Live Thread Republican Debate Feb 22

[ladyliberal]

The debate is starting, first one in awhile.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Wow, that's groovy. We started identical threads at the exact same time.

JINXXX!

 

[ladyliberal]

Please use Grampa Murked U's thread instead of this one to discuss the debate.

 

[konradv]

Please use Grampa Murked U's thread instead of this one to discuss the debate.

Are you kidding me, Survivor is on?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Please use Grampa Murked U's thread instead of this one to discuss the debate.

Are you kidding me, Survivor is on?

LOL don't spoil it

 

[Mr. Shaman]

February 23, 2012

Conservative Chickens; Home to Roost​

"Throughout this entire process, the spectacle of these clowns thrashing each other and continually seizing and then fumbling frontrunner status has left me with an oddly reassuring feeling, one that I haven't quite been able to put my finger on. In my younger days I would have just assumed it was regular old Schadenfreude at the sight of people like Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich suffering, but this isn’t like that – it's something different than the pleasure of watching A-Rod strike out in the playoffs.

No, it was while watching the debates last night that it finally hit me: This is justice. What we have here are chickens coming home to roost. It's as if all of the American public's bad habits and perverse obsessions are all coming back to haunt Republican voters in this race: The lack of attention span, the constant demand for instant gratification, the abject hunger for negativity, the utter lack of backbone or constancy (we change our loyalties at the drop of a hat, all it takes is a clever TV ad): these things are all major factors in the spiraling Republican disaster.

Most importantly, though, the conservative passion for divisive, partisan, bomb-tossing politics is threatening to permanently cripple the Republican party. They long ago became more about pointing fingers than about ideology, and it's finally ruining them."

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