Here are some of the highlights of last night’s GOP debate. I didn’t think anything was necessarily that insightful, but it was quite entertaining at times. I can’t decide what part of it I liked the best: seeing the candidates sitting uncomfortably at kindergarten-sized desks, listening to Ron Paul call Rick Santorum a “fake” to his face, or witnessing the awkward catfights between Romney and Santorum…
What were your thoughts about the debate??
I didn’t watch this debate last night because these candidates are complete embarassments I had other more important things to do I figured there were another 200 or so other GOP debates taking place during the next couple of months… I’m certainly glad I missed it.
Why? I hate when people mess up on live TV or during speeches & presentations; it makes me nervous ,I feel embarassed for them, and I just get way too uncomfortable for my own good. But of course every news station was playing this gem over and over this morning:
I feel so uncomfortable watching this, it’s not even funny.
Of course it was Perry. And of course he messed up in a debate.
And on a separate note, the audience booed when Herman Cain was asked a question regarding the recent sexual harassment claims against him. Um, what? I’m sorry but if four different people come forward with allegations, I’m pretty sure there is some sort of problem in your past. I want to think that Herman Cain didn’t do anything wrong, but I’m finding that really hard to do. Companies don’t just pay out settlement money for no reason. And the way Herman Cain is responding to these allegation is really disappointing as well.
Be sure to check back for updates… I’ll keep you up to date on this circus and provide you with my oh-so-important opinions, don’t you worry.
Cain actually said that Occupy Wall Street protestors should be in front of the White House, not businesses in New York, since it is truly the government that has failed them. He also said that personal responsibility was important, so yes, some unemployed Americans should be held accountable for their problems. Sensationalize much, HuffPo?
Huh. These are the same journalists that claim that Republicans are racist, sexist, etc. I don’t think that the Huffington Post would feature an article about the fingernails of a male candidate, though… do you? The only news-worthy story about Bachmann last night were her long fingernails? (I don’t think very highly of her as a political figure, mind you, but I still find the coverage of her sexist and pretty ridiculous.) You guys must really be grasping for things to criticize. First SimCity, then this?
Since addressed the problem of cold, heartless monsters (ahem.. Ann Coulter) earlier in the day, I decided to continue the discussion. Also, since this has to do with the previous GOP debate, there is no better time than now to bring it up (there’s another debate tonight, yes). I don’t know about you, but I can hardly sit still — I’m just so excited to see Perry and Romney bicker like children and Bachmann make up scientific evidence. (Joke…)
But for real: What has happened to compassion and empathy in this country? Republicans are supposedly these uber-Christian, conservative, moral people … if that’s the case, why don’t they act like it? Don’t know what I’m talking about? Here:
Remember the last debate when Wolf Blitzer asked Gov. Perry about Texas’ extremely high execution rate under his leadership… and the audience cheered?
These people obviously don’t care about justice. I truly don’t understand their thinking… do they just want executions to occur because they don’t want to back down from “traditional” Republican views? You can be harsh on crime but still have compassion towards human nature. But this audience’s response was sickening. And acting that way makes the “Tea Party” and the conservative base look like complete idiots who blindly go along with anything.
And then do you remember when Wolf asked Ron Paul about health insurance? He asked Paul if he thought an uninsured man should die… and the audience (albeit not all of them) screamed “Yeah!”?
I don’t know if these Tea Party yahoos were never properly educated or if they skipped Public Relations 101, but here’s a lesson for you: acting that way makes you look like barbaric morons. You think you can shout that and not get butchered by the media the next day? And these “conservatives” that insist our culture is going in the wrong direction under liberal government, yada, yada… where have you been? Last time I checked the Bible taught love and acceptance. Are you just not paying attention or selectively reading certain portions or what? Please explain. You guys are just walking paradoxes.
Hopefully these “outbursts” will not occur tonight — otherwise I will absolutely not be giving the Tea Party the benefit of the doubt anymore. I cannot support a group of people that have lost their ability to help others, walk a mile in their shoes, and act in a morally acceptable way.
Didn’t see the debate last night? Watch the clip below. But you missed out on an hour and a half of pure entertainment.
Plus, you got to tweet your questions to my BFF Wolf Blitzer. I wanted to do it and get on TV, but couldn’t come up with anything good. I asked my dad what I should ask and he said, “Ask: ‘Why do you hate poor people?’” I contemplated, but I don’t think that Wolf would put that one on the top of his list. So I just continued watching and talking to the TV screen by myself.
To summarize:
