GOP Debate Threads

[fishonjazz]

If the destination is the same the perceived intelligence of the driver doesn't matter.

It does matter though. Maybe the smart one spends lots of money, but it's spent on the right things while the dumb one spends on dumb things

Not all spending is the same

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

It does matter though. Maybe the smart one spends lots of money, but it's spent on the right things while the dumb one spends on dumb things

Not all spending is the same

No doubt I would like to have an intelligent president, but more important than that is a president with good leadership and common sense, no matter how smart people perceive him to be. High IQ simply isn't the most important trait that we need in a president. We need someone who is good at finding and motivating a whole bunch of smart people, then getting them all on the same page to solve our problems together.

 

[fishonjazz]

No doubt I would like to have an intelligent president, but more important than that is a president with good leadership and common sense, no matter how smart people perceive him to be. High IQ simply isn't the most important trait that we need in a president. We need someone who is good at finding and motivating a whole bunch of smart people, then getting them all on the same page to solve our problems together.

Lots of things are desirable in a president. I was simply saying smart > dumb if all other things are equal

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Lots of things are desirable in a president. I was simply saying smart > dumb if all other things are equal

And I was saying no bankruptcy > smart if all other things are equal.

 

[fishonjazz]

And I was saying no bankruptcy > smart if all other things are equal.

It seemed that your point was smart = dumb if both are overspending.

My bad

 

[Miggs]

Would you guys bet Rubio at 5:1 or Bush at 20:1 to be President? I know Bush seems like a dead man walking but these things can always turn around...and he's still a Bush and has name recognition for the GOP.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Would you guys bet Rubio at 5:1 or Bush at 20:1 to be President? I know Bush seems like a dead man walking but these things can always turn around...and he's still a Bush and has name recognition for the GOP.

Bush doesn't even look like he wants it to me. Rubio is definitely going to fight.

 

[Miggs]

Bush doesn't even look like he wants it to me. Rubio is definitely going to fight.

I could've done Rubio last week at 7:1. Wish I had. To me, Clinto has no shot which then really only leaves Sanders imo and I just don't see a way this country elects a crazy, old dude Prez.

 

[DutchJazzer]

I could've done Rubio last week at 7:1. Wish I had. To me, Clinto has no shot which then really only leaves Sanders imo and I just don't see a way this country elects a crazy, old dude Prez.

he is promising free stuff man!

who passes up free stuff?

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

I could've done Rubio last week at 7:1. Wish I had. To me, Clinto has no shot which then really only leaves Sanders imo and I just don't see a way this country elects a crazy, old dude Prez.

Your underestimating how much the media wants Clinton. She will be the nominee, and the vast majority of people will never even know that her honesty is even an issue. They will instead perceive that her opponent is mean and desperate for bringing it up repeatedly.

Check out this exchange between Charlie Rose and Rubio. How is it possible that Rose is so oblivious to this story? It's because the media is willingly ignoring it in order to support Hillary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4shcPbpoGU
If you think the media is going to start reporting the actual story at this point even though the facts are available to anyone who wants to look a them, you are going to be proven wrong.

 

[Stoked]

I could've done Rubio last week at 7:1. Wish I had. To me, Clinto has no shot which then really only leaves Sanders imo and I just don't see a way this country elects a crazy, old dude Prez.

I wish Clinton had no shot but don't count her out. The Clintons are political powerhouses.

 

[b_line]

Holy ****.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kuTG19Cu_Q
The current national debt is over $18 trillion dollars. You do the math. The media has a very liberal bias so this massive addition of debt has essentially been a non-story. When the same thing happens under a Republican president (for instance, Bush) the opposite is the case.

That's one way to look at it the other way is that Bush increased spe ding astronomically, so that was a bug deal and was reported a lot. Obama has not really increased spending, as spending growth has stayed essentially flat from the bush years. They both have done horrible jobs when compared with almost everyone that has been president in the history of the country. In fact, the three worst spenders in probably the history of the country were reagan, Bush 2, and Obama.