Republican debate

[ambushk]

These so-called debates, are a joke of sorts. They don't actually debate anything, they only make sound bites. The majority of these candidates are not interested in representing anyone but themselves. Certain candidates received more "face time" than others. It wasn't exactly informative. The moderator obviously had her own position on who could make the most valuable contribution to this debate.

To be honest with you the only one I found to be engaging was Alan Keyes. Although I don't exactly agree with all of his stances. He was the only one that showed the frustration, and anger many Americans have with the the status quo. It seemed obvious to me when none of the the candidates could offer a yes or no answer to the question on global warming, that we will never see the real person behind the face, and we will never see change in Washington.

I am looking forward to the "other-sides" debate later on. However I have no doubt that we will see the same disconnected persona's we saw today.

When, and better yet, how will we take our country back before it dissolves into some form of a corporate conglomerate, instead of remaining the United States Of America?

[arizona_cards_11]

I love Alan Keyes......

He is my favorite candidate BY FAR!!!

[NJCardFan]

I have to agree with you ambushk. The candidates(I didn't even know Keys was running) didn't really answer much of anything, however, I found it interesting that Huckabee went so far to promote the Fair Tax. Pretty gutsy IMO. AS for global warming, the questions being asked on it were pretty loaded and I have no problem in the candidates dancing around the issue because there is so much counter argument to the concept including a new study claiming the models are wrong.(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316566,00.html)

[The Curmudgeon]

I missed the debate, I am anxious to see how Huckabee who was by favorite Republican candidate will deal with the rapist pardon issue.

[NightHawk11and81]

Keyes has less of a chance than Ron Paul. The man who got his behind handed to him by Obama in Illinois is going to win the race for President? I don't think so.

[ambushk]

I doubt that any of the Republicans will be elected... of course we all know a Republican can become president without winning the election. (Just kidding)

Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if Obama wins. I just hope he doesn't choose Hilary to be his VP. If she gets in there I would be disappointed. When she first came out I said, "A woman president might be a good thing.". I still feel a woman would be good, but not her.

I would like to see the odds on how many promises would be kept by the one that ends up winning though. If history means anything, we will hear the voters moaning and groaning about the administration, and how badly they have performed in the following election.

Off topic, but I'm curious; Does anyone really feel our country will not go the way of the "Roman Empire" if we stay the course? If so, why not? What makes us any different from every other "Mighty Mite" that has existed throughout history?

Don't get me wrong, I hope we can avoid the pitfalls of "greatness". I really worry we are so full of ourselves that we won't see the end until it's passed us.

[BoboCracker]

Off topic, but I'm curious; Does anyone really feel our country will not go the way of the "Roman Empire" if we stay the course? If so, why not? What makes us any different from every other "Mighty Mite" that has existed throughout history?

Don't get me wrong, I hope we can avoid the pitfalls of "greatness". I really worry we are so full of ourselves that we won't see the end until it's passed us.

In a country that a large percentage of the population cares more about J-Lo's thigh size than getting nuked?
I don't think this country will "end" . I can see splitting up into seperate geographic/political factions though. Maybe several. Race, religion and sexual orientation could play a big part also. The Divided States of America. If Washington gets nuked, it could happen.

[ambushk]

In a country that a large percentage of the population cares more about J-Lo's thigh size than getting nuked?
I don't think this country will "end" . I can see splitting up into seperate geographic/political factions though. Maybe several. Race, religion and sexual orientation could play a big part also. The Divided States of America. If Washington gets nuked, it could happen.

I wonder who will settle in San Francisco?

I don't think it would take a nuke to blow us apart. God, I hope this never happens.

[BoboCracker]

I wonder who will settle in San Francisco?

I don't think it would take a nuke to blow us apart. God, I hope this never happens.

If/when we get nuked, it will be really, really bad. We just had a fairly minor ice storm here. I would estimate that about 60% of the folks here were NOT prepared, even with a weeks notice. How would that play out if an unannounced event like a nuke happened? Chaos would be my bet. I hope it never happens either, but it doesn't hurt a thing to be prepared.

[Reckon]

I've caught only a minute or two of Republican and Democratic debates before I've switched them off. It's not that I'm politically apathetic, I just don't care for the process that produces the least objectionable candidate to be the lead executive of the country.