GOP Primary Megathread!

[Ideologue]

Nah. 

Bien, va te faire foutre aussi.

[Razgovory]

Tonight Rick Perry called the government of Turkey 'Islamic terrorists', seemed to hint towards eventually bombing them and lumped them in with Iran and Syria.  Despite this I think that was his best debate performance by a mile and he may do okay, though not well enough, in SC.

I don't know if that says more about Perry, his party or South Carolina

Good God, that man is dumb.  I wonder if he knows that Turkey is inhabited by human beings and not large tasty birds.

[Sheilbh]

Apparently he spent time in Turkey when in the air force in the 70s.  That was his senior foreign policy advisor's spin on why it was a valid question (she also mentioned that the audience cheered his answer so he must have been right).

When I read that I imagined what it must be like to be Rick Perry's senior foreign policy advisor

[Capetan Mihali]

I'm lucky to have (completely anti-AKP) Turkish company at the moment, and I had started comically lambasting Perry about this, until I watched the video -- the question was a ludicrous set-up, I don't know how you could respond differently to it during the S.C. Republican primary...

"Wait, wait, wait a minute...Turkey's a NATO ally....where did you get that 1400% increase in woman-beating?  Isn't that due to better reporting?  What exactly is 'Islamism'....      ."

[Tamas]

"I'd like to see us reduce government to meet the revenue, not raise revenue to meet the government."  I saw that quoted on Twitter (Gingrich, maybe?) and I like it.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah that was Gingrich.  It was during the section when they were asked what the top rate of tax should be.  It went from Romney suggesting 25% to Gingrich suggesting 15% (loudest cheer - I think they think that's attainable) to 0% from Ron Paul.

It was at that moment I realised how much I missed Herman Cain. 

[Capetan Mihali]

It was at that moment I realised how much I missed Herman Cain.

I miss H. Cain like I miss Jaron at his trolling peak...

[Ideologue]

Nick Griffin: awesome or awesomest man in Britain?  Let's discuss.

[Sheilbh]

It was the question his entire campaign was built around: 'NINE! NINE! NINE!' And we missed it

[Razgovory]

Yeah that was Gingrich.  It was during the section when they were asked what the top rate of tax should be.  It went from Romney suggesting 25% to Gingrich suggesting 15% (loudest cheer - I think they think that's attainable) to 0% from Ron Paul.

It was at that moment I realised how much I missed Herman Cain.

0%?  Perhaps we should allow the rich to legally murder people if they feel like it as well.

[Ideologue]

Were people really applauding?

Where do they find these people?  Not in South Carolina, surely.

[CountDeMoney]

Newt Gingrich certainly put that nigger in his place, all askin' about food stamps an' such.

[Valmy]

0%?  Perhaps we should allow the rich to legally murder people if they feel like it as well.

His issue is Constitutional with regards to the federal income tax.  I do not remember exactly what it was, that it had to apportioned in a certain way or something else technical about the sixteenth amendment.  I do not really remember exactly.  Since it is never actually going to happen (and if whatever his issue is becomes significant, I am pretty sure the Congress will just correct it) I never paid much attention.

[Valmy]

"I'd like to see us reduce government to meet the revenue, not raise revenue to meet the government."  I saw that quoted on Twitter (Gingrich, maybe?) and I like it.

I would like to see us do either one as appropriate to the circumstances.

[Berkut]

I wish Huntsman could get some traction.