Republican debate thread 9/16

He's probably already used this line, but when someone asks Carson if he's prepared to be president, he needs to respond, "How hard can it be? I mean, it ain't brain surgery."

 

On a related note, how long before presidential elections become American Idol-style vote-ins?

 

I want his foreign policy to be based around surgical strikes.

 

"Charisma" is the fucking bane of modern-day politics.

 

You're funny.

BTW, did you know John Kerry served in Vietnam?

We're constantly told how smart Dem politicians are, while there's a concerted effort to portray Republicans as dummies. Ben Carson has accomplished a ton in his life. Most people are unfamiliar with him. I think it bears repeating that the guy was the leading pediatric neurosurgeon.

 

They already are.

 

What fascinates me is that the Republicans absolutely will nominate someone who has never held elected office before. Trump gets the angry vote, Carson gets the faith vote and Fiorina will get the female vote.

There simply aren't enough other votes in the Republican field for a Cruz, Rubio or Bush.

If Trump falters, they'll go to Fiorina or Carson. If Carson falters, they'll go to Fiorina with a few to Huckabee. If Fiorina fades, they'll go to Carson.

On the Dem side, Sanders reminds me of the Jerry Brown candidacy of 1992. He's get the left but Clinton will trounce him in red states.

 

... who routinely demonstrates either his ignorance or willful disregard of scientific facts.

 

You understand that, for years, Republicans downplayed their intellectual credentials.

John McCain bragged about finishing almost last in his college class at Navy.

They are not blameless.

 

Like what?

Meanwhile, why don't you tell me how the smartest woman in the world said this:

Clinton, as a presidential candidate in 2008, wrote in response to a candidate questionnaire: “I am committed to make investments to find the causes of autism, including possible environmental causes like vaccines. . . . We don’t know what, if any, kind of link there is between vaccines and autism — but we should find out.”

Hillary Clinton says the science is clear on vaccines. But she knows better than most that the politics aren’t.

 

Sounds like Paul Krugman.

 

McCain and Quayle had to joke about not being smart because... it was true.

But, Al Gore, or John Kerry? Please. Their academic records would have been savaged if they were Republicans, and they tried to get away with the "smartest guy in the room" act these two routinely pulled.