what a fun debate...

[washamericom]

i learned a lot. pretty great lot of candidates.. i think the dems may not agree.



in these events, the cream rises to the top. well done job, everyone.

the airplane was a bit distracting.

 

[waltky]

Say huh?...

The debate’s strangest–and least accurate–statements
September 17, 2015 | In a 1976 debate with Democratic contender Jimmy Carter, President Gerald Ford goofed up in response to a question about Poland and said, “There is no Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe.” It has gone down as a classic debate gaffe and likely contributed to his loss to Carter later that year.

Last night’s Republican debate was chockablock with what would normally be considered career-ending gaffes and displays of ignorance. Setting aside Donald Trump, here are some of the weirdest… well, let’s call them “verbal slip-ups.”

Not the Same Thing

In the early debate, Sen. Rick Santorum compared Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ jailing on contempt of court charges over her refusal to grant same-sex marriage licenses to one of the Columbine victims, Cassie Bernall, whose mother wrote a book hailing her as a martyr. Her story has been retold at numerous religious liberty rallies around the country, but the only problem is the story isn’t true. Also, no one has asked Davis to deny her faith or threatened to shoot her.

Failing Civics

Sticking with same-sex marriage, Gov. Mike Huckabee said he learned in ninth-grade civics class that, “If the court can just make a decision and we just all surrender to it, we have what Jefferson said was judicial tyranny.” Well, no. The 1803 Marbury vs. Madison decision established the idea of judicial review, allowing the Court to decide what is constitutional and what isn’t. Obergefell didn’t redefine marriage; it said state laws defining marriage that disadvantaged same-sex couples were unconstitutional. It didn’t make up a law.

North Korean Nukes

Finally, Sen. Marc Rubio, who sits on both the Committee on Foreign Relations and Select Committee on Intelligence, dropped a whopper about which he should know better. “There is a lunatic in North Korea with dozens of nuclear weapons and long-range rocket that can already hit the very place in which we stand tonight,” he said.

But North Korea doesn’t have “dozens” of nuclear weapons; it has probably 10, according to the Arms Control Association, which tracks such things. And it has yet to successfully test a missile that could “hit the very place in which we stand tonight.” Was Rubio fear-mongering? Or inadvertently revealing classified intelligence? Let’s see if the next debate provides any answers.

The debate’s strangest–and least accurate–statements

 

[washamericom]

Say huh?...

The debate’s strangest–and least accurate–statements
September 17, 2015 | In a 1976 debate with Democratic contender Jimmy Carter, President Gerald Ford goofed up in response to a question about Poland and said, “There is no Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe.” It has gone down as a classic debate gaffe and likely contributed to his loss to Carter later that year.

Last night’s Republican debate was chockablock with what would normally be considered career-ending gaffes and displays of ignorance. Setting aside Donald Trump, here are some of the weirdest… well, let’s call them “verbal slip-ups.”

Not the Same Thing

In the early debate, Sen. Rick Santorum compared Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ jailing on contempt of court charges over her refusal to grant same-sex marriage licenses to one of the Columbine victims, Cassie Bernall, whose mother wrote a book hailing her as a martyr. Her story has been retold at numerous religious liberty rallies around the country, but the only problem is the story isn’t true. Also, no one has asked Davis to deny her faith or threatened to shoot her.

Failing Civics

Sticking with same-sex marriage, Gov. Mike Huckabee said he learned in ninth-grade civics class that, “If the court can just make a decision and we just all surrender to it, we have what Jefferson said was judicial tyranny.” Well, no. The 1803 Marbury vs. Madison decision established the idea of judicial review, allowing the Court to decide what is constitutional and what isn’t. Obergefell didn’t redefine marriage; it said state laws defining marriage that disadvantaged same-sex couples were unconstitutional. It didn’t make up a law.

North Korean Nukes

Finally, Sen. Marc Rubio, who sits on both the Committee on Foreign Relations and Select Committee on Intelligence, dropped a whopper about which he should know better. “There is a lunatic in North Korea with dozens of nuclear weapons and long-range rocket that can already hit the very place in which we stand tonight,” he said.

But North Korea doesn’t have “dozens” of nuclear weapons; it has probably 10, according to the Arms Control Association, which tracks such things. And it has yet to successfully test a missile that could “hit the very place in which we stand tonight.” Was Rubio fear-mongering? Or inadvertently revealing classified intelligence? Let’s see if the next debate provides any answers.

The debate’s strangest–and least accurate–statements

i remember that, lot's of new pop phrases introduced by those debates. i don't know how they do it... even more... why would they want to do it. i've never understood the politician. jack black is easy to understand.

 

[Preacher]

I am a politics junkie so yes I will watch ALL of the debates. Democrats,Republicans,3rd parties if there is one and even the general election ones....have no plans to vote for ANY democrat or republican but still enjoy watching.