423 thoughts on “Tonight the Republicans debate! Free Jim Gilmore!

  1. Unlike the Democratic side, the Republican side in New Hampshire is actually somewhat close. Trump will actually be there so we'll see if he can stop this slide he's on.

    538 projected results:

    Trump 27.1%
    Rubio 18.7%
    Kasich 14.5%
    Cruz 12.4%
    Bush 11.2%
    Christie 7.1%
    Fiorina (not invited) 4.5%
    Carson 3.0%
    Gilmore: lol

    1. February 20: Nevada Democrats, South Carolina Republicans

      February 23: Nevada Republicans

      February 27: South Carolina Democrats

        1. Thanks! I have no idea why Nevada and South Carolina are flipped for Democrats and Republicans, by the way, it makes no sense.

      1. I don't have the proper words yet to express the depths of fear & loathing I'm approaching this R debate with. I'll have to default to posting savage Ralph Steadman imagery, for now.

      1. I'd love to see what it looks like. It's worth more delegates than Iowa or New Hampshire and yet they're being completely ignored.

  2. Are there any not-white people in New Hampshire? Both the Democratic debate crowd and the Republican one seem even whiter than 96%.

    1. According to the wiki, NH was 98% white in 1990, 96% white in 2000 and 93.9% white in 2010, with a population of just over a million during those census years.

  3. Finally, a debate on a night when I can watch. Getting dinner ready but I should catch most of it, and I look forward to the snark here!

    1. You try and get waited on in a men's clothing store in NH or IA as a black man. He'd probably still be trying to catch the eye of a clerk.

  4. "Senator Cruz, you also haven't accomplished anything. What makes you think you can handle North Korea?"

    "Clinton's fault!!!"

  5. Why are we blaming Hillary for something under Bill's administration? Seems kind of sexist to blame her for her husband's work.

  6. A nuke in a satellite? ARE YOU FUCKING HIGH? You'd need a Saturn 5 to loft a thing that size. The NK's don't have miniaturization tech to lift a nuke anyway,

    These people are dangerously deranged.

  7. China doesn't have total control over that lunatic hermit regime in NK. The North is pissing off China at least as much as they are us. China just doesn't want them to fall, so that a capitalist US client state would be on their border. I could see the Chinese telling Trump that, and laughing behind his back

  8. And if Obama didn't pay ransom, you'd have been yelling at him for not caring about Americans. And Reagan did the same.

  9. Aaron Sharockman

    North Korea was removed from the state sponsored terrorism list in 2008 by President George W. Bush.

  10. "Kasich, you said the voters don't want to throw all the brown skinned people out, but they do."

    "We have to lock our doors!"

  11. Trump called for helping the homeless. Not much positive response, weirdly.

    Okay, not that weird at a GOP convention.

  12. Canadian Anchor Baby said "socialized medicine" three times in fifteen seconds. Is that a record, or a lagging performance?

  13. "The Donald, why do you like it when the government seizes property so you can make money?"

    "There would be no hospitals or schools or other good stuff without it!?

  14. Nate Silver 8:57 PM

    The dynamic on stage tonight with Marco Rubio is a bit like at the poker table when everyone else is eager to play hands with a certain player because they know he’s on tilt.

  15. That's not a monkey. That's an orangutan. And not even a real orangutan. Why are your gifs so full of lies?!

  16. My favorite conspiracy theory of the night was a person who claimed ABC stood for "All Barak Channel" and that the crowd was stacked with Clinton supporters.

  17. "Bridgegate man, Kasich has a surplus and you don't. Why is that?"

    "Kasich doesn't know WTF! Things are finally getting better after years so I rock!"

  18. Christie's plan is to beat up on Rubio. That may be smart considering they're competing for a lot of the same voters.

  19. Kasich: "We have the lowest number of state employees in 30 years."

    He says that like it's a good thing. "Hell, in my state, we are firing people left and right from decent government jobs and forcing them to work at Wal-Mart."

  20. "Canadian Anchor Baby, you've promised a lot. How the fuck are you going to get this shit done when everyone in Congress hates you?"

    "I'll undo stuff!!!"

  21. Horseshit, Cruz. Since Gingrich in the 90's the R's have been relentlessly dismantling Congress and increasing the authority of the President (remember the Unitary Executive theory?).

  22. So how are they expecting to do all of these things when they'd probably have to sign an executive order to do it?

  23. Hey, this is a Hillary Clinton bashing hour! It's like going on Reddit but with people actually running for president!

  24. This Ben Carson guy cracks me up. I mean, everyone else is all shouty, and then it comes to him and he's like, "(pause) Whaaat? Dude, I just woke up…"

    1. Love that and I love Rocky Mountain Mike. I first heard of him from the Stephanie Miller Show, which is also awesome.

  25. "The Donald, do you think the cops should be able to kill black and brown kids if they want to?"

    "They said it was just a mistake! Give them a break!"

  26. WOW FUCK YOU RUBIO, SAYING CHRISTIANS ARE THE ONLY ONES DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. FUCK YOU.

    okay sorry that pissed me off

    1. Technically, yes. Although, as any military historian will tell you, it consisted of one horse with wings sewn onto its back.