Saturday, January 7, 2012

T-Rav's Sockpuppet Theater Presents: The Bad Timing Debate

The Republicans seem to have stupidly decided to stage a debate tonight (9:00 EST), starting just after the NFL playoff game between the Saint and Lions begins. Good luck with that.



340 comments:

  1. With the games starting in half an hour, make your predictions now. Prove your football prowess!


    Cincinnati upsets Houston
    New Orleans crushes Detroit
    Giants beat Altanta
    Denver shocks Pittsburgh


    On the debates, the over/under on the word "pimp mobile" is three.

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  2. Rav - I am not set up to watch the debate and blog simultaneously, but I do love reading the comments afterwards. Great job! Interestingly, I have kind of gotten bored by the NFL. Maybe it was moving from Philly area to Knoxville, but I lost interest and seem to be more of a college guy.

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  3. Jed, By and large, the NFL has gotten a bit dull because they've turned it into too much of a business and too many players quit once they decide the game is lost.

    But there are some things that are still interesting. I like watching Brees and the Saints play a lot and I'm really enjoying the Tebow games which have been surprisingly exciting.

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  4. Texans over the Bengals
    Saints over the Lions
    Giants over the Falcons
    Steelers over the Broncos

    It will be a bad day for animal mascots...Lions and tigers and...too bad the Bears didn't make.

    Dear God,

    Please make them stop debating. Make them sit down and talk one on one about what they will do specifically.

    Your humble servant,
    BevfronNYC
    Amen.

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  5. I'm with TJ on being a college ball guy, though I blame it on my upbringing.

    I'm interested to see how the remaining candidates "debate" now that the primaries are technically started. I don't have high hopes for any drastic changes, but I'm always up for surprises. I also can't get enough of those adorable sockpuppets.

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  6. I'll be out at the old trading post getting vittles, but I hope to get back in time to see the debate and join the comments. It depends on how much the grandkids dawdle.

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  7. Bev, Let me second your letter to God. These debates need to stop. There's actually one in the morning, but I'm not getting up to watch it.

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  8. Not another debate?! Shouldn't this many debates be against the law?

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  9. Hi there!
    MMmmm. Another debate. Well, I'd like to watch Newt; he is simply beside himself and, therefore, fun to watch.

    Problem: darling wants to watch Alien Resurrection and will not go along with another debate. Maybe I can get this computer to give me stream or audio...anyone know who is carying it? I will be getting off now and searching and I will let you know.

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  10. Cris, I was just looking for that. This should be the feed:

    DEBATE LINK

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  11. TX Andrew,
    I saw that it was on Breitbart a few comments are on--four letter words for ABC news--haha! and that's from the ladies!

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  12. You're welcome Cris! ABC deserves quite a few four letter words! LOL!

    This should be interesting tonight to see how nasty it gets.

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  13. Just so everyone knows, the over/under on Diane Sawyer's blood alcohol level for this evening is 0.12. You may place your bets now.

    I'm going with the Giants and the Saints, and could really care less about the others.

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  14. Yeah, so would I. However, I should note that no bets will be taken on the chances of Newt spontaneously combusting while arguing with Romney. I'm not sure you could get anyone to bet against that.

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  15. We are watching Saints and Lions in the commercials.

    I am going to link to the debate and grab an adult beverage as I don't want Diane drinking alone. That's just the kind of gal I am! ;)

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  16. Cris, I'm watching the football game too and I plan to just fake my debate comments....

    "Yes, that candidate sure said something interesting."


    On Diane, I'm sure she appreciates that! :)


    T-Rav, Vegas say 1.2 million to 1 in favor of combustion.

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  17. So, is Michelle "I'm a tax attorney with a thousand children" Bachmann going to participate or is she really out?

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  18. Bev, How funny would it be if she tried to crash the debate.

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  19. Just to clarify, Andrew-
    Alien Ressurection will be on, commercials go to the Saints/Lions and the computer will be on my lap streaming and me trying to comment! My kids would be shocked to see me multi task like this! Maybe I'll IM them on Facebook and let them know.

    Regardless, I'm all in (a nice Merlot but darling counts refills!!)

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  20. Cris, That's the kind of thing that makes me think about how different our world is from the past. What a world! :)

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  21. Bev- are you "in" for this? I know without Michelle who will represent the old ladies who live in shoes-tax attorneys---but there might be some fireworks...

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  22. Bev, both of them are "meh" teams to me. Houston's obviously superior, I just don't care a lot about either of them.

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  23. T-Rav - if the Texans can get to the Superbowl, Cowboy owner Jerry Jones' head will explode. Many in Dallas would pay good money to see that.

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  24. CrisD - I will try, but these debates give me a stomach ache. I may fake it though just to add some estrogen to the room!

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  25. Hey!! I found this bottle at the open bar a few minutes ago! It makes some tangy martinis!

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  26. For the record, this new "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" thing looks pretty good. I may have to go watch.

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  27. George StephanopoulosJanuary 7, 2012 at 8:56 PM

    Diane! Give me that stuff! It's not martinis, it's formaldehyde!

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  28. T-Rav, When you say "new," I cringe. This is an old story.

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  29. Yeah, Jerry Jones can suck it, as far as I'm concerned. Although frankly, I don't really like the Cowboys in general. I think it's a reaction to their being over-hyped as "America's Team" or whatever. Still, I'd root for them in a matchup with the Patriots (hypothetically speaking).

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  30. I don't care! I like them Mekshican drinks too! I'm not a prejiduc....prejedui....bad person like those evil Republicans! Party it up, I say! Woo hoo! (thump)

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  31. Just showing up. Looks like the fun already started.

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  32. BTW, it is my little girl's 4th birthday!

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  33. How is this my voice? They've been ignoring my voice, as far as I can tell. Hello? Hello???

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  34. Happy birthday, tryanmax's daughter!

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  35. Chances of anyone following the rules, including the moderators themselves: at or near zero.

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  36. Good, taking on 0bama out the gate. Let's hope the whole debate keeps this tone.

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  37. Let us rephrase: Obama likes it when America is prosperous, why don't you?

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  38. Aren't CEOs and managers just titles that we give to leaders?

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  39. Andrew's Television SetJanuary 7, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    Get Rick off the screen. Seriously, he's going to shoot me if he stays on the screen any longer. Help me.

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  40. "Yes, that candidate sure said something interesting."

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  41. Um, I'm pretty sure Romney has neither been excluded from the Beltway nor been a struggling entrepreneur.

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  42. Don't worry, my television is showing the Saints embarrassing themselves, not Ricky S.

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  43. What is this film they are talking about? (Sorry, trying to deal with b-day aftermath.)

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  44. T-Rav, It would be worse. It could have been named "Robbing From The Poor, Inc." I think Gingrich said that today.

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  45. To anyone who chose to watch football rather than this debate: You did the right thing.

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  46. tryanmax, It's a film staring Rick Santorum....

    he was young...

    he needed the money...

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  47. Is it just me, or does Huntsman's voice sound like a recording?

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  48. Andrew, I don't understand what you're getting at.

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  49. Technical DifficultiesJanuary 7, 2012 at 9:13 PM

    We do, in fact, double as lie detectors.

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  50. tryanmax asked about some film they were talking about, and I figured they were talking about the film staring Ricky and the fireman. ;)

    It was a Naked Gun reference.

    "I just saw some interesting photos..."
    "I was young, I needed the money."

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  51. It's a choice between Ron Paul and chest-thumping Lions players. I want whatever Diane's got in her coffee cup.

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  52. Much like Paul has done, in fact.

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  53. Andrew, LOL! (I'm gonna be in and out 2nite)

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  54. It's so nice to finally be allowed to finish.

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  55. T-Rav, She gets special ABC issued alcohol.

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  56. tryanmax, uh... that sounds like a set up for a dirty joke. LOL!

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  57. In fact, it's nice to be asked a question.

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  58. Perry is whining about insiders and corruption? WTF?

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  59. Andrew, and one that wouldn't be out of place in a Naked Gun movie.

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  60. Get your mind out of me, Andrew.

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  61. Somebody please strangle Perry now.

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  62. Andrew, this movie of yours--did Rick Perry have a supporting role, by chance?

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  63. Oh, is that like when you claim you never take stimulus money from Washington after taking $6 billion?

    Up yours Perry.

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  64. T-Rav, I would guess he was the star.

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  65. Those darn kids stole my gold, dagnabbit!

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  66. The field has not seemed more homogenous than it does tonight.

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  67. Maybe one of the producers shot Diane up with Valium before this debate. Whatever works, I guess.

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  68. tryanmax, They do look a bit like clones.

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  69. Jon Huntsman: For those who think Mitt Romney is a right-wing zealot.

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  70. At least Mitt tries bringing it back to 0bama, but all the sniping still happened.

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  71. "this is a failed presidency"... yep

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  72. Oh, that reminds me, who has the worst tie? I'll render my verdict after I get a look at them all.

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  73. You have a bottle of stimulants. You can give the stimulants to these candidates on the stage or to the Saints offense, but not both. What do you do, Jack? What do you do?

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  74. Did you know Texas was an independent nation with its own military policy? Because I didn't.

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  75. Rick Perry -- the reduction of the military budget is the biggest crisis America face.

    Uh, no.

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  76. PANDER ALERT PANDER ALERT

    This has been a Pander Alert.

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  77. Let's be clear on this: Paul accused Gingrich of sending kids off to war to be killed. Newt was not in a position to do that. Paul was when he voted yes on the AUMF for Afghanistan.

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  78. I'm going to hire doctors to follow veterans in New Hampshire around and take care of them.

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  79. But that won't stop him from repeating the charge, of course.

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  80. Girls, girls! You're both pretty. Now settle down.

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  81. Did anyone notice that a) Paul randomly attacked Santorum in the course of replying to Newt, and b) the camera operator swung to Perry instead? Is everyone here drunk?

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  82. Paul thinks enforcing drug laws is racist? Uh, no.

    There are many reasons for everything you are saying Paul.... asshole.

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  83. Oh my Lord, here we go onto Wonka's boat ride again.

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  84. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!


    Minorities don't serve in higher numbers either you POS.

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  85. Now that newt and Paul have shot each other --Stephonopolis will deliver the blow to Paul! Thanks ABC, we can count on you...

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  86. tryanmax, That was a weak film, though I liked the idea itself.

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  87. Please God, make it stop. Make it end.

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  88. Learn Martian today!

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  89. FYI, this new TV version of "The Firm" looks pretty lame, in my opinion.

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  90. Megamind.... with Will Ferrel and Tina Fey (if I'd known, I wouldn't have bothered).

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  91. T-Rav, The Firm looks intensely lame.

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  92. Surprise, surprise. Ron Paul believes in liberal race myths.

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  93. Debate so far: In a stunning deviation, Ron Paul has decided to stop going crazy during the last 20 minutes and start going crazy during the first hour instead. Meanwhile, every other candidate puts one in mind of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

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  94. jumping on during the commercial. Romney outclassed Santorum early on. The others want to get rid of Paul. Like always, he mixes some good pointw with his intrinsic lunatic tendencies. Perry doesn't do it for me, and somebody likened Huntsman to an actor playing a Star Trek Federation senior diplomat.

    Reminded that no Newt is good Newt.

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  95. T-Rav, Good summation from what I've seen.

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  96. Do you believe the states have a right to ban contraception?

    What kind of idiot question is that? Is this 1961?

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  97. Griswald v. Connecticut. Supreme Court says no.

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  98. Fun fact: St. Anselm was an 11th-century Archbishop of Canterbury, exiled by King William II for his opposition to royal overbearance, and generally credited with starting the medieval movement known as scholasticism. His most famous contribution was the formation of the "ontological argument," using logical proofs to make a case for the existence of God. Given all that, does having this farce of a debate at the college named for him constitute sacrilege, or not? Discuss!

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  99. Romney actually just gave a solid constitutional answer to an idiotic question.

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  100. Why are you bringing me into this?

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  101. And now...amateur hour begins.

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  102. Maybe we could talk about things now.

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  103. Hmm, whaddya know. The candidate that is supposedly the constitutional expert gives the weakest constitutional answer.

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  104. OMG! Republicans want to oppress pregnant mothers! Again!

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  105. That was almost a 'when did you stop beating your wife' question. pthzzz!

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  106. Diane Sawyer: hee hee, moving on from that silly constitution...

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  107. Dear Phil: Given the trashed economy, the collapsing EU, and the fact that half the Middle East is on fire right now or is about to be, why is this the most important issue to you?

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  108. Think any of them will give a straight answer to any of these questions?

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  109. Santorum -- "this isn't a federal issue, this is a state issue."

    That is called a lie. Santorum has NEVER believe that.

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  110. I'm switching over to the game. Let me know when the hosts stop pretending that gay people constitute a family.

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  111. Andrew, Uncle Sam's accusatory finger in you avatar accompanied your last comment perfectly.

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  112. Sir, are you opposed to same sex, same disability, same race but multi-religion, interspecies dinners?

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  113. Good Lord, what is going on with New Orleans? Talk about your amateur hour.

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  114. tryanmax, That does work nicely doesn't it?!

    fyi, the game is back on.

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  115. T-Rav, They've been shockingly bad at points, like when they've gotten near the end zone. I don't know what's going on?

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  116. Oh, they just took the lead. Never mind.

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  117. Are they still worried about whether gays will find love?

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  118. yep

    I wonder how the Aliens are doing?

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  119. tryanmax, Andrew was in fact pointing at the TV while typing that comment about Santorum. But not with his index finger.

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  120. Santorum is a prick.

    Excuse my language.

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  121. The only answer to this is "No, I will not hand the election to Barack Obama by running third-party." Anything else and you should be read out of the party.

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  122. I'd like to open this can of worms back up, if you don't mind.

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  123. The Teletubbies are sleeping under my bed.

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  124. I'm getting distracted by the shine off of Huntsman's hair.

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  125. His hair is strange. It has a ridge.

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  126. Jeez, this answer by Romney is the most solid of any of them. Someone help me, I think I'm losing my mind.

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  127. T-Rav, Romney is the only one on stage who strikes me as President tonight. The other are clowns and fools.

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  128. Romney is a windsock, but the wind is blowing conservative.

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  129. Iran is not trying to get nuclear weapons! And even if they are, they're just trying to defend themselves against Israel! Blame the Zionists! Buy Gold!!!

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  130. And then there's Perry, who seems to be 10 minutes behind the other candidates.

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  131. Yeah, you don't want weak horse. You need strong horse, it has better street value.

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  132. Trust me, that whole "containment" thing didn't work out well back in the '70s.

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  133. I AM A KILLER... GRRRR. I WILL WIN OUR WARS BY CONTINUING WHAT OBAMA IS DOING BUT CALLING IT SOMETHING ELSE!

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  134. Can we go back to gay marriage?

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  135. So now Bush III wants to re-invade Iraq. Nice.

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  136. See, I love this 0bama bashing, but there should be more of it.

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  137. I don't know whether it would be feasible to send troops back into Iraq, but Iranian influence is going to be a very big problem very quickly.

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  138. And Newt throws down the Reagan card. Yawn.

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  139. Ripley just kissed the alien goodbye. She and Winona triumph!

    Newt says so many right things.

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  140. T-Rav, It's not. Under the treaties we struck, they have the right to say if they want us there and they don't.

    This is knee-jerking-off.

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  141. How can such an important topic come across as so tedious?

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  142. CrisD, The movie's over already? That was fast!

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  143. I thought his crazy was RonPaul's Achilles heel.

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  144. So you admit you're the one who was putting our kids in harm's way?

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  145. T-Rav, Because you've got idiots arguing about it and it's clear they have no idea what they are talking about. That's what makes it tedious. It's like listening to teenagers tell you what's wrong with the world.

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  146. America: Building bridges, one fisherman at a time!

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  147. Whoa! For a moment I thought I was watching Idiocracy. Then I snapped out of it and became very sad.

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  148. Members of the Green RevolutionJanuary 7, 2012 at 10:06 PM

    Yeah, we're still smarting over that whole thing. Thanks a ton, Obama.

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  149. You're telling us!

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  150. Holy crap, J. Edgar is still in theaters?!

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  151. Worst tie contest winner: Ron Paul for his 1970s old-man wide tie.

    Runner up: John McElveen for capturing the spirit if not the garishness of Paul's tie.

    Honorable mentions: Newt and Santorum for their camera un-friendly tight-pattern selections. We may be in the era of HD, but some of the old rules still apply.

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  152. tryanmax, on my TV, they all look like they're wearing yellow shirts tonight.

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  153. Weird. I just saw spam get posted and then pulled away by the spam filter.

    I knew that sometimes it takes time, but this was the first time I've seen that.

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  154. I think CrisD is now engrossed in Alien 3. Much more Alien-y than Alien.

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  155. The lib commenters on ABC commercials are disappointed that they seemed to have waved the white flag for Romney. I think they wanted a Romney -Newt battle and all we got was the T-shirt "Ron Paul vs. Santorum" and Ron Paul vs.Gingrich". I hope they have no sound bites tomorrow. May they choke on it.

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  156. What's George doing to unwind? Uh....do we really want to know that?

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  157. Was that the thing about Ursula? I think I saw the same thing.

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  158. That's what we need for the debates! A soundtrack!

    Think "Electric Avenue" by Eddie Grant!

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  159. tryanmax, Yes -- Ursula, that's what it was -- spam. It showed up here and then vanished a second later. It's not even in the spam filter, it's just gone.

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  160. I give Romney a lot of points for explaining that really well about why America rocks!

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  161. I suggest some "Massive Attack" for the soundtrack. Makes you feel like you're caught up in something really important. Except then it ends, and reality kicks in, but oh well.

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  162. Andrew, I tricked it into saying its name backwards. That's the only way to send it back to the fifth dimension where it belongs.

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  163. T-Rav-
    I think I would watch aliens debate right about now.

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  164. Say it with me. Flat tax, flat tax, flat tax....

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  165. T-Rav, They should all have their own soundtracks.

    Ricky Santorum could use AC/DC's "Highway to Hell."

    Ricky Perry could use "wasted away again in Margaritaville."

    Ron Paul could use Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage."

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  166. Save the country! Bring manufacturing back!

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  167. Touchdown Detroit!

    This is a heck of a game.

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