Thoughts from the Republican YouTube Debate

I attended the debate-watching party sponsored by Drinking Liberally in NYC. Many thanks to them for hosting!

Looks like the Huckster - ooh, I like that - won this one. He stayed mostly above the fray and delivered his responses with a feel-good tone. I thought he sort of faded as the debate went on though. He creeps me out the most of any of the candidates.

Everyone in the room seemed to really despise Romney because he's such a ridiculously unabashed, craven liar with no firm moral footing, but that actually makes him the most palatable to me because it means that he would probably be the least conservative of all the candidates, even if we don't know exactly where and when.

Rudy! gave a decent showing but wasn't really inspiring. Anderson Cooper caught him off guard about the Politico story yesterday that Rudy billed NYC departments for his weekend trysts out to the Hamptons with wife #3. I think he brushed it off by blaming it on the bureaucratic mess of government (ok...), but this is hardly over. Rudy got laid, New York paid.

Ron Paul is crazy fun! Let's give him a pat on the head and send him back to Congress.

John McCain looked like he wanted to end his own life for most of the debate. I thought he was going to stab himself in the heart with his veto pen (blessed by Saint Ronnie).

Who is Duncan Hunter? Why do I care? I think he wants to build a fence around our country, except it would be semi-porous, and goods and services could flow in and out by osmosis, I think.

Tom Tancredo oozes hate like a custard donut oozes creamy filling when you squeeze it, except you don't need to squeeze Tancredo, just mention brown people.

Fred Thompson must lick his lips to keep his blood flowing. The man didn't stop the whole night. Don't think he had anything remarkable to say otherwise.

Who knew "Sanctuary City" was even a concept? I gotta say that immigration is a total non-starter for me. It doesn't grab my attention at all, but the xenophobic, racist GOP base is all over it. Why?

I learned that tax-cuts and flat taxes will make the world a better place. The candidates struck me as responsible because many of them said they would not rule out hiking taxes in the face of national emergencies, like war. Since we're at war with the greatest threat to our existence ever - Islamo-HillaryClinton-fascism - and have cut taxes, that means we're in the clear! Tax cuts and responsibility for everyone!!!

Roe v. Wade has just gotta go. Just gotta. Now. Just go.

The environment....

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Mars, bitches! MARS!!!!!!