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Showing posts with label Debates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Debates. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

1st tier debate impressions... and web redirects

*Unrelated issue...... To anybody that web surfs...I have noticed a lot of redirects when I check other sites, I get diverted to different site .  They show ads from the Ad council and they range from adopting a kid  to "check your Bias".  I have noticed this on several sites that I frequent.  I have tried to do a "screen capture" to save a couple, but so far unsuccessful.  Has anybody else have this issue?

This kind of stuff.....


I am now listening to the 1st tier debates, the candidates are
 The Donald
 The Cruz
 The Dr.
 Senator Rubio
 Kasich
 Paul
 The Establishment favorite Jeb
 Carly
 Chris Christie




    
I have several impressions...First off...there was a vocal Paul contingent there, they were noisy and I did like what he said about following the constitution...but the national polls don't reflect the cheering I heard.
     The Donald was vague on his answers, and he and Jeb sparred a lot.  Jeb being the establishment candidate is trying to revitalize his campaign with a 3% favorability despite spending a lot of money.
      The Donald did reaffirm that he will stay with the party even if he don't get elected as the nominee.   The Establishment and their hacks in the media have been pushing the narrative that if Donald don't get the GOP nod, he will run as an independent thereby splitting the vote


 Like what Ross Perot did in 1992 and guarenteed Bill (I didn't inhale) Clinton the presidency.

  There were sparks between Rubio and Cruz, I get the feeling that the Rubio people dispise the Cruz people, Cruz is viewed as an outsider and Rubio was an establishment candidate, Rubio support of the gang of 8 on immigration was mentioned and Rubio tried to deflect it when he was asked if he would try such a thing again.  His response was this wouldn't work now..The American people don't trust the government to follow the law.  We gotta fix that first before we can try again."
    Cruz did a good job when the panelist tried to pin him on deporting the illegals here, he replied "We will follow the law, We either have a border like every other country in the world...or we don't."
     Chris Christie did a good job using the plain english that made him popular commented after Rubio and Cruz were in the weeds debating a nuance in a bill, "This is to all the people back home, your eyes glaze over during this?  This is what it is like in a senate hearing.."
      Dr Carson did well but he wasn't asked a lot of questions except one that stood out "Could you as Commander in Chief order a strike against ISIS in a civilian population killing hundreds of people?  Do you have the experience to be a commander in chief?.  The resulting booing was loud from the audience, it was perceived as a *Gotcha* question.
   Carly Fiorina didn't get a lot of time to answer questions, she was almost totally excluded from the questions, I would have liked to have seen more.
    Kasich was touting his experience as Governer of Ohio, he did mention that if we don't get the economy going, all the people wanting to rebuild the military can't do it.  He mentioned that we would love to get the 4 billion dollars back from the war and use it in our infrastructure.
     I would have loved to have more time with more variety of information.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

2nd tier debate thoughts....

I am watching the 2nd string debate on CNN and so far I like Huckabee, and Santorium the best.   Pataki and Graham seem to be disjointed.  Isil or Daesh seem to be the main topic.  Would like to see other topics discussed.   Putin and Obama was discussed.
Talking about instituting a draft....the best response I heard was from Huckabee was no draft but re institute the full G.I. Bill..if you want to get full college ride, join the service...give to your country and your country will give to you. 
    Now they are talking about the full inclusion of women in combat jobs.  Santorum and Pataki got into it about it.  I would have commented that "the people pushing the full inclusion...it is a political decision, their daughters and sons won't pay the price for this flawed policies...it will be the kids from the "flyover" countries that pay for the short sightedness."
     The civilian hostages were discussed, and Huckabee gave the best response...about the  people willing to pay the ransom.  His response was  "If it was my son or daughter...I would give every drop of my blood.....but as a national policy, it is flawed...it would encourage more kidnappings and more terrorism." 
      Still haven't heard any domestic policies....the candidates need to tell their vision for domestic policies to steal the thunder of Hillary and Bernie.

        My opinion of the 2nd tier debate is that Sanatorum and Huckabee did best.

Friday, October 5, 2012

The New Yorker Strikes again.....

You noticed the price went up in 4 years.......Along with gas.....Groceries, clothing, staples, ammo...all the necessities of life.

AND AGAIN IN 2012!
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Socrates – "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."

Thursday, October 4, 2012

My take on the debate

Romney did well, and Obama was not prepared.   The line about the green energy was telling and the fact that " you picked the losers"  was great.  Also the rebuttal when Obama made the comment about "Tax breaks for moving jobs overseas"  and Romney replied" I have been in business for 25 years and I have never heard of that...Maybe I need an new accountant"  was great!  it is hard for the President to spin lies and half truths and get called on it like he did.  Obama had no campaign to spin a narrative, no half truths, no sympathetic media to softball his questions.  Obama was unprepared, I expect that he figured that he would be able to dazzle them as in days past and skate by as he has so many times before.  This time Mitt was ready and pinned him again and again.   I expect that Obama will come out swinging and the 47% video and Bain capital will make an appearance.  If Romney can stay on point, he can dissect him again and pin him.  Obama plays with campaign points and not facts and Romney can hammer him again and again on his record.