it just hangs in the back of my brain that he was paying for some kind of support like Trump had done.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[TTUBatfan2008]

8. Wouldn't surprise me.

Bush has more big money backing him up than anyone other than Hillary.

I thought it was funny when the moderator asked Jeb about a litmus test for Supreme Court and mentioned Bernie's litmus test on Citizens United. Jeb benefited from Citizens United more than anyone.

[RKP5637]

2. They deal in lies, deception and fiction. Integrity, honesty and truthfulness are not part of their

vocabulary. What's with the audience, they sound like canned cheers. Maybe they're robots too! Phew, this is the worst one yet. The candidates plus the audience are absolute nincompoops.

[catbyte]

3. I had to stop watching when Rubio said he thanks God that W was president and not Gore on 9/11. Afte

all, Bush kept us safe. Well, if you don't count that couple of hours the morning of September 11, 2001. Trump's Mussolini pout is really exaggerated tonight. He's not used to being booed, and he's not handling it well. Poor guy.

[KentuckyWoman]

5. My husband said Trump looks like

he missed his bran muffin this morning. Definitely more sour than usual.
Loved the sparing match over Medicaid between Kasich and Bush. Kasich actually did the right thing in Ohio in this one regard but the Republican base is so pitifully selfish the poor guy had to invoke saint Reagan to just stay standing.

You really have to shake your head when a CONSERVATIVE is chastised for humane smart spending that ultimately saves money. These people are just so into hate they can't stand the idea of people in need having any sort of life.

[H2O Man]

6. I'm reminded

of Groucho Marx's saying, "I deny everything I say.Everything I say is a lie. Everything I deny is a lie, too."

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Heck, the sane will be up all night trying to figure out where the debate was...

[ProgressiveEconomist]

10. "The economy is flat",

began Rubio's closing statement, ignoring how President Obama's economic stimulus cut the unemployment rate in half and created 14 million jobs. Simply Orwellian. Remember the running contradictory announcements regarding the chocolate ration in "1984"?