If anyone is watching this Republican debate tonight, and has an opinion

[teddy51]

on these candidates. IMO Jon Huntsman is the least crazy, followed by (Oh my God) Ron Paul.

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1. I am in agreement. nt

[still_one]

2. and that is why Huntsman will never get the nomination /nt

[teddy51]

3. Your absolutely correct, and I still think he should switch parties, and run in 2012.

Sorry, but the guy makes sense to me and so does Ron Paul (even though he's crazy).

[jenmito]

5. So you'd vote for him over Obama? He is very conservative compared to Obama. n/t

[teddy51]

9. A serious answer, I don't know. There are so many things about

Obama that have disappointed me since his inauguration, but not sure that he still is not the best for us at this time. What we need to do is throw out our current Congress, and get a large majority in both houses. Following this, we could then decide really, how an Obama Presidency would really go.

[jenmito]

13. But you said you wish Huntsman would change parties and run in '12.

If you're disappointed in Obama, Huntsman is NOT someone you'd want to replace him. He's very anti-choice, pro-Ryan Plan as catgirl said, pro-tax cuts for the rich, pro-repealing "Obamacare" as he calls it, and more. If Obama had a Dem.-majority Congress, he would be able to do more.

[golfguru]

55. In case you have forgotten, we had a veto proof majority

in congress for 2 years in 2009 & 2010.

[Foolacious]

56. I think you mean fillibuster-proof...

in the senate. And when you factor in that Franken wasn't seated for a long time and Ted Kennedy was out with his terminal illness, that fillibuster-proof majority was only for something like 100 days (someone did the math but I don't remember who). And it included two independents, one of whom was Lieberman(!), and several Blue-Dog Dems whose votes could not be relied on.

[golfguru]

57. OOps, thanks for that correction, yes I meant 60 senators=filibuster proof

[catgirl]

6. He loves the Ryan Plan

and is as big of a flip flopper as Mitt Romney. Do you know anything about Huntsman? I advise you to investigate before you publicly endorse him.
He's squirrelly and his biggest aim is to derail Romney's campaign. (They're related- family feud).

[teddy51]

12. First of all I never said I knew anything about Huntsman, but said that he was the

best of the current slate of candidates that I see on the right. I haven't seen anything, in my observation so far, that would put him anywhere close to the rest of these idiots that are running. Ron Paul is favorable to me for his views on war, but none of these people are going to get the call anyway.

[catgirl]

16. You said he should switch parties and run in 2012

So that would mean..... run against President Barack Obama.

And now you say "I never said I knew anything about Huntsman", yet you say he should switch parties and run in 2012.

I repeat- brush up on your knowledge about Huntsman before making such wild suggestions.

[teddy51]

18. Well first of all I never said which party he should swicth to, and I do believe that

President Obama likes Huntsman based on this.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/08/jon-huntsman-democrats-republican

[jenmito]

20. You clearly implied he should switch to the Dem. party. R and D are the only major parties. n/t

[teddy51]

24. So presume that I said he should switch from R to D and run 2012, what would

be the problem with that? Obama obviously thought enough of Huntsman to appoint him as Ambassador to China.

I am not certain that Huntsman is a Republican, anymore than I am convinced that Obama is a Democrat.

[jenmito]

28. Wow. Really?: "I am not certain that Huntsman is a Republican, anymore than I am convinced that

is a Democrat"? You really have a LOT to learn about Huntsman. Obama chose Huntsman to be Ambassador of China. His positions on other issues don't matter. The problem is that you want Huntsman to primary Obama.

[teddy51]

29. Thats correct, did I stutter somewhere in my post? n/t

[jenmito]

30. You said earlier that you didn't say which party Huntsman should switch to. Now the

truth comes out, yet you have no idea what Huntsman's positions on the issues are.

[teddy51]

35. Huntsman has less than zero chance of being elected President, but as far as I am

concerned, he is less destructive than most of the other candidates on the right. As I stated, Huntsman, and then Paul would be the lessor of all evils on the right. Why would Obama chose Huntsman as Ambassador to China if he was a bad individual?

[jenmito]

36. Nice try. You have no idea what you're talking about regarding Huntsman, and I answered you

already about why Obama chose him for Ambassador of China.

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[jenmito]

50. Either you DON'T read or you CAN'T read. I've listed about 3 of Huntsman's positions that

prove he's a conservative. I won't list them again. I see you writing things then claiming you didn't say them then coming right out and saying you don't know things (like Huntsman's positions on issues) and then you just go on a cursing spree. Maybe you should know what you're talking about before spouting off like you've been doing.

[catgirl]

22. Based on a Real Clear Politics article?

Obama made Huntsman the ambassador to China. Huntsman is smart and is fluent in chinese. Smart chose on Obama's part.

That doesn't change the fact that Huntsman is a conservative minded politician who could serve the country any better than any of the other
idiots on the republican wish list.

[jenmito]

4. Huntsman has been getting lots of applause. And the MSM has been doing their best to

give him more positive attention. I worry that he may just be the next one to be the anti-Romney even though he's not considered conservative.

[catgirl]

10. They're not trying to boost Huntsman

They're trying to boost Gingrich through Huntsman. Huntsman is related to Romney and there's a serious family feud between them.
They know Huntsman will aggressively attack Romney since no one else will, and ultimately help Gingrich. They need drama!!! Think
Obama/Clinton coverage on CNN.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. I couldn't stand 1 nanosecond of that bs. It's as worthless as a tabloid. nt

[lib2DaBone]

8. I tried watching for 10 minutes.. they are all Pschopaths....

I can't believe what is coming out of the mouths?

They are the psychotic haters, greedy Bankers, racist, fascist... I'm running out of adjectives...

[cheapdate]

11. Why? What's there to see?

Eliminate capital gains. Repeal healthcare. Abolish regulations. Destroy unions. Is there something new?

[joshcryer]

14. Kain on foreign policy is gold, every time. Haha

[riverwalker]

15. saw Paul Wolfowitz

and got sick.

[FailureToCommunicate]

33. Evil incarnate.

[Cali_Democrat]

52. That's understandable

nt

[riverwalker]

17. Huntsman just made a batshit crazy

statement: "Our only interest in the Middle East is ISRAEL"
:crazy: WTF?

[catgirl]

26. Mormons are from the "House of Israel"

Who consider themselves Christians now.

Does that make them exiles? I don't know and it doesn't concern me. BUT- it might concern diehard religious freaks.

[pettypace]

19. Ron Paul onTaliban

"Taliban doesn't mean they want to come over here and kill us. Taliban means they want to kill US over there because we're occupying their country. They are doing the same thing we would do."

He's more left on foreign policy than Obama. Period point blank.

[ellisonz]

39. Ron Paul is an isolationist.

The last time isolationism was popular in this country was the 1920s and 1930s and it was a Republican position. That's not "left."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. IMHO. Wolf SUCKS. You might as well have Kim Kardashian leading

this debate. Virtually ZERO followup for these dunces.

I actually would be the least scared if Newt or Huntsman got in. The rest are very scary. But, would love
Ron Paul to decriminalize pot

[catgirl]

23. Newt doesn't scare you?

You should be very scared by him.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Nope. It's like his beliefs are based on reasoned analysis. Not

blind, crazy ideology

[catgirl]

27. Do you know his history?

He is anything but reasonable. He might sound reasonable, but don't be fooled.

From Dickipedia:

http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=Newt_Gingrich

[teddy51]

31. So what are you so afraid of then? There is no way in hell that any of these

idiots are going to be elected President anyway! Gingrich has so many skeletons in his closet, that he has no chance of being elected.

[jenmito]

34. Except for Huntsman, who you wish would become a Dem. and primary Obama...

even though you know nothing about his positions on the policies. :rofl:

[teddy51]

37. So what do you know about Huntsman that you think is so detructive to our current Democracy (that

really doesn't exist)? Just ask Naomi Wolff or Naomi Klein.

[ellisonz]

41. Oy Vey.

:banghead:

[ellisonz]

40. I dunno about that...

...We allowed George W. Bush to take office twice.

[teddy51]

42. If the American people are that stupid, then we deserve what we get.

If that were to happen, this country is toast anyway. Seriously, we are very close to where Rome was when it fell.

[ellisonz]

45. Ahh...nothing like collective punishment.

Do you know where Western Rome was when it fell? Overrun by barbarians.:banghead:

[teddy51]

46. Oh fuck, here we go again! No I don't know where Western Rome was when it fell.

Please enlighten me.

[ellisonz]

48. I'm not going to enlighten you.

Other than to say Americans are over-reliant on making spurious historical comparisons without actually getting down to brass tacks.

Enlighten yourself...

[teddy51]

49. The point is, who cares about Western Rome? The Roman Empire fell, thats

all we need to know. The US Empire, is not far behind. That is not only my opinion, but many others; ie: Naomi Wolf, Naomi Klein, and others.

[greiner3]

54. And governed by Christians.

[Stardust]

43. What a great website! nt

[Politicalboi]

32. Yessss!

Newt scares me too. :hide: Just think of all the baggage he has, and he still has a chance with these assholes. They truly are shameless, and will steal an election if given the chance. They have no conscience.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

44. None of them are worth a bucket of spit!

[in venere veritas]

47. Am I the only one who finds it ironic

that several of the canidates of the "party of small government" favor keeping the Patriot Act despite the fact it gives government powers that essentially shred the Bill of Rights?

[SmittynMo]

51. Clown town

Why watch. We all know someone will make a fool of themselves. And the media will pick it up tomorrow. The only advantage of watching is that you get to go to a circus without leaving your house.

[blkmusclmachine]

53. Paul holds some Christian Dominionist views. So he's not "not crazy."