Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Cain lost ground tonight; Perry and Gingrich gained

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » General Discussion: Presidency Donate to DU
 
Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:25 PM
Original message
Cain lost ground tonight; Perry and Gingrich gained
Cain was not called on much and what he said was unmemorable.
It wasn't crazy or interesting enough to be remembered.
Perry made a few incoherent statements and a few that made some sense
(though I would disagree with them) and that might appeal to the
right wing base. Gingrich also probably did well with the base and
was a bit less pompous than usual. I also think Romney did quite well.
Refresh | 0 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:26 PM
Response to Original message
1. Perry sounded like a nut ready to invade any country who looked at him funny.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:29 PM
Response to Reply #1
3. And he portrayed himself as already the CiC of Texas
working with the generals in the war zone of our border. Seemed
quite over the top to me.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:58 PM
Response to Reply #3
8. My guess is that his advisers told him to go big on war. The GOP primary voter loves war.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:27 PM
Response to Original message
2. Gingrich may be playing for VP with Romney
He seemed to be working towards that outcome, imo.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
aaaaaa5a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:30 PM
Response to Original message
4. Cain just doesn't have the command of the issues.


He is not educated enough on the office of the Presidency to be President.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
Andy823 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:33 PM
Response to Original message
5. All in all
It was the same old pattern of not really answering the questions, blaming everything on Obama, and showing just how little most of the really know about reality! Mitt probably cam out on top, which is not saying much with the bunch of clowns on stage. The only think I can say about Cain is he didn't use 999 to answer every question! In all it was petty lame, and tame. I like it when someone on stage decides to take on the current top poller, whoever that may be!
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
Zen Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:48 PM
Response to Original message
6. Cain wants to be the Torture President. The Black Cheney.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 10:52 PM
Response to Reply #6
9. Lol
The Black Cheney for sure...
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
Onlooker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:52 PM
Response to Original message
7. I watched as much as I could stomach
(About 20 minutes worth.) I thought Romney and Huntsman were best only because the others were such buffoons. Gingrich is bright, but he sounds like an insect. Paul is principled, but he's about as eloquent as Don Knotts on Andy Griffith. Perry is Bush light; he's a buffoon, who relies on his personality, nothing else. Santorum seems like a high school student, eager but no gravitas. Bachmann seemed desperate. Huntsman and Romney are both incredibly bland, they should be tv anchorpersons.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
sad sally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 10:58 PM
Response to Original message
10. You mean like this?
Perry said, "This is war. That's what happens in war. I'm for using the techniques, not torture, but using those techniques that we know will extract the information to save young Americans' lives -- and will be for it until I die."

As for Gingrich, what a pompous asshole. He's a former House speaker campaigning for president who calls for the imprisonment of opposition political leaders. Isn't this the kind of thing that comes out of dictatorships? And his comment about OWS - another asshole statement: "We have had a strain of hostility to free enterprise and frankly, a strain of hostility to classic America starting in our academic institutions and spreading across this country and I regard the Wall Street protesters as a natural outcome of a bad education system teaching them really dumb ideas."

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Wed May 08th 2024, 10:23 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » General Discussion: Presidency Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC