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witness23

witness23

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Oh, let's give credit where credit is do. 15 minutes later he did finally remember the third agency.
 
greg334

greg334

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Well finally getting to see a debate all the way through because I was sitting in the audience at Oakland U I can tell you that I may hard pressed on who to vote for of those who I think will make it through the primary, Ron Paul won't make it with this status quo crowd in the party.

None of them impressed me much, especially Romney.
 
muttly

muttly

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Perry did a Obama last night. You know "57 states" "corpsmen" or "breathlyzer instead of ventilator" :D
 
jaminjim

jaminjim

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In a 2008 debate with McCain Obama rambled for about six minutes about Departments he would reform and never once came within a fricken mile of answering the question. At least Perry answered 2/3 of the question.
 
witness23

witness23

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jaminjim said:
In a 2008 debate with McCain Obama rambled for about six minutes about Departments he would reform and never once came within a fricken mile of answering the question. At least Perry answered 2/3 of the question.
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What's your point?
 
witness23

witness23

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jaminjim said:
Answering a question with a question? :rolleyes:
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Okay. Let's start with the title of the post, "Texas Toast". That would be referring to Mr. Perry's bid for the GOP nominee. Its a play on words, you know like when you say someone is "toast", meaning they can't win, their done, stick a fork in 'em, its over johnny, and since the Governor is from Texas........

Let's face it, the Governor hasn't been doing well in the debates and this was the final nail in the coffin. Hey, I could be wrong, there is still a lot time left before the primaries, he could make a come back. If I were a betting man, I would take odds that he doesn't come back from this gaffe.

With all that being said, the Governor has been accused of not being the sharpest tool in the shed(compared to other candidates mind you) and unfortunately these debates have a tendency to bring out a persons short falls.

So......he's toast, Texas toast that is.
 
Pilgrim

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There must have been a lot of people who cringed when Perry did that - myself included. You just can't help but feel sorry for the guy - most everyone has experienced a brain freeze, if only in front of a small group of people. To make it even worse, Paul and Romney were trying to help him out of it and he still tied himself in knots. Most everybody who saw that last night has seemed sympathetic, but they probably won't vote for him regardless.

It's time for the networks to narrow this field down to four, so the top tier candidates can take more time and offer more substantive answers instead of trying to cram their points into 30-second sound bytes.
 
RLENT

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Pilgrim said:
It's time for the networks to narrow this field down to four, so the top tier candidates can take more time and offer more substantive answers instead of trying to cram their points into 30-second sound bytes.
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Geezus ..... surely the above was mistyped ....

It can't possibly be meant as serious right ?

What playbook is this genius idea coming out of ..... the Standard Operating Manual for Pravda ? ..... the Ministry of Political Propaganda, Information, and Candidacies ?

If this is the best that someone's mind, when put to work, can come up with in terms of a resolution to the problem, we are all ...... utterly doomed ....

I offer the following clue, in pursuit of a workable solution to the problem you reference, for contemplation:

It is the friggin' networks that are focusing on trivialities and 30 second sound bytes rather than on the substance ..... in fact, that's largely their modus operandi, in toto ..... in terms of their day-to-day operations .....

It's their stock-in-trade ......

.... and you wanna hand them proverbial The Keys To Kingdom ...... and let them determine who is "top tier", and who the citizens of the US ought to hear from ? ..... the media .... really ? :eek:

FWIW, I can see this sort of logic applied to the New and Improved Olympic Games™ .... at the halfway point in any contest or race, all those in the back half of the back should just be disqualified by the judges ...... problem solved ! (You know: the one the solution was in search of ......)

It's not like the guy in the lead ever stumbles and falls down .... or someone ever comes up from behind to take the race .... :rolleyes:

Now I understand that everyone is too busy with the truly critical issues facing the nation - stuff like Survivor and American Idol, kidnapped major league catchers, the latest unsourced innuendo from partisan hack Ann Coulter, and why Conrad Murray (and Joe Pa) didn't call the police right away - to be bothered with actually paying much attention to informing themselves about the cast of individuals who are auditioning for the job of leader of the nation, but perhaps what is actually called for more time, more (in-depth) debate, and more voices ...... not less .....

I'd say that if the idea quoted above doesn't qualify for an EO Soapbox Real Men of Genius Merit Badge™, then nothing does ...... :rolleyes:
 
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muttly

muttly

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It's just silly and counterproductive for so many candidates at one debate to cram answers in tiny time windows. Maybe the NETWORKS can have debates with only four at a time and have some type of rotation so every one there is a new set of people. Just make it fair for all that's still in the field. Either that or have a 3 hour long arse debate.
 
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