The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

And speaking of CNN, I love the way John McCain really dusted the floor with Romney on the waterboarding thing at last night's CNN-sponsored debate.

Then he had to go and invoke Godwin's Law.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Then he had to go and invoke Godwin's Law.

I kinda liked how he used Paul as a sorta heavy bag to show how he would go after a potential Dem rival.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

I kinda liked how he used Paul as a sorta heavy bag to show how he would go after a potential Dem rival.

I was actually surprised that, in front of that audience, Ron Paul was getting quite a few cheers and McCain was getting booed when he said that we were winning in Iraq. And imagine how much louder that booing would have been in a mixed crowd. So yeah, he came out swinging, but I don't thing America is buying what he is selling.

I do agree with him on the waterboarding subject however.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

I was actually surprised that, in front of that audience, Ron Paul was getting quite a few cheers and McCain was getting booed when he said that we were winning in Iraq. And imagine how much louder that booing would have been in a mixed crowd. So yeah, he came out swinging, but I don't thing America is buying what he is selling.

I do agree with him on the waterboarding subject however.

Each candidate had between 30 - 40 hard core supporters in the audience....Pauls were pretty loud.

Fox news(for what it's worth) had 34 registered Republicans wired. They were to hit one button every time they heard something they liked and another everytime they heard somethig they disliked. At that point in time when McCain was being booed by the "audience" his favorable rating spiked at nearly 80%. In other words the audience noise was not a good measure of how people generally felt about what was being said.

Of course these same 34 people, when polled at the end of debate gave the win to Thompson.......(at best, I think Thompson came in 5th) so who knows if Fox's Republicans were all that random or not.

I really hate these town hall debates.....I think they diminish the office these guys are seeking.

[BDBopper]

I agree Jeff,

We need to go to a system that Newt Gingrich has proposed that mirrors the classic Lincoln-Douglas debates. Alas Mike Huckabee is the only candidate to agree with him.

And Alex I respect your opinion.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by BDBopper

And Alex I respect your opinion.

No, no, no. It's your turn to say why what Huckabee said about evolution is not a fatal black mark either because 1) what he said was a good thing; 2) it doesn't matter what the president believes about evolution; 3) he was simply pandering and doesn't believe it any more than Reagan and Bush Sr. believed what they said about abortion; or 4) some other reason.

And . . . there's the bell.

[Moonliner]

Huckabee defends his position quite articulatly in this clip

All he was saying was that if you believe in evolution then you are godless.

I'm glad we cleared that one up.