(10-30-2015 02:44 PM)WKUApollo Wrote: 1st Question - To all candidates - "Your greatest weakness is?"
---Not necessarily a bad question, just a useless question. Nothing to do with policy.
2nd Question - To Trump - "Is your campaign like a comic book campaign?"
---Insulting and snide question. Not a policy question
3rd Question - To Carson - "Your tax plan doesn't add up..." The moderator kept trying to argue with him about his Math and wouldn't let him explain
4th Question - To Kasich - "You had something to say about 2 other candidates. Would you repeat it?" "You said someone was crazy, who were you talking about?" - Basically an attempt to get him to attack the others, which worked....Trump and Kasich went at it and then Kasich and Carson went at it. Cruz and Fiorina jumped in too about their tax plans. Then there was a snarky attack on Fiorina's idea of a 3 page tax code. Was an embarrassment for the moderator.
5th Question - To Rubio - "Why not slow down and get other things accomplished first before running for President?" "Do you hate your job? (repeated twice) Moderator jumped in a couple times to argue with him when he tried to answer it....a pattern repeated numerous times throughout the debate.
6th Question - To Bush - "Your stock has fallen in this race based on your poll numbers. Why are you having difficulty?" "Republican is a party of know-nothingism, is that why you're having difficulty in this race?"
7th Question - To Fiorina - "HP Stocks tanked since you took over at HP, your board fired you, why should we hire you?"
8th Question - To Cruz - "You're maybe not the kind of problem solver we need.." Cruz then attacks CNBC moderators and liberal press for the snarkiness, bias, doublestandard, and lack of policy questions so far in the debate.
More snarkiness as each tried to answer. The repeated interruptions of the candidates during their time to answer questions continued throughout the debate....by the moderators. Usually the moderators were combative and snarky. It was painful to watch.
There's a huge difference between tough questions about positions and policy and the crap that occurred during the debate. There were good moments by the moderators and some good questions during the debate but that was greatly overshadowed by the unprofessional behavior of the moderators.
Did any question get answered during the debate.
Seems to me that, for the second straight cycle, in any non-Fox debate, the candidates can avoid answering any question by simply attacking the media...b/c the GOP crowd will simply allow them to do so.
Fiorina was a train wreck at HP. And her tenure there is the basis for her campaign. Question was fair. If she moves on, that question will be asked again. And I wouldn't have been as nice as the moderator. "How could you pay yourself 100 million bucks while the shareholders lost billions and 30000 employees lost their jobs?"
Question to Bush was a hard one, but related to nativism. Completely fair. Question about viability is also fair. Hillary was asked in a debate 'why are you unlikeable' for crying out loud. HRC could handle it. Bush couldn't.
Rubio is AWOL from his job. Its totally fair. The moderators were trying to get an answer as he was trying to blame others as some sort of ridiculous excuse for his absences. Neither John McCain nor Jeb Bush are responsible for Rubio missing all those votes.
Trump called Fiorina an ugly old lady, Latinos rapists, a FOX reporter much worse, and everyone who criticizes him a loser, etc. Maybe comic book was snarky. But he's going to have to convince people that his candidacy is credible.
Kasich's question was completely legitimate. He said some very strong comments, publicly this week about the other candidates. Of course he's going to be asked about it.
BTW, I don't think Carson is a real candidate for President. But his money grubbing and pill pushing is going to kill him. Those charges are real.
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Basically, every candidate has been told.. 'don't answer any questions. Just attack the media because that's what the GOP wants to hear'
Don't whine when you end up with another Sarah Palin as the candidate.