Personally, I am not sure I want to endure another one of these things. I mean to me it's a political theater of the absurd. It certainly is not a bona fide "debate" - it is a Q&A session with the MSM moderators in the spotlight, holding all the cards, and calling all the shots. It's again the Right letting the Left run the Right's show. It is a wonder to me that the GOP candidates come to these things so meekly like sheep to the slaughter.
It is also a wonder to me that people like me keep watching these things. Feels a little like Lucy continually tempting Charlie Brown to kick the ball. It's the same result every time: just like Lucy pulling the ball away at the last second, this event provides nothing very substantive or new, no one has time to go into any depth on anything, and the network ends by congratulating themselves on what a wonderful job they did.
So why do they go to these things and why do we watch them? Well my excuse has been because of Trump - he injects a little liveliness into what would otherwise be deadly boring IMO. But I'm not sure even Trump can get me to keep watching these things.
I guess there's at least a couple of relatively new breaking stories that may be part of tonight's festivities, dunno.
One is Cruz's motion to dismiss an effort to get his NBC eligibility status resolved in federal court. Cruz's refusal to get this thing settled in federal court one way or the other does not look like good faith on his part to clear away obstacles that could DQ him later if he were nominated potentially handing the election to the socialists. That would be disastrous of course and I expect more from Cruz than this - seems like he's gambling with America's future.
https://www.scribd.com/embeds/300178070/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true
Secondly is the late-breaking rumors about Rubio and a possible scandal or affair. Gee haven't had any of those yet this campaign so here we go.
http://rightwingnews.com/republicans/breaking-damning-affair-scandal-erupts-for-gop-candidate/
Kasich looking like the grownup in the room.
gotta say that Kasich is right that we ARE the leader of the world. I really hope Trump is not an isolationist.
Trump is winning the debate poll by a larger percentage than any debate so far, and Cruz less. Funny......
"When you say 'regime change,' what that means is 'regime change.'"
Hank
I agree with Trump that we MUST get our economy balanced and level the paying field with our foreign competition.
I believe Trump’s tax plan regarding lowering Corporate Taxes and his plan to give them a grace period n oversees taxes as long as the bring things back here will work.
I believe that we MUST have our allies bear the burden of their defense where they can...and pay us handsomely for doing it where they can’t.
Drudge poll is up.
Ted Cruz, arm-in-arm with Mike Bloomberg
Cruz and Rubio made a mutually, strategic move to go after Trump. IT...IS...FAILING!!!
Line of the night by Carson.
“Can someone attack me please.”
LOL!
Cruz is unlistenable.
Rubio acts like a 13 yr old girl.
You folks can say what ya want tonight. You would be wrong. You have been wrong. And you will have it proven to you next Tue.
Go Trump
Our national debt is 19 trillion dollars and rising rapidly. WHY must America take care of all these other countries? We need to take care of our own first! We give BILLIONS to other countries- even those who hate us. I say cut back HERE first and clear up the national debt!
This is only the tip of the iceberg:
The average American hasn’t a CLUE how much of our tax money Obama has sent down Muslim sh*t holes while he plans to slash the military, CUTS MEDICARE and threatens to withhold senior’s social security checks!
BILLIONS FOR JIHAD! Obamas 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and passed by the full committee. It gives billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies. http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/1...
Read the summary from David Obeys office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.
$3.6 BILLION, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces
$400 MILLION, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces
AFGHANISTAN: $1.52 BILLION, $86 MILLION above the request WEST BANK AND GAZA: $665 MILLION in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza
JORDAN: $250 million,$250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance
EGYPT: $360 MILLION, $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance,$50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance
PAKISTAN:$1.9 billion,$591 million above the request
IRAQ:$968 MILLION,$336 million above the request
Oversight: $20 million,$13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
Lebanon:$74 million
International Food Assistance:$500 MILLION,$200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE:$343 MILLION,$50 million above the request, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza.
Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)
Disaster Assistance: $200 MILLION to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia
Peacekeeping:$837 MILLION FOR UNITED NATIONS peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic
Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system
OBAMA GIVES YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO REBUILD MUSLIM MOSQUES AROUND THE WORLD! http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/... #
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE AWAY NEARLY $6 MILLION OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO RESTORE 63 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES, INCLUDING ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND MINARETS, IN 55 NATIONS. See the State Department document here. http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office-...
And THAT’S just the tip of the iceberg.
THIS will blow your mind!! http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/ They should have 2010 up, but they don’t. That’s where you’ll find Obama’s largesse towards Muslim countries really go off the charts.
http://www.foreignassistance.gov/DataView.aspx charts: http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-facts.html .
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Obama Increased Foreign Aid 80%; Spent 76% More on Foreign Aid Than Border Security cnsnews
CNSNews.com) - From fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2011, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal government increased spending on foreign aid by 80 percent and, in fiscal 2011, spent 76 percent more on foreign aid than it did securing the borders of the United States.
In fiscal 2008, the government spent a total of $11.427 billion in international assistance programs, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement. In fiscal 2011, according to the statement, it spent $20.599 billion—an increase of $9.172 billion, or 80 percent, from 2008.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-increased-foreign-aid-80-spent-76-more-foreign-aid-border-security
Rubio talking about Trump selling watches will hurt Rubio.
A lot of people dont rate Rubio’s intellect or his ability to run a business outside of the economic growth of the cocaine boom in Miami.
How much of Miami’s upward mobility is because once in a century cocaine boom that helped all business.
Blitzer and CNN are a joke, IMHO.
He has no control and this thing devolves into three people taking over each other at the same time...all of them are doing it, and Blitzer is either unable, or unwilling to control the debate.
My God! Trump is a flaming a$$h0le...he doesn’t belong up there.
Rubio doesn’t understand the Apple issue.
Cruz doesn’t understand the Apple issue.
Apple should not be forced to give labor for free and to compromise their security for their customers. That fix will undo EVERYONE’s security.
Carson doesn’t understand, either.
Kasich made a GREAT point right there.
Did you see G HW Bush make the throat slitting gesture with his hand that was briefly on camera? Here it is:
Cruz is a preachy, whiny, Holier than thou, dips***.