Live Blog: American Horror Story, Freak Show (The CNN Republican Debates)
Posted: September 16, 2015 Filed under: 2016 elections, Live Blog 157 Comments
It’s that time again! Time for the current batch of freaks that call themselves Republican to jockey for who can be most xenophobic, woman-hating, GLBT baiting, and the one who oozes the most white privilege.
Here’s some links to check out as we try to wade through the hate!
From Politico: The GOP debate: 5 things to watch
Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina have a chance Wednesday to prove they’re for real.
From the New Republic: What’s at Stake in the Second Republican Debate: Full Panic in the GOP (Brian Beutler)
If the central thematic question of the first debate was whether the candidates and Fox News itself could puncture Trump’s bubble, this time it’s whether any of those potential consensus candidates can distinguish themselves and climb out of the doldrums where they’ve been stuck for weeks.
From CNN whose Jake Tapper is one of the adults dealing with the kiddie table: 7 things to watch at the CNN Republican debate
Nate Silver’s Five Thirty Eight: Live Coverage Of The Second Republican Debate
From USA Today: Long-shot Republican candidates debate at Reagan Library
The kiddie table is up with some noticeable changes. Fiorina has been bumped up to the big stage with the bigger blow hards. Rick Perry was the first to cry “uncle” and go home with his magic show.
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Connor Goldsmith @dreamoforgonon 30s30 seconds ago
RICK SANTORUM IS COMPARING KIM DAVIS TO THAT GIRL WHO APOCRYPHALLY DIED AT COLUMBINE FOR REFUSING TO FORSAKE JESUS
Santorum proves he’s a theocrat again …
Mark Murray @mmurraypolitics 3m3 minutes ago
Guys, just four hours left #NBC2016 #CNNDebate
“There is a place where religion supersedes the rule of law: It’s called Iran.” — @governorpataki on Kim Davis. #CNNDebate
Pataki and Santorum are arguing the difference between a secular democracy and a theocrat.
Truly a teaching moment, and so to the point of WTF?
and a treat for BB: Tom Brady endorses Donald Trump.
http://deadspin.com/tom-brady-says-it-would-be-great-if-donald-trump-beco-1731177907
That’s old news, lol
oh … I have been out of it then!!!
Brady may be a great quarterback, but his politics, ugh.
LOL! I will be here to watch the horror show with you. In my mind, I have a vision of the audience watching Springtime for Hitler in The Producers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmYIo7bcUw
My mom put on this DVD BB, because she could not stand to watch the debate and they was nothing but crap on tv….how fitting, innit.
With no CNN myself, I’m counting on you guys.
I can’t get the live stream to work on CNN. Is it on C-Span?
Lucky you. Pataki is the only sane one on stage.
He isn’t sane. He only looks that way by comparison.
Yup.
NARAL @NARAL 3m3 minutes ago
Note that Santorum wants to throw doctors in jail for providing abortion care, a legal medical procedure. #CNNdebate #GOPdebate
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Santorum: POTUS should defy SCOTUS when rulings contradict “natural law/God’s law. don’t have rule of law when court makes final decision.”
Very Serious People™ @TheXclass 8m8 minutes ago
Lindsey Graham tells the whole place the Muslims are coming here as he glances over at Bobby Jindal. Everyone felt awkward. #GOPDebate
Talking Points Memo @TPM 2m2 minutes ago
Graham: I’m not worried about Kim Davis attacking me like I am about Islamic terrorists http://bit.ly/1NDR9Pb
Lindsey Graham wants to save Social Security. How though?
By attacking Iran probably.
lol
Mark Murray @mmurraypolitics 2m2 minutes ago
All hail, Lindsey Graham, early winner of the undercard debate (so far) #NBC2016 #CNNDebate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxwKyS9R20 …
In case anyone doesn’t know this, Hillary is going to be on Jimmy Fallon’s show on NBC tonight, undoubtedly discussing the debate,
Wow! Thanks, William.
Jindal spouts “goblety-gook.”
Have you noticed that the moderators call Rick Santorum “Senator,” even though he’s been out of office for years? But the NYT calls Hillary “Mrs. Clinton.”
Now that pisses me off.
Me too.
Fuck those bastards I hate them…
But how do you really feel?
Ha!
Lindsey Graham calls Obama “weak, unqualified”…and something else I forgot.
Jindal pronounced it “I-ran.”
Also mispronounced contribute. He needs to work on assimilating more.
You’re on fire tonight, Dak.
He says Obama is “a socialist.” Where does he get the nerve to say this stuff?
Graham is obsessed with war and the military.
He sure is.
Wonder if its a defense mechanism from being gay and in the environment he’s been in
I walked in the house just about the time he was saying if you want to repeal Obamacare, if your want to defund Planned Parenthood, then vote for pro life president.
Another ashol.
I’m not looking forward to the next set and enduring wolf blitzer
I still don’t understand how any one can take some of these first tier candidates seriously … Cruz and Rand are both like the worst candidates in modern history
I figure if I need to sleep to night I will concentrate on Jeb Bush
Ben Carson is a real snooze too.
PublicPolicyPolling @ppppolls 6m6 minutes ago
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68% of Louisianans don’t think Jindal should be running for President PublicPolicyPolling added,
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The only person who takes Bobby Jindal seriously is Bobby Jindal and I am not even 100 percent sure that he does
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@crampell q24: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_9301205.pdf …
Hahahaha!!
Ben Carson Gets Hit In Head By Camera Before GOP Debate (VIDEO)
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ben-carson-hit-in-head-camera-debate
Bobby Jindal is skipping the main photos and hanging out in the press room
This debate could be the end of the road for Scott Walker. He’s a terrible speaker.
Rubio talking way too fast. He says he brought his own water. No one laughs.
Rubio looks like a lost little boy
Looks nervous as hell, then made fun of drought in California, when my friend mother lost her house, when his son, lost his house, and when he is on the streets, because of the fire. Rubio had to make fun of living hell in California Lake Co. and Butte Fires.
It’s not good to denigrate a Californian’s troubles, they get really cranky.
Ted Cruz talks like a furniture salesman.
I can’t believe Chris Christie is still there
Kasich: Ronald Reagan: I flew on his plane with him and I’m exactly like him.
Answer the question Carly…………you are a voter
Chris Christie has the same speech impediment as Tom Brokaw.
Jindal: We’re all gonna die!
Trump: Why is Rand Paul even here?
Well, Trump has a point. Why are any of them there?
wouldn’t be nice if the citizens of this country demanded that the media do its job and stop treating us like idiots at a beauty contest. These people want represent us to the rest of the world…we give them, in part, the authority to invest and spend the nation’s wealth. Wouldn’t it be nice if every citizens of this country did the only thing that really matters, the ultimate act of patriotism; cast a considered vote for the person who do the best job of representing all of the people of the United States. Wouldn’t it be nice if the citizens woke up one day and realized that the evil we say we oppose isn’t external to us. It is the voice that tells you to hate other members of your species. It is the voice that wants you to confuse religion with faith.
Sure would be nice.
Second that.
why doesn’t somebody point out that Carly and Jeb are VOTERS.
Hey, you went down the tubes!
Hey, you don’t tell me what to say!
Come on fat boy, tell us what you’ve done.
Scott, oh hell, let’s just bomb China.
I can’t take anymore. Ted Cruz as president is my worst nightmare.
He acts like he is talking to bunch of 8 year olds.
Hey Cruz, it’s not a treaty, you idiot. WTF, if you vote for Hillary you vote for the Ayatollah…….what a fucking idiot.
Huckabee, I am here to fight for Kim Davis. The surpreme court is breathing thin air!…………But Heck, fuck, it all federal law that states must go along with it, it’s in there state law, not over in Gitmo. Let’s give her a break, Kim Davis, give her a break, not gay people, but that one lady, named Kim Davis.
I don’t understand why this guy doesn’t go back to preaching. He would be better there, He has the viewpoint and world understanding of an ant tunnel.
Here we go, defund planned parenthood, let’s shut down the government.
I’d like to know why CNN lets them get away with claiming those videos are legitimate and Planned Parenthood is committing multiple felonies. These people are morons.
I had to take a break during the planned parenthood crap. It was so over the top it wasn’t even funny.
I hear you Dak……….I can’t wait for Hillary to reply to Carly, and everyone of them that called her a liar, and smeared her good name.
Let’s not tank the republicans chances to win. Abortion, and selling body parts, Cruz, says let’s take that 500 million and give it to churches.
Christy, I defunded them since the day I walked into government. We all agree, let’s ask Hillary Clinton. Hey you motherfucker, show your bullyass, and walk all over women, including Dana.
I dare Hillary to watch the tapes………watch Obama, the lying mother fuckers………….Shame on that bitch, Carly.
Frigging bunch of idiots.
Hey Dana, ask Huckabee why he thinks blacks shouldn’t be citizens?
The good doctor says let the immigrants come in to pick cotton like my ancestors did.
Seriously??? He said that?! I couldn’t stand listening to Rubio and his story of speaking English. I had to turn back to NOVA and finding human ancestors in Africa…
But I will say, Fannie, I love your expressive and colorful commentary!!
Delphyne…………..he was talking about agricultural workers being allow to come in to work the fields, because American won’t do the job. I took it a step further, and said yeah, come be a cotton picker.
It’s crazy, it’s nuts.
I thought exactly the same thing, Fannie. Immigrants, prove you can pick cotton or go home!
My ears heard it the same way. It’s just amazing to me that a Black man wouldn’t see the irony in making a statement that sounded like, let the “OTHER” pick the vegetable, cotton, whatever.
There’s Christy, talking about the back and forth Carly and Trump…….he doesn’t care about their jobs. People like the unemployed construction are worried about getting jobs. Here’s the question I like to ask Christy, why did you veto the tunnel bill that would have put thousands to work?
Gosh, lots of typos……He doesn’t care about there careers, but the unemployed worker in NJ cares about getting a job.
From Hillary hate to paranoia over enemies abroad … this is just one freaking anger-0-rama topped with conspiracie theories and lies galore!
Yup Dak, I’m telling you it’s a frigging joke.
There’s a fire in California. Hillary did it
There was an earthquake in Chile. Hillary did it
Their hatred of Hillary is so overwhelming and malicious, she’s bound to win the nomination.
It’s awful
I can still lift my leg high enough to kick Carly Fiorina’s ass, just wish I could get close enough. 🙂
Got my tongue hanging out now………hahaha
That’s so friggin’ funny. Marco says that North Korea can hit Southern California with a missile. He says that the most important thing is keeping our country safe, and as president he’s be up to date on day one. Got news for Marco, North Korea can’t even hit Japan with a missile. Mercy.
Marco knows that, but his strategy for this debate has been “be afraid, be very afraid”.
Seems that
I’m already afraid and its not because of the Koreans. It’s because Trump is looking better.
North Korea can’t even hit northeastern Korea with a missile
I know. Facts and reality are not these folks strong points.
Bloomberg Politics @bpolitics 1m1 minute ago
Hugh Hewitt has done 40 interviews with candidates on his show http://bloom.bg/1Oe5py8 #GOPDebate
This guy appears to be a complete nut job. Why does CNN have a conspiracy theorist asking questions on a presidential debate?
I feel so sorry for Dana……….they kicked her in the mouth, can she has pulled back, and you don’t hear a squeak from her.
Yup. I’m embarrassed for her.
That was my question, why would you have a far right winger delivering questions to the candidates
How does CNN have any credibility?
Right wing talk show, Hugh Hewitt, starts off a “question” by assuring all the Republican candidates they’d be better than Hillary Clinton.
Why is a right wing talk show host one of the “journalists” asking questions?
That’s what I was wondering once I found out who he was … I was wondering why some old dude that seemed so ignorant of stuff was asking questions.
He’s is part of the Salem Radio show, which is funded in, you got it, Irving, Texas. Louie Gohmer and Rick Perry County……….another Christian organization trying to piss on Americans.
I had no idea who he was and now I’ve started reading about him. CNN should be fucking ashamed of themselves for bringing in a nutjob like that for a national policy debate.
Jebby told Trumpy: my brother kept us safe! What the fuck, we were hit when he was at the wheel, idiot.
It’s like he forgot who was POTUS on 9/11/2001
Damn that hippocampus. Repressed memory is a bitch.
Selective repressed memory loss is a bitch.
Where was HRC? We know.
Christy is a liar. He wasn’t appointed when he said he was, it wasn’t for another three months. Damn frigging liar. Somebody wiki that dude.
There Christy goes again…….talking about everybody looking up in the air for another attack. I’d like to know what the hell was George W. Bush doing in July and August of that year? Let me tell you he was ignoring the warnings, they couldn’t see the airplanes coming…….bullshit.
Scott Walker doesn’t even have a high school understanding of Isis and Iran, and Iraq! Period.
The Koch brothers are not getting a good return on their money. It’s past time for them to sell Walker and take the loss.
Scottie also has that sweaty upper lip thing going on that made Nixon’s debate appearance vs. JFK so appealing. He needs some Angel Soft, ASAP.
Sweating bullets is how my WIFE described it. “Honey is Scott Walker sweating bullets or is that just a trick the lighting and the camera angle is playing?” “No honey, he’s definitely sweating bullets, and Donald Trump’s face turns as red as a cherry every time he gets challenged”. We pay attention to details.
Wipe out with Angel soft.
Cruz, you keep lying…..John Roberts didn’t change in fucking law.
He needs his face slapped.
Dak, Dana got in one question about the Supreme court………….then they jumped up like their asses were on fire.
Cruz if elected president will force the supreme court to follow the LAW. HaHaHa.
Yup, this is debate is a joke, and we sit here waiting for the punch line.
The biggest lie being told on that stage is why ISIL exists. ISIL exists because of the void created after the U.S. took out Saddam Hussein and eviscerated the Iraqi Army. The problem with the average Republican is that they don’t know and have never known the difference between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. The problem began when GWB decided to wage war on a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. We could have left 10k troops in Iraq, except that the leader of Iraq wouldn’t agree to certain restrictions on prosecuting soldiers who might have to take action against Iraqi’s. GWB is responsible for the clusterfuck that created and empowered ISIL, launched an imploding Syria, and a disjointed, dysfunctional Iraq. He broke it, we own it .
Mouse, this is neither the time nor the place to start making sense. Get with the program.
Oh, hell, I always revert to the truth and rational thinking when listening to the irrational speak. I can’t help myself 🙂
ROFLOL!
Dak, why is there a single question about climate control, about environment, about education, and student loans? Oh shit, here comes marijuana.
Good, everyone could use some now.
hell yeah.
There goes Christy again: back to 1950 and reefer madness.
This is torture.
Finally climate change
Oh!!!!!!!!!!! Rubio, Be afraid, be very, very afraid.
It’s raining, it’s raining, Marco is going to keep the rich rich. No climate control, we want to keep them RICH, hear that Trumpy.
I can’t believe this is still going on. I was watching with the sound off, and when I made the mistake of turning it on again, they were talking about social security.
About that – Christy needed for everybody to know that Hillary would be pouring millions more money into Social Security. Go Hillary. He on the other hand is not in favor of this.
Rubio you are a friggin’ idiot, and so too is Walker.
My God, a sane moment. Carson debunks the BS claims that autism and vaccination are linked.
Yes he did sprinkle a little sane on what has otherwise been the absurd. But what’s wrong with Carson? He has the flattest affect of any person I’ve ever seen on a debate stage. Every time I listen to him he sounds like a guy on valium or Ativan. I don’t know how you get that mellow without drugs. And he does something odd with his eyes, sometimes he looks like he might fall asleep when he’s talking.
I had the same reaction. I’ll bet he took a handful of Xanax before the debate. He can prescribe for himself after all.
Still, no one is as boring as Jeb Bush.
Jeb! should be marketed as a substitute for Ambien.
After listening to all that bullshit he should send everyone in the audience, in the library and at home, a Xanax. Trump can pay for it because he’s very, very rich.
Have mercy, should any one of these republicans get elected to the office of the Presidency. We are already a banana republic, run by corporations, and everyone of them want this to continue, they do no want a social democracy.
Lights Out.
Bout time!!!! It’s been medically proven that a person can only listen to bullshit for 3 hours without needing a transfusion.
Never let yourself forget that this is what happens when you have a Republican President
Thanks.
Dr. Ben Carson is the living embodiment of the Idiot Savant theory.
How can a brilliant neurosurgeon be so stupid?
I’ve noticed a lot of highly specialized surgeons are like that. We loved them in banks. Always overdrafting their accounts and not caring about the fees.
Oh, good. That bodes well for the economy.
Kind of like engineers. Really, really smart in one field and, then: crickets.
Hilarious commentary, skydancers! Sorry (yeah, right) that I had to miss the clown show f-up talk, but your commentary definitely win!