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#100951: Sep 16th 2015 at 5:55:24 PM

Lindsey Graham, mister "We muhst invahde Irahn befoah they-ah bring dahn the apocalypse, ah do declayah"? You like that?

edited 16th Sep '15 5:56:51 PM by Fighteer

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#100952: Sep 16th 2015 at 5:55:29 PM

Sounds more like a comedy show then a debate. I'd watch it but I'm marathoning all six Star Wars films.

I'll watch it online tomorrow, or catch a recap.

edited 16th Sep '15 5:56:46 PM by Skycobra51

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#100953: Sep 16th 2015 at 5:56:32 PM

Oh this is good, apparently letting Muslims grow beards means that the US should let Kim Davis refuse to issue marrige licences. Otherwise it's the criminalisation of Christianity. That includes all the nice acomidation given to prisoners at gitmo.

edited 16th Sep '15 5:57:19 PM by Silasw

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#100954: Sep 16th 2015 at 5:56:57 PM

Personally, I believe that Pataki won the early debate, but it might be too late for him to break into the upper tier, and I'm not sure if that many people even noticed the first debate.

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#100955: Sep 16th 2015 at 5:58:33 PM

I also kind of like Jyndall, too. I think I like him more.

Also, mispelling a quote isn't an argument.

edited 16th Sep '15 5:59:07 PM by Protagonist506

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#100956: Sep 16th 2015 at 5:59:34 PM

[up][up][up]We could always ship them to Alaska.tongue

edited 16th Sep '15 5:59:53 PM by Skycobra51

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#100957: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:00:25 PM

Actually, I think I'm kind of torn between all of them. Darn.

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#100958: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:00:27 PM

Planned parenthood is apparently a "criminal enterprise", oh man this shit would be funny it it wasn't for the fact that one of these people is going to be a nominee for president.

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alioth Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#100959: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:02:41 PM

highlight for me so far has to be walker roasting trump in the beginning or rubio's bit on foreign policy.

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#100960: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:05:16 PM

Trump is now lecturing Bush about being haunted by bad quotes on women....

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
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#100961: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:17:56 PM

Bush influenced by his wife? Condecention: No. Never.

edited 16th Sep '15 6:18:24 PM by Skycobra51

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#100962: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:17:57 PM

Now we're on immigration, Bush just asked Trump to apologise to his wife, who's in the audience, Trump just kinda sat there.

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#100963: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:18:40 PM

Well, this is probably one of the few times anyone has ever demanded Trump apologize for being a jerk. He is probably a bit stunned.

edited 16th Sep '15 6:18:52 PM by AceofSpades

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#100964: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:19:47 PM

Trump sure loves to get under his opponents skin.

I'm probably gonna hate myself but Trump has a point about birthright citizenship.

I need to wash my mouth out with soap now.

edited 16th Sep '15 6:28:34 PM by Skycobra51

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#100966: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:30:55 PM

[up][up] What do you mean, he has a point? If you mean that Europe doesn't do it, well than if Europe jumped off a cliff would you do it?...don't answer that Europhiles[lol]

edited 16th Sep '15 6:31:39 PM by JackOLantern1337

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#100967: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:34:41 PM

Trump really hates what's her face.

Are you sure its a debate or an ego trip? Its like the biggest pissing contest in history.

edited 16th Sep '15 6:38:10 PM by Skycobra51

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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#100968: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:36:58 PM

Fiorina? Well, in fairness, he holds good business in the highest regard, and she almost ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground.

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#100969: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:38:36 PM

He ran four different companies into the ground, it's not that that's annoying him.

[down] I was going by number of bankruptcies, my mistake.

edited 16th Sep '15 6:39:25 PM by Silasw

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Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#100970: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:38:37 PM

And he ran 11 different companies into the ground.

[up]I thought it was 11? Oh well the point stands.

edited 16th Sep '15 6:39:10 PM by Canid117

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#100971: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:40:22 PM

[up] Well, technically he didn't run them into the ground, he just profited from them.

If its the casino thing,

Well its kind of hard to run casinos when no one has any money to gamble.tongue

edited 16th Sep '15 6:41:39 PM by Skycobra51

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A procrastination in of itself
#100972: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:41:22 PM

And Trump just got accused of Socialism (for his tax plan), this shit is funny man

edited 16th Sep '15 6:41:38 PM by Silasw

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#100973: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:43:59 PM

[up][up]Tell that to every other Casino in Atlantic city.

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#100974: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:44:06 PM

[up]Sounds like a supply&demand issue. Too many Casions.

There's one way to get through the 70k corporate tax code, its called Interns.tongue

But Carson's minimum wage plan sounds a bit interesting.

Its amazing how Carson and Trump are popular, yet the farthest from being traditional republicans.

New from CBS its the Trump and Carson show.tongue

edited 16th Sep '15 6:48:57 PM by Skycobra51

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Mopman43 Since: Nov, 2013
#100975: Sep 16th 2015 at 6:47:58 PM

Thats because there a shitload of traditional republicans to vote for.


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