Debate In 100 Seconds: Last Chance Saloon (TPM)

[Why Syzygy]

Debate In 100 Seconds: Last Chance Saloon

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/debate-in-100-seconds-last-chance-saloon.php?ref=fpb

[Scuba]

1. "Anybody up here could probably beat Obama".....

... yeah, at bowling, maybe.

[Why Syzygy]

2. *lolol* nt

[kenfrequed]

4. err...

No they really couldn't. What a silly thing for him to say.

[Duct Tape]

7. No kidding. We just saw Ron Paul's crazy side. I wish his "liberal" followers would

see that and stop supporting him.

[kenfrequed]

9. Ron Paul has a sane side?

Just because he happens to agree with us on the War and the Patriot act does not forgive the 95% of the things he says that I am on the opposite side of.

I guess I would say he has a tiny, shiny, sane facet on a large stone of stupid libertarian nonsense.

[Duct Tape]

10. No he doesn't. I absolutely agree with you, I should have been more clear. I always tell

people who think he's great, that he's dead wrong on pretty much everything under the sun, except the war. The use of "side" was poor word choice, I should have said something along the lines of: once again we see the craziness of Ron Paul.

[green917]

12. Precisely what I've been saying for years!

Ron Paul is right about the Federal Reserve (although I disagree with his solutions to that problem also) and he's right about our foreign policy. The problem is that he's not wrong about everything else...he's so completely Batsh|t crazy, devoid of reality on every other issue that it's hard to really take anything he says seriously...he's a whack job!

I thought Ayn Rand was a visionary too...when I was 14. Then I grew up and realized that she was a selfish, crazy hypocritical bitch with a gigantic agenda that involved huge amounts of money! Libertarianism needs to go the way of the Whigs (as does modern Republicanism, I may add).

[ooglymoogly]

21. But hey! Those "minuscule" sane points are so

Fkn, gdmd important, that, if left unchecked, they will destroy this country and maybe the planet...add to that an end to the drug wars and 0, we have a problem. 0 is doubling down on all these issues sailing this country's ship of fools right off the edge of the earth.

The question is; will Paul's near overwhelming bad side be seen by Independents and the majority of voters as outnumbering those incredibly important sane parts.

We are still in the land of lesser of evils meme and it now may become a triple edged sword.

Paul's loony side: Idiocy on civil rights...idiocy on safety nets...shortsighted idiocy on just about everything else.

Paul's sane side: Ending all wars, including the drug wars...ending the dastardly patriot act... a fairer broker in the Arab world and a few others.

Put these things on a scale.

We have to face reality...Ron Paul will be a difficult wall for 0 to overcome; if he is the nom, as will Romney, for, like 0, when after the primaries, he turns into a liberal candidate disavowing all his conservative stances , which he will as does 0 when elections roll around...

Loonier toons like Gingrich and his ilk will be gods gift and a shoo in for 0, as he will walk right over them. 0, more than any of them, understands the value of synthetic lubrication with Mittens, a rabbits breath behind.

[RoccoR5955]

20. Even a stopped clock is correct twice a day.

Ron Paul, as crazy as he is, is correct some of the time.
Not that I support him in any way, he is so wrong on so many issues. He's a bigot, and a tool of the corporations.

[Lasher]

19. He is saying what his followers want to hear.

A very familiar Ron Paul tactic.

[green917]

11. +1,000 nt

[AtheistCrusader]

18. It's not an entirely stupid thing to say.

If we stay home in droves, over individual policy points, that statement can come true.

Yes, we need to encourage Obama forward on pieces of policy like ending the wars, all of them, and closing Gitmo, etc, but come the election, we DO need to count our wins, and rally around the President. Or, what Paul just said will become reality.

You want a President Gingrich? That piece of shit just got in the race to sell his stupid book, I sure as hell don't want him in the white house.

[tech3149]

3. Why did I waste that 100 seconds?

But it worth the laugh. Good thing it was on a commercial break.

[dembotoz]

5. because you just wanted 100 seconds of the loonies instead of however the debate was long

perfectly good idea to me....
your blood pressure thanks you

[Oconnor4Congress]

6. LOL

The majority of the Republican field are scary. Thank God its the last debate. Historically speaking, its an embarrassment. Its a shame the debates were recorded as they are an embarrassment to a nation. Cheering for the death penalty, booing gay soldiers in Iraq, and other idiotic antics during the Tea Party debates were reminiscent of something out of the Weimar Republic pre Hitler.

Although, Ron Paul is a strong candidate for liberty.

[green917]

13. "Although, Ron Paul is a strong candidate for liberty."

But not for Education, infrastructure, corporate regulation, or anything else that a sane person would include as part of their potential Presidential platform!

[geardaddy]

14. or reproductive rights.

or race relations.

or health care

[green917]

15. Indeed

I did put "anything else." lol

[inademv]

16. He wants to give states rights that the federal government doesn't have

how is he a candidate for liberty at all?

[tblue]

8. You just have to be breathing to qualify for this nomination.

Amazing that anyone would think these clowns are POTUS material. The bar is SO LOW for Republicans.

[Plucketeer]

17. Kwauliffickashuns

"You just have to be breathing to qualify for this nomination."

I sort of agree with you. However, as they exhale, they'd be in a better position if they didn't involve their vocal chords!