GOP Debate

[Zaknafien]

Anyone watching?

[Odin]

I missed it which I dont think is tragic at this point, I am intrested in what others thought, particularly if there were any moments of note, and how Mr Paul did.

[Don Corleone]

I watched parts of it. The tone has certainly shifted since the first one. In the first one, the candidates were careful to avoid speaking ill of the president. Clearly, their pollsters told them that strategy wasn't working, as each and every one of them found something negative to say, topped by Tancredo who said if elected, he would tell Bush not to darken the doorstep of the White House ever again (something he claims Karl Rove said to him for not being 100% supportive of the president).

I missed the whole immigration portion, but apparently McCain managed to beat the odds and remain fairly low key during the discussion.

You know, I may not agree with him 100%, but I'm starting to like Rudy more and more. Making jokes about the lightning strike when he was trying to explain his position on abortion, which actually mirrors my own (morally wrong but should be legally allowable, at least in the first trimester) was hysterical. Unfortunately, while he talked a good game on limiting spending and small government, his track record doesn't back his words.

Romney seemed completely unprepared for a question about why he has his website available in Spanish, which seems stupid to me (being unprepared, not being bilingual). We're the only country in the world that isn't bilingual, and it hurts us badly. Linguists, nuerologists and human devleopment specialists all agree that our kids would learn at a faster rate if they were raised bilingually. Why couldn't Romney simply have said "what's wrong with making Spanish available?" Creo que todo de nosotos en los Estados Unidos debemos hablar en Ingles, Espanol y possiblimente una linqua tercer, Frances o Chino o Japonesa...

[Zaknafien]

I thought McCain was strong, Romney looked fake as usual, Guiliani , meh... and the others were largley ignored except for Tancredo who made some paticularly insane comments about immigration that I think everyone was like "what did he just say?" Ron Paul had some very good lines and alot of applause but was ignored by the moderator in favor of the big three as usual.

[doc_bean]

Ron Paul made the news here, i believe with his comment on bilingual countries

[drone]

Didn't see the debate, but what's the deal with the preemptive nuke strike against Iran?
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/early...ge_1.html#more
Is this guy just spinning it, or did most of them (not Paul, he's looking better and better) say they would not rule out glassing Iran to prevent them from getting nukes. !?