The Fox Top 10 For The First GOP Debate

[XCashier]

How anyone takes Trump seriously I really will never understand. If he fell into a volcano I really wouldn't shed a tear.

I would. That poor, innocent volcano doesn't deserve to have to choke down Tribble-head.

[HYHYBT]

Don't forget that Christie also seems to be under the opinion that Kansas has a brilliant economic system... >_>

I can't believe anyone who is even vaguely informed could consider him a rational choice.

Whether he's a rational choice depends on the other options, and, well...

It's true that you should never attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity, but I don't want stupidity in a President, either.

No, we had enough of that at the beginning of this century.

[Kheldarson]

And the actual commandment is not to commit murder, by the way. I never understand why churches choose to put 'kill' instead of 'murder' because there's a difference between the two. (Self-defense, wartime as stated above, etc)

Early mistranslations, and then kept it in because, honestly, it's better to avoid killing altogether if you can, you know?

[Tama]

And the actual commandment is not to commit murder, by the way. I never understand why churches choose to put 'kill' instead of 'murder' because there's a difference between the two. (Self-defense, wartime as stated above, etc)

[Andara Bledin]

Apparently one of the things that isn't there is a section between Kelly and Bush pertaining to Planned Parenthood.

There's a couple articles about it; here's one at DailyKos

[Gravekeeper]

Religion is just a tool he uses to get other people to give him things.

His answer to the God question was such shameless pandering it wasn't even funny. Though he didn't really answer the question. Which was a running theme all night for all of the candidates.

It was almost comical how many dodges and non-answers they all gave. Nevermind how near every answer was turned into ridiculous patriotic pandering and/or a slam against Obama or Washington. I especially like how they all pretend Washington is a separate thing that has nothing to do with them like none of them have ever been there or worked there.

And then there was the second debate. The GOP Loser debate with the other candidates that weren't picked for the main debate. 2 hours long with an audience of like 18 people. It was amazingly sad. >.>

[Kara_CS]

Conveniently, "thou shalt not kill" is not applicable in wartime. It is biblically acceptable to kill if you are commanded into battle. Which isn't to say Huck was right in what he said. He was making the point that the military doesn't have need of them thar queers, even if they're willing to fight and die for their country. Because he has such a stereotypical view of the LGBT community he thinks an entire combat unit would break down into slap-fighting and showtunes on the battlefield.

[Nekojin]

Did they at least keep Huckabee's "The army is for killing people and breaking things" tirade? -.-

See, if Huckabee used that line as a lead-in to say that's why we need to cut military funding, I could actually understand him a little better. But no, that was his explanation for why we need the army and why we need to keep transgendered people out...

Yo, Pastor Huckabee. Might want to reread your Commandments. I'm pretty sure there's some word there about not killing... and I'm also pretty sure that your God doesn't look too kindly to people who demand that others to break Commandments.

Edit: For all of this, I hope that some religious people are starting to see how little Huckabee actually cares for his religion. It was a way to get him paid in the past, it's a way to get him votes now... but he's not at all devout in any sense of the word, and never has been. Religion is just a tool he uses to get other people to give him things.

[Kara_CS]

I believe so, it's already been immortalized on facebook.

[Gravekeeper]

Did they at least keep Huckabee's "The army is for killing people and breaking things" tirade? -.-

[Andara Bledin]

Note: The official Fox transcript is apparently missing at least one whole exchange between candidates, and the clips they've released don't cover the entire event.

[Kara_CS]

I didn't see the debate, since I had to work. But I've read the highlights and it seems like the same old story from the GOP. Hemming and hawing about what they're not going to do and making pledges to defund this and repeal that. So, as usual, not even any attempt to talk about what they will do that could be remotely productive to the economy or the people.

[jedimaster91]

There's a difference between not succumbing to the overly politically correct nonsense and being a racist, sexist, classist maroon. I think we can all agree Trump is the latter.

[Shangri-laschild]

No, the guy who couldn't sing on AI was kept around by the producers (seriously, audience votes are meaningless) because he got them ratings.

Trump is around because, compared to the rest of the field, he's a reasonable choice.

At this point, it's more about name recognition than anything else, anyway, and almost nobody can beat Trump for name recognition in the US.

Well that's disappointing and lowers my faith in humanity a little further. One of my coworkers said he respected how Trump spoke his mind and didn't take crap. Considering his mind is mentally ill and the crap he doesn't take is common sense and logic, I don't think that counts as good really.

[the_std]

The guy who continuously loses money in almost every venture he engages in, has alienated women and everyone who isn't white, and flip flops on serious key positions because it's advantageous to his business... He's considered the reasonable choice?

Christ on sale, what will happen to your country if the Republicans win this election?