Well, I'm taking one for the team and watching the f@ckshow debate thread.

[Parker CA]

Highlights so far... Rick Perry said he'd bring change "when I win and go to the WH in November 2012. Uh...in January...2013."

[teddy51]

1. Me as well, but I am just listening.... n/t

[Parker CA]

3. You're going to miss all these classic expressions of complete befuddlement. nt

[teddy51]

5. lol yeah I am switching back and forth. n/t

[one_voice]

2. I am too...

kinda flipping back and forth right now...

[Parker CA]

4. Biggest applause line of the debate so far is over Cain's "9-9-9" plan.

[SpiralHawk]

7. Nota Bene: That is 6-6-6 upside down (R)

The occultist Republicons are tricky bastards. They probably figured no one would notice.

But you have got to get up pretty damn early in the morning to put one over on good old DU.

[sfpcjock]

6. Cain just made fun of hunting

LOL

* softball for Ron Saul on how to reinstate racial discrimination at the state level. He blew it tho, LOL
:rofl:

[Parker CA]

8. Romney apparenty has a plan where anyone earning under $200k will pay ZERO taxes. It's in his plan.

Truly. For real. 0 taxes.

[Parker CA]

9. Ron Paul is still batshit. Wants zero control over any aspect of his life.

[Parker CA]

10. Gary Johnson is a former "one-man handy man." Who the F is Gary Johnson?

[sfpcjock]

11. Johnson just scared the shit out of corporate america with his "fair tax"

consumption tax.

KIDDING, they'll love this shit!

:rofl:

[OneGrassRoot]

26. Who is Johnson?

:shrug:

How many of them ARE there?!

[Bobbie Jo]

12. Comedy gold potential....

I wouldn't watch it alone, the DU ***OFFICIAL THREAD*** is a must-have.

Thanks for your sacrifice. :patriot:

[Parker CA]

16. I've outfitted myself with a hazmat suit.

[TreasonousBastard]

13. Well, someone has to do it. Me, I find "The Office" makes more sense.

[Parker CA]

14. Biggest word in Fox news word cloud poll about immigration... ILLEGAL. By probably five font sizes.

[sfpcjock]

15. LOL

:rofl:

[Parker CA]

17. This is just ridiculous. I feel like I'm watching a movie about low functioning societies.

[sfpcjock]

20. Oh, God... here comes Rerry on Mitt's book

LOL

[OneGrassRoot]

23. ...

:rofl:

:yourock:

[devils chaplain]

18. I'm not sure how much I can take...

Rick Perry's hair is threatening to overtake his head. Romney is clearly angling for the grown-up vote. Given the audience's colliseum-like reactions to extreme statements, I'm not sure that's the best strategy.

[Parker CA]

19. Mittens says Rick Perry should go find the Rick Perry who wrote Rick Perry's book.

[Parker CA]

21. Rick Perry responds: "This is kind of like badMITTEN" and grins like a fool. nt

[Bobbie Jo]

22. LOL on the web stream page...Poll Question WTF?

Which strategy is most effective for creating jobs?

Cutting jobs
Cutting restrictions on industry
Investing in infrastructure
Small business subsidies
Other

WTF? :rofl:

[Parker CA]

24. Ahahahahahahaaa!! Where is that from?? Hahahahahaha. Sums it up perfectly though.

[Bobbie Jo]

29. youtube page....new question up already.

[sfpcjock]

25. Huntsman: the "Job Hoarders" did such a fantastic job for the last 8 years

with the Bush tax cuts (3 million versus 23 million for Clintons higher tax rate) :rofl:

LOL

Oops, Kermit just flattened the blond Faux news reader.

[Parker CA]

27. New biggest applause line of the night. Eliminate the EPA. "The EPA has gone wild." - Cain

[Parker CA]

28. There's apparently a new country somewhere called Chill-Lay.

[WinkyDink]

35. Chile = Chill-lay, pronunciation-wise. (Or Chee-lay.)

[sammytko]

44. But he said it like he was going to say Chilean plan, without the "an".

[sammytko]

30. Perry keeps making such goofy faces. Idiot

He sure is hammering on Romney by saying he agrees with Obama on everything.

[Parker CA]

31. Bachman would "turn out the lights and lock the doors at the dept of education."

[sfpcjock]

33. Bachmann is incensed that Arizona couldn't drum up some more private prison

business with AB 1070, and that Obama cared, LOL

:rofl:

Kermit, I mean Nudie, wants more guest workers and H1B visas to be paid $10,000/year by giant corporations here.

[bullwinkle428]

32. Bachmann will deny benefits to children of illegal aliens.

I'm sure Jesus is cheering her on. :sarcasm:

[Parker CA]

34. Rick Perry is the only kid on the playground who will be friends with "teh illegals."

[ellisonz]

53. He's making a play for the Latino ultra-Catholic vote.

[Parker CA]

36. Douche bag Chris Wallace must've had a bet bc he just used "illegals" 7+ times in 1 question. nt

[Parker CA]

37. "Sentor Santorum, you don't need to butt in bc I'm about to ask you a question." hahahaa

[Parker CA]

38. Rick Perry appears to have been coached to pretend he's playing the piano on his podium to calm down

[sfpcjock]

39. Oopsie, Rerry still wants Texas state subsidized college tuition

so the kids will "become educated and not a burden to society". LOL

Oops! :rofl:

[Parker CA]

41. And the crowd boos and jeers more so than any time tonight.

[Parker CA]

40. Gary Johnson must be wondering why he's standing there. He's been asked 1 question.

[sammytko]

42. Talking about google searches

Santorum?

[Parker CA]

43. 47% of Fuxed viewers in online poll would cut dept of education. Crowd goes wild!

[sfpcjock]

45. Ron Paul thinks that the Job Hoarders never left the country in the good times

when they received extra tax breaks for doing that--only now, LOL.

:rofl:

[Parker CA]

46. Foreign policy word cloud - ISRAEL is largest by an enormous amount.

[Parker CA]

47. Romney complains that "Obama went around the world apologizing. Waaahhhhh!"

[madamesilverspurs]

48. Romney just resurrected

that idiocy about Obama "apologizing" --

Ass just kissed his last veneer of class goodbye.

-

[pokerfan]

49. I tried I really did

but I'm back on the football game until Community and Parks & Rec come on.

[Parker CA]

50. Question to Perry: "If you got a call that Pakistan lost control of nukes to taliban, what would you

do?"

Answer - Obama is weak. Our allies need to understand we're their friends.

WTF?

[sammytko]

56. Had to rewind to see his answer - looked confused and rather rough

More wrinkles than usual and looks like he hasn't had much sleep. Eyes very beady.

[ellisonz]

70. Rick Perry is 25% cocaine.

[Booster]

51. I tried. Why I even tried I don't know.

[sfpcjock]

52. Rerry has a new foreign policy vocabulary word: Haqqani

:rofl:

Kermit, I mean Nudie, wants to replace all foreign aid by exporting even more of our jobs to the far east

:rofl:

[pipi_k]

54. I'm watching Nat Geo Wild

A bunch of monkeys in the African Rift screeching, chasing each other, and picking insects out of each other's hair.

Kind of the same thing only the monkeys are smarter.

[Parker CA]

57. And you won't experience the brain cell loss I currently am.

[ellisonz]

60. Plus you'll learn some cool tricks to do with your poop.

:hurts:

[beac]

122. In fairness, the GOP debaters have MAD poo-flinging skills too.

;)

[ellisonz]

126. For The Win

:silly:

[tsuki]

55. Unless you get to vote one off the stage at the end, I'll pass. nt

[ellisonz]

58. Santorum can't pronounce Afghanistan correctly. stAn.

[Parker CA]

59. Santorum "This president is fighting a war in Afghanastein." LOL

[bullwinkle428]

61. A gay soldier asking a question through YouTube just got booed.

Clearly the outrageous crowd reaction of the night so far. :puke:

[arcane1]

77. I'm guessing this week marks the end of the "support the troops" mantra n/t

[Parker CA]

62. Best question of the night from a gay solider in Iraq: "Would you circumvent the progress that has

been made on gay rights in the military?"

Crowd boos at the question. Classy.

Santorum - "What we're doing is plain social experimentation. Policy would be reinstated."

[OneGrassRoot]

63. Oh yay, 3 for 3....

Can't wait until that video is ready.

Douchebags.

[Parker CA]

67. Yup. I knew it would come sooner or later.

[sfpcjock]

64. The Santorum would probably repeal DADT

Duh.

[bullwinkle428]

65. That fucker Santorum kept trying to make the DADT repeal about

sexual activity. What's up with all of these wingnuts and their obsession with the specifics of sex?

[Parker CA]

66. Ron Paul - "I've spent a lifetime dealing with life."

[Mz Pip]

82. Glib with tautologies

Duh.

[ellisonz]

68. Rick Perry: I'm more draconian than Dubya.

[Parker CA]

69. New word cloud. OBAMACARE OMG OHNOOS!!!!111

[ellisonz]

72. Cain: Money talks, especially in life and death matters - my cancer treatment ought to be...

...better than yours because I'M RICH RICH RICH MOFOS :puke:

Christian my ass.

[sfpcjock]

91. Cain absurdly claimed Obamacare would have treated his stage-4 colon cancer so much later than

his free government health insurance--which he failed to used for a colonoscopy--that he would have died.

[Parker CA]

71. Cain says he'd be dead if Obamacare existed when he had cancer and chemo.

[Parker CA]

73. Question via Youtube: I'm a student on parent's plan and have a chronic disease. Would you eliminate

the provision to stay on parent's plans?

Response from Huntsman - let's let states experiment on how to treat people and insure people.

[nolabear]

74. HPV vaccine. Ruh roh.

Bachmann: "It's about SEX you fools! Don't you understand???"

[Parker CA]

75. Question to Bachman: "You said HPV vaccine could cause mental retardation. What say you now?"

Bachman - I didn't make that claim and I didn't make that statement. I only told a story.

[ellisonz]

76. Bachmann: Rick Perry is a monster. #HPV

[nolabear]

78. The only place I can bear Perry. He's standing by that vaccine.

He's whiney about it but he's standing by it.

[Parker CA]

79. Perry "I'll always error on the side of life" ....unless the life is sitting on death row.

[pokerfan]

80. beat me to it

Rick Perry has no faith in government but complete faith in the death penalty.

(Yeah, I'm back from the football game.)

[Parker CA]

81. Perry "Opportunity is the word of the day in TX."

[nolabear]

83. "Obama Light?" Oh snap! And icky as hell.

[Parker CA]

84. Question to Romney about what Perry thinks about his healthcare plan...Perry is an idiot.

[ellisonz]

85. Romney: I will order an Obamcare Waiver; Perry: Romney is a flip-flopper.

[Parker CA]

86. Rick Perry is truly dumb.

[Parker CA]

89. "When we return from break we all try to figure out who Gary Johnson is and why he's here."

[sammytko]

95. What the hell was that "before blah, blah, blah"

Perry talked himself in circles.

[nolabear]

87. Boy they love that flip-flop meme.

FOR yaddayadda BEFORE yaddayadda AGAINST yadda

[nolabear]

88. Remind me never to write a nonfiction book.

They make fine bludgeons.

[ellisonz]

90. I'd like to chuck...

...Robert McNamara's In Retrospect at Newt Gingrich's face.

[ellisonz]

92. Bachmann: REPEAL REPEAL REPEAL OBAMACARE, AMEN.

[nolabear]

93. Good god there are so many dog whistles my dogs are barking.

End every sentence with a dog whistle and people just can't resist cheering even if the have NO idea what you're talking about.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

[nolabear]

94. And Gingrich blow more than any of them.

[ellisonz]

96. Newt: I'm stuck in the past. But I can see the future!

...and it doesn't involve my ex-wife. #sinister:evilfrown:

[Parker CA]

97. Santorum "We have a president who doesn't understand what America is all about. Obama is the

new King George III who believes in ruling from on high."

[beac]

125. Tea Party, King George.... what's next, powdered wigs and wooden teeth??

Not content with taking us back a mere hundred years, the GOP seems to want to party like it's 1776. :eyes:

[bullwinkle428]

98. Gary Johnson waits for end of debate to drop the most memorable one-liner.

[nolabear]

99. Well, that's the highlight of that little man's life.

Bye bye! :hi:

[sfpcjock]

100. Johnson says his DOGS created more than 3.6 million jobs.

:rofl:

[nolabear]

101. Well at least the last question is funny.

[nolabear]

104. And they weasel. But I do think breeding Cain and Gingrich is interesting.

[arcane1]

111. What was it? n.t

[ellisonz]

102. Final Round: Who would you pick on stage to be your running mate

Santorum/Gingrich - Hell in 2012

[ellisonz]

103. Rick Perry: I'd mix Herman Cain with Newt Gingrich - NewtCain

Make it snow.

[ellisonz]

110. Bachmann: Send Obama to the Basement.

[ellisonz]

113. Cain/9-9-9 in 2012

[bullwinkle428]

105. Perry wants a white version of Herman Cain as a running mate!

:rofl:

[Bobbie Jo]

107. LOL

:rofl:

[nolabear]

108. LOL! I think you're right.

[Parker CA]

109. And he supports gay marriage bc he wants Newt and Cain to have a child that would be his VP!

[sfpcjock]

117. Nice twist on the classic miscegenation, Rerry!

:rofl:

[Parker CA]

106. Mittens: "Any one of these people would make a better president than Obama." Facepalm.

[ellisonz]

115. He's to chickenshit to just say Huntsman. Mormon rule!

[nolabear]

112. Nein! Nein! Nein!

[bullwinkle428]

114. Cain has the greatest respect for Newt's "history"!

:rofl:

[Parker CA]

116. Huntsman would pick Cain as VP bc he has a good taste in ties.

[Parker CA]

118. Holy shit. My brain is aching. I need to decontaminate. Thank god that's over.

[nolabear]

119. Well that was fun. Next: Pro-Am Mud Wrestling!

[sfpcjock]

120. Thank goodness that's ova!

:rofl:

[Parker CA]

121. That's by far the longest I've ever had my TV on Fox. I survived!

[sfpcjock]

123. Me three

LOL

:rofl:

[Tsiyu]

124. Thank you from the TV-less

We appreciate your great sacrifice.

We should have DU service pins for those who brave the Other Side.

:patriot: