Highlight of the Presidential Debate

What We Can Look Forward To

Where is the Outrage?

#debatenight The look on #Hillary's face when #Trump accused her of being behind his Bimbo eruptions. #WhereIsTheOutrage? pic.twitter.com/kZQlPeqO4U

— Mike aka Proof (@ProofBlog) October 20, 2016

Cold blooded? Or merely acknowledging the truth?

Fairly Unbalanced

I Think, Therefore I Scam™: Bill & Chelsea Edition

De-bait Prep

Hillary's Win-Win

Not Open for Debate

Almost Lifelike... Until You Hear it Speak!

Practice Makes Perfect

Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Sausages and Swirlies!

Fox News Announces Debate Line Up

The Prime Time line up:

Donald Trump
Jeb Bush
Scott Walker
Mike Huckabee
Ben Carson
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
Rand Paul
Chris Christie
John Kasich

The "Kiddie Table" (which may be the far more interesting debate)

Rick Perry
Rick Santorum
Bobby Jindal
Carly Fiorina
Lindsey Graham
George Pataki
Jim Gilmore

I'd like to see at least 50% of both the first and second tier candidates gone before Thanksgiving.

The Time Has Come, Obama Said, To talk of Many Things. Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, Of Bayonets and Things...

In last night's debate, Obama's most memorable moment was not his most presidential. Governor Romney brought up the fact that our navy has the "fewest ships since 1917*". Now reasonable men can argue about the size navy we need to carry out America's mission around the globe. Unfortunately, Mr. Romney couldn't find a reasonable man to have the discussion with! Obama could have addressed the efficiency of modern warships, or their capabilities. Instead, Barry turned to what he knows best: children's games and things he learned on the Turner Movie Channel.

"Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military's changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. And so the question is not a game of Battleship, where we're counting ships. "

Wow! Barry's going after the condescending snark vote! But back in the real world, in the face of China's growing blue water navy and worldwide terrorist attacks, the size and use of a worldwide navy to serve as a projection of US power around the globe is a discussion we should be having.

Overlooking the ignorance of our Commander in Chief on the use of both bayonets and horses in modern warfare, why not discuss how appropriate the size of our navy is to the task? Seems to me, if Romney's observation was unfounded or misguided, to be an excellent way to demonstrate your command of military doctrine and tactics as well as the fiscal responsibility to manage resources in times of debt and deficit.

Instead, we have the childish condescension of what may be the extent of Obama's knowledge on the subject: planes land on aircraft carriers and submarines are "ships (sic) that go underwater". (BTW, Mr. Obama, the navy refers to submarines as "boats", not "ships". Don't believe me? Ask the nearest "corpseman"!)

And then, instead of a serious discussion or even an honest answer, the Bamboozler-in-Chief sarcastically tells Gov. Romney that military preparedness is "not a game of Battleship".

Neither is a presidential election, Mr. President. You had a platform and an opportunity to address the American people on a matter of national security. Instead, you took a cheap shot at a political opponent, which had the effect of making you look petty and ill informed.

You know, Mr. Obama, there may be some who might say, given your juvenile performance, that all you know about military strategy you learned from playing Battleship. Not me! I'd say you saw the movie, too!

*Actually, it was 1916

Cross posted at LCR, Say Anything.

Separated at Birth?

Anyone else notice the resemblance after the lovely and gracious Michelle met her husband on the stage in Denver at the end of the debate?

What is Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Afraid of?

California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who incidentally looks good for 102, refuses to debate her Republican challenger Elizabeth Emken.


Even those liberal bastions ABC and the LA Times can't shame her into honest and open political discourse with her opponent. Personally, I don't thinks she's hiding any skeletons in her closet. I just think she may have trouble finding her closet!

More at The Blaze

Ron Paul’s Eyebrow Rugs

You know, I missed the Republican debate the other night. In case you did too, the most significant part of the debate, evidently, was...Ron Paul's vanity.



I know they say that "image is everything", but false eyebrows? Really??

I don't know if "bushy eyebrow envy" should disqualify anyone from the office of the president, but if SNL doesn't have someone with their fake eyebrows falling off by this Saturday, they aren't trying hard enough!

H/T Memeorandum

Harry Reid, Sharon Angle Debate: Highlights and Full Video

by the Left Coast Rebel

Senator Harry Reid and republican senate nominee Sharron Angle debated for the first and only time last night, October 14. Early this morning I watched the full video between the two and came away quite shocked at just how poorly Harry Reid performed. His performance, replete with gaffes, misspoken data and general awkwardness was quite unbecoming of a three-decade, veteran senate 'leader.' I was surprised at just how focused and on-point Angle was. For every Reid awkward moment, Angle went right for the jugular.

A vocal critic of Sharron Angle, the Las Vegas Sun, conceded that Angle flatly won the debate on several counts:

Sharron Angle won The Big Debate.

Angle won because she looked relatively credible, appearing not to be the Wicked Witch of the West (Christine O’Donnell is the good witch of the Tea Party) and scoring many more rhetorical points. And she won because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid looked as if he could barely stay on a linear argument, abruptly switching gears and failing to effectively parry or thrust.

Whether the debate affects the outcome — I believe very few Nevadans are undecided — it also perfectly encapsulated the race: An aging senator who has mastered the inside political game but fundamentally does not seem to care about his public role (and is terrible at it) versus an ever-smiling political climber who can deliver message points but sometimes changes her message or denies a previous one even existed.

Politico:

Even more puzzling, with the polls deadlocked and his career on the line, the four-term senator largely avoided engaging Angle. For a hard-nosed politician who prides himself on his youthful boxing exploits, he threw surprisingly few punches.

The former state assemblywoman and tea party favorite was, in her halting fashion, the aggressor of the evening, going after the incumbent with a series of tough attacks.

Part I - Highlights - Angle comes out of the gate fighting, (3:00) "I'm not a career politician, Harry Reid lives in the Hilton." (6:00) "Every state should have a Joe Arpaio."(10:00) Harry Reid "English is already the official language.":



Part II - Highlights - (1:00) Angle against insurance mandates, "America is about choices." (2:00) Harry Reid, "You see the baseball players wearing pink shoes, the football players having pink helmets....colon cancer, because you snip off the things that they find when they go up, no more." The segment (at 3:15) seals the deal on Harry Reid's defeat. He simply cannot answer a simple yes/no question. Ouch:



Part III: Highlights - Angle (2:40) "Man up Harry Reid, you need to understand that we have a problem with Social Security." (10:00) Angle makes a great case for de-funding the Department of Education and stands her ground. Harry Reid (11:25) follows, calling the Department of Education, the "department of energy." No kidding, this guys is the leader of the United States Senate?:



Part IV - Highlights - Angle continues 1-2 punches at every point, note Harry Reid fumbling through his notes (9:00):



Watch the segments and drop some highlights of your own in the comment section.

Special shout out to readers of the Las Vegas Sun! Wish I was there! -ed.

Mickey Kaus Debates Box, Not Boxer

Kaus vs. Box

Gadfly blogger Mickey Kaus, who is running in the Democrat primary against Barbara "Bouncer" Boxer, can't get any respect. At least, not from Babs.
Barbie knows that as the incumbent and front runner she can only lose by exhibiting just how stupid she is in any debate against anyone with the intelligence of a rutabaga or better. Hence, she refuses to debate Mr. Kaus.

Not to be ignored, Mickey held his debate not against Boxer, but against a box. Yes, it was a gutsy move, considering the box was at least two to three times more intelligent than Barbara Boxer!

Senator Barbara “Don’t Call Me Ma’am” Boxer (D-CA) has been dodging her opponent in the U.S. Senate race all primary season. But her opponent, Mickey Kaus of Kausfiles and Common Sense Democrat fame, decided to hold the debate without her.

Some in the audience professed not to notice that Boxer was absent.

-DBKP

Another good reason to defeat Prop 14, is front runners who feel that they are not obligated to debate their opponents. How can one possibly pick the two best candidates when the front runners know that it is in their best interest to hide their views and keep their mouths shut until after they have the job?

Cross posted at Say Anything

Di Fi Caught With Crib Notes on Hand

Remember that tempest in a teapot over Sarah Palin using a few notes written on her hand to give a speech? Here's Dianne Feinstein actually breaking the rules of a senate race debate with more of the same:



Listen for the deafening silence from the Left in 3-2-1...

H/T Legal Insurrection