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Who will win the debate?
Donald Trump
Jeb Bush
Scott Walker
Mike Huckabee
Ben Carson
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
Rand Paul
Chris Christie
John Kasich
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Iowa Snow King
Jan 5, 2008

Jurgan posted:

His first question was "aren't you too ignorant to be president?" It was amazing.

A question for which he had no rejoinder, and eventually agreed was worth discussing

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Darth Windu
Mar 17, 2009

by Smythe

Michael Scott posted:

Probably means xanax bars.



what kind of nerd says 'xanax bars" lmao

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
Was kinda hoping Trump would put a cigarette out on Kelly's face before the end, was disappointed

Timeless Appeal
May 28, 2006
Trump won because his new campaign theme is "America is a nation in which I am allowed to exist; let's create a Better America" which is more compelling than a dick measuring contest on who hates women's rights more or them pretending that they are so tough that they'll scare Iran into submission.

The Slack Lagoon
Jun 17, 2008



Is there a poll of who 'won' the debate?

Acelerion
May 3, 2005

Man nothing is more cringe worthy to me than those fake rear end questions about god. It's reason number 1 I could never be in debate like that. Megans last question would have me rolling my eyes so hard they'd fall out onto the floor.

It's like Ted Cruz turned into goddamned Joel Osteen for 30 seconds, and I don't see how anyone on this planet could feel a shred of sincerity in those answers.

Hearing god talk to you is a leading indicator of needing counseling, and most of America eats that poo poo up.

Grand Theft Autobot
Feb 28, 2008

I'm something of a fucking idiot myself
Not to mention that God would probably say, "Please reform the GOP and actually read the Bible, OK? I'm basically a communist. Vote Sanders."

Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound
How did we miss this

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-gop-debate_55c41401e4b0d9b743dbad50?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&section=politics

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002



I wish Bernie posted here with us.

Kersch
Aug 22, 2004
I like this internet

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

I wish Bernie posted here with us.

It me, I'm Bernie

Colonel Corazon
Feb 12, 2011

A faction armed to the teeth hardly seems friendly to me.

I have the yoogest headache this morning.

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014



Sheng-Ji Yang has issued a correction as of 14:04 on Aug 7, 2015

Gyre
Feb 25, 2007

I missed the debate due to prior commitments, does anyone know of a good summary of the hilarity that went down? I can't really watch the debate itself because I'll be out of the country soon with no computer and only my cell phone.

pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

Wedge Regret

That's missing the best pair

quote:

Tom Hanks. Finally. Somebody who makes some sense. #GOPDebate #DebateWithBernie

quote:

Oh. It was just a movie trailer. #GOPDebate #DebateWithBernie

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream

lmao

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.

Gyre posted:

I missed the debate due to prior commitments, does anyone know of a good summary of the hilarity that went down? I can't really watch the debate itself because I'll be out of the country soon with no computer and only my cell phone.
Fox News tries extremely blatantly to assassinate Trump for 3 hours (including post-debate commentary). Makes themselves seem extremely blatantly like GOP establishment apparatus which could easily feed into Trump's anti-establishment rhetoric and campaign style since they failed to land any good hits.

Like, it's obvious to all the racist grandpas that this is what was going on blatant.

Kylra has issued a correction as of 14:28 on Aug 7, 2015

Pander
Oct 9, 2007

Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.




It's like he knows the American people are hungover and need a more of the hair of the dog that bit them.

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005

Acelerion posted:

Man nothing is more cringe worthy to me than those fake rear end questions about god. It's reason number 1 I could never be in debate like that. Megans last question would have me rolling my eyes so hard they'd fall out onto the floor.

It's like Ted Cruz turned into goddamned Joel Osteen for 30 seconds, and I don't see how anyone on this planet could feel a shred of sincerity in those answers.

Hearing god talk to you is a leading indicator of needing counseling, and most of America eats that poo poo up.

I didn't feel a shred of sincerity in any of Cruz's answers. Every time he spoke I felt like he was going to try and sell me a lovely insurance policy. Cruz is just a smarmy, disgusting greaseball rear end in a top hat and it's no wonder he's Freep's favorite--he's Saul Goodwin.

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001


thank god and america for donald trump

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007


THE VIGILANTE Leonardo Theodore Cruz

SixPabst
Oct 24, 2006


land of the free :911:

Nagato
Apr 26, 2011

Why yes my username is the same as an autistic alien who looks like a 9 year old from an anime, why do ask?
:nyoron:

Tercio posted:

Post debate growth on Twitter

Carson +24K
Rubio +11K
Bush +6K
Walker +6K
Cruz +6K
Kasich +5.9K
Trump +5K
Paul +5K
Huckabee +4K
Christie +2K

Thanks for this post, I just realized that I should also follow Carson on twitter

https://twitter.com/RealBenCarson

good username, obviously aiming to be Trump's veep

cheesetriangles
Jan 5, 2011





I have no idea how anyone saw anything positive about Carson. Even his jokes were kinda flat.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Alter Ego posted:

I didn't feel a shred of sincerity in any of Cruz's answers. Every time he spoke I felt like he was going to try and sell me a lovely insurance policy. Cruz is just a smarmy, disgusting greaseball rear end in a top hat and it's no wonder he's Freep's favorite--he's Saul Goodwin.

Trump was the only guy who seemed sincere at all, purely because he openly admitted to not preparing for the debate and has literally no filter whatsoever. He's about as awful as everyone else on the floor that night (or potentially worse), but he's the kind of guy who will only lie when he's in the process of screwing you over and then blatantly admits to it after he's gotten what he wanted and taunts you to do something about it. Like when confronted about bankruptcy and taking advantage of business laws in the debate, his response was "Yeah, I took advantage of it! Everyone else does too! Also bankruptcy doesn't count as a failure if it's only one of your businesses and not you personally."

In the end, his lack of preparation is probably why he had the most boring closing statement. Everyone else had clearly memorized a scripted closer that went on for ages, while Trump spent less than 30 seconds just repeating a few of his prior points and nodding.

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I have no idea how anyone saw anything positive about Carson. Even his jokes were kinda flat.

He felt like a more milquetoast Richie Gecko to me. He's really quiet and unassuming and got skipped for a good chunk of the beginning, and then when we finally get back to him he says-but-not-really that he'd violate the Geneva Convention and starts talking in the third person. Like he seems pretty normal and boring and then some kind of insanity casually spills out.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

cheesetriangles posted:

I have no idea how anyone saw anything positive about Carson. Even his jokes were kinda flat.

He admitted blacks were inciting race wars. Speaking truth to power (Whites are subjugated in America since Obama's dictatorship).

Pander
Oct 9, 2007

Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.



chitoryu12 posted:

In the end, his lack of preparation is probably why he had the most boring closing statement. Everyone else had clearly memorized a scripted closer that went on for ages, while Trump spent less than 30 seconds just repeating a few of his prior points and nodding.

After the debate I couldn't stop thinking up better closing arguments for Trump. It would have been so easy to slam dunk victory lap over the others, something about keeping things real and saying "the hard truths unlike these other stooges what with their boo hoo sob stories".

God he makes the GOP primary fun.

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

As a native Ohioan, it kind of scared me to see Kasich be the most human, relatable, sane person on that stage last night. I still disagree with the majority of his positions, and maybe it was just by contrast, but I just couldn't bring myself to dislike the guy.

Of course, his Medicaid expansion and gay wedding attendance mean he will never, ever get the nomination.

Tricky D
Apr 1, 2005

I love um!
Lol at each republican candidate that went on record for being against social security and medicare. There's no way geezers are giving that up.

Thump!
Nov 25, 2007

Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!



Massasoit posted:

Is there a poll of who 'won' the debate?

Yeah, it's at the top of the page here.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Tricky D posted:

Lol at each republican candidate that went on record for being against social security and medicare. There's no way geezers are giving that up.
Geezers are too old to realize what was proposed. They just know Obummer is a Muslim socialist from Kenya.

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.

Tricky D posted:

Lol at each republican candidate that went on record for being against social security and medicare. There's no way geezers are giving that up.
A decade ago people told me this would never happen.

I told them it was a matter of time.

Kylra has issued a correction as of 16:18 on Aug 7, 2015

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Josh Lyman posted:

Geezers are too old to realize what was proposed. They just know Obummer is a Muslim socialist from Kenya.

Who refuses to call terrorism RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM. He is a liar!

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Tricky D posted:

Lol at each republican candidate that went on record for being against social security and medicare. There's no way geezers are giving that up.

I think the gop usually says that they would continue Medicare for current recipients.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Tricky D posted:

Lol at each republican candidate that went on record for being against social security and medicare. There's no way geezers are giving that up.

Yes they will, just convince them it's socialism and it's failing, and needs to be privatised.

Mister Facetious has issued a correction as of 16:26 on Aug 7, 2015

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold
the fact that trump raising his hand almost crashed #poligoon is all the evidence you need of him being the winner

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

Josh Lyman posted:

Geezers are too old to realize what was proposed. They just know Obummer is a Muslim socialist from Kenya.

Obummer is my favorite anti-Obama nickname. It's just so... adorable. Like they're just vaguely disappointed.

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Acelerion posted:

Man nothing is more cringe worthy to me than those fake rear end questions about god. It's reason number 1 I could never be in debate like that. Megans last question would have me rolling my eyes so hard they'd fall out onto the floor.

It's like Ted Cruz turned into goddamned Joel Osteen for 30 seconds, and I don't see how anyone on this planet could feel a shred of sincerity in those answers.

Hearing god talk to you is a leading indicator of needing counseling, and most of America eats that poo poo up.

i want a person who talks to god and believes in the coming apocalypse to have access to the nuclear buttom

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

preach brother trump

luntz has always been a worthless hack

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009


that feel when mom says it's pizza tonight

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chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Top City Homo posted:

i want a person who talks to god and believes in the coming apocalypse to have access to the nuclear buttom

I want everyone to imagine, if you will, how Donald Trump would deal with Putin.

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