206 thoughts on “Republican Debate: Now with 100% less Donald Trump!

    1. She is a big pile of carefully coiffed crazy.

      Is this the pre-game show? I just turned it on. If I'm going to see any Trump I will turn it off now and come back later.

    1. I know when I have to search questionable titles on torrent sites, like Tina & Amy's recent movie Sisters, they always have a pop-up that makes me swear I am over 18. So, yeah, something like that, right?

  1. Gilmore wants us to remember that he has real experience. None of us actually knew that originally, but he might be more qualified than almost everyone else…

    1. I just had to google him. To be honest I have never seen him before. It's as if as soon as one of the clowns gets out of the car they have to find someone else to put in.

    2. He got elected VA goobernor in 1998 by promising to eliminate a car tax. He did so. Term ended. You only get one in the Old Dominion. That is all.

  2. Not watching, but I saw on the front page that the moderators for the underwhelming debate are some people named BILL HEMMER and MARTHA MACCALLUM. I think they have to put their names in all caps because no one knows who the fuck they are.

  3. Nate Silver 7:32 PM

    The most memorable undercard moment: Fiorina emerging out of the first JV debate, then being really good in her first varsity debate, then pretty much disappearing. It was like when a 13-seed sneaks into the Sweet Sixteen and then loses to Kentucky by 46 right when everyone’s getting excited about them.

    OHIO LIBEL!

  4. @ryanstruyk

    It's impossible for Gilmore to win 1,000 of the 2,472 total Republican delegates because he's missed so many ballot deadlines.

  5. Gilmore just said he was a board member of the NRA. And then goes with an email joke. He just went from amusing joke to total asshole.

  6. Fiorina said attacking Clinton for her husband's problems wasn't a personal attack, then goes with a ton of personal attacks. What an asshole.

      1. lol, sorry, Jake (The Best Cat) jumped on the keyboard just as I hit "Submit Comment" and added the "+3." I guess he liked it?

  7. And now an hour of Bill O'Reilly, which translates to "go do something else for an hour and come back to the thread at 9"

  8. I can't watch this stream (too many scripts on this page or security settings or something) but I gather it was unpleasant.

    The question I have is:
    In this application, do you think that the Air Force's experimental Pheromone Bomb would be:

    a). Very helpful
    b). Helpful
    c). Not Helpful
    d). Funny
    e). Disgusting
    f). a and d
    g). c and e
    h). d and e
    i). Don't know
    j). *Oukes*

  9. Best facebook comment of all time on 538's live blog

    Ray Anselmo
    If you want to see intelligent views on the debate and the campaign, read the column on the left. If you want to see knuckle-dragging stupidity from people that shouldn't be allowed to reproduce, read eveything directly below and above this note. Caveat emptor.

  10. I'm watching the Iowa Hawkeyes play at the Maryland Terrapins in men's college basketball right now and a Maryland fan just held up a sign that read "Even Trump Doesn't Care About Iowa!"

    1. I'm listening to "The World" live call in show on PRI. The topic is "Should Americans all get tested for depression?' Host, Doctor, coupla journalists. A guy calls in (paraphrasing) "So you wanna know if I'm depressed? OF COURSE I'M DEPRESSED! The oceans are dying, the world's warming, everyone's killing everyone else AND DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!!!11!

      I had to laugh. Me too.

    1. I totes agree with him on the NSA stuff.

      But then again I think Snowden did the right thing for the right reasons, no matter how unlikable or narcissistic he may be.

  11. Rubio just talks about whatever he feels like, no matter what the question is. Anger! Fiery Latin temper! "I'll take them to Gitmo myself, since I know the way!"

    1. It worked in Vietnam, in that it delivered the country to the North Vietnamese. It worked in Iraq, in that it created ISIS.

      Oh, did you mean "Work in our interest?" Not so much.

  12. Rubio: "No symbolic military actions!"

    Here's a lesson in strategery for you, Marco: If you send a battalion, you might win the battle. If you send a division, there might not be a battle. Guess which scenario the troops and their families like better.

  13. Only Paul got to respond, and Paul would be the only one to make a decent response. Nice to see a Republican do well on race question though.

  14. [ sorry Thai food was offered, and accepted. ]
    WTF??!!!
    Tuned in and FOX has turned into Daily Show with clips of previous /current bullshit .

  15. Fox News just brought a Mexican immigrant and veteran to ask Ben Carson a question. I guess Fox News has decided they want to put everyone under pressure tonight.

  16. Maybe FOX is doing this to dis Trump. He couldn't deal with actual questions.
    Hey, everybody, remember Journalism 101? We can do that for one night can't we?

  17. Just turned this garbage fest on. Is it just me, or is Megyn Kelly trying to look like she's getting the best revenge by living well? Complete with super-duper-extend-o lashes?

    1. To be fair, Chris Wallace isn't looking like an aging sage journo, more like the retiree hired part-time at ACE hardware

  18. Leah Libresco 10:25 PM

    Rubio praised America’s record on immigration, saying: “Every single year, close to a million people immigrate to the United States legally. There’s no nation on Earth that comes close to that number.” But we’re a big country! When you rank countries by what share of the population is foreign born, we’re No. 65.

    WE'RE #65! WE'RE #65!

  19. Rubio will govern with God's word, which means shellfish may soon be banned. Eat all the shrimp now before it's too late!

  20. @PFTCommenter 32 seconds ago

    Chris Christes never had a hands-on experence w/ Kurds that didnt involve ordering poutine at a jack in a box

  21. Cruz: I will personally kill the terrorists, Obamacare, AND gay marriage! I have the most hate so I'm the best option!

  22. WHAT IS WRONG WITH SWEDEN?! The universal health care? The paid paternity leave for both parents? The parks and lakes? The Aquavit? What?!

  23. You know, a few days ago, TehRump said he would hold a rally for Wounded Warriors Project. Then, all the news came out about how WWP is really good at spending money on themselves. Since then, no word about WWP. TehRump still claims this rally was for the vets, but no word about how or which charity? Anyone know what group will actually get this money they raised?

  24. The very first political conversation I ever had happened when I was about ten or eleven years old (this would have been around 1983 or 1984.) I grew up in a solid middle-class household in MN, in a blue-collar part of old-school blue NE MN, full of good Union iron workers and others (My dad was a social worker working at the local state hospital, trying to find jobs for people there, and my mom was an RN):

    Me: "Dad, if Democrats are for the working people and Republicans are for the business owners, then why don't Democrats win every election?"

    My Dad: "I don't know, son. I just don't know."

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