Yes, this soldier of political battles is back.
8:15 – has Scalia announced that he’s retiring? Is that something I missed?
8:23 – Kasich at least knows that Putin’s invasions are justified as a defense of Russian-speakers from imaginary evildoers who want to prevent them from speaking Russian. This shows he is, at least, trying to learn.
8:24 – it’s also great that Bush is pointing out that Russia is not fighting ISIS in Syria. It’s sad that this needs to be pointed out.
8:26 – all of Bush’s 5 supporters must be in the audience today, booing Trump.
8:34 – Bush is so pathetic defending his brother.
8:35 – Kasich is on a roll today.
8:37 – I’m glad Trump is stating the painfully obvious about the disastrous Dubya administration.
8:44 – how is Trump proposing to “bring back jobs”? Is he against freedom of markets?
9:08 – why is this audience so pro-Rubio? Are they getting paid to cheer and boo?
9:27 – wow, this is a very angry debate. Do they remember there will be a general election where all this will come back to bite them?
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Scalia died on his sleep last night. Very unexpected.
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Sometimes really bad people get the best kinds of deaths. That’s unfair.
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He was almost 80 years old so it wasn’t out of the question, but any odds-makers would have bet on other justices dying first like Ginsburg or Breyer or Kennedy. If say Roberts had died, it would be highly irregular.
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Scalia died.
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Oh wow. I had no idea. He was very old.
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79, not that old.
Republicans saying whoever Obama nominates is unfit to be SCOTUS. They want to keep the spot empty for a whole year and let the next president decide.
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Ah, I thought he was 10 years older than that.
It’s ridiculous to suggest that a new judge shouldn’t be appointed.
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He was 79, three years younger than Ginsburg and to external appearances, in much better health than she. He died very unexpectedly while vacationing on a hunting trip. (Same age as Justice Kennedy.)
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The historical importance of this Presidential election just skyrocketed with Scalia’s death.
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Won’t Obama just go ahead and appoint? He is president.
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Any nominees to high government posts like the Supreme Court must get through the Senate. He’s had problems appointing federal judges and heads of agencies (like the Surgeon General).
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The Republicans would be fools to confirm an Obama nominee before the Presidential election. It won’t happen.
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It’s simply delaying the inevitable.
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This assumes they do not lose seats in the Senate or control of the Senate, which is a fairly safe assumption.
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“She should be running” -Trump
When Jeb brings up his mom.
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Obama has ready made a statement that he will nominate a new Justice, as the Constitution mandates. I’m sure a he has a well-researched list of qualified possibilities for such an occasion, and he almost a full year left in office. It is a pipe dream to think Scslua’s seat will remain empty until the next president is sworn in.
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Here’s the difference: If Obama appointed a liberal (or even “moderate”) justice to replace the very conservative Scalia, that appointment would swing the court significantly to the left.
If a Republican President appoints a conservative justice in 2017, it would preserve the court balance at Scalia’s death (four conservative justices, four liberals, and one moderate).
This is a VERY important issue! The Republicans aren’t going to be stupid enough to let an Obama nominee through, period. That’s no pipe dream — it’s political reality.
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The whole point of electing a president is to swing the balance of the Supreme Court in a better direction.
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Which is why it’s so vital to elect a Republican President in November! 🙂
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Boy, this debate is really getting nasty — at least the Republican debates don’t put viewers to sleep like the Hillary and Bernie snooze fests.
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Any republican voter should be ashamed of the their party. This debate makes the Jerry Springer show look dignified.
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There’s an old nautical expression: “Any port in a storm.” One of the men on that stage will be the next President of the United States.
So one of them will nominate the next justice on the Supreme Court, and begin the inevitable reversal of Obama’s leftist highjacking of the American government.
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Such dignified, truly presidential people.
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At least none of them have played a saxophone on the Arsenio Hall show, or given a cigar to an intern.
Or submitted a proposed federal budget of 4.1 TRILLION dollars.
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The cigar only became public because Republicans wanted to inflict that whole story on all of us. I’d much rather this whole thing remained private.
As for saxophone, I don’t see what’s undignified about that unless he played really badly.
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I’m ready to see people come to blows. That will be good entertainment.
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9:08 – why is this audience so pro-Rubio? Are they getting paid to cheer and boo?
There’s no decorum. It’s like a sitcom or a professional wrestling set. I’m just waiting for everyone to go “oooooh”.
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Debate recap: “Liar, liar, pants on fire.” – Cruz, Rubio.
“Bring back our jobs” (to the tune of Bring Back My Bonnie and “Our country is secretly India in 1971” -Trump.
“Stop impugning my family honor.”-Trilogy
What did I miss?
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“..why is this audience so pro-Rubio? ”
I know you hate that term but the establishment has been trying very hard to coalesce around a solid anti-trump candidate. That means Jeb and Rubio. The republican party picks the audience. You don’t buy tickets for this show on stubhub.com.
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That’s what I thought. They cheer the candidates they see as theirs no matter what the candidates say. The result is that the sound track to the debate sounds like a sitcom on steroids.
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http://www.vox.com/2016/2/13/10987776/republican-debate-audience-booing
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1027 a: Trump: Liar, liar. Is Ben Carson going to be the Bush v. Gore of this primary? Also when did he care about robocalls?
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1036 p “Exploding economy” and “jobs” don’t quite go together. I just envision shards of jobs flying. Kasich claims he can bring blue collar Democrats to vote for Republicans.
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1038p Why is Trump’s potty mouth an issue? He’s implying Cruz is a wimp for his “legal definition of torture”
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This entire debate is basically a bunch of Pinnocchio gifs:
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Cute cartoon, but two days too late.
If you want to see the scene in that movie most descriptive of the Democrats, fast-forward to the part where an out-of-control, naughty boy turns into the Democratic Party symbol– a braying, kicking jackass.
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This empanada truck is making more sense than you are right now.
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And how much sense are you making with this silly video, Stringer Boy?
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In that debate neither candidate actually called the other a liar repeatedly. I think you called it a “love in.”
In this debate, almost everyone loudly called everyone else a big liar constantly in those words. Hence my Pinocchio comment. The fact they tell lies about each other isn’t really new. It’s like saying water’s wet.
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10:43 p Rubio: Resurrect Republican Jesus: Alzheimer Reagan!
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This moderator should be POTUS.
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10:50 Trilogy sounds like a fortune cookie “The next President will see unforseen challenges.” Dude, nobody remembers you being gov of Fla, just that you were responsible for your awful brother.
1051: “It’s opposite day in America.” -Rubio. “I will protect every single zygote and heterosexual monogamy.” zzzt. “New American Century.”
10:53: Cruz. SCOTUS, SCOTUS, SCOTUS. I don’t want to talk to my daughters. One of them tried to take out my eyes.
1054: Politicians are all talk and no action. I’ll be all talk. “We are Weimar Germany. We are India in 1971. We are the Qin dynasty.”-Trump
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Clarissa: Did Cruz actually shout grammatical Spanish?
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Well, the debate’s over after a politically overheated, berserk week.
The next caucus (Democratic only, in Nevada) is a whole week away, and the next date (Republican, more Sturm und Drang) isn’t until February 25th.
So it’s going to be a slow seven days, unless another Supreme Court justice kicks off. Post some beautiful baby pictures, Clarissa, and please don’t hide them behind some password firewall.
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lol
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