[perfect_rovian_storm]

I didn’t think so at all. Matthews made an ass out of himeslf. Please explain why you feel differently.

[no dems]

I didn’t think so at all. Matthews made an ass out of himeslf. Please explain why you feel differently

Good Grief.....did you watch the same ad we watched? Rick was caught terribly off-guard and unprepared. Matthews did not make an ass out of himself; he's always been an ass. Rick came across "uncertain" and did not explain the Fair Tax at all. It was 50 times worse than Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric that is still causing my girl, Sarah, to not be taken seriously by many who follow politics on a National level.
Get rid of the rose colored glasses p_r_s.

[Gun142]

CM had to ask the same questions over and over and never got a straight answer. It almost appeared that Barber didn’t understand [anything].

Near the beginning, talking about “illegal acts”, Barber didn’t follow what the ad was talking about and went off about potential personal problems politicians have had. He didn’t even know what he was talking about.

He also couldn’t say what tax percentage rate he would add to consumer spending. CM finally got 23% out of him and Barber couldn’t put it together that on top of a national sales tax there is local\state tax.

23% + 8% = 31%

It’s really not that hard but this guy seems to have no understanding of what taxes there already are. (3:14 in the video)

Start at 3:36 and check the answer. Uh... Barber needs to pay attention.

Start again at 4:17. He still didn’t answer the question.
He doesn’t know the answer but he wants to make this law.
He’s done no research beyond talking points and it’s obvious.

Start again at 5:35. Utter bull$hit. He still can’t explain anything and goes back to his talking points.

I just re-watched half the video and Barber just looks stupid with not answering questions and not knowing what he’s talking about. I’m done, it’s painful.

All he does is copy and paste buzz words and phrases in his head and sends it to his mouth.

Barber lost this debate and really looks bad. I wouldn’t vote for this guy because he obviously is in over his head.

Matthews did not make an ass of himself, if anything he tried to get answers from this guy so Barber could get his message out. Barber failed and you can see the frustration on CM’s face.