Republican Debate: Send in the Clowns

[Rooskibar03]

Has to be the best response to any question in the debate tonight. Way to go Newt!

That was effin brilliant.

[streetglideok]

Im not crazy about Newt, or his politics for that matter. Little to extreme right wing for me. He helped lead the witch hunt on Clinton for the monica blewinski mess, meanwhile he had his own strange he was tapping. That shot him in the foot, and he fled before it blew up too big. I must say however, that video clip of his remarks, pretty much somes it up. Instead of spending too much energy bashing each other, go after the throat of the liberals, the news media that puts on these dog and pony shows. I mean after all, they coached Obama thru the debates, by dogging Hillary.

[sneakerd]

Sharpest guy on the stage, and a true historian.

[sniper7]

glad he made those comments. of course you don't see that on the headlines...it is perry and romney battling it out.

until all of them jump on the same wagon like Newt was talking about and going after every screw up obama has made, the media will latch on to every outbreak between them all.

[jhood001]

I've said it before...Newt is the smartest of the candidates. Not the most electable, but the smartest.

There is truth in this statement, but honest to God... I'm so sick of all of us (myself included) being conditioned to the point of where we feel like we have to hedge our bets on something like electing officials.

We sit here and say something like 'he's the best man for this job, but he'll never win' or 'I agree with this candidate on almost everything, but there is one key issue holding me back...'. Honestly, where does this bullshit in our psyche come from?

I swear to God, if the entire country did nothing but watch the debates and see NO other 'news', we would end up with the best man for the job every single time. Why? Because the candidates would start basing their responses on their own principals and they would deliver without any fear of what the spin machine would do do it in the following days,weeks, etc.

This is why I'm still a Paul fan. He has been a straight shooter from the get-go, but if Newt keeps dropping logic bombs like this, I might switch pretty damn quick.

Thanks for posting the vid, you conservative hillbilly!

[n8tive97]

Way to go Newt! Call an ugly baby ugly! We need more of that on our side.

[bryjcom]

From what I here most of the time was spent on Romney and Perry. Now we know who NBC wants to be president.

[Bailey Guns]

There is truth in this statement, but honest to God... I'm so sick of all of us (myself included) being conditioned to the point of where we feel like we have to hedge our bets on something like electing officials.

We sit here and say something like 'he's the best man for this job, but he'll never win' or 'I agree with this candidate on almost everything, but there is one key issue holding me back...'. Honestly, where does this bullshit in our psyche come from?

I swear to God, if the entire country did nothing but watch the debates and see NO other 'news', we would end up with the best man for the job every single time. Why? Because the candidates would start basing their responses on their own principals and they would deliver without any fear of what the spin machine would do do it in the following days,weeks, etc.

This is why I'm still a Paul fan. He has been a straight shooter from the get-go, but if Newt keeps dropping logic bombs like this, I might switch pretty damn quick.

Thanks for posting the vid, you conservative hillbilly!

We may not like it, but it's true.

Let's face it...anybody can run for president. Not anybody can get elected. Whether we like it or not, that's a fact.

I hear what you're saying...don't get me wrong. It's just the world we live in.

[Ranger]

For all of Newts foibles I think he is the best man for the job right now. That being said, I don't think this country needs extremism on either side but rather a moderate that can bring everyone together because the chasm is getting so wide between parties that it will be beyond fixing soon. I like Perry and had hoped he would jump in the mix since the beginning - he's a good man, a good leader and principaled. As for him being far right, I don't see it but he's not exactly a moderate either, but I think he could help to fix the errs of our current administration.

I wish Newt had a chance, he's a very smart guy, but he doesn't and that's too bad.

[Bailey Guns]

I wish Newt had a chance, he's a very smart guy, but he doesn't and that's too bad.

I agree. But Newt has been his own worst enemy for a long time.