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GOP Primary Debate Open Thread

by Adam L Silverman|  March 3, 20168:57 pm| 214 Comments

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  1. 1.

    Wyliecoat

    March 3, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for the new look on the mobile. So much easier to read.

  2. 2.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 8:59 pm

    I wonder where this one will rank.

  3. 3.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 8:59 pm

    Just finished a quick workout in time for this. I am counting on this to be even wilder than the last one.

  4. 4.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:01 pm

    Megyn Kelly looks like a Golden Goddess. Are they lighting her in some special way?

  5. 5.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:01 pm

    the young man who introduced POTUS today, Brent wrote the following letter to President Obama about being a Republican and the ACA saving his life.

    This is what scares the GOP…the legacy that PBO have for being the President who brought Healthcare to millions of Americans, not a perfect system, but one that can and has literally saved lives of ordinary Americans!

    The letter here: “You Saved My Life”

    Here is the young man introducing the Pres today…
    @WhiteHouse
    “The Affordable Care Act saved my life” —Brent, a Republican who just introduced @POTUS in Milwaukee

  6. 6.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:01 pm

    Marco’s grin looks so fake. Looks like he might shat himself.

  7. 7.

    Keith P.

    March 3, 2016 at 9:01 pm

    The last two have been building to this one. Should be a good one, especially with Carson out and Megan Kelly in.

  8. 8.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    March 3, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    Sounds like a good WWE crowd.

  9. 9.

    raven

    March 3, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    No Natural Anthem??

  10. 10.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    Mitt out the gate! Roundly booed!

  11. 11.

    dmsilev

    March 3, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    @Corner Stone: I’m pretty sure it will be rank.

  12. 12.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    LOL the crowd boos at the mention of R-Money.

  13. 13.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    First question to Trump on Governor Romney’s remarks. And we’re underwayyyyyyy!!!!!!

  14. 14.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    Ugh…I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, I hate that Bernie and supporters make me feel the need to come to defense of HRC.

    I’m not enthusiatic bout either, but ugh…

    Fuq Faux news, and I’ll respect HRC more if she continues to say hell naw to Faux News. Faux news gives two shits about Dems…ugh

    @postpolitics
    Sanders agrees to participate in Fox News presidential town hall without Clinton http://wapo.st/1QPCEEg

  15. 15.

    trollhattan

    March 3, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    @Corner Stone:
    Always.

  16. 16.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    The crowd booing at the mention of the KKK and David Duke. These guys are idiots for bringing this up – just will solidify Trump’s support.

  17. 17.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    @matt_blackwell 2m2 minutes ago
    Only the Republicans could have a debate in a Detroit, which is 82% black, and have an almost entirely white audience.

  18. 18.

    beltane

    March 3, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    This sounds like a very pro-Trump crowd.

  19. 19.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    @trollhattan: I’m considering worshiping at her whatever.

  20. 20.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    Senator Rubio is dripping with sweat – already. This is not going to be pleasant to look at.

  21. 21.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    What kind of programming does Marco come out with tonight?

    He also sounds like he is about to faint. He is really nervous.

  22. 22.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 3, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    @lamh36: I saw that letter, I don’t know that guy had introduced him. What happened in Milwaukee should be a bigger story than what happened in Salt Lake City.

    “In particular, in addition to surprisingly and historically low rates of health-care cost inflation, today the Department of Health & Human Services announces that a net 20 million people have now gained access to health insurance.”

    (Not gonna watch the debate. I’ll read the snark here on the Twiiter)

  23. 23.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    @beltane: I think the Trumpsters have totally turned on Faux News.

  24. 24.

    Keith P.

    March 3, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    OMG Rubio and Trump are comparing hands. Donald Trump is Uncle Jack from Always Sunny in Philadelphia now.
    Ugh, now Trump is bragging about the size of his schlong. Camera must have missed Megan Kelly’s eye roll.

  25. 25.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    TRUMPEN1S!!

  26. 26.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    And now Trump makes a joke about his dick size. Unbelievable…

  27. 27.

    Starfish

    March 3, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    @lamh36: I really wish they would give some more context for this. Who is this dude? What did he have? How did ACA help him? The whitehouse.gov site is the only place that I am reading this. Should he have written in to his local papers if he felt this strongly about the matter?

    I want to have a stack of these for when people are talking about how ACA helps no one.

  28. 28.

    Renie

    March 3, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    @Corner Stoneshe does look really nice tonite and then they switch to cruz’s face – yuck

  29. 29.

    jl

    March 3, 2016 at 9:08 pm

    Is an actual dick measuring contest going to break out?
    I turned off the pic, just in case it does.

  30. 30.

    Ohio Mom

    March 3, 2016 at 9:08 pm

    @PsiFighter37: vote for me I’m a good f**k.

    Yes, it was worth watching this.

  31. 31.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:08 pm

    Working 2 or 3 jobs? Isn’t that what GWB called “Uniquely American”? And celebrated it?

  32. 32.

    MomSense

    March 3, 2016 at 9:09 pm

    Anyone believe Cruz gives a damn about working, single mothers?

  33. 33.

    Keith P.

    March 3, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    Cruz finally kicking off the debate portion of the debate. Trump responds to his attempt at getting back to policy/substance with bragging about his poll numbers.
    EDIT: Love the precanned Rubio joke “Trump is someone who things the Nuclear Triad is a rock band from the 80s”

  34. 34.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    @Keith P.: I’m not watching, but I see on twitter we are at the dick-measuring stage…

    What is with dude and dick size…smh…ladies don’t go around comparing “size” of our junk.

  35. 35.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    Marco is going to nervous-puke before this debate is over. I wonder how wet his pants are right now…

  36. 36.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    @jl:

    I turned off the pic, just in case it does.

    Afraid you’ll feel like John Holmes in comparison?

  37. 37.

    beltane

    March 3, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    Uh-oh, Rubio is calling Trump a liberal.

  38. 38.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    March 3, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    No idea why Ted Cruz didn’t take the opportunity to brag that his face looks like a penis.

  39. 39.

    NickM

    March 3, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    My money says Trump calls Rubio gay tonight. It’s one of the only places he hasn’t explicitly gone and his base will love it.

  40. 40.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    @MomSense: The flat tax will be great for everybody.

  41. 41.

    NickM

    March 3, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    @MomSense: Stalking and killing them, maybe.

  42. 42.

    MomSense

    March 3, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    It’s going to create millions of high paying jobs!

  43. 43.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 3, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    @Starfish: Just looked at the NYT on line politics page. No mention of Obama’s time in Milwaukee except the utterly (to me) unsurprising and not terribly (to me) interesting news that the Obamas plan to stay in the DC area until their younger daughter finishes high school. No mention in that article of why he was in Milwaukee. Rachel Maddow also led with the “breaking news” about where the Obamas will live next year, no mention of ACA

  44. 44.

    jl

    March 3, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    Figure out a way to work Trump into any list of statistics and he can memorize them instantly.

  45. 45.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    Romney has essentially sealed Trump’s surge to victory with that garbage time speech today. The GOP is going to have to absolutely steal the nomination at the convention or Trump is it.

  46. 46.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 3, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    Seven minutes in and the dick-measuring has literally started.

  47. 47.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    @lamh36: Sounds like an untapped niche market.

  48. 48.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    I think Kasich needs medical attention.

  49. 49.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    I don’t know why people think Kasich would be any good. He has always been one of the worst speakers on the debate stage.

  50. 50.

    Felonius Monk

    March 3, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    Ted Cruz is a shithead who should burn in hell for all eternity.

  51. 51.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    @MomSense: And no IRS! Wining!

  52. 52.

    Calouste

    March 3, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    @Ohio Mom: Well, it got Silvio Berlusconi elected. Or it’s something he could have said anyway.

  53. 53.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    @Felonius Monk: Ted Cruz is the fucking worst.

  54. 54.

    Mary G

    March 3, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    @PsiFighter37: He may have done a few lines before coming out. He’s talking even faster tonight.

  55. 55.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    @Starfish: that is part of his letter attached. no details on his condition or anything HIPAA violation worthy I’d think.

    It’s his right to keep that to himself I think. Anyone who needs to hear every minute detail of the guys story is only looking to discount it in some way…IMHO.

    Much as our esteemed blog creator did, the dude had an experience, he had a change of heart because of it, doesn’t really bother me that I don’t know every bit of his backstory

  56. 56.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    How many jobs have you created?

    Sick burn

  57. 57.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    Wow Chris Wallace just spit out Trump’s attack line right at Rubio.

    Roger Ailes must really not love Marcobot anymore.

  58. 58.

    Iowa Old Lady

    March 3, 2016 at 9:17 pm

    Ladies and gentlemen, your Republican party–Not just measuring dicks but becoming them!

  59. 59.

    Felonius Monk

    March 3, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    @MomSense:

    Anyone believe Cruz gives a damn about working, single mothers?

    I don’t believe he’s ever met one, so the answer is No.

  60. 60.

    gf120581

    March 3, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    @PsiFighter37: “Breaking up is hard to do…”

  61. 61.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    This “little” guy.
    HA!

  62. 62.

    beltane

    March 3, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    @Calouste: Berlusconi once said he had p-ssy power. I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump says something similar before it’s all over.

  63. 63.

    Mike J

    March 3, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    @lamh36: It’s impossible for the patient to violate HIPAA, and quoting a letter from a patient isn’t a violation either. But it is polite to minimize personal details when quoting a constituent letter.

  64. 64.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    Rubot got a good one in there.

  65. 65.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    Now we’re getting somewhere.

  66. 66.

    Keith P.

    March 3, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Trump is getting LIVID at the Trump Steaks attacks.

  67. 67.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Oh man, Donald is really talking down to Marco.

  68. 68.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Oh my.

  69. 69.

    beltane

    March 3, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    “Little Marco”. Holy Shit.

  70. 70.

    Felonius Monk

    March 3, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Little Marco and Big Don —– a real tag team.

  71. 71.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Common Core!

  72. 72.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    I’m expecting a fist fight to break out.

  73. 73.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    Ah, Trump; the IRS brings IN revenue.

  74. 74.

    Mike in NC

    March 3, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    @Corner Stone: Dubya said having 2 or 3 jobs was living the American Dream, and he was completely serious about that.

  75. 75.

    Mnemosyne

    March 3, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    Any Authors Among Us among us tonight? I need reassurance that it’s okay to write the midpoint of my genre novel first and then work backwards. The whole sequence sprang into my mind fully-formed yesterday, so I don’t want to lose it by not writing it down.

  76. 76.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    March 3, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    Fucker stole my “Lil Marco” line without attribution

  77. 77.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Why does Fox think putting “facts” on the screen is going to hurt Trump?

  78. 78.

    dr. bloor

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Rubio is ultimately nothing but a pretentious weenie with no game, and Trump has made a career out of pantsing guys like him.

  79. 79.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    @Mike J: I work in a hospital, so I am aware of HIPPA laws, my thoughts were more that the WH didn’t want to give out that type of info about the guy.

    So yeah, I misspoke in regards to HIPAA.

  80. 80.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    It’s almost like Fox News did oppo research against Trump’s website. Wonder how this flies with the nimwits in the base take his answer…

  81. 81.

    gogol's wife

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    @dr. bloor:

    I hope you mean “pantsing.”

  82. 82.

    Smiling Mortician

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    @Mnemosyne: “Start anywhere.” My advice as an Author Among Us.

  83. 83.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Can you imagine if Democrats had a shit show like this? We wouldn’t be allowed to show ourselves in public. Amazing the double standard Republicans get.

  84. 84.

    Iowa Old Lady

    March 3, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Write in any order you want. The fiction police will not come to your house. Use inspiration as it comes to you.

  85. 85.

    Really?

    March 3, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    I’m waiting for Trump to go for the “Retool for the F-22, the F-35 is corporate welfare.” Could you imagine?!

  86. 86.

    rk

    March 3, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    When Trump says “I haven’t started on her yet”, as a woman it makes me think of the kind of thing a villain in a cheap movie would say before he attempts to rape some female character. Wondering if it has the same implications for men listening to it?

  87. 87.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I’m not that kind of author/writer, but write it down. You can either copy and paste it in later, and then blend it into what ultimately precedes it or work backwards from it. I’ve written my professional reports, some of which are quite lengthy, out of order. It’ll be fine.

  88. 88.

    dr. bloor

    March 3, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    @Corner Stone: I love it when Ailes and Murdoch think their viewers can read.

  89. 89.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    March 3, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    do postcards still exist?

  90. 90.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    @srjones66 now
    Chris Wallace wants to know who is going to collect the taxes when the IRS is killed. Cruz natters on about a postcard. #FOXdebate

  91. 91.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    Cruz: We’ll replace the IRS with the IRS. And they say he’s smart.

  92. 92.

    Mary G

    March 3, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    Chris Wallace has a PowerPoint! That’ll show the Donald.

    Finally they ask Ted Cruz how abolishing the IRS would work. Honor system?

  93. 93.

    Bobby Thomson

    March 3, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    Drumpf called out on the Bernienomics.

  94. 94.

    pamelabrown53

    March 3, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    @beltane:
    Funny that Rubio called Trump a liberal. I got a third mailer in as many days today with a picture of Hillary and Trump with a heart drawn around them: “Trump Loves Hillary”. The conservative super pacs are on overdrive.

  95. 95.

    gogol's wife

    March 3, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    They’re the Very Serious Party.

    I loved the letter to the editor in the NYTimes today from some “moderate” Republican, who was advising Democrats that they could pick up a lot of moderate Republicans if they would just correct their mistaken policies on high taxes.

  96. 96.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    Crus uses his hands while speaking in the most obnoxious possible ways. What the fuck is that two handed wedge move to the side when he’s talking?

  97. 97.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    Tailgunner Ted seems to forget that this is not a college debate. Turdball has never grown out of his assholish teenage self.

  98. 98.

    Mnemosyne

    March 3, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    @Smiling Mortician:

    Good enough for me! I just need to eat a quick dinner and then sit down with my laptop.

  99. 99.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: Sue the fucker.

  100. 100.

    Princess

    March 3, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    I think the GOP are talking so much about d1 ck size because they are all, including Trump, freaking out about having to run against a woman.

  101. 101.

    Bobby Thomson

    March 3, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    I think I might vote for the first person to punch Cruz in the face.

  102. 102.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    So FoxNews have their walking orders huh…destroy Trump. I don’t even like dude, but I see it, so will his supporters I’d bet.
    #GOPDebate

  103. 103.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    Trump says we all need to get along and gets decent applause. I sweat that his supporters have drunk way too much Kool-Aid.

  104. 104.

    dr. bloor

    March 3, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    @gogol’s wife: fucking autocorrect.

  105. 105.

    Iowa Old Lady

    March 3, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    Wallace, the moderator, doesn’t buy it, and continues to press, saying Trumps’ claim to save $300bn on Medicare is belied by the annual Medicare budget being only $80bn.

    Trump insists “if we properly negotiate” the money will be saved. “We don’t do that, we don’t negotiate.

    From the Guardian live blog. I really don’t know what to say.

  106. 106.

    Felonius Monk

    March 3, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    Listening to this debate is like listening to 5 people vomiting simultaneously. I can’t do it much longer.

  107. 107.

    beltane

    March 3, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    @lamh36: His supporters will turn against Fox News.

  108. 108.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    Kasich is so fucking done.

  109. 109.

    Renie

    March 3, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    I don’t think Little Marco realizes that when he insults Trump, he is imitating Trump. Can’t this guy come up with an original idea of his own?

  110. 110.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    This Clooney guy gets it…lol

    @VanityFair 4m4 minutes ago
    George Clooney calls Donald Trump “a xenophobic fascist” http://vntyfr.com/Lp8piMa

  111. 111.

    jl

    March 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    Kasich lying about his role in Bill Clinton balanced budget again. He seemed like such a nice boy.

  112. 112.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    Jeff Sessions in the frackin’ house!!

  113. 113.

    MomSense

    March 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    It’s your thing, do what you want to do!

    I’m writing/recording bits as they come to me so I won’t forget.

  114. 114.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    March 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    Megyn Kelly’s false eyelashes are too big and look like windshield wipers.

  115. 115.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    Poor little Ted gets asked why his good friend Jeff Sessions endorsed Trump.

  116. 116.

    dr. bloor

    March 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: How many of his supporters do you think are aware that 300 is bigger than 80?

  117. 117.

    danielx

    March 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    Kind of like watching monkeys flinging shit at the wall – doesn’t mean much, occasionally makes some interesting patterns.

  118. 118.

    The Dangerman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    Ya know, I think if one of Cruz or Rubio would walk over and square off on The Donald, Trump might piss his pants.

  119. 119.

    Mike in NC

    March 3, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    How many more of these debates are planned, and will any of them feature jello wrestling?

  120. 120.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 3, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    I doubt very much that John McCain can be beat in today’s AZ (I will, of course, defer to locals) but Ann Kirkpatrick has an ad up that is gonna have McCain calling Cindy some horrible names and hurling expensive objets d’art at the servants. I’m sure it will be up at Maddow blog soon, if it isn’t already

  121. 121.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    Megyn just stuck Ted Cruz right in the guts with that Sessions jab.

  122. 122.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    March 3, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    @lamh36: FWIW, the government (other than a governmental medical practice/hospital) isn’t a HIPAA covered entity, and the patient can release all the PHI details of his own that he wants to. But his point is made without the medical specifics. /pedant

    ETA: I agree that most who want details will seek to minimize his story.

  123. 123.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 3, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    @Mike in NC:

    Dubya said having 2 or 3 jobs was living the American Dream, and he was completely serious about that.

    Which he did himself. Over the course of his career.

  124. 124.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    So have I missed the question about Flint yet?

  125. 125.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    Ted gets in a little bit of a dig at Donald on his presidential donations to Clinton in 2008. It definitely seems like Teddy could’ve made up – any idea if it was true?

  126. 126.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    March 3, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    @Corner Stone: Preacher moves, from watching his dad in the pulpit for so many years. It’s also preacher tone and cadence he uses.

  127. 127.

    Felonius Monk

    March 3, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    @Renie:

    Can’t this guy come up with an original idea of his own?

    He’s not intelligent enough to be original.

  128. 128.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    Why are all the people in the blurry background doing the Cam Newton Dab?

  129. 129.

    Kay

    March 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    I think that one landed. It actually is a problem if he donated to Clinton in ’08.

  130. 130.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    @lamh36:

    So yeah, I misspoke in regards to HIPAA.

    In the spirit of tonight’s debate, don’t worry about making any misstatements

  131. 131.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    @lamh36: Don’t hold your breath.

  132. 132.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): as I said, I do know HIPPA laws and such, I have worked in hospital settings for over 10 years.

    I misspoke in regards to tagging HIPPA laws…that it.

    Just wanted to make it clear.

  133. 133.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    @Kay: For who?

  134. 134.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    March 3, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    Without ¿Jeb? to dump on, they’re not that animated.

  135. 135.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    Man, Roger Ailes definitely gave them the memo to go hard on Marco.

  136. 136.

    Ohio Mom

    March 3, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    @Corner Stone: is that what it was? Course I don’t know what the Cam Newton Dab is. Must Google that later.

  137. 137.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    Immigration dragging Lil Marco down!

  138. 138.

    raven

    March 3, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    @Ohio Mom: no

  139. 139.

    Mary G

    March 3, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    Not one of these guys have answered the question he was asked. They just launch into a soundbite.

    Rubio isn’t getting the crowd behind him.

  140. 140.

    Baud

    March 3, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    I can’t believe I’m missing this.

  141. 141.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    @Mike in NC: http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-republican-primary-debate-schedule/

    Thursday, March 10, 2016
    CNN Republican Debate
    Aired On: CNN
    Location: University of Miami in Miami, Florida
    Sponsors: CNN, The Washington Times, Salem Media Group
    Candidates: To be determined
    Monday, March 21, 2016
    Republican Debate
    Aired On: To be determined
    Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
    Sponsors: To be determined
    Candidates: To be determined

  142. 142.

    lamh36

    March 3, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    NOLA loves a second line!

    @wdsu
    Video: Musicians organizing second line to protest Donald Trump rally Friday http://on.wdsu.com/1LCT6vw

  143. 143.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Kasich is so fucking done.

    Is this a re-post from the day he entered the race?

  144. 144.

    dr. bloor

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    @Kay: Only if he didn’t donate to Bush as well.

  145. 145.

    Anne Laurie

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    New thread up top, with Fox/Guardian links, for the lulz.

  146. 146.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    Forty minutes in and nowhere near the talk-over vitriol of the last one. This one is settling in to third place territory – AKA Rubioville.

  147. 147.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    She’s got light coming out of her wherever.

  148. 148.

    Germy

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    I have Basic Instinct flashbacks whenever I see Kelly, especially the way the fox makeup and wardrobe crew dolled her up tonight.

    Roger Ailes is like Alfred Hitchcock to Kelly’s Tippi Hedren.

  149. 149.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    @lamh36: nope

  150. 150.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    First commercial break. I gotta say that there definitely seem to be some things getting mentioned that *should* hurt Donald, but if Marco’s barrage last time didn’t do anything, I’m skeptical that the impact of these will have.

    The negative for Trump is that with less people on stage, all his negative stuff is going to be focused on more.

  151. 151.

    Kay

    March 3, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    Republicans can’t ever do anything on immigration because they lied so much about it they will never reassure their voters.
    It’s like voter fraud. They can never again vote for voting rights legislation.

  152. 152.

    indycat32

    March 3, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    @lamh36: If the letter writer is the same person who introduced Obama today he said he had an autoimmune disorder, but was not any more specific. He also said he had surgeries thanks to the ACA and was now cured but I don’t know of any autoimmune disorders that are cured by surgery.

  153. 153.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    March 3, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    @lamh36: I know, and I wasn’t trying to be a bitch (it comes naturally). I was letting my pedantfreak flag fly, and just gave a HIPAA lecture to docs about mobile devices this morning so I was overly sensitive. No condescension intended.

    Do you really expect a Flint question? That seems so much like actual journalism that I’m not hopeful.

    @indycat32:

    He also said he had surgeries thanks to the ACA and was now cured but I don’t know of any autoimmune disorders that are cured by surgery

    That stood out for me as well. Perhaps he’s not real well informed about his dx?

  154. 154.

    Mnemosyne

    March 3, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady:

    Okay, I’ve told G I can’t talk to him just yet (he approves, he’s been nagging me to write for months now), turned on some classical music, and closed the door to the craft room right before turning off the wi-fi. Here goes nothing.

  155. 155.

    Kay

    March 3, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    Cruz is better at it though.

  156. 156.

    dr. bloor

    March 3, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Miami, huh? Entirely possible that it will involve Jello.

  157. 157.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    Trump University scam add with testimony from the victims playing here in the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater area.

  158. 158.

    jl

    March 3, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    Trump clumsiness and lack of imagination on NYT off-the-record conversation is encouraging.
    He’s flexible on the height of the wall. 45 feet or 50 feet? Even most of his primary fan base doesn’t believe that garbage, they just like his authoritarian approach, and comfort themselves with the notion that the kindly strong man can’t spell out in detail what his real plans are. I doubt the general election voters will be so charitable.

  159. 159.

    Ohio Mom

    March 3, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    @raven: thanks, I guess. But those people did look goofy.

  160. 160.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    @dr. bloor: Foam Party!

  161. 161.

    Germy

    March 3, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    I’m still seeing TV commercials for Wounded Warrior. Saw two of them today.

    And then later on CBS news, a story about major donors pulling out.

  162. 162.

    sigaba

    March 3, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    @Mike in NC: “Dubya said having 2 or 3 jobs was living the American Dream”

    Dubs did have three jobs: Trust Fund Oil Tycoon, Trust Fund Baseball Team Owner, and Trust Fund National Chief Executive. (Do we count draft-dodging AWOL fighter pilot?)

  163. 163.

    Anne Laurie

    March 3, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    @indycat32:

    He also said he had surgeries thanks to the ACA and was now cured but I don’t know of any autoimmune disorders that are cured by surgery.

    Crohn’s Disease/related bowel disorder? Proper term would be ‘in remission’ but I can see a sufferer using ‘cured’.

  164. 164.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    Cruz is really neither here nor there so far on this debate. Just blah.

  165. 165.

    Aleta

    March 3, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    A bunch of cute miniature bull terriers working to harry an escaped bull back through the pasture gate.

  166. 166.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    @Kay: That’s true, but he also looks like the Zodiac Killer and sounds like a smarmy asshole whenever he opens his mouth.

    I honestly think the GOP would be even more apoplectic if Tailgunner Ted was their nominee. They loathe him on such a personal level.

  167. 167.

    Frankensteinbeck

    March 3, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    @Mnemosyne:
    I am a successful author (god, I love being able to say that), so hear me speak with authority:

    Whatever works, works. There is no one process. If writing from the middle back to the beginning lets you get the whole book finished, you shine on, you crazy diamond.

  168. 168.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    Ted Cruz saying everyone wants to be a waiter and waitress. Seriously?

  169. 169.

    sigaba

    March 3, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    @Germy: ”
    I’m still seeing TV commercials for Wounded Warrior. Saw two of them today.”

    That’s no surprise, they spend about three times as much on the commercials as they do on wounded warriors.

  170. 170.

    Kay

    March 3, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    He’s never going to be President but he is effectively prosecuting Donald Trump. He’s just much better at it than Rubio is.

  171. 171.

    PsiFighter37

    March 3, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    LOL Donald called him ‘Lyin’ Ted’

  172. 172.

    Germy

    March 3, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    @sigaba: It’s just odd to see their commercials followed by a CBS news exposé.

    Reminds me of last year, when I saw a news report about the lack of safety and oversight of herbal supplements, and it was followed by a commercial for… herbal supplements. For brain health!

  173. 173.

    Central Planning

    March 3, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    “I’ve given my answer, Lying Ted”

  174. 174.

    Frankensteinbeck

    March 3, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    @lamh36:
    This is purely hearsay, since I haven’t been there, but I thought that comparing breast sizes, either as encouragement or teasing, was a thing with adolescent women.

  175. 175.

    raven

    March 3, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    Fuckin A Marco. go after COSVN!

  176. 176.

    Germy

    March 3, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    You know, fuck the GOP debate. I tried watching some of it, and it’s just so dreadful. Too much bullshit.

    Here is a brand new Ted Cruz Bad Lip Reading:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75wCTMZoSY

    His wife steals the show in this one.

  177. 177.

    LAO

    March 3, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    @indycat32: @Anne Laurie: @Anne Laurie: I had surgery 3 years ago and it has been a damn miracle. Dread it returning.
    Edited for clarity: Crohn’s disease.

  178. 178.

    Germy

    March 3, 2016 at 9:51 pm

    @PsiFighter37: If Ted won the whitehouse, his SOTU would be a prayer meeting.

  179. 179.

    Tom Levenso

    March 3, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    @Mnemosyne: yes. That’s a great way to work. Actually, any way that gives you a point of entry into your narrative is a great way to work, but when an actual structural element of the story presents itself to you, grab it and run.

  180. 180.

    Tom Levenso

    March 3, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    I am a successful author (god, I love being able to say that)….

    ;-)

  181. 181.

    divF

    March 3, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    The farther Trump goes, the more this exchange echoes in my head.

    Willard: They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.
    Kurtz: Are my methods unsound?
    Willard: I don’t see any method at all, sir.

  182. 182.

    Felonius Monk

    March 3, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    They won’t refuse The Donald, because Donnie is irrefusable.

  183. 183.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    @Tom Levenso: Are you also a professor at MI ?

  184. 184.

    piratedan

    March 3, 2016 at 9:57 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Kirkpatrick is polling well and Johnny Maverick, strangely enough, is seen as the establishment GOP around here. If Kirkpatrick continue to run a savvy campaign, he really could be in trouble.

  185. 185.

    Aleta

    March 3, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    Cruz: “a President who won’t just pop off at the hip”
    — an evangelical ejaculation euphemism ?

  186. 186.

    dr. bloor

    March 3, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    @Aleta: Apparently, he takes Trump at his word about his endowment claims.

  187. 187.

    Felonius Monk

    March 3, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    @Aleta:

    an evangelical ejaculation euphemism ?

    Yeah, a Cruz Missile.

  188. 188.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 3, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:

    They look like somebody threw a couple of bats against the white cliffs of Dover.

  189. 189.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 10:07 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    It is totally okay! As a sometime professional writer, I can tell you that one of the biggest illusions to let go of is the tunnel vision that a long piece of prose under construction is the same linear, start-to-finish thing that the reader will experience.

    It’s more like a snap-bead necklace: eventually you will put the individual beads into the “right” linear order, but how you create them, and in what order of composition, is totally up to you.

    ETA: It has been a long time since I read it, but you might check out Jack Bickham’s Scene and Structure. I seem to connect it in my mind with this realization, and I think it will resonate with your screenwriting background.

  190. 190.

    Tom Levenson

    March 3, 2016 at 10:09 pm

    @Corner Stone: ;-). Sometimes that last character is just a bridge too far.

  191. 191.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    Okay, I just flipped over to the debate to check out Megyn Kelly’s inner glow, and with just a slight change of costume she could be Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS, Argosy magazine circa 1959. (But in a good way.)

  192. 192.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    @Steeplejack: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_fNqSpjNZmk/T1ZoygqXAuI/AAAAAAAAK5k/j_sx9TrlOvc/s1600/ilsa_she_wolf_of_ss_poster_05.jpg

  193. 193.

    Captain C

    March 3, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    @Mnemosyne: As someone who has written some music, it’s probably fine to get down what you get when you get it. If you need to rework it later, that’s fine. Any process that leads to a good final work is OK, I should think.

  194. 194.

    frosty fka Bro Shotgun etc etc

    March 3, 2016 at 10:21 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    so I don’t want to lose it by not writing it down.

    I read a quote that “… writing is shooting thoughts on the wing” Write. Write everything now. Edit later, now while you’re trying to write.

  195. 195.

    Mary G

    March 3, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    Finally we come to Flint – Republicans didn’t wake up this morning and decide to go poison some children. Why don’t I believe you, Little Marco?

  196. 196.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    “The Women Guards of Stalag 199.”

    “Torturing Tarts of Frankfurt.”

  197. 197.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    And for sheer length: “POW Ben Walker’s One-Man War with the Nympho Torture Girls of Jap ‘Camp Brutal.’”

  198. 198.

    Corner Stone

    March 3, 2016 at 10:49 pm

    I am very aroused.

  199. 199.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 3, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    @Steeplejack: I do enjoy historical fiction….

  200. 200.

    Coin Operated

    March 3, 2016 at 10:53 pm

    @divF: Man…If my vote were worth anything, you’d have the internets for the day.

  201. 201.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 3, 2016 at 10:58 pm

    This thread has taken a odd turn.

  202. 202.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 3, 2016 at 11:01 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: To say the least!

  203. 203.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus, @Adam L Silverman:

    Those magazines with the lurid covers were a fascinating little subgenre that flourished briefly and then disappeared. Harking back to a transitional period when people still had to—or at least still wanted to—read porn.

    Anyway, I find the story titles hilarious. Couldn’t find one with lesbo in it for the hat trick.

  204. 204.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 3, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    @Steeplejack: I know what they are (of course). Ilsa got made into a movie IIRC.

  205. 205.

    Groucho48

    March 3, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    @Renie:

    If he could, he wouldn’t be the establishment choice.

  206. 206.

    JCJ

    March 3, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    @indycat32:

    Perhaps he had myasthenia gravis and underwent thymectomy? Only autoimmune disorder I can think of that surgery might fix.

  207. 207.

    JCJ

    March 3, 2016 at 11:32 pm

    @JCJ:

    Ulcerative colitis can be treated with colectomy

  208. 208.

    Mnemosyne

    March 3, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Okay, I got about 3100 words down. It’s a middle, anyway.

  209. 209.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Wasn’t lecturing, just musing. Adam put up a poster from the movie.

  210. 210.

    Steeplejack

    March 3, 2016 at 11:56 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Well done!

  211. 211.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 4, 2016 at 12:00 am

    @Steeplejack: It’s cool.

  212. 212.

    Steeplejack

    March 4, 2016 at 12:07 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Didn’t want to sound like some tendentious late-night autodidact crank.

  213. 213.

    Mnemosyne

    March 4, 2016 at 12:33 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Also, yes, I have that “Scene and Structure” book — in fact, I have the whole set. I wrote fiction before I got my screenwriting MFA.

    Not sure if I should listen to Orson Scott Card about characters even if he did write it before he lost his fucking mind.

  214. 214.

    rikyrah

    March 4, 2016 at 4:36 am

    @Just Some Fuckhead:
    I am late to this post, but this comment was priceless ?

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