The circus played in Cleveland last night, the political circus that is, in the form of a presidential primary debate broadcast on FOX News.
As circuses go, it was second rate. There were no lions or tigers present. There was a mosquito present, though. And at center stage there was an elephant that I have given the pet name "Mussolini" to.
The ringmasters, Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace, were all Rupert Murdoch paid and sometimes used an electric prod, especially on Rupert's enemy Donald "Mussolini" Trump.
The ringmasters went gentle on the mosquito, apparently because Rupert has a soft spot for the annoying one. The mosquito, named "Rand" by his wife, who is against all past wars, but will vote against a deal with Iran, seemed to have lost his debate toupee in missing luggage and had to improvise with a $39.99 O-Cedar Easy Wring Microfiber Spin Mop that apparently was found just in time in the janitor's closet at Quicken Loans Arena.
Though far from being a bionic mosquito, the mosquito was fearless, despite having to go with the quickly trimmed microfiber mop, and he came out of the gate buzzing the elephant.
I forget the details of Rand's buzzing of Trump, no one really ever remembers the details of a mosquito buzz other than that it occurred. But on the first go round, just as the debate got started, there was Rand buzzing at Trump. Trump ignored him.
Rand buzzed him again later in the debate, again the details of the buzz escape me, but Trump just swatted him away with this remark, "You apparently are having trouble hearing me tonight." Rand did not buzz again.
The masses seemed to be most pleased by Trump's Mussoiln.-like "I will make the world run on time" performance. Post-debate polls across the board, from Drudge to Salon, show Trump considered the winner of the debate with 40% plus of the masses giving him the win.
Rand came in with 5% of the vote, perhaps by those who fondly remember the debate performances of his great father, Ron Paul.
Aside from Trump, Ted Cruz appears to have performed well, gaining 10% plus of the vote. This perhaps can be attributed to the fact that the normally greasy looking Cruz appears to have showered, two days in a row, using shampoo on his hair.
The young looking Marco Rubio, who looks like he would be a shoo-in for class president at any community college in the country, seems to have picked up some support from the gay crowd as, perhaps, a bathhouse president.
I'd do @marcorubio
— Justin Raimondo (@JustinRaimondo) August 7, 2015
The debate seems to have hurt Jeb Bush the most. He is polling as if he was the ticket-taker guy at the circus that no one remembers. The Bush dynasty man showed just what it takes to kill a dynasty. He is polling post-debate at 5% or less in the polls of debate winners. And so, this is the take away from last night's show: Read my lips, no more Bushes.
Robert Wenzel is Editor & Publisher at EconomicPolicyJournal.com and at Target Liberty. He is also author of The Fed Flunks: My Speech at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Follow him on twitter:@wenzeleconomics
I think my favorite part of the debate was Trump talking about all the pols he bought. It was one of the few times there was an long, awkward silence....you could almost hear a pin drop.
ReplyDeleteIn that context, Rand later complaining about it....and then Trump telling him he gave him money too was a howler.
I looked it up after the debate because I was curious and Rand didn't deny it...but it looks like that didn't actually happen. I can only guess that Rand didn't say "No you didn't!" because he didn't know for sure- lol
The best part was when Megyn Kelly tried to make Trump look bad with women, so he responds by reminding everyone that he called Rosie O'Donnell a fat pig, threatens Kelly, and then calls her a bimbo after the debate.
ReplyDeletelol...that's pretty good too.
DeleteI didn't get that question. He has said some rather uncivilized things about women, but he also has towards men. I don't particularly see a general trend towards only insulting women or any such thing. I could be wrong, but it doesn't seem that way.
DeleteIf this opinion of the debate was just a potshot assignment, then you did a fair job. But, you have a problem with Rand calling out Trump? If Trump runs 3rd party, the GOP is gone. I have no problem with that if they stay on their course to crown Bush III, but if you're there using the party as your vehicle to office, you shouldn't admit that you'd run it off the road & crash it into a tree. Also, you mock Rand who stood up for our 4th Amendment rights? Really? You also didn't give credit to Carson & Huckabee for increasing their likability quotient with their remarks. I'm not a supporter of either, but they both scored several times. What this debate did was confirm that the GOP is not trying to pick up gay votes, or votes from people who don't feel a woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy, even if she chooses to use a morning-after pill, or is raped, or a victim of incest. Those are A LOT of votes. Oh, and since when did a wall stop much of anything? How many illegals would just get in a boat, or dig a tunnel? BTW, I am a Republican.
ReplyDeleteRon Paul: "And the gentleman asked the question, "what are you going to replace the income tax with," and my answer is "Nothing!"
ReplyDeleteRand Paul: Flat-tax FTW derpdeeder
Ron Paul's debate performance 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YjBoHAzhiU
It's a shame that RP had to wear the 'Republican' label. He had no choice. But that bunch certainly never deserved a man of that stature.
DeleteJustin, I thought you had class! You can do sooo much better than Rubio.
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