It’s time for the least-informed people in America to debate the whole world, or something! Welcome, happy thanksgiving! We finally have the CNN livefeed working, and now it’s time to painstakingly document the Brutal Idiocy we are about to be subjected to, for America.
8:10 PM — Did they really waste 12 minutes of this debate with intros and commercials and candidate statements? Well done, CNN! We have already been spared a full 12 minutes of dingbat nonsense.
8:11 PM — Mitt Romney wants us to know that Mitt Romney is “also my first name.” Noted.
8:14 PM — Michele Bachmann gasps/farts when Ron Paul says he’s against the Patriot Act. Doesn’t Ron Paul know that Michele Bachmann’s parents were in the Navy or whatever?
8:16 PM — One of these debates, they’re just going to pepper spray Ron Paul for all his talk of “liberty” and “Bill of Rights.”
8:17 PM — Newt Gingrich is going to use the Patriot Act on Timothy McVeigh. That will show Ron Paul! (Are they doing the alternate history game again?)
8:17 PM — Who will applaud wife beating and child abuse in the home? Ron Paul just confused the hell out of these people … a few clap, confused.
8:18 PM — Michele Bachmann, do you agree with the opposing views of Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul? “I agree with the American people. Technology is totally different.”
8:19 PM — Also, uhh … Barack Obama has given the CIA to the ACLU? “We don’t read them their rights.”
8:19 PM — Now Jon Huntsman is going to be all “sane” and “I lived overseas.” Whatever, Barack Obama Jr.!
8:20 PM — “I see Tom Ridge here, a great former secretary of Homeland Security.” HAHAHAHAH.
8:21 PM — Huntsman notes that “America has a brand name around the world.” Sure does! In Egypt right now, they’re using it to validate the vicious police and army action against tens of thousands of peaceful protesters.
8:21 PM — Mitt’s serious, empty voice immediately makes all people sleep. He says word, such as “crime,” and “war,” and “terror,” and “war,” and “tools,” and “war,” and “property.” Mostly “property.” Then he reads some laws, out loud, as bedtime stories for Earth.
8:22 PM — Mitt Romney just took a full minute to say … nothing?
8:22 PM — Rick Perry knows what to do about terrorism: “I would privatize the TSA and get rid of those unions.”
8:23 PM — It’s going to be fun to watch all these motherfuckers hanged.
8:24 PM — Who will Rick Santorum personally torture? “I think Muslims will be someone we’ll look at.”
8:25 PM — Ron Paul: “What if they look like Timothy McVeigh?” Tim McVeigh is cool again!
8:26 PM — Oh boy, now Doktor Paul is talking about how the U.S. is now assassinating American citizens around the world. Quick, Wolf-face, toss it to Herman Cain so we can get some weird nonsense to change the subject.
8:26 PM — Herman Cain will privatize the Patriot Act. But do not throw out the baby with the bathwater! The terrorists, who don’t exist, are going to KILL ALL OF US. Herman Cain will KILL THEM FIRST … or identify them.
8:27 PM — Oh my, “No Blitz …” then he talks a while, and says, “Sorry Blitz, Wolf.” Good god this is like having Homestar Runner at a presidential debate.
8:28 PM — The witch scarecrow cackles, Wolf makes a funny. (He did not.)
8:29 PM — “It’s a haven for bad behavior.” Jon Huntsman, apparently talking about Afghanistan.
8:30 PM — Nothing is quite as funny/terrifying as hearing Wolf “Blitz” say, “Congressman Bachmann, you are a member of the foreign intelligence committee.”
8:31 PM — Bachmann catches herself jabbering about some totally different subject, and replies to her other personality, “No, this is a dual answer.” She just interrupted herself to tell herself that she was giving a “dual answer” by talking about a different country.
8:32 PM — The split screen of Perry and Bachmann is horrifying. She looks like she is watching, in her mind, zombies crawl out of the corpse of a zebra who just ate Jesus.
8:33 PM — Haha, Michele is calling Rick Perry “naive.” This is like toddlers arguing over a clump of mud.
8:34 PM — Rick Perry thinks he can solve the Pakistan-Afghanistan septic tank with a “trade zone.”
8:35 PM — Asked about America spending TWO BILLION DOLLARS A WEEK on the failed occupation of Afghanistan, Mitt Romney …. snore, sorry, we fell asleep again. Now we’re back? Mitt Romney is talking about “Indonesia.” Does he mean Vietnam?
8:36 PM — Jon Huntsman is trying to be “honest” and have a “smart conversation” and wants to be rational, etc. Wrong party, Jon!
8:37 PM — Mitt Romney trying to channel … Reagan? Somebody he saw on CSI? … starts barking like the assistant principal at Huntsman. Huntsman’s all, “Did you hear what I said?”
8:38 PM — Mitt Romney’s reasons to stay in Afghanistan is that we’ve been there for a long time, and spent a lot of money there. Excellent reasoning, Mittens.
8:39 PM — Huntsman reminds Romney that the president is the commander in chief, not some general somewhere (many of which have been fired, in Afghanistan, by the commander in chief). Romney is such an empty suit, he redefines that entire cliche.
8:39 PM — Oh dear Allah, did Romney really say “cut and run”? He did, he did.
8:40 PM — Whining feedbag baby Newt Gingrich is whining about how nobody will let him talk, now he’s whining about people not debating what Newtie wants to debate, and now he’s bitching and whining about whether or not his answer is 30 seconds or not. He is a petulant little bitch.
8:43 PM — Fetus-fetishist Rick Santorum wants us to know the terrorist-Muslims in his mind will NEVER GIVE UP, and they will never die, for they are Immortal, like Jesusween, and that’s why we can never have “timelines” or “end wars” because the Immortals will be Waiting, Waiting, forever, forever, to … blow some shit up in Iraq and Afghanistan, like they do all the time. COMMERCIAL BREAK NOW WE ARE OPENING A BOTTLE OF WINE DAMMIT WE WERE NOT GOING TO DRINK TONIGHT/THIS WEEK BUT GAH!
8:48 PM — Nobody in this audience wants to ask anyone a question. Nobody. Intolerable silence, dead air.
8:48 PM — Finally, a Heritage Foundation clown — Heritage is hosting this debate — gets his important question which is the only foreign policy question ever asked by the Heritage Foundation: “When Israel attacks Iran ….”
8:49 PM — Herman Cain is not sure if he would support it, because there are mountains in Iran.
8:49 PM — Ron Paul isn’t going to do it, and not just because he wants Israel’s military to go fuck itself. He is against it because MOSSAD told him they aren’t going to do such a thing, because they think it is dumb. Ron Paul doesn’t want any part of it, let them bomb what they want, let them “suffer the consequences.” Ron Paul says it’s none of his business, Israel has 200 or 300 nuclear missiles, don’t send our kids to Israel!” (What about our Young Jews who like to visit Israel, Ron?)
8:51 PM — Big cheers from the Paultards, wearing their V masks.
8:51 PM — Herman Cain would like to re-state that he has learned there are mountains somewhere in Iran.
8:54 PM — Rick Perry pronounces it “shanctions.” That’s his “squirmish.”
8:55 PM — Michele Bachmann suddenly is for “energy independence,” even though she (and the whole GOP) has done very little lately but bitch about renewable-energy companies getting the usual Washington corporate welfare.
8:56 PM — Why hasn’t Barack Obama nuked Iran? “He changed the course of history.” Uhm.
8:57 PM — Paul Wolfowitz! #OWS should march in right now and duct-tape this motherfucker to a post, take it outside and douse him with pepper spray. (And then do the same to everyone else in this auditorium, on stage and in the audience.)
8:59 PM — Wolf Blitzer is now slowly repeating the questions to Herman Cain, because Herman Cain never has any fucking clue what the question is. This is like having your senile Grandpa at the Thanksgiving Table keep answering any conversational topic with a story about when he visited the 1902 World’s Fair.
9:00 PM — Mitt Romney, finally getting a chance to talk about the military budget, brings up his own invention, “Obamacare.”
9:01 PM — Haha, Ron Paul: “Well, they’re not cutting anything out of anything, believe me. There’s nothing cut from the military. The people on the Hill are hysterical because the budget isn’t going up as fast as they expect it to.” Cheers from the Paultards. Mittens recites some numbers from his robot chip, says “the list goes on,” immediate silence as everyone falls asleep again.
9:03 PM — Mitt has lost everyone, and finally realizes it, so he throws out the old, “And when I’m president, I’m going straight to Israel.” It’s the wingnut version of “I’m going to Disneyland.”
9:06 PM — Oh boy, here comes Professor Huntsman with his “facts” and “trust” and “figures” and all that. Jon, you have been reasonable enough that the #OWS ReLOVEution maybe won’t hang you by your feet, naked, and douse you with pepper spray for fifty weeks. (This will be the fate of everyone else here.)
9:08 PM — “Blitz” kindly lets Doofus Perry have a go at some utterly confusing budget point. Perry: “I don’t think it is any surprise that a super committee failed. It was a super failure.” GOD, FUCK YOU, YOU ARE SO DUMB YOU MAKE REPUBLICANS LOOK SEMI-SMART.
9:10 PM — Uhm, why is Rick Perry talking about Leon Panetta?
9:11 PM — Haha, when Wolf “Blitz” was covering Reagan, your editor was editing Wolf Blitzer’s poorly typed dispatches which he self-syndicated to various Jewish papers, including the San Diego Jewish Times, where your current editor was once the copy editor. True!
9:12 PM — Rick Santorum “compromised on some child care,” which would seem to be a pretty big sin to Rick Santorum. “Blitz” cuts him off, says “Let’s stay on the question.”
9:13 PM — Nothing makes your Editor happier than knowing this whole corrupt nation is going to be broken down, taken apart, and handed back to the people who live here.
9:14 PM — What’s up, fat whining candy baby piglet? Newt is America’s worst public figure, and that is saying A LOT.
9:15 PM — Michele is going to “draw a line in the sand,” and she wants us to “consider the context,” and now she is reciting debt figures, and adding other potential debt figures, and … could we please get a Thank You to George W. Bush for all this? Have you people all forgotten George W. Bush, America’s favorite most-recent Republican two-term president? Michele, you used to lust for Bush Junior. Your loins ached for him. Look:
9:19 PM — Wolf Blitzer notes that Egypt is having a Second Revolution, although he leaves out the part about how the MILITARY is smashing skulls because they think it’s “all right” because that’s what American Cops are doing to the peaceful American protesters. More wine, Please?
9:23 PM — Everyone, please twat some reasonable-sounding/totally insane question for the candidates by using this Twitter “hash tag,” #CNNPostgame
9:24 PM — Rick Perry is going to stop drugs by … uh, Hugo Chavez, Hezbollah, Iran, Mexico, Paramount, etc. Dipshit.
9:25 PM — Rick Perry is going to make sure the Texas-Mexico border is “shut down” when he is president. Isn’t he governor of Texas right now?
9:26 PM — YES, Ron Paul says we can have our marijuana that grows like a weed all over America. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS kill so many people, BOOZE is a health-wrecking demon, oh dear god Ron Paul is completely, totally right.
9:27 PM — Herman Cain will now jabber some random nonsense about … eh, who knows.
9:28 PM — “Let’s solve the whole problem,” says Herman Cain. Hard to argue ….
9:29 PM — Some AEI dork is going to ask a fancy question, about letting people with “the education” come to America so we can build a Better Facebook, to kill everyone’s soul.
9:33 PM — Michele Bachmann is now invoking Steve Jobs. Does she know he was a SECRET ARAB?
9:35 PM — Bachmann’s second handful of pills is kicking in now … Newt will let anyone do ANYTHING as long as they’re part of the church he recently joined, with his third mistress.
9:35 PM — It’s way past Mittens’ bedtime, but he’s ready to staple green cards to report cards, if that’s the hard work he has to do. “This is a party,” he says. “This is a party.” No-one knows what he means. Mitt has never partied.
9:37 PM — Mitt is ready to bring all the people to America, if they have the educations, so we can “compete globally.” Newt, however, will deport you if you are not part of his Whore Church (Tiffany).
9:40 PM — Elderly crowd now fully asleep, livebloggers near death, not even Wine & Marijuana & Irish Breakfast Tea can save us now.
9:45 PM — Some neocon with a shitty beard is talking about Syria. Wolf Blitzer immediately says, “Herman Cain, you may not know this …..”
9:47 PM — Haha, now the “Arab Spring” is a bad thing, according to Republican Primary Voters, because oh boy, people are trying to take their lives back from the military-corporate state, and now even Jon Huntsman, the closest thing to a non-idiot in this auditorium, is rattling off nonsense about the Ottoman Empire, Israel, whatever, shut up.
9:49 PM — Wooden power-suit Conservative Think Tank Youth Gal with her hair pulled back so hard it makes her eyes into giant pools of fearmongering foolishness, she has a question. It is about … Israel, Al Qaeda, something. She has never enjoyed a true orgasm.
9:51 PM — Uncle Ron Paul getting tired, weird. “Why don’t we mind our own business?” Agreed, fine, whatever.
9:52 PM — Mitt Romney does NOT believe that “we have people around the world with common interests.” IN fact, Romney believes Jesus lived here in America, with the Indians. And then the Europeans killed all the Indians.
9:52 PM — Blitz: “Just to be clear, what the fuck are you talking about you tube of Brylcreem?”
9:53 PM — Mitt knows that tanks are not aircraft.
9:53 PM — Rick Perry is not sure if tanks are aircraft, but we should be “serious about saving Israel, right now.”
9:54 PM — Last Question, from some AEI factotum: What secret unmentioned thing is going to DESTROY YOU ALL? They don’t take the bait. They don’t know. They can’t see. It’s coming. It is coming for them. They are Yesterday’s Meat.
9:56 PM — Rick Perry thinks China is communist. God he is so dumb, his children must shit in his shoes each day just to watch him not know he’s sticking his feet into shit again.
9:57 PM — Herman Cain wants to talk about computer games.
9:57 PM — Sad sack candy-pants diaper adulterer Newt Gingrich has an Eeyore list of computer things he is not worried about, based on the DEAD TONE OF HIS VOICE.
9:58 PM — Michele Bachmann is … eh, a fucking idiot. PUT HER IN THE LANDFILL, let’s stop listening to these jabbering fools and dangerous kleptocrats. PUT THEM IN THE FOREVER DUNGEON, take back your lives, stop following politics, let us MAKE politics, okay, good night, time for your editor on the West Coast to finish dinner for his Hungry Children, fuck the GOP, death to America, may America rise up and become a Land of the Free, the end.




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I'm already sick of Wolf Blitzer.
"The goverrrrnerrrrr of Texxxxassss, Rrrrrrick Perrrry!" What the fuck was up with that?
They shoulda got that "Let's Get Ready to Ruuuuuuummmmmmmmble" guy.
The box is locked, the lights are on, it's robot fightin' time!
Dullest motherfucker in the room (after Mittens, of course).
And Pawlenty. What, he's out of it? Who knew?
Who? (though he apparently made a comeback in the Blingee above)
The minute I heard the name "Wolf Blitzer" I thought it was a joke. The next minute I was tired of him.
Who here remembers the term "Scud Stud"?
1. First hearing – "Is this a joke?"
2. Second hearing – "I am so done with the fool"
3. Third hearing – "Scud stud"? I just threw up in my mouth.
Yes, and I knew the guy's name without having to even use the Google machine.
Yup. Wasn't that Iraq War I? Before (or at the inception of) 24 hour "news" coverage (when there was actually news being covered)?
Wolfie wasn't the scud stud, though. (Don't remember who was. Will not google.)
I made the mistake of Googling that one. Not so hot–America must have been desperate back then.
Ah, dreamy Arthur Kent. Wouldn't you know he is Canadian. And not afraid to take on the big boys (having sued NBC and some others). I was so disappointed when Iraq War II wasn't hosted by him.
I'd prefer Arthur Dent.
ya know who I really miss? Flip Spiceland.
I wish I knew what office he was running for so I could vote against him.
His vocal inflections when introducing the clowns are awful. Did not think it was possible, but he is getting even worse than usual…
Also–ten minutes in and he is *still* doing all the talking? Shut up, Wolfie!
I was sick of him in 91.
Jesus, I was sick of that manicured beard-hanger the first time I heard his wispy voice issue from a mouthhole lost in a sea of gray facefuzz.
Newt: The Patriot Act was a good start, but brown people are still entirely too free to move around the country.
Frick the Rep whack-a-doodle-debate…..college basketball is on!
Turkey Blingee is great though….
+ One for the fine, fine Blingee.
The more he talks, the less likable Huntsville becomes.
Willard started by not knowing his first name.
DRINK!
And FUCK the SPYING ON AMERICANS WITH NO WARRANT Act.
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Bloody hell, another debate? My husband's head is ready to explode 3 minutes into this charade
Hi I'm Rick Santorum, I can't follow simple instructions and I'm a real frothy dude.
Are they twice as stupid this election round or is my tolerance half?
your tolerance is definitely half but they are indeed twice as stupid also, too.
Thus making it 4x as annoying.
This is my first liveblog Repub debate. I don't know if I want to do this.
We'll go easy on you, Baldar.
We'll be here for you, baby.
Run Forrest! RUN!
You always remember your first.
You poor bastard.
Here's a hint — you don't.
I'm pretty sure you will want to shower in scalding water for about an hour when this is over.
I'm pretty sure you will want to shower in scalding pepper spray for an hour when this is over. I t could only be an improvement.
Have some wine coolers.
Too slow. Straight to the 151.
It's the only way to do this.
I'm here with the lube! What, did I miss it?
Goddamn.
I don"t think I can bare to watch this tonight. That Don Young video already filled my stupid quota for the day.
Needz moar Tiffany revolving charge accountz.
Timothy McVeigh came from my hometown. I guess I must be a suspect.
Went to my junior high too
You're posting to Wonkette, that makes makes you a terrrist threat.
DId they rename your junior high after him?
What the fuck? They are all dissing the Patriot Act?
It's Obama's Patriot Act, thank you very much.
Show of hands, how many of you want to bomb the shit out of Iran the first chance you get?
Wait! I called that last thread! Stop! Thief!
I'm working on getting the shit bombed out of myself right now. Bottoms up! *looking around to make sure Marcus isn't nearby*
Can't we compromise and just bomb the shit out of the midwest? And Texas?
But Mitt's first name is Willard!
One-L:
CIA can't interrogate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Outsourced to ACLU." Big win! Untrue, but who gives a fuck!
Bachmann hurled herself into my consciousness on the strength of her unshakeable belief in nonsense, sitting on my TV insisting there were death panels in the big Obama binder she had never read. Her little mind is a discotheque for hobgoblins.
Oh! There's a penguin on the Telly!
A penguin believes in more things that are true than she does.
LET THE TURKEY FEST BEGIN!!1!
Gobble gobble!
Stick a fork in 'em.
Then maybe a turkey baster.
And then bring out the electric knife.
No rights for you! I think you might be a terrorist!!
Huntsman cites Tom Ridge.
"We have a name brand in this world."
I know, that wasn't Ridge, but all I can think of now is how Huntsman will protect our nation's trademark, I mean name…
Has Herman Cain announced his 999 foreign policy plan? Each company either gets $9 million in foreign aid, $9 million in sanctions, or will be bombed 9 times in the first year of his administration.
Bad people do not have rights.
Just guess who they are!
Oh Jon Huntsman, Please just say you agree with Ron Paul so it doesn't seem crazy
I don't know how long I can bear this. I already want to take heroin and cut myself just to make the hurting stop.
Wolf: "I'm gonna give everyone a chance to respond, but first, let me ask an unrelated question."
Damn, I glad it wasn't just me seeing that. I finally gave up on watching the debate after about the sixth time Volfie did that. Will someone please pull the Wolfman mask off and expose zombie Reagan?
Seriously! He even just said, "I have a lot more to ask, but first, let's take a break." And then we get back from commercial and he goes straight to a question from the audience.
I guess there is Contact Stupid too…
Is that Pocahontas leaving a steaming pile for them in the Blingee there?
Mitt looks extra slimey toight
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Ricky looks extra frothy and fecally.
How are we going to low the price of gasoline if he takes all the tar sand oil and slathers it in his hair?
I want to know what products he uses on his hair…so I never make the mistake of trying them.
Mitt – hair looking extra greasy.
I'll sum it up:
Romney: We find out he's really made of cardboard after a gust of wind knocks him over.
Perry: He actually forgot to show up.
Cain: Was sidetracked by some hot white ass in the audience.
Gingrich: Someone mistook him for Barbara Bush.
Paul: Starts calling the moderator his precious.
Bachmann: She keeps referring to Libya as labia.
Santorum: He does a magic show where he pulls a fetus out of his ass.
Huntsman: Huntsman storms off the stage when the moderators keep calling him Mitt.
I polished off 15 deviled eggs one Thanksgiving when I was eight. I projectile vomitted on my creepy uncle Dale. Watching this vomitfest makes me want to eat 50 eggs.
And nobody can eat 50 eggs.
Let me guess, this was your uncle Dave…
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ebE2K-jyyhg/SWDeCke4aLI…
OMG. I did something along those lines, but I think it was Easter and my Uncle's name shall be withheld to protect me from crazy family
What a weird coincidence, that story and your boardname.
I didn't need even one egg to decorate my lap when Paul Wolfowitz showed up as a questioner. When the hell are the war crimes trials going to start?
Why is it that every GOP debate is opposite the X Factor? Probably because it is its own series at this point. Hell, it's lasted longer than The Playboy Club.
Dumbass, the TSA is not unionized.
Oh no. they put Perry and Mittens next to each other. Fist fight!
Love the catty look Mittens gave The Rickster at 0:22.
"There's a different body of law that relates to war…" Which should've cleared the khmer rouge when THEY waterboarded, but for some reason, no.
Perry: Yes, You may have heard. I AM a dumbass.
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I think Mitt just promised martial law in U.S. because we're at perpetual war.
No, just Ron Pee.
I do enjoy the anti union talk. Please tell me that even the worst racist shithead union worker understands they can't vote repug.
sorry….
I would, but I'd be lying.
That was kind of amazing. It didn't have anything to do with anything they were talking about. It was such a gratuitous pander it's something they'd do on SNL. Yeah, the TSA is evil 'cause unions. Perry smash!
Rick Perry is complaining about lack of intelligence. I don't think he's being ironic.
Dear TSA,
Stop touching my boobs.
Also, Ricky? TSA duties were privatized prior to (/11
Dog sex Profiling! Go Santo Claus!!
Private-sector security screeners at Logan did SO WELL on the morning of September 11…
Little Ricky: Santorum is coming all the way back!
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Ugh, fuck you, Santorum.
Ricky: Profile those most likely to commit crimes.
Paul : Tim MCVeigh
Santorum's talking. Time to comment on Wonkette instead of listening.
Shouldn't someone point out to Santorum that there were no civil rights during the Civil War?
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. It's allowed in the Constitimitution.
I totally stand corrected M. Janitor.
If we're at war, why do you still want to lower taxes?
so we can continue to do our patriotic shopping
Because the terrorists hate us for our high taxes!
To make the leetist libruls cry?
That's two sensible comments for Ron Paul. Need to drink moar.
After this debate, I'll bet Ron wants to join you for one or ten toasts…
They keep talking about the things we can and should do because we're "at war". I would agree if Congress would declare war. And of course, if we're at war we'll need to bring back the draft. Go ahead Congress — if you have the balls.
The very thing that made Newt so entertaining when he named a relative who had served. The Newster got married, then got his wife pregnant everytime selective service raised the number of children you had to have to avoid the draft.
That's the real reason he divorced her, because he was aged out of the draft.
BOMB IRAN!!!
It's hard to watch…Ron Paul is so right on the 20% he's right on….if only he wasn't crazy.
HERM accuses Furry of oversimplifying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"No Blitz" obleege
(Nice comeback, Bitz)
Cain says we should use every means at our disposal to kill as many terrorists as possible. Nuke 'em from space. It's the only way to be sure.
"No, Blitz" Then I'm gonna try to not answer this question…..oh, yeah, I'll ask "professionals."
Here comes neocon brown-bomber Fred Kagan w/the who-to-bomb-next question.
WTF is up w/these celebrity questioners?
Jus' the po' man's version of Newt, one-L, and Hermie – every TeeVee appearance raises their speaker's fees.
Go easy, Blitz
Is that Torture Freak Marc Thiessen next to Kagan?
That greasy face looks disgustingly familiar.
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Drones? They can't possibly manage to kill all Pakistanis, so I don't think they're enough.
Nukes are the only way to get a low per-dead-Brown unit price.
Answer the question, HMan, would you increase the use of drones in Pakistan or not?
He's gotta ask the generals first – General Electric, General Dynamic …
Random citizen Kagan. WTF?!?!?
"Miche1e, you're a member of the Intelligence Committee…"
8 of the scariest words in the English language.
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Is it petty to say that these podiums look better then the last ones?
If you like art Deco radiators, yes. And I do!
Yeah, but the last ones looked like metal tubing with a slab of lucite. creepy 1980s
One-L : A nation that lies……..which?
Michele is on the Intelligence Committee.
And she chairs the Oxymoron Caucus.
++++++
Too.. many… stupid… people… at… one… time. It's making my inner ear all fucked up and I'm nauseous. I think I'm gonna pretend this a West Coast ballgame, turn off the TV and check the box score in the morning.
I can't imagine how you score something like this.
STUPID – ∞
AMERICA – 0
I am drinking Golden Gris from Alexis Bailly Vineyard in Hastings, Minnesota
Doesn't sound that good, but better than watching this shit unaided.
Shouldn't that be Baily, with one-L? I hate it when the liquor store is all out of the better South Dakota wines.
Which South Dakota wine do you prefer? My favorite is Prairie Berry… and Alexis Bailly is definitely two LLs. These wines rock
Shade', from Volga. That was a failed Michele joke, Maman.
Dang. I missed that one on my last trip west. I wanted to go there and Desmet due to being a total Laura Ingalls nerd. What is your favorite wine there? Going to Oregon this summer and will have another chance to drive by…
Sorry, regional American wine nerd. Can't help myself.
Homestar Runner. Good one.
Perry says fuck the starving Africans. Does he realize Israel is the biggest recipient? Which is why, of course, they have all those new, shiny weapon systems.
Let them eat depleted uranium.
Oh God, there's another one of these?
Is Bachmann trying to swallow her own tongue?
According to that picture with W, she can swallow any tongue she damn well pleases !
Oh, gawd. Can you imagine what an idiot like Perry could do to Pakistan/India relations. What are the odds he's never heard of Partition?
He is in favor of Partition, but only when it's in a pear tree.
Holiday themed snark. Well played, sir.
They still have Post-Partition Depression.
Heritage Foundation?!?!?
Good job CNN.
Good Lord, Did one-L just sound non retard and school Ricky? Is it me or my meds?
Maybe it's her meds.
And I'm reminded that I haven't watched a Homestar Runner video in years, so I'm off to more edifying pursuits.
Michele calls Perry's views naive.
And Alanis Morissette just said, Oh, yeah–that's a real example, isn't it?
Isn't it ironic?
HOT MORMON ON MORMON ACTION!
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As opposed to the rest of the time, when it is hot moron on moron action.
This was one of the best catfights of the season!
i must confess i am more interested in the cepacol ad i just clicked on by accident.
Huntsy always sounds a bit desperate, as well he should since this is his last shot — Daddy's outa $$$!
Barry could always send him back to China, although I vote for bringing back Ambassador Duke for a second shot at the Chinese.
Indo-fucking-nesia in the 1960s as a fucking ROLE MODEL?!?!?
Romney you stupid fucking cunt! In 1965-66, the fucking Sukarno regime slaughtered between 500,000 to 1 million civilians because they might have been 'commies.' Oh, and here's the best bit:
The American Embassy in Jakarta supplied the Indonesian military with lists of up to 5,000 suspected Communists.
Thanks for that.
Hey, he's Republican. He knows.
How could he be so wrong about this? All you have to do is watch that movie, back in the days when Mel Gibson was gorgeous and didn't talk, except in the movies.
Linda Hunt makes a great midget activist.
They're not wrong; they think that slaughtering that many people is a good thing, as long as they're the "wrong kind" of people (Muslim/"commie"/"uppity" black/"uppity" women/"illegals"/etc.).
These are the people who have to defend killing a million people in Iraq for no good reason so….
Fucking psychopaths.
That one made me sit up in my chair out of a snooze. So much for any thoughts I might have had that Mittens isn't a freaking sociopath.
No shit. Even more infuriating is the fact that, as far as I can tell, no one is following up on this lapse of sanity on the news sites or even the blogs.
Now that I've turned off the television, I feel much better. Those people frighten me.
That's the central plank of the Republican Party platform.
Oh my God, Huntsman is so normal that maybe he'll be the next not-Romney.
Wait, these are republicans.
Oh, God, The dripping contempt from Newt is sooooooooo precious.
I sooooo wish I had him as a professor in college.
Has anyone had the Newter as a Prof
Would you've put a thumb tack on his chair?
No, but I'd cram an apple and a bunch of flowers up his fat ass.
I soooo wish I had him as a student in college. Would've given the prick an F for Fucking Smarmy Moron.
Sometime I just want to visit the Tulane campus. Then I can go down to the library, and find one of the bound copies Newt's PhD. I'll look up who his committee was – ie the people who passed it. Then I'll track the chowderheads down and pepper-spray them for bringing shame on all universities everywhere.
My understanding is that they all were 'sent down' after that.
Gingrich is just blathering for applause.
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Ricky Is Lam!!!!
Newt's about due for an attack on the media round about now….
Mittney is lying about leaving Iraq–Bush signed it to keep the Dems from leaving too fast. Blitz just lets this shit go,
BTW–There isn't anyone currently participating in this ilve blog who doesn't know more about foreign affairs and world history than anyone on that stage, with the exception of Huntsman, who should be ashamed of himself for associating with these dumbfucks. Why doesn't the dumb bastard switch parties on the condition Obama gives him cool ambassadorships? Like Bermuda?
To repeat–we of the wonkeratti know a hell of a lot more about the world than these clowns.
World affairs? Sure, but why stop there? We also know more about Marcus Bachmann's sexuality than Michele does.
I'm pretty sure we know more about any randomly named topic than any of these sterling examples of leadership (maybe excepting Huntsperson). Perhaps we don't know as much about the inner workings of the C Street – I couldn't get past the 2nd chapter of Jeff Sharlet's "Family" (it made me ill – just like this line up of debasers, I mean debaters).
"Everything they know is wrong!"
John Huntsman: Muslim-hugger.
A commercial! Now it might get interesting!
WTF, Blitz? Is this Jeopardy?
Yes.
I'll take Potent Potables for $1000, Alex
Michele: I'd like "Bible" for a hundred.
It would have been a lot more enjoyable if it had had more Don Pardo.
Oh, I guess they don't show the commercials on the Intertubes. And it's still way more interesting!
If we are guessing on number one threat, Hubs chooses syphilis. I say global warming
Blow Up Iran Time!
Everybody DRINK!
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Even too dumb to ask a question.
Oh, no….No one will stand up with Israel on this stage. Is this question neccessary?
Wait, Herman is going to ask more experts about what to do.
Gotta eat something or vodka poisoning will ensue.
Let's team up with our Jewish pals and put on a show in the old Gulf!
Ron Paul: STOP MAKING SENSE! Declarations of war are soooo old fashioned.
Herb Cain wants to build an electrified fence between Afghanistan and North Korea.
End the Fed's control of Israel!!
Haha! Cain's really sticking with the "bombs don't work on mountains" strategy.
Oh, god, he really said that? I thought Ken was joking.
Is everyone there from the American Enterprise Institute?
Hey Blitz, stop with the fiction that, "now a question from our audience" and just say, "here's another war shill from AEI."
Wolfie even! No shame! It's Neocons on Parade tonight! Kagan!
Maybe they can find Tommy Franks, too.
Oh, good, another Rick Perry retard moment.
Ken is so brave he deserves a drink to treat shock.
not watching. even if you paid me, so thanks, Ken
This appears to be the perfect day to rejoin the Wonkette fold.
Carry on.
Welcome back!
Where ya been?
We have no real financial influence over Iran. It's time to impose tougher sanctions on Europe.
Can we impose tougher economic sanctions on U.S. Congresspersons?
Oops. Left a second to practice some paper art (with some dried grass) and missed Iran. Who was the first guy who said Bomb Iran?
All of them, Katie.
Sorry.
HENNGGGHH!!!
There's plenty of Heritage Foundation types, too.
P.S. Of all these assholes, I think I despise Gingrich the most.
He's Mr. blathering, condescending sound-bite man.
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Newt's a good choice, but I just can't get over that empty headed evil prick, little Ricky Santorum.
The contest between those two is which one got beat up the most in junior high school.
Maybe it's only because I agreed with him, but I did like the part of the debate where he said he'd take the heat for treating Mexicans something slightly more than subhuman, and enough people in the audience clapped to give me an inkling of hope. lol
Of all these assholes, I think I despise Gingrich the most.
The classic line applies again…
All of 'em, Katie…
According to CNN's crowd shots, Newt is the only one who's married. Or maybe they're just trying to see if she has cancer yet.
Her hair and her nose are part of the stage lighting.
Or the other spouses duck every time the camera spans in their direction. I know I would.
When they put the lights on Callista, I swear I saw her recoil, as if the light was burning her. You know, melting her human skin to reveal her true lizard scales.
OH JEEBUS Newtie just declared war on Iran.
Newt's writing! Hide the children!
Yeah, Newt "Frankly" we could replace the Iranian regime in approx a year. Yeah.
Probably be a cake walk.
It was so easy last time!
Not to mention it will pay for itself and yield an incalculable peace dividend for future generations. Frick. And also, Frack.
They will greet us with flowers and kisses.
Why haven't we seized the tar sands from our enemy to the north?
Kind of time-consuming and messy to dig 'em up, bring 'em back, etc. But KBR and Haliburton could do it for the right price.
We have a quota of only one seized wasteland per decade, and we seized two last decade.
Fucking Wolfie's there? Jesus, call in a Predator/HELLFIRE strike right here, right now!
And too dumb to answer one.
Africa was a country on the brink? Did I hear that correctly
I heard the clip on the BBC, and yes. Yes. Africa is a country, and this should come as no surprise from these assclowns.
Sarah Palin's in the race?
Paul Fucking Wolfowitz??!!! WTF!!!!!! Are they TRYING to see how much the wonketteers can take?! Holy fucking shit!
Africans do not need money to fight AIDS. They need to reject Satan and his Muslim allies.
Santorum: "Africa was a country on the brink" before he stepped in.
Now it's a frothy mix of many countries.
"The Sarah is strong in you."
WIN! ROTFLMAO!
THIS JUST IN: Slightly delaying a decision on a filthy oil tube that won't just demolish the environment but also make all the wrong people fabulously wealthy constitutes "Unilateral disarmament." Source: Michelle Bachmann
Oh, and also, buying a fuckton of oil from Canada reduces our reliance on "foreign oil."
Makes sense to me, does it ta ewe?
America? America, Jr.? Whuz the difference?
Holy shit–Rick Santorum just said something intelligent about the consequences of slashing foreign aid….
This is just like the Lincoln/Douglas debates, minus Lincoln, Douglas and a relevant nation.
Paul Wolfowitz and his holey socks and dirty hair…shudder.
Ron Paul doesn't like sending foreign aid overseas. We must keep foreign aid at home.
And send all the foreigners overseas.
Look at Romney mugging for the camera!
That lizard inside is itching to get out.
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Anyone read "Fiasco?" A retired army officer (who didn't want to be named) blamed Wolfowitz for being #1 cause of Iraq. The officer described his as: "dangerously ideological and crack-smoking stupid."
Come to think of it, that pretty much describes most Republitards, esp. for the"DIACSS" (See Wolfy, above) crowd in that room right now.
Again, I learn something new from a well read DBB.
"dangerously ideological and crack-smoking stupid." Description win.
I was under the impression that Wolfowitz and his ilk suffered from a huge amount of guilt from the LAST time they instigated an overthrow of Saddam, only to simply let their Shiite buddies be slaughtered by the regime once we had chased Iraq out of Kuwait. I don't excuse anything that Wolfie or any of his fellow neocons have done, but I had read accounts that he was so haunted by the first Gulf War… that he decided to kill millions in a second?
Oh, it all balances out in the end. Hopefully in his end. With a flaming pool cue.
Reboot the Mittster!
REBOOT!
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Yeah, Mitt, we can't indict for not upholding the Geneva convention since we don't.
Ken, this is a fine live blog debate moment for you. I'm loving your comments. It's a shame it's on this piece of shit, change nothing debate.
Newtie wants to collapse the Oil Industry?
I can't wait to see how he explains this one.
Ron Paul wears his heart on his sleeve.
He's just trying to point out that he's the only one up there that actually has one.
Apparently, he doesn't have heart of international AIDs victims, or any kind of heart for humantarian, in general. His consistency is both madly admirable and madly annoying.
Huntsmen: "I could see Afghanistan from my embassy!"
Isn't this the perfect opportunity to kidnap Wolfowitz and drag his ass to the Hague?
Can't we just feed him to Newt?
Anyone read "Fiasco?" A retired army officer (who didn't want to be named) blamed Wolfowitz for being #1 cause of Iraq. The officer described his as: "dangerously ideological and crack-smoking stupid."
Obama is to blame for the supercommittee…. OK, sounds good.
GOODHAIR iz a Commander in Chief, y'all!
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Holy Fuck! Got foodz and saw that Wolfie was there. Fucker ruined my joke asking if Bolton had been an audience question!
Rick! Get your finger out of your nose! Blitz just noticed him, standing down there.
Funny, Leon Panetta did resign once…in 1969, when Nixon was undercutting him at the Civil Rights division of HEW….
Please, NO MORE CLOSEUPS OF CRAZY EYES.
God damn that Kenyan Muslim Atheist communist Nazi socialist America-hating Obama for being so divisive. He has poisoned the tone of American politics.
Just turned the sound back on, and somehow cutting Social Security is the topic.
Everyone who asks a question for the American Enterprise Institute has some nervous looking woman within 3 seats staring desperately at them. Did they all bring their moms?
Minders from the RNC Politburo, who are nervous because they've been tasked with activating the AEI's mandatory intravenous cyanide-pumps the moment anyone goes rogue.
Uh, Michele, popping pills doesn't qualify you as "involved" in the debt discussion.
I am so glad I decided to watch NCIS.
Gingrich is leering at One L.
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why does Newt always looks to me like he just shat his pants and believes no one will notice?
Because he's been shitting on us for 30 years. In fact, he is just a spontaneously reproducing pile of shit.
This is my new favorite description of the Newster. Perfect.
I seem to recall a fellow who actually did balance the budget…let's see…in 1999…think he had a "D" after his name….
Haha Dok, the latest talking point is that it was the Repub congress that did that. When a few months ago I heard them saying it was never balanced, it was an accounting trick.
It is hard to keep up on the talking points, is it not?
Good point. Lies on top of misrepresentations, packed with inanity, layered with deceit.
Then drizzled with santorum.
When we return, the favorite past time of the TeaTardpublican Party, BEANER BASHING!! (crowd claps, fade live camera to commercial)
Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. Al Qaida en Acapulco!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!Jihad in Jalisco!!!!!!!!
¡Sharia in Sinaloa!
¡Mohammedans in Mexicali!
Everyone count with me, when they pan the studio audience, how many not-white people do you see?
HAH, trick question, you don't need to watch this dreck to get the correct answer.
I'm not watching. (I recommend it – just read and let the snark infuse your spirit.) So I can make a guess: There are more African Americans on the podium than in the audience. Amirite people?
During the 45 minutes I watched, there was a minority questioner (forget what kind, but not A-A), followed by a Hispanic questioner, followed by a female questioner from the audience. Maybe if I'd had the stomach to watch any more, I could answer your question.
And now, I start drinking.
Yes, I know I'm playing catch-up…
(Mmm, Sierra Nevada "Celebration Ale")
Good choice. I was drinking Big Sky Brewing Moose Drool brown ale. Seemed most appropriate for the occasion. Except the "brown" part.
Ken Layne was a copy editor of the Elders of Zion.
Hah! I 'LOL'-ed
Fuck all these cocksuckers and the cocks they sucked in on. Whatevers.
As a believer in truth in advertizing I think this National Security Debate should be renamed Fear and Dread in America.
Finally a question from the Left Wing Heritage Foundation!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Fucking Monroe Doctrine?!?!? Oh the fucking humanity.
Just got here. Did I miss anything? Oh, wait. Never mind.
To stop the drug cartels, we must kick out all the messicans that are here. And I heard something about the Monroe Doctrine, so I'll mention that. Hamas is smuggling drugs, also, too.
"What can we do for the Mexican government to stop the drug war?"
Um, stop buying drugs?
Never!
We need to bring illegal drug manufacturing back home with tax breaks*, government incentives and public-private partnerships.
* I meant to say "tax breaks for the rich" – who am I kidding here?
"Ron Paul, do you agree with that crazy dumbass Goodhair?"
"No, Blitzer, you fucking retard."
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W D 42?
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Ron Paul sounds like a college freshman trying to cram everything into an essay exam in the last five minutes of the period.
Ron Paul wants to cancel the drug war! That's great since if one of these assholes wins we will need to be stoned everyday. Legalize marijuana!
Why is stupid Herman worried about how many Mexicans were "keeled" last year?
What do you do with a drunken sailor, ear-lye in the morning?
I dunno if Hermie was ever a drunken sailor, but that clown definitely has had some lye in his ear in the morning – multiple times.
Careful. The Republicans might hear you!
"40% of Mexicans believe their country is a failed state"
I'd *love* to know the % of *Americans* who would say the same about today's USA…
HaHaHaHaHa…..
I'm watching Big instead of those GOP/Losers.
Penny Marshall/Tom Hanks 2012!
States need to have the right to deport people.
Gawd damn, Cain. Just cuz you make something illegal doesn't make it immoral. Fucker.
Oh, 8 o'clock Eastern. Thank God I can get a fair and accurate account at Wonkette. It's like a fucking transcript.
I'm watching the re – run, and I can assure you that Wonkette's summary is spot – on…
To acquire more Einsteins, we should encourage more foreign governments to oppress their best and brightest.
Newtie is stuck on WWII.
Let's start a Manhattan Project on the mexicans!
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Oh christ, the only thing scarier than watching the wretches on the stage is when they pan the audience. It looks exactly like the depictions of Hell by juiced up religious fanatics in the Middle Ages.
Is that guy with the shaving cream from THG there?
30,000 engineers!!!!!!!!!
Bullshit!
OT but MrLimeylizzie just called me to tell me that my beloved cat, Neville, has gone missing in LA. I am weeping like a 3 year old.
Oh, hell and spit! So sorry to hear that!
He's the best cat,really dumb and really loving. He has done this once before and came back, so I am sort of hopeful, it is just awful because i am in NYC until next Thursday amd MrLimeylizzie feels so guilty.
So….the cat came back? The very next day? Thought he was a goner but he wouldn't stay away?
Please let us know when the li'l fella is back. My kitty Ethel Mertz II went missing one time for two weeks. Kids and I went around stapling notices to telephone poles, checked the shelter twice a day, etc. One morning here she comes strolling up the driveway, all "oh hello, yes you may feed me now." Keep hope alive Limeylizzie!
He came back!!!! MrLimeylizzie called at about 3am NY time, he was painting and had kept the screen door open and heard a little meow and there was Neville, none the worse for wear. He is an indoor cat, except for on the deck, but was feral when we adopted him, so he sometimes heeds the call of the wild.
He is bac khttp://www.flickr.com/photos/13152388@N00/6388873949/in/set-72157628110545245/
Oh, crap. Hope he comes home soon…
Oh, Limeyl, I feel your pain. So awful! Here's all good thoughts towards you and Neville.
Oh no! Tell MrLimeylizzie to rig up a projector, find a large outdoor wall and broadcast an #OccupyYourKittyBedNeville cat sign!
I'll give Nabi, our bloated girl, a bunch of extra rubs and tell her to activate the Help-A-Cat-Home neural network they have.
BUILD THE WALL!!!1!
I hopez your kitty getz back safe and sound too, Lizzie
Oh I am so sorry. Keep your eyes open and then give that cat a bath when he gets home. I think it is part of a negative reinforcement
I'm relatively new to the board but hope yer cat comes home safely.
Limey, yours is the only real problem we've discussed tonight that means anything.
I have had cats around most of my life and I know how you feel. The little bastards can tug at your heart while puking in your shoes. Cats are survivors Ms. Lizzie. I hope and bet he returns in sound shape.
My black & white Bengal's bags are packed, and she's poised to hop the first flight to LA to aid in the search. Please ensure that a driver, one large moth, and a half-pound of raw hamburger is waiting for her upon arrival.
I've little doubt that Neville's long bottom will be back home in no time, Lizzie!
Peace of mind in our time.
Oh, I am so sorry to hear that…try posting photos to Craigslist and the like, and around the neighborhood. Good luck.
We need engineers. But let's remember: Science is evil.
OneL's lipstick color make her lips look like she has Joker lips.
I don't want to scare you, but it's not the lipstick.
She's the pompatus of love.
I was thinking the same plus I'm pretty sure she borrowed Marcus' false eyelashes.
Only his panty hose.
"…as somebody who believes strongly in family." ROFLMAO. Come on guy, you're killing me.
If they keep praising higher education like this, they're gonna alienate the base…
Magnets??, Oooh please, tell me how they work.
This is a party that loves immigration so we can have people to cut our lawns, clean our toilets, raise our kids….
Now for the Newt – Mittens smug-off.
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Newtie lurves teh illegals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I had to watch a very important "Ned & Stacey" rerun. Has anyone cheered for killing puppies yet?
FUCKING MAGNETS!!!
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We want those brains!
Newt said "compassion." He's dead meat now.
Perhaps his handlers have advised him to try to act like a human every now and then?
If so, they should know better. The Base wants a Terminator, not a human.
No shit. Remember when Perry chastised the audience for not having a heart if they didn't agree with him?
Arab Spring muthafuckaaaaaaaaas!!
After the commercial, from Drone Bombing Messcans, we move on to carpet bombing muslims, but first a word from new and improved Asswipes…
9:40 PM — Elderly crowd now fully asleep, livebloggers near death, not even Wine & Marijuana & Irish Breakfast Tea can save us now.
Party at Ken's place!
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Jesus h-fucking Christ! How many debates are they going to have? Seriously, this has been enough time to hear every thought everyone of them has ever had. Twice.
According to this, we've got thirteen more freak shows on the way: http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-…
Stock up at your local liquor store now…
Syria…. hmmm. lemme think about that for… uh, what? Did you say Syria? Huh, my mind's twirling…
Syree, syree, syree, syria, bo nan a nana bo bana, syria.
Heritage Foundation.
Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!
Herman Cain does not know where the fuck Syria is. 9-9-9!
It's over there somewhere near the country of Africa, right?
Cain: We established a no-fly zone at Godfather's using pest strips.
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Diversity!!!! Woman from AEI !!!!!!!!!
The Arab Emirates Islamistics?
Ron Paul going to get booed in 3…2…1…
Ottoman Empire, … that is the sound of a million FOX viewers scratching their heads.
I done built a fort outta couch cushions before, but a whole empire outta a footstool?
Hermie's got visions of Dick Van Vader twirling 'round in his haid.
Heritage Foundation._Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!
That's two. One more and you get a complimentary broach depicting a brainwashed lower-middle class Fox viewer clutching the Republican asp to his breast.
That's two times I've seen repeats on this page. Somebody needs to waterboard Intense Debate.
the answer is we need to develop more mountains.
is this thing on?
They develop new mountains of horse-shit with each one of these debates.
Oh dear god Ron is quoting Wolfowitz like he's a source of knowledge.
Right? See, when he's right, he sounds so good. Then he starts a sentence with something like "Paul Wolfowitz says……"
i felt the same thing with John Huntsman. I was really digging his Trust Deficit angle, even if it was kind of clunky.
Romney SMASH!
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I would venture the bold idea that a no-fly zone over Syria is unnecessary because Assad isn't using his air force against the people of Syria.
No one would ever dare attack us if a guy named Mittens is our President.
Give Mitt credit for dissing both Ron Paul and Barack in one answer.
good evening, I'm here for the Heritage Foundation Elephant Walk.
We're here to help clean up the elephant shit trail.
Neesz moar John Wayne.
American Enterprise Institute
Boooooooooooooooooooo!
Frothy, you aren't going anywhere.
Just sit down and shut up.
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He can go to hell.
Gah!
Socialism! The Comintern must be stopped!
Kind of funny hearing Goodhair talk about the ash heaps of history.
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OMG. Al Qaeda in Venezuela.
Koran in Caracas!
I was going to go with Qur'an in Quito, but you beat me to it, by a good hour.
Sharia in Santiago? Mullahs in Montevideo?
Arabs in Aruba*!*Republicans do not realize that Aruba is not in Latin America.
The Taliban everywhere!
They better get a move on and wrap this up. "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?", starts in 4 minutes on Lifetime.
No Trailer Park Boys on TVO?
Yeah. Get ready for another coup, President Chavez.
the fire that turns China to ashes will be lit by a bill with Ben Franklin's picture on it.
We need a no-fly zone over pregnant Chinese women.
You know, sometimes Ron Paul sounds reasonable and sane then after a few seconds, wacko babble.
OMG pulse attack. Darth Vader vs. America
We WON in Iraq! That is so totally awesome.
My guess is that these people are the biggest threat to America faces…uh, did huntsman just say godlessness?
♫ Don't you love farce?
My fault I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want.
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don't bother, they've been here for the last two mind-bending hours.♫
Thank the FSM it's over.
Everybody drink.
And fuck A.E.I. and the Heritage Foundation.
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Yay!
Getya for President!
Drink!
Cheers to that. Thanks to everybody for hanging out and making this TOLERABLE. xxoo, goodnight.
I raise a glass of…..I don't even know what I'm drinking ……….
anyway….here's to ya.
Personally, I just can't wait until the #OWS/Center for American Progress debate that's obviously upcoming.
Wait, what's that? That thing doesn't exist and never will in any form for any primary season, ever?
Oh right, I forgot. "Liberal media", etc.
Damn. The debate is only just now starting on my computer. I wish I had better broadband.
Broader bedpan might be more useful for watching.
I gotta say I don't like this new reality show one bit. I'm sticking to You're Excused.
Can I go to bed now, mommy and daddy?
Oh, no. Just got back from ironing my third napkin, getting cornbread out of the oven, cleaned the crap the old man left splattered inside the microwave, got 6 homemade pie shells out of the freezer, and was about to seed 3 poms for salads. Oh, and getting high.
I also had to hit "mute" to make the old man happy until I got rid of him.
So, did I miss much? Or is the only way to get anything out of this snooze-fest to read the wonkers' thoughts on the matter at hand.
I seeded a pom too!(but then we ate the seeds) Are you making coconut macaroon pies? These are important things! I didn't watch the debate either- just read the comments
Guys, do you realize there are THIRTEEN more Republican debates scheduled? This has already been dragged on so long and hit so many cities it's beginning to resemble an early 90's Guns 'N' Roses tour. Except all the crazy on that stage combined isn't nearly as crazy as Axl.
Are you serious? 26 more hours of this shit?
Sadly, yes. At least there are only three more of them before the Iowa primaries.
Gawd. How mind numbing.
Though it would be totally awesome to tie up Grover Norquist, shoot him up with crystal meth, and make him watch all 40 hours or whatever of these all in a row.
As I said elsewhere, they seem dead-set on disproving the adage, and demonstrating that there is, in fact, such a thing as bad publicity.
Another thirteen of these blasted things? It's like some form of deathmatch of stupidity.
Does, could, anyone watch this shit and make a decision based on the candidates' policy positions? It's just reheated pablum at best and dangerously dull-witted incoherent nonsense at worst.
It's absolutely stunning that anyone could watch these gormless dullards and think "oh, yes, (s)he seems a rather top notch candidate. (S)He shall receive my primary vote."
Miss the main debate thread when it was fresh – chug the entire keg!
Well, it took seven or eight tries while I just kept getting killed, but Willow the Breton mage (yeah not good with original names) just finally slaughtered the vampire clan that had planned to enslave the people of Morthal village as their blood-cows, burning them all with my and my summoned Atronach's flames while my companion smacked them with her giant Orcish warhammer. The rewards and selling the loot finally gave me enough to buy a house too.
…wait, another debate? Sorry I missed it.
Ha, Skyrim is kinda great. My character's currently enrolled both in clown college, and in bard college.
(incidentally, the secret to slaughtering the vampires is obviously to turn into a Werewolf. Okay, maybe not actually*, but it's satisfying in a very ninja vs. pirate sort of way.)
*actually actually, it is, since vampires are asshole mages that run around and slow you down with magic; extra speed, plus a knockdown, plus a shout that sends the thralls running away is a recipe for win.
I'm working on the bard college now, after joining the mage college early on – it's pleasantly surprising to find that the Draugr who were nearly impossible when there were more than, like, two of them in the initial mage quests (and I had to actually turn down the difficulty for the two high-level ones) are now mostly jokes. Haven't gotten anywhere near becoming a werewolf yet, as the fighter's guild/"Companions" don't seem appropriate or easy for a pure mage character as mine is so far (best skill is alchemy, followed by destruction magic).
I was stuck in Ansvilund, looking for a sword, I missed almost all of this – thank god!11
p.s get the house in Markarth, totally worth the 8k.
Skyrim? Jesus, I need to look up from CoH.
I do have to say, it's pretty great seeing a reunion of Paul Wolfowitz and also Dick Cheney's entire staff from his time as Vice President, in the audience at this debate. Basically, everyone who lied us into a war of aggression and then set up a secret torture regime under US jurisdiction, getting together, it was just like old times!
Honestly, the only thing that could have made this reunion party any better is if it actually had taken place at The Hague.
Did look the largest gathering of known criminals since the Appalachin Meeting in '57.
Mob Lore reference for the win. At least La Cosa Nostra were upfront about their foreign policy motives. "Fuck that spic Castro with a croupier stick!! He stole my Tropicana!!"
Neo-NeoCons.
Could glitter bomb them in bright yellow to make them the Neon-Neocons.
Or in the cross-hairs (oops! surveyor's mark, sorry) of a drone strike.
Now that the clown show is over, time to switch to PBS–Frontline has a pretty good one tonight.
Me. too. The Republics should have skipped that silly debate and watched this instead.
At work this afternoon, I watched a two and a half-minute video of cars getting stacked up at a train crossing, and then the train going past, and then the cars taking off again. I'd rather watch that 50 times than watch two hours of this roadkill again.
This is priceless: "8:32 PM — The split screen of Perry and Bachmann is horrifying. She looks like she is watching, in her mind, zombies crawl out of the corpse of a zebra who just ate Jesus."
Also, reading the debate transcript gave me vertigo.
My favorite part was the part where everyone pretended that Paul Wolfowitz ever said things that weren't either the complete opposite of correct or deliberate lies, constantly.
O mighty overlord Ken, could we have Ms Benincasa do the live blog sometime, or is she persona au gratin here at teh Wonkette? It might make taking the shit thrown at us up on stage a little easier to take if we were getting monkey poop flung at us by sweet Sara at the same time.
Okay, this line made my head spin in a good way:
"9:49 PM — Wooden power-suit Conservative Think Tank Youth Gal with her hair pulled back so hard it makes her eyes into giant pools of fearmongering foolishness, she has a question. It is about … Israel, Al Qaeda, something. She has never enjoyed a true orgasm."
I love you, Ken Layne.
Somehow, Wolf Blitzer seems unsettlingly at home with this crowd.
Though Wolf seems to lack the pure evil of the candidates, he does fit in by virtue of his also being a vacuous idiot.
He can read out-loud, though.
Sort of.
In a fourth-grader kind of way.
Wolf Blitzer is at home with any crowd so long as a goddamned camera is rolling. The consummate Washington courtier this ass is.
He must have an asshole the size of a fucking horse-collar by now.
Dude has perfected the ancient martial-art of Lapdog Fu.
Wolf knows every wrinkle in every taint on that stage by heart.
He knows that these are the only people in the world he could potentially beat on Jeopardy!
Wolf: the living example of the Peter Principle at its worst.
How many times did they blame everything on the President ? I think they would try to blame him for killing Jesus,or the latest Twilight Movie. 8 years of GW Bush ,and the republican War-machine/Tax cuts for the rich/ Corrupt Banks,and lack of accountability in Congress is how we got here in the first place .These are the same people that broke the system telling us how they are qualified to fix it?
Sweet Jesus Ken I don't know how you do it's I can't take these sad sack lick spittle mouthbreathers face to monitor anymore I'm glad you're here to do it for me. When you need a liver transplant I'll be happy to go halfsies with you if the handfuls of Xanax/moonshine havent wrecked mine too.
Thanks or takin this one for the team buddy.
8:21 PM — Huntsman notes that “America has a brand name around the world.”
We certainly do. In fact, 30% of Egyptians believe that "USA" is a brand of tear gas.
KenLayIsAlive is on fire tonight.
8:38 PM — Mitt Romney’s reasons to stay in Afghanistan is that we’ve been there for a long time, and spent a lot of money there. Excellent reasoning, Mittens.
Hey, that's what I tried to say, but they still kicked me out of the bar at 4am.
i for one am glad ken lay is still alive.
thanks for all your posting.
Hi, everyone! I didn't watch TV tonight, or read these comments, and I've been drinking for hours. So! How's everyone doing? Should I feel irresponsible for tuning this shit out?
You are right in my comfort zone, bra.
Blame it on the Black Man in the White House. That seemed to be the theme for the night.
Should I feel irresponsible for tuning this shit out?
Only if you are personally responsible for whether the local liquor store stays in business or not. Otherwise, no worries.
Rick Perry is going to stop drugs by … uh, Hugo Chavez, Hezbollah, Iran, Mexico, Paramount, etc.
rick darling, if you want a death match in hollywood, you choose disney.
My computer was acting up, so I'm just now getting here. All and all, I was kind of surprised by Newt, Michele and Santorum. Every once in awhile they'd come into focus and would say something lucid before they descended back into madness.
Perry was incoherent and stupid as usual. Mean as a snake, and self-aware as a sloth.
Romney's "I'm going to out-conservative the conservatives" is really starting to wear on me, as is his growing smugness. I'm not sure who is giving him advice on how to act in these things, but he better fire 'em.
After not being able to stand Huntsman, I'm starting to warm to the guy. I particularly liked when he kind of just totally dissed Romney with the "didn't you hear what I just said?" line or whatever he actually said.
Cain is totally through. Over. His stuck on stupid about concerning his insistence that the topography of Iran matters in anything is really kind of confusing.
Blah. BTW, why are they entertaining Paul Wolfowitz as if he's some kind of serious person, or entertaining him as anything other than a depraved criminal? That was the most surprising point of the debate. He comes up there as if he's some lowly head of some local organization.
"self-aware as a sloth"
You are insulting sloths. What did they ever do to you to deserve this?
Sloth libel!
Oh, and BTW, for the millionth time, America, Africa is a fucking continent made up of multiple and very different countries and nations. Gawd.
Forgot about this! Did I miss anything?
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. Other than that, no.
I must admit that I watched college hoops. It sounds like I did not miss anything. One-L did not turn out to be an expert on western Asia, for example.
One-L does not know that Asia has a western part.
They're all experts on East Asia. They love to panda to their audiences.
Sorry, folks, not enough to drink tonight. So shoot me. (But eat first, and then leave.)
Of course, they'd all be experts on East Asia, because we've always been at war with East Asia…
That is a reverse-limbo bar though.
Why is that turkey disappearing into Ron Paul's pants?
A bottle of Jameson & Finding Bigfoot marathon. That's tonight. Fuck these jive ass turkeys.
I missed it. Did we bomb anyone?
"It’s going to be fun to watch all these motherfuckers hanged."
Taken out of context. this could be misunderstood.
Breaking news: The Center for Disease Control has just released the results of Newt Gingrich's DNA. Newt's molecular structure is comprised of–a 30 gallon drum of cream of mushroom soup, a broken and battered rock-em-sockem robot, a more effete Barbara Bush, the gray teletubbie, a logic pretzel and every pompous "history" professor you wanted to kidney punch.
The biggest retard fest since the Texas Association of Fat Racist Retards' (TAFRR) annual convention in Laredo, TX.
We made a new political ad for Romney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDxmiyX8XmI
Watching the re – run since I could not see it live: WTF with this intro? Is this a debate or an action flick?
CNN sucks…
The only thing missing was a listing of height and weight. I swear they were hawking some MMA event.
Nice pics of Bachmann and W! Is that Marcus in the purple pant suit?
OT: The county health department did a surprise inspection on my city's local Occupy, yesterday, and shut down the Occupy kitchen. She didn't want any of the brave protestors to get a tummy ache, is pretty much the gist of what she said. She just cares so much about them, bless her heart. Coincidentially (not), the fire department shows up a few hours later and makes them takes their heaters away as a "fire hazard." I don't think they could be any clearer with their "Hippies go home" message.
But this is absolutely not politically motivated. You know those huge wild gatherings of rowdy campers from all over the Midwest and even farther afield that spring up in Ann Arbor and East Lansing many Saturdays every fall? RVs and tents everywhere, clearly insufficient number of port-a-potties for a crowd that size, hundreds of space heaters around on cold days, all sorts of meats of uncertain origin cooking on dodgy looking hitachi's, rampant consumption of alcohol and open public intoxication, even occasional fistfights between members of rival gangs sporting their gang "colors" and furniture set on fire (well, that last one only happens in East Lansing)? They'll be shuttin' em down. With armored, helmeted, facemasked riot police dispensing pepper spray and other food products (mustard gas?) if necessary. Because the state, county and city authorities care about health, fire safety and public order, and nothing but. Incorruptible, they are.
OT. MrLimeylizzie just called from LA, it is 2.30 am EST, Neville has returned after an 11 hour absence! I am now weeping with joy, thanks to all Wonketteers who send messages of solidarity!
Is that your kitty cat?
ETA: I was reading the comments from new to old… duh…
Glad he's back!
Yes, my big orange darling.
Awwww!!! I am so happy to hear your good news. Sleep well!
The cat came back.
The very next day.
You thought he was a goner, but…
yeah!. Good new!. We get listserve notices about cats and dogs in our neighborhood who have strayed and then generally turn up in a favored neighbor's yard- one who keeps food out for their own pet.
Yay! Thanks for the update.
Glad to hear that Neville has returned unscathed. He is probably just resentful of your absence. BTW, we've made a donation to the Afghan animal assistance org. you recommended, it sounds as if they do wonderful work. Also, too I have an idea for a movie: a "Twilight" sequel in which you get to play the nanny for the baby girl vampire and swat Taylor Laughtner on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper and then, of course, teach him what doggie-style really means.
Oh how lovely , they do amazing work, one of the soldiers and his dog will be on Jon Stewart soon, Jon paid for the cost of getting the dog home. I love the idea of swatting Taylor on the nose, I would also be ok with kicking him in the balls.
Yay, it's always good
mewsnews when the wandering animals come home! Did your hubbie check to see if Neville had any new hickies?It's times like this that make me glad I canceled cable, so I can just watch back-to-back episodes of Breaking Bad all night…
JFC, I'm going to have to do AA by the time this primary is over…
Uh, Ken, to these shit stains on the underwear of humanity, Israel is Disneyland.
The reason why Ron Paul hates the Patriot Act is because it would have stopped a White, Christian, Conservative Terrorist from having "fun" blowing up a bunch of babies in Oklahoma City…
Weird, the President gave a fiery, populist speech yesterday, calling out Teapublicans and all that's on my teevee this a.m. are assholes "debating" and pundits "analyzing. Nary a peep on the speech. Hmm..
OT For those Wonketteers who were concerned about my Neville, here is is, the orange one.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13152388@N00/6388873…
Man, I missed the whole evolution. Glad to hear your cat came back, Liz. Maybe we can all have a Wonk-fest some day and everyone can pet your kitty.
Um, that would be nice?
I like Fiona.
She is unbelievable! Found on the El tracks in Chicago at 4 weeks old, has a very strong sense of self and adores my husband with a passion.
She just looks like she's a scrapper and brooks no nonsense.
She rules the roost, no doubt, she weighs about 9 lbs and Neville weighs 18 lbs and is not fat , just enormous and she terrifies him.
So glad. Dang li'l varmints! Why oh why do we love them so?
Because they do not judge us. Actually Fiona does judge me and I come up wanting .
I love your Jack Russell.
Oh — that's no Jack Russell, that's my pit bull/hound dog mongrel, straight from the local shelter! She'll be flattered by your compliment, though.
She is beautiful, I love those rescue animals, they are always just so happy to have some love.
Nice Blingee, by the way. Who's the turkey-head? Oh I know I know, all of 'em Katie!
The Blingee is mesmerizing. That is all.
A vote for Rick Santorum is a vote for preventing Bolivian socialists and Egyptian Salafists from teaming up? Good news – they're not going to. Saved yourself a vote there.
It so depressing that I want Ron Paul to win out of this pack of shitheads. Gonna be time to register Republican for 20min and vote for Dr. Feelgood (again).
It's been a couple years, can't remember names. Friends work there. This is definitely Laura territory.
If you get a chance to ask them, let me know! Always prefer personal recommendations.
"How is it that we've sunk so low as a political culture that this kind of venomous lie can be heard without being shouted down?"
I don't know how we got here either. It's like waking up in jail after a blackout. I'm guessing.
Wait a second…I thought Santorum was a frothy mixture of lube and feces? Can he also be the stupidest man in the senate? I mean, after all, Rand Paul everyone!
That is how I view the repubs. But I have to say that watching the clip this evening of Obama actually listening and responding to a "Mic Check" in NH gave me the old tingly winglies. I can't give that man up. Yah, we wanted more and better from him, but at least he is sane.
"this kind of venomous lie can be heard without being shouted down"
Well, no one applauded it at least, did they? So! Lower we can go.
I'll say it again, Huntsman is doing this for 2016, after the Republican Party has imploded from terminal idiocy.
On your way to Oregon, check out the wineries in Western Colorado. These days they're growing some fine grapes around Grand Junction where they used to grow peach and apple trees.
But they're still growing plenty of apple and peach trees in those parts because it's easier to hide the marijuana patch in among the trees.
Saracens in Sonora!
Shit in Shinola!
Er…um…
Caliphate in Cancun and Sufis in Saltillo!
Zawahari en Zacatecas!
Hijab in Honduras?
Rick passed on the Crown of Cretin to Randy Paul after the Pennsylvanians gave Rick the heave-ho.
Party in Your Pants! Everybody's Comin'! (Oh, Herman…)
Yay! So glad to hear the good news. My 24-year old daughter keeps coming back, too, even though I've moved twice. Cats and kids will not be denied……
Happy Thanksgiving, LL.
Huzzah for the big ginger doofus! Mitt Romney will now release a campaign ad accusing Obama of insufficient action on Operation Neville.
Oh thank goodness! One of our two cats is formerly-feral as well, and after a few attempts to reason with him, we cannot let him go outside anymore. The last time he snuck out, he made a bee-line for the doghouse of a neighbor's pitbull, and if we hadn't raised a ruckus before the old mutt spotted him in there, he'd have been a goner.
Hallelujah!! See? There is a secret Help-A-Cat-Home neural network! And it works!!
Yay!
(bad link?)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13152388@N00/6388873…
It wouldn't surprise me, but Neville is a Progressive.
Our house in LA is in the hills and we have coyotes just meandering along the street on a regular basis, so I am always freaked out if Neville escapes.
Thanks! will do
Must be, although it would need to be a really strong one for our Neville, somewhat remedial of a feline, so your, obviously, intelligent cat must have been in charge.
Thanks lizzie! She's a big spoiled baby, just like the rest of my critters. I agree, I think shelter-adoptees somehow understand that you've saved their lives and they worship you like a goddess. Well, the dogs do anyway. The cats, eh, they know they've done you a favor.
You're an actress, old thing. You more so than anyone should recognize that Neville only plays dumb. He gets much more lovin' that way.
Limey, I'm so glad. I had to dig through this thread to make sure.
Oh thanks, yes he came home, not a whisker out of place, I made MrLimeylizzie check him all over for wounds, bites etc, but all he wanted to do was curl up with his Fiona.
My penguin was a little greasy this year. How was yours?
Unmagnified, your avatar could be a polar bear…do you like Coke in the bottle?
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