(01-14-2016 11:51 PM)Kronke Wrote:  1. Cruz
2. Trump

Huge drop off.

3. Christie
4. Rubio
5. Bush
6. Carson
7. Kasich

Pretty much the way I felt too. Rubio is always well prepared. I was turned off by Rubios audience plants booing Cruz though.

Trump is getting really good at these debates. Cruz took a crapload of incoming on this one. He did handle Trump on the birther issue. He's about the only one to pull that off effectively against Trump. Everyone else gets bloodied real bad.

I thought the moderators were great and the debate was really good. (Except for when Kasich and Carson were speaking)

It's time for the top 4, and punt everyone else down so they can get smacked around by Fiorina.

I watched the twitter #RandRally instead. **** those neoconservative anti-freedom hacks spewing bull **** for two hours. I got to here Rand quote Thomas Paine and Milton Friedman instead.

Trump crushed Cruz on the New York values thing and the born in Canada thing. "But I was born here"

They need to get rid of Bush, Kasich and Carson for the next debate.

Can Carson stop with the playing with His Hands by now ? Kasich, We know You are Ohio's Governor, Bush...stop acting like someone just knocked Your Milk over. Narrow it down to Trump, Cruz, Christie, Rubio in that order in the last debate

(01-14-2016 11:57 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I'm kind of surprised Kasich didn't register higher with you guys. It was his best debate.

Low bar.

I do have to give it to Trump. Although Cruz's comment and response on New York values had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and Trump's response was irrelevant, he played the hand perfectly, though the charge that he was "offended" goes against his schtick. Cruz won the rest of the debate, but Trump won that exchange.

(01-15-2016 06:27 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Can Carson stop with the playing with His Hands by now ? Kasich, We know You are Ohio's Governor, Bush...stop acting like someone just knocked Your Milk over. Narrow it down to Trump, Cruz, Christie, Rubio in that order in the last debate

Gifted Hands. Eyes Closed. Zen Master.

(01-15-2016 08:03 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  I do have to give it to Trump. Although Cruz's comment and response on New York values had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and Trump's response was irrelevant, he played the hand perfectly, though the charge that he was "offended" goes against his schtick. Cruz won the rest of the debate, but Trump won that exchange.

I was surprised that Cruz wasn't smart enough to know that Trump would go there. Trump was good but left out the line "NY values? You mean like the values of those NY firefighters that climbed the stairs of the burning WTC to save lives? Is that what you mean Ted?" Cruz is so FOS. He tried the lame move of altering the "San Francisco values/liberal" line into NY values and it failed miserably.

(01-14-2016 10:09 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I loved Cruz' comment about New York values.

Yeah, but Trump won that battle with his rebuttal.

Trump was on point all night. The RINO establishment crowd started booing him when he talked about Cruz' citizenship and he was like "see the crowd is booing at the thought of you being the nominee, listen to them". LOL. The crowd started laughing.

(01-15-2016 09:32 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Trump was on point all night. The RINO establishment crowd started booing him when he talked about Cruz' citizenship and he was like "see the crowd is booing at the thought of you being the nominee, listen to them". LOL. The crowd started laughing.

Only saw a little of this (UAB was playing Old Dominion, and I'm not voting for any of these people anyway) but it was a fascinating peek. Trump looks like the only one who knows the rules of the game: he's laying down an inside straight while the others scream "Go Fish!" and can't understand why he's taking all their chips.

I can't even stand listening to most of the GOP candidates. Christie is a Trump bully wannabe. Cruz is insane. Ben Carson seems lost all the time. Rubio is a Sheldon Adelson suck up. Bush is a low-T Mitt Romney. Only Kasich doesn't make me want to throw something at the TV. He needs to stop twitching all the time. And the moderators for this one wouldn't really challenge them and were kind of dumb. Megyn Kelly was sharp and asked tough questions but Trump said she was on her period and now she doesn't do it anymore.

(01-15-2016 08:03 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  I do have to give it to Trump. Although Cruz's comment and response on New York values had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and Trump's response was irrelevant, he played the hand perfectly, though the charge that he was "offended" goes against his schtick. Cruz won the rest of the debate, but Trump won that exchange.

Cruz knew exactly what he was doing. NYC has a negative connotation in the south. He was playing for Super Tuesday.

I was looking at the media coverage and mostly they talked about the citizenship thing. There was a lot of substance when you look at the transcript, but the media goes for the trivial.

All the while Hillary does a scratch & Sniff on Her ..............................Whatever

(01-14-2016 11:57 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I'm kind of surprised Kasich didn't register higher with you guys. It was his best debate.

There are a few people on here who consider qualifications and experience as a negative.

(01-15-2016 12:18 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 11:57 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I'm kind of surprised Kasich didn't register higher with you guys. It was his best debate.

There are a few people on here who consider qualifications and experience as a negative.

I like Kasich. I wish he would say more than the 3 things he harps on. Also, when he does go commando and starts talking away from his bullet points he seems to veer into the center. That will drop you way down on my list. His other problem with me is that its hard to listen to him, just like Carson is hard to listen to.

(01-15-2016 10:28 AM)Max Power Wrote:  I can't even stand listening to most of the GOP candidates. Christie is a Trump bully wannabe. Cruz is insane. Ben Carson seems lost all the time. Rubio is a Sheldon Adelson suck up. Bush is a low-T Mitt Romney. Only Kasich doesn't make me want to throw something at the TV. He needs to stop twitching all the time. And the moderators for this one wouldn't really challenge them and were kind of dumb. Megyn Kelly was sharp and asked tough questions but Trump said she was on her period and now she doesn't do it anymore.

Yet the people you support are either a socialist cuckold or a woman who got americans killed, cant handle emails, and will rape a woman a second time if that woman was assaulted by her husband.

(01-15-2016 10:28 AM)Max Power Wrote:  I can't even stand listening to most of the GOP candidates. Christie is a Trump bully wannabe. Cruz is insane. Ben Carson seems lost all the time. Rubio is a Sheldon Adelson suck up. Bush is a low-T Mitt Romney. Only Kasich doesn't make me want to throw something at the TV. He needs to stop twitching all the time. And the moderators for this one wouldn't really challenge them and were kind of dumb. Megyn Kelly was sharp and asked tough questions but Trump said she was on her period and now she doesn't do it anymore.

I don't think any of them are playing to you. And I doubt that you are objective enough to like any who did.

Trump is a bully, but if he agreed with you on the issues, you would be the first to embrace him as your bully.
Christie is not a wannabe. He differs from you on the issues.
Cruz is far from insane, he's actually quite bright. He differs with you on issues.
Carson is not lost. He differs from you on issues.
Rubio is not a suck up. He differs from you on issues.
Bush is not Mitt. He differs from you on the issues.
Kasich doesn't make you want to throw up as much as the others because he is closer to you on the issues.