Choppy video, but the audio's fine:
http://88.80.17.89/user/mediaplayer/player.swf?autostart=true&controlbar.position=over&streamer=rtmp://109.201.135.51/live/&file=foxnews.flv
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
No one's supposed to "mention or attack other candidates." What's the point?!
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this format will be terrible.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
(sorry, they are professional examiners; not professional journalists.)
already, this is a disgusting orgy of self-promotion.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
wow i didn't know pam bondi was this awkwardly dense.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know what to make of this thing. That's a relatively (in this context) tough beginning for Gingrich; maybe, in light of how much Huckabee despised Romney in '08, they'll go really hard at Romney.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
newt's doing fine. two of these AG are bumbling and self-aggrandizing, and the other already unloaded his best question.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
actually gingrich is doing well, and hitting on themes that the base will love (and coming-off as electable).
but now . . . the crazy judicial issues arise.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
prediction: newt will do much better than romney in this format.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
My feed's terrible. I feel like I've got Grandmaster Flash cutting up the audio. Hearing Newt say "I want to put them in jail" is not good.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think that's what he said.
look, this format is awful, largely because of who is asking the questions. but for what it is, i think gingrich did very well. this plays to his strengths. he didn't say anything to disqualify him, he sounded conservative and coherent, and i think that will be the post-debate takeaway for him.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
but grab your popcorn, cause crazy and romney are coming up next!
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
I want them to draw blood from Romney. I want them to break his kneecaps.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
i understand why fox viewers think gingrich is intelligent bc compared to these examiners he is clearly much brighter. or as Sullivan said earlier today, he's what stupid people imagine smart people are like.
― Mordy, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i think you're undercrediting him. but he clearly overcredits himself, so . . .
ANNNNNNND, here's ricky.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
the problem with santorum is that he comes off like a petulent teenager.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
LOLGOP Pete Nicely -- If this felt any less important, I'd think I was watching Glenn Beck TV. #HuckForum
haha.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
"The President was dealing with an insurrection." That's exactly like when Democrats tried the "The President was dealing with an erection" defense.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i think you're undercrediting him
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― Mordy, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
oh, i misread your post. sorry.
also, i'm itching for a gingrich/obama general election, so . . . i'm bias.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
"Values that undermine--excuse me, undergird our country..."--great!
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
why does ken whatshisnamevirginiaguy so anti-santorum?
why does pam bondi sound so dumb?
why is ken whats...
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
santorum could gain some momentum if he could calm down and not bite into questions so badly. he's a missed opportunity for the GOP, but his moment is gone.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
LOLGOP Pete Nicely -- Rick Santorum is like your friend's friend you're interviewing for the job as a favor._______________________________LOLGOP Pete Nicely -- Looking at these state Attorney Generals compared to Rick Santorum makes you realize that these candidates are the best the GOP can do. #sad
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LOLGOP Pete Nicely -- Looking at these state Attorney Generals compared to Rick Santorum makes you realize that these candidates are the best the GOP can do. #sad
lol
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, Santorum just made reference to his opponents. I cry foul.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like they're saving mitt romney for last. lol.
at this point, no-one is taking perry serious. sad!
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
I came for the Newt, I stayed for the Mitt.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
"Boots on the ground"--think I hate that almost as much as "game-changer."
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
"at the end of the day" it's just a cliche.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
Josh Marshall agrees with you, Daniel: "Newt's campaign made sure to send 'Good Newt' tonight, pretty cool and polished, making good reference to his knowledge of the workings of the federal government without seeming pompous. I think if you're a Republican looking to be reassured that Newt's got his feet on the ground and himself under control, you probably think he's doing pretty well."
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
i actually am 70% of "newt's campaign." the remaining 30% are child-laborers who work for tiffany's.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
Uh-oh--Rick's talking about which departments he'd eliminate. Red flag, red flag.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
I love how he says "legisla-tors."
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
no one even believes he's still running for president, so . . .
the real issue here is which GOP candidate will scoop up perry's ad-maker (who is aces).
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://guyism.com/wp-content/uploads/kang-and-kodos.jpg
xp
― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
low blow mike huckabee!
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
asking rick perry to define strict constructionism. shameful, gotcha question.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
I hope they ask Mitt the favorite-founding-father question twice, right at the start and right at the end.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
i hope for mitt, they bring out the props (e.g., video clips of his contrary prior positions, and copies of early editions of his books).
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
Mitt: "You already asked me that."Panelist: "Just checking in..."
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
"Fundamentally"? Hey, copyright infringement!
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
this is a crazy-off of the highest-order.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
"I can...I can come out in support of that." What a strange way to word that.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
I do love when these people are forced to explain the logistics of something.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
Paul now #2 in Iowa:
Newt Gingrich - 25% (+18) Ron Paul - 18% (+6) Mitt Romney - 16% (-6) Herman Cain - 8% (-15) Michele Bachmann - 8% (+0) Rick Perry - 6% (-1) Rick Santorum - 6% (+1) Jon Huntsman - 2% (+1)
― Mordy, Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
if that riddler look-a-like would end his doomed campaign, newt would open an even bigger gap against robot-mitt romney.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
paul has a ceiling
― iatee, Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
ron paul stumbling on the issue of how he'd actually implement his radical, crazy program.
but ultimately, he gave an intellectually coherent -- if unsatisfying -- answer.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
i used to believe that newt had a ceiling too...
― Mordy, Sunday, 4 December 2011 02:26 (twelve years ago) link