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alioth Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#101026: Sep 16th 2015 at 8:56:08 PM

I was hoping for some Alice Roosevelt support for the 10$, but it seems that's not going to happen.

My thoughts on the debate: Fiorina did very well. Rubio didn't get to talk often, but did very well when he talked. Kaisch did OK, but he's a moderate. Jeb did alright, but floundered when it was his time to shine. Trump did well on immigration, but floundered and lost most of his insult exchanges. Christie floundered. I don't understand how Carson gets most of his supporters, he seemed very weak to me except for when he gave his little bit on autism— makes me think he'd work better as an advisor or as a doctor then as a president. Rand Paul struggled, but he did better in the later half of it.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#101027: Sep 16th 2015 at 9:00:08 PM

Yay, we should get Adams on the 20$ I like Adams. He had a cool HBO thing about him, that I enjoyed muchly.

Leviticus 19:34
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#101028: Sep 16th 2015 at 9:03:01 PM

Fiorina is definitely the strongest debater in the pack.

And I get the feeling that Trump was kinda phoning this one in.

Mopman43 Since: Nov, 2013
#101029: Sep 16th 2015 at 9:03:54 PM

[up][up] He was played by Paul Giamatti. it is impossible to enjoy him littlely.

Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#101030: Sep 16th 2015 at 9:36:59 PM

Adams was the guy who wiped his ass with the Bill of Rights before the ink dried.

Fuck him.

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#101031: Sep 16th 2015 at 9:42:11 PM

So I totally missed the entire debate, anything major stand out? Any stabbings? Anything?

Oh really when?
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#101033: Sep 16th 2015 at 10:07:11 PM

@ Powell: Wasn't he involved in the whole Pristina Airport events?

Keep Rolling On
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#101034: Sep 16th 2015 at 10:07:15 PM

Adams is hardly special for that. The Bill of Rights was, frankly, written on toilet paper in the first place - nobody actually considered it an enforceable document until the 20th Century.

edited 16th Sep '15 10:07:34 PM by Ramidel

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#101035: Sep 16th 2015 at 10:08:33 PM

[up][up]No, that was Gen. Wesley Clark.

Artificius from about a foot and a half away from a monitor. Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
#101036: Sep 16th 2015 at 10:13:31 PM

General Powell ended up being used as a fall guy to little eventual benefit by the Bush administration, probably because he kept butting heads with Donald Rumsfeld and clashed with their generally chicken-hawkish nature. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/sep/12/Iraqandthemedia.politicsphilosophyandsociety

edited 16th Sep '15 10:39:35 PM by Artificius

"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#101037: Sep 17th 2015 at 2:37:14 AM

So I'm watching the debate nownote . I have been mostly presently surprised by Fiorina, Rubio, and Rand Paul. But at the same time, for the most part, it's the same typical Republican obstructionist bullshit, and Trump can go fuck himself.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101038: Sep 17th 2015 at 3:43:29 AM

@Alioth: If any female Roosevelt should be on the currency it's Eleanor. How did Alice actually contribute to the country besides being "glamorous" for her era?

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#101039: Sep 17th 2015 at 7:18:32 AM

So the debate winners according to me are: 1. Carson. 2. Trump. 3. Rubio (bonus points for being extra crazy this time around)

The not so successful:

3. Fiorina. 4. Kasich. 5. Christie. 6. Huckabee.

The losers:

Everyone else.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#101040: Sep 17th 2015 at 7:20:58 AM

I think the winners are the people who didn't watch the debate. Like me.

edited 17th Sep '15 7:21:04 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#101041: Sep 17th 2015 at 7:22:51 AM

I for one prefer doing something else and see the glorious moments in memetic youtube montages and poorly conceived forced memes with the quotes.

Inter arma enim silent leges
BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#101042: Sep 17th 2015 at 7:24:52 AM

Nah... Its good to watch the debate.

It helps you understand why American foreign policy in the past has been so murderous and disastrous.

I mean I watch those guys and I say thanks for Obama.

Also its fun to see them confuse hispanics with illegals, muslims with terrorist and so son. If you pay close attention is one of the few times you get to see American policy naked.

Nothing does more damage to the U.S standing around the world amongst the intelligentsia of foreign countries than this debates though.

edited 17th Sep '15 7:26:45 AM by BAFFU

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#101043: Sep 17th 2015 at 7:29:21 AM

[up]In all seriousness I don't need to watch the debates to know how much of an idiot those guys are regarding foreign relations.

Inter arma enim silent leges
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#101044: Sep 17th 2015 at 7:32:38 AM

[up][up]Who says they're confusing them?

Oh really when?
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#101046: Sep 17th 2015 at 7:47:54 AM

I was expecting more of Bernie. If he cannot stand watching the full length of a comedy show, then he does not have the gut to lead a country.

Goddamn pinko commie softie will bring the apocalypse on us I tell ya hwat

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#101047: Sep 17th 2015 at 8:01:16 AM

[up] You sell propane and propane accesories?

I fail to see how Trump won that debate at all.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#101048: Sep 17th 2015 at 8:06:31 AM

[up] "My God, Trump's handshake. It was LIMP!"

edited 17th Sep '15 8:07:22 AM by speedyboris

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#101049: Sep 17th 2015 at 8:12:21 AM

[up][up] Accoding to a Poll on Trump Tower employees, Trump's wife, Trump's Hair, and Trump Enterprises, Trump won.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#101050: Sep 17th 2015 at 9:02:50 AM

[up][up][up]Well, Trump supporters would say he won something even if he finished dead last. Talking to them is like talking to quackery fanatics or infowars readers; anything negative is assumed to be a lie made up by nameless entities and enemies lumped under some conspiratorial banner.


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