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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#106826: Dec 15th 2015 at 5:31:42 PM

Yeah, no. You can't even sort out who's a combatant and who is a civilian in that time frame.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106828: Dec 15th 2015 at 5:37:14 PM

Yeah, now you're assuming that they're interested in actually doing that.

Oh really when?
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#106829: Dec 15th 2015 at 5:40:13 PM

Obviously not, but then they certainly forfeit any idea that they are attempting to combat terrorism, as opposed to killing every Muslim they see.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106830: Dec 15th 2015 at 5:42:06 PM

Graham, to his credit, went out of his way to say thats not what he is about.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106831: Dec 15th 2015 at 5:49:58 PM

Paul already making me roll my eyes.

Christie was forgetful, strangely.

Fiorina is out of her league.

Surprisingly catchy speech from Jeb. He get a new speechwriter?

Rubio and Cruz are scary.

Carson sounds like he's cribbing from Cruz's playbook.

Trump of course is all about himself.

edited 15th Dec '15 5:59:29 PM by FFShinra

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#106832: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:00:18 PM

America needs a new homestead act

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106833: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:05:41 PM

I may end up with a heart condition at the end of this debate. Oy fucking vey.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106834: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:06:43 PM

I wandered off to get donuts. What's happening?

Oh really when?
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106835: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:09:17 PM

Just opening statements. Middle of the first round of questions.

Rubio and Bush doing a good job debating what I am now officially dubbing Crump, but Rubio loses points for his opening statement and Jeb loses points for sounding panicked.

EDIT-

Kasich as usual sounds the most sane. Losing points for shitting on the climate conference with me personally, but its good red meat for the base.

edited 15th Dec '15 6:12:53 PM by FFShinra

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106836: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:34:02 PM

The lies about Daesh are hilarious. They're winning? Really?

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Indiana Solo
#106838: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:40:31 PM

Not at all. They're not doing as well as they used to be.

I'm baaaaaaack
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106839: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:44:24 PM

No, they've taken utterly catastrophic losses from Russian strategic bombing and are barely holding together.

They're wholly dependent on radicalized Westerners to carry out attacks for them as they can barely exist within their own territory, let alone send agents broad.

Oh really when?
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106840: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:46:06 PM

Trump needs to have a heart attack or something.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#106841: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:48:02 PM

Trump needs to have a heart or something.
Had an extra word in there.

Alternatively

Trump needs to have an attack or something.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106842: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:49:42 PM

[up][lol]

Am I the only one here who thinks Rubio is winning this debate?

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106843: Dec 15th 2015 at 6:57:53 PM

So we still need the secular dictators do we, Ted? God I didn't think I could hate a candidate more than I already did but he and Trump are doing it.

EDIT- Rubio shot back nicely at least.

EDIT 2- Kasich still the most sane person on that stage.

edited 15th Dec '15 7:02:10 PM by FFShinra

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#106844: Dec 15th 2015 at 7:15:31 PM

I said it last debate, and I'll say it for this one: if anyone can beat Clinton, it's Rubio. (Not that I want him to, mind)

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106845: Dec 15th 2015 at 7:36:44 PM

They act like Hillary was veep this whole time. Oy.

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#106846: Dec 15th 2015 at 7:55:02 PM

So we still need the secular dictators do we, Ted?

I love right wing Christian extremists in the US love to go on about how Muslim countries need secular dictators while simultaneously bashing secularism in their own country and proclaiming that what our country needs to do is put God above everything, especially our government.

The hypocrisy is so thick my knife can't cut through it.

edited 15th Dec '15 7:55:52 PM by TheWanderer

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106847: Dec 15th 2015 at 8:29:54 PM

So debate is over.

Can't quite tell if there was a winner there.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#106848: Dec 15th 2015 at 8:37:56 PM

Whoever wins, we lose.

Also, while belated, I was horrified by Cruz's whole speech about carpet bombing and (needless to say) with Trump's thing about murdering the families of terrorists. It's like these are proposals that don't even have the excuse of being ruthless but effective. It's cruelty for the sake of cruelty that's justified by the need to be "tough" and "strong".

edited 15th Dec '15 8:40:34 PM by Hodor2

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#106849: Dec 15th 2015 at 8:41:11 PM

Was there anything of substance? The little that I saw consisted of your standard chest-thumping and personal attacks, and if there was anything sane it was swiftly downplayed or ignored.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#106850: Dec 15th 2015 at 8:44:38 PM

Bush and Kasich said several sane things. As did Rubio on immigration (to an extent) and his answer about supporting Qadafi. Overall while I don't agree with his policies, he at least comes off as fairly deliberative and sane.

I guess Christie was occasionally on point but he has too much of a tendency to want to win Trump supporters.

I've never found convincing the argument that CEO's make great presidents/better presidents than career politicians, but it was way more convincing from Mitt Romney than Carly Fiorina.

Ben Carson is Ben Carson.

And I'm pretty convinced that Trump and Cruz are sociopaths.

edited 15th Dec '15 8:48:19 PM by Hodor2


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