Just Breaking: RNC just announced they are pulling the NBC GOP Debate which was scheduled for Feb. 27, 2016 (party affiliation, Reagan)

[VA Yankee]

Reading post #1 the ramble from the OP gave me a headache. If I understand correctly the RNC views most major stations to be to liberal and unprofessional in hosting a debate by their candidates. So who do they consider worthy? Which station/hosts will they be using? With all that said will the candidates extend the courtesy of answering the asked question within the allotted time or will they just babble on and on and on with the same speaking points (from the T party hand book) that they always spit out?

[MMM05]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

Reading post #1 the ramble from the OP gave me a headache. If I understand correctly the RNC views most major stations to be to liberal and unprofessional in hosting a debate by their candidates. So who do they consider worthy? Which station/hosts will they be using? With all that said will the candidates extend the courtesy of answering the asked question within the allotted time or will they just babble on and on and on with the same speaking points (from the T party hand book) that they always spit out?

I don't know, don't care. Just got a headache, eye ache, And ache Ache.

[BucFan]

Originally Posted by eye state your name

"undecided independent voter" Right. I bet I can guess who you voted for Prez the last two elections and how you voted down ticket as well. But you keep telling yourself that you are an "undecided independent voter."

Obama in 2008, Romney in 2012.....Here in FL, Rick Scott (R) for both terms. What else you want to know?

[scratchie]

Originally Posted by eye state your name

If your basis for electing a leader is whether they willingly answer "tough questions" then you have set a really low bar.

And yet, high enough to exclude all of the Republicans in Wednesday night's debate.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by sandsthetime

Looks like more Americans are willing to take communism over corporate welfare.

So far it doesn't. If polls mean anything Hillary is still beating Bernie.

[eye state your name]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

Reading post #1 the ramble from the OP gave me a headache. If I understand correctly the RNC views most major stations to be to liberal and unprofessional in hosting a debate by their candidates. So who do they consider worthy? Which station/hosts will they be using? With all that said will the candidates extend the courtesy of answering the asked question within the allotted time or will they just babble on and on and on with the same speaking points (from the T party hand book) that they always spit out?

The issue is WHY are any presidential debates moderated by members of the press? Why are the moderators not selected from other places or have non-partisan moderators ask the questions and then the networks just broadcast the debates. Why do you see that as problem?

[xray731]

Originally Posted by BucFan

you need to visit the other threads - there were ample questions that the politicians skirted or were clueless about, or flatout lied about......CBNC interviews CEOs of corporations all the time on their channel in the same manner. Too bad politicians can't hold their own when put through the same scrutiny.....

Here are the questions courtesy of another poster from another thread......
1. Candidates what is your biggest weakness?
2. Trump tax plan
3. Carson Tax plan
4. Kasich's comments about other candidates' crazy proposals
5. Fiorina's tax code
6. Rubio's senate voting record
7. Bush Republican Party has given in to know- nothingism
8. Fiorina HP record, why should we hire you?
9. Cruz opposition to debt ceiling, not being a problem-solver
DEBATE INTERRUPTION: CRUZ BIATCHING
10. Paul- oppose Boehner's budget deal because it doesn't cut Medicare, Social Security
11. Paul _ why did Paul Ryan vote for the budget deal
12. Christie raise the retirement age for Social Security, cut benefits
13. Huckabee social security
14. Trum's bankruptcies
15. Carson - Controlling price increases of drugs
16. Christy sending to jail those responsible for the 2008 financial crises
17. Bush Tax increases
18. Fiorina Internet Tax
19. Rubio poor personal finances, foreclosure
20. Kasich subsidies, incentives
21. Cruz working women, pay
22. Carson views on Homosexuality
23. Carson's relationship with company involved in a deceptive marketing lawsuit
24. Rubio H1B visas, abuse of those visas
25. Trump criticism of Zuckerberg's comment of wanting to increase H1b visas
26. Cruz criticism of the Fed
27. Paul Criticism f the Fed
28. Carson subsidies (oil)
29. Huckabee's plan to decrease income inequality
30. Bush tax plan
31. Rubio tax plan
32. Kasich legalizing and taxing marihuana
33. Trump in favor or agains h1b visas
34. Trump bringing guns to work
35. Huckabee: Trump's moral authority to unite the country
36. Fiorina: Government sponsoring retirement plans, 401k
37. Kasich: cost of education
38. Bush: should government treat fantasy sports as gambling?
39. Christie: climate change, why should we do about it
40. Paul: Should we oppose Medicare?
41. Trump: Growing the economy without cutting Medicare and Social Security
42. Carson replacing Medicare
CLOSING STATEMENTS

Source if anybody cares: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...he-transcript/

If you're so much of an independent - why are you so critical of the RNC - you're in fact a liberal and not an independent so quit running the independent card - I at least can say that I'm a moderate democrat who has become very conservative after seeing what people like you have made the party today.

[RiotAct41]

Originally Posted by scratchie

I have been lucky enough to be in receipt of an advance draft of the next set of GOP-approved debate questions:

1. Which do you prefer, kittens or puppies?
2. Would you rather carry a handgun for defense, or two handguns?
3. How can you be sure that your tax plan lowers taxes enough?
4. Should Social Security and Medicare be privatized, or eliminated entirely?
5. Please rank the following individuals from least evil to most evil: Joseph Stalin, Hillary Clinton, Pol Pot, Barack Obama, Adolf Hitler.
6. What social programs are you most proud of having eliminated?
7. Does welfare make its recipients worthless, lazy leeches, or are they naturally worthless and lazy?
8. Which country's illegal immigrants have the highest percentage of rapists and murderers?
9. Should gay couples have their marriages annulled, or should we just throw them in jail?
10. Should liberal college professors be fired, or arrested?
11. For which of the following would you be willing to shut down the government: (A) Preventing the government from paying its debts, (B) Preventing poor women from getting healthcare, or (C) Preventing black people from voting?

How long did it take you to come up with those gems? You must be very proud.

[Seacove]

Originally Posted by xray731

As to your question - it's too soon to determine who will be the Republican nominee. I do think that some of Sanders people will vote for the Republican just out of spite for Hillary and the DNC - it's human nature and not everyone drinks the kool aid.

So...you can't name a Republican candidate that can win 51% of the vote to be president? Got it.*

*Are you really posting for...rep points? I post in the geographical forums, i.e. Seattle and WA. Not much controversy there, but by all means carry on.

[xray731]

Originally Posted by eye state your name

Funny how the democrats created a derisive term just to demean the GOP field. I thought the democrats were all about choice. Of course, they have been boxed in by the DNC to vote for a tired retread in a pantsuit, (which, when asked to list her accomplishments in office, even stumps her) and a self proclaimed socialist who secretly idolizes Communism.

This is how todays Democrats differ from the old time Democrat of which I consider myself.


What It Means to Be a Democrat:[CENTER]Support Freedom of Speech[/CENTER]
The right for people to express their beliefs and advocate their ideas is paramount in a democracy. Though as unique people, we will find some ideas repugnant, but the First Amendment is vital to the free exchange of ideas and should never be violated.

We may differ but you have the right to express your belief without being ridiculed. But in the long run - they're just making themselves look bad as they throw around terms like racist every chance they get at a Republican and yet they are the ones who are unyielding when it comes to opposing opinions.