Moderator??? What I would love to see???

Bush and Cheney.... call it a Job Interview...

Who better to figure out who could do the job, than those who already did it?

Posted by: Muslum Brother at August 20, 2013 04:10 PM (lZBBB)

Sock Fail.... LOL

Of course they have deligitimized themselves, but a brand, or a family dynasty, or a country, can turn corrupt and hollow but still linger on for years on the strength of its previous reputation and accumulated stock and contracts.

Fuck you ace, you want to tell me something, say it to my face.

[Of course they have deligitimized themselves, but a brand, or a family dynasty, or a country, can turn corrupt and hollow but still linger on for years on the strength of its previous reputation and accumulated stock and contracts.]

Are you talking about the GOP or the media?

The GOP's priority will be finding right leaning moderators who support amnesty and will happily slander Tea Partiers and libertarians.

Come see the new production of  Brokeback Mountain!

Featuring the media as Jack Twist, and the GOP as Ennis Del Mar. 

Did you mention a blogger. Get a good blogger in there. Someone who has been a good writer, researcher, speaker, and investigator. Someone with credibility. Let them ask questions. Let the mainstream media be damned when it comes to complaining about who the GOP picks to do debates. I also say Prager, Hewitt, Brett Baer, and or Stephen Hayes.

C-span? Or even an internet feed. Why aren't there more radio debates? I know the TV is a top marketing tool, but they need to think outside the box.

Just a thought.

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Ummmm.... tanned, rested and ready? 

I think Ace should moderate

He's cut way back on the garbage raping.

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Alas, neither can I. 

And... may I suggest...

A web page.... where people can suggest questions... and then VOTE on them?

And the Moderator then has to ASK them as written?

So we the people.... would actually have a choice in what was asked?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 04:23 PM (jE38p)

Me either...

But, there was no point in going with the angry guy when, the GOP donor class told us, we had the smooth calm smiling Romneybot 3000 who would be so much more effective with swing voters.

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The reasons that were provided (and evidently accepted) for not running with Newt had nothing to do with his anger.  Rather, it was various ideas for programs that he came up with while Speaker that weren't particularly conservative.

Posted by: David at August 20, 2013 04:27 PM (UtRhK)

Maybe.... maybe not... but the fact is that most of the Pundits, and the Washington insiders, have no clue about whats important to we, the People.

get that long-legged semi-crazy Canadian chick who started out with Gutfeld on 'Red Eye'

How about no?

She was certifiable.  There are enough crazies out there.  We don't need one fucking up the debates.

>>>"This question is for Mr. Santorum. Mr. Santorum, can you briefly outline the mathematical proof of the Pythagorean Theorem?"

It was my understanding that there would be no math.

Lots of new Twinkies in Phoenix, but I can't have any....Will take one home to my beautiful wife, but she is Korean and probably won't like it anyway....

Korean groceries have a lot of Twinkie knock-offs that taste like shit.  Show your Korean wife how it's supposed to taste.

Anddddd...

May I suggest we have the guy from RedEye do his 'Halftime report'?

To point out inaccuracies?

Posted by: L, elle at August 20, 2013 04:23 PM (0PiQ4)

Ace won't show up in public to get an award.  Something tells me a moderator with a bag over his head won't work out too well.

Is jwest here?   Because I left him/her/it a giddy little rejoinder in the previous thread, and I'd love his/her/it's response.  

Other than that, I have this to say:   Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: EC at August 20, 2013 04:31 PM (GQ8sn)

Haha, I've been to Korea a number of times and I swear, most of their snacks are just terrible.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 20, 2013 04:31 PM (wR+pz)

It'd add mystery.     Like a  Mexican    luchadore.

Posted by: MoeRon at August 20, 2013 04:26 PM (uRxX2)

Eh. Ace would spend the whole debate staring at Megyn's tits and miss his cues.

Yeah you're right. The whole welfare reform and tax cut thingy he forced Clinton to sign was totally communist.

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Yeah, because as everyone knows, suggesting a few technocratic "let's get the government involved in more stuff" programs means that there is NO WAY WHATSOVER that you would *ever* vote to reform welfare and/or cut taxes.

/rolleyes

Think about this: Barack Obama totally sucked in all the Democratic debates in 2008.  But he beat Hillary anyway.  His campaign made a conscious decision not to give a shit about the debates, and go around the media gatekeepers who had already crowned Hillary Queen.   Obama himself acted during the debates like he could not care less, was not terribly prepared, disdained Hillary and the other candidates, and generally thought the whole thing was a big joke.   The whole time, though, he was using New Media to get his message out, ID his voters, and get them to the caucuses and polls.  He was raising buckets of money and buying TV, radio, and Web ads like crazy.  He was narrowcasting messages through specialty cable TV, radio, and social media.

The GOP has plenty of road maps to do this.  It is not rocket sciece.  And not a person can blame them for blowing up and blowing off the MSM in the next campaign, after what it has done to the Republican Party over the last 10 years. 

Posted by: joncell at August 20, 2013 04:32 PM (RD7QR)

And that's a problem because...?

Haha, I've been to Korea a number of times and I swear, most of their snacks are just terrible.

The asian snack food market is good in only certain items, but totally shit in others.  Copying western snack foods like twinkies is something they can't do right.  Making snack foods like Pocky is what they're good at.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 20, 2013 04:31 PM (VtjlW)

I know, it's almost like they assume that being inside the beltway grants you an instant understanding of what issues are important.

Because they're aren't people outside the beltway who spend incredible time studying things like...I don't know..healthcare for example.

Kate Upton gets to inquire about women's issues.

But she has to be on a pogo stick.

“How many dollars are in a trillion dollars?”

What is 'Less every day'?

Now, we know Ace is protective of his anonymity, so if you want to get a conservative blogger who would be a lot of fun to see doing this, may I suggest Jeff Goldstein?

Ace went on Fox News!  He doesn't care about that.

My beautiful wife's favorite TV snack is dried squid....'nuff said

I know exactly what you mean.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 20, 2013 04:32 PM (QF8uk)

WTF is this, Common core?

I get the "billions in a trillion" question, but asking how many "dollars" in a trillion dollars is like asking "How many meters in a 100 meters? Explain."

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Amazing, wasn't it?  The guy actually walked out on stage, with two options: 

Option 1:  Continue to hammer on the media,  hammer  Mitt,  based  on conservative principles, thus securing your party's nomination for President,

or

Option 2: Promote a fruitless multi-trillion dollar, almost literal pie-in-the-sky plan with absolutely no chance of being enacted, thus crushing your chance of ever being nominated, let alone elected President of the United States.

Newt chose Option 2.  Because he's Newt. 

Still a couple of years out.

Thank God.

The best moderators would be liberals who hold conservative views in one or two areas. Like say Alan Dershowitz who is a hard core lib, but a big 2A proponent. Have him as questions on guns. And so forth.

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If you want someone like that, grab Mickey Kaus.  The guy ran against Boxer in the Democratic Primary last time she was up.  And when she ignored the debate that he'd challenged her to, he had a cardboard box as a stand-in for her.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 20, 2013 04:12 PM (HxkwP)

Its a canklelanche!  Flee!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 20, 2013 04:32 PM (4df7R)

Never thought of that.  Actually all the audience could think of looking at a guy with the bag on his head would be  just another Panther's fan.

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I saw it live.  I still think  that was Kevin Smith. 

I have no problem with a conservative and a liberal moderator, fair and balanced, but the faux moderate actual leftist like Crowley in charge must end.    The Benghazi deflection was a horrible moment in so-called neutrality.  Obama clearly was blaming the video and the Copt right through the UN speech two weeks later.  

And I still wonder why she had a copy of Obama's speech handy.  

Posted by: rockmom at August 20, 2013 04:33 PM (aBlZ1)

Actually Bambi had the most help from (A) Hillary's hubris and (2) Gaming the caucus system. But point taken.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 20, 2013 04:40 PM (T0NGe)

I don't know, he reminds of that rule a commenter just proposed in this thread that candidates be allowed ten times the amount of time it took to ask the question... Robinson takes a long time to ask his questions....

I saw it live. I still think that was Kevin Smith.

Yes, the resemblence is uncanny.

#84 - why have "random question" debates at all?  How about loosely moderated debates on particular topics of interest to Republican voters: immigration, spending and size of government, tax reform, federalism, family decline, education reform, national security, health care, etc.  There are enough topics that one could be assigned to every state in the early primaries.  Have a state GOP leader act as timekeeper only, and then let the candidates discuss the topic for 60 or 90 minutes.  This eliminates the "gotcha" mentality of the questioner, the obscure-nobody-gives-a-shit-about-this questions - and it also vastly lessens the use of canned "debate zingers" by the candidates.   Voters will see who is strong and weak on each subject and get some in-depth discussion and not a bunch of sound bites and talking points. 

The All Lawyers Fallacy.  

Posted by: AmishDude at August 20, 2013 04:40 PM (T0NGe)

It'd never work.  You can't have six final questions per debator.

Just got back from the dental implant surgeon.  Going to have implants.  Yay!

As for the repubs cutting out the MFM, it's a smart move.  BUT it's a long time before 2016 and I'll have to see it to believe it.

They should also opt  for only 4  debates instead of the bajillion they had in 2012.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 20, 2013 04:41 PM (HxkwP)<<

THIS!

Posted by: rockmom at August 20, 2013 04:42 PM (aBlZ)

^^This

Although I'd settle for compound debates with multiple "rounds" so we don't have to have 40 debates again.

If conservatives got to moderate the Democratic debates -

"Senator, you've clearly marked out your position as pro-choice.  But the Democratic Party has a very sizable minority of voters who feel that abortion on demand is tantamount to murder.  How would you go about convincing these individuals that they should vote for you?"

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Everybody forgets, when Trump was trying to push himself as a debate moderator, Perry was the first guy to say "nope, not gonna do it."  Others followed, while the lightweights committed to it.  Eventually,  they stopped talking about such nonsense.

Why?  Because the candidates refused to play that game.  The candidates could dictate this.  If they want. 

Somehow I don't see Jeb or Jabba the Jersey Traitor saying no to the networks. 

@170

Man, I read implants and totally skipped over the dental part. I was happy for a second there. Dental implants are a gift to you, booby implants are a gift to the world. And I think you're a dude. So there is that. But, yea boobies!

"Kimberly Guilfoyle in bikini and heels"   moderating

@149

Idiocracy, but I like it. 

Or we could stick with the wrestling theme and let the candidates have a throwdown. I'll bet Sarah does a mean suplex.

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Yeah, but who are you gonna get out there that's gonna be capable of giving Christie a body slam?

#174 I would settle for 10 debates, each on a different topic.  If you don't care about education, don't watch that one.   Most everyone has one or two issues they care about more than the others, so they could just watch those debates and read about the rest or watch later online.  It wouldn't feel like 40 debates or even 10 debates for most people except the political junkies. 

I think this format would be so wildly successful that the Democrats would be forced to go along with it in some fashion for the general election debates.  Republicans should absolutely refuse any debates with journalists as moderators, questions from the audience or idiots on YouTube, etc. 

You haven't lived until you've been on a 3-hour train from Seoul to Pusan when everyone pulls out their dried squid.

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Or Japan Airlines when all the people in coach break out their sack lunches.   *blech*

Posted by: junior at August 20, 2013 04:50 PM (UWFpX)

Frontrunner is the dumbest sum'bitch in Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee.

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No one would have to. All an opponent would have to do is walk just outside Chrisies reach at a moderately brisk pace for around 2 minutes. Exhaustion and gravity will do the rest.

@214

Which one? The booby comment or the Christie joke?

One was a frosty natural light of jokes, the other a warm scotch.

But then, who speaks for us?

Posted by: The Low Information Voters at August 20, 2013 04:53 PM (pginn)

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You guys actually *watch* debates?

/confused

Posted by: junior at August 20, 2013 04:50 PM (UWFpX)

Maybe all the other candidates and a block and tackle?

Posted by: soothsayer lightfoot at August 20, 2013 04:57 PM (AAxKL)

True dat.

I hold no high hopes for the sudden, unexpected growth of a spine by the RNC or the GOP Establishment as a whole, in this or any other matter. They represent the interests of the big money donors--the same big money donors who desperately want amnesty, for example, because the influx of millions of suddenly legitimized low wage workers will keep down per-hour labor costs across the board, especially in agriculture, construction and the service industries. These driving, monied interests could give a damn if those sweet, cheap labor costs hurt working and lower-middle class families--the people formerly known as Reagan Democrats who the Republican Party really needs to reach to remain viable as a political party.

Christie's their guy in 2016 as Romney was in the last election and McCain before that. Romney...McCain...does anyone see a pattern here? Screw the GOP Establishment. They don't know shit from a hole in the ground. I say go populist, run a conservative, and never look back.

I just don't see how this is even a close call.  What could possibly be the other side of the debate, from a GOP perspective?

The Democrats shouldn't get to interview our candidates repeatedly when the opposition never gets interviewed.  After watching George Snuffleupagus and Candy Crowley et al do their thing last go round, it's clear that these debates are really just hostile interviews with state propaganda organs and do nothing positive for GOP candidates.

@229

Along those lines, do you call them Mr. or Miss (Mrs.) or what? This is why every society since the dawn of humanity has shunned gays. It creates so many possible faux pas in social circumstances. "How did I know it was a post op tranny, he still had the adam's apple? Fuck it, no more gays" - Stuff Ramses I said.

Debates have  never entered into my decision making on a candidate.  Nor does the ability to make a  good speech  enter into the decision.   Strike that, the complete failure at both can factor into a decision but sans failure, not a blip on my screen. 

I like to look at the body of work and reputation among his peers.  I'm actually probably  one of the few here  who thinks endorsements are  important.   Endorsements from people  whose  own body  of  work  I respect.  

Christie's their guy in 2016 as Romney was in the last election and McCain before that. Romney...McCain...does anyone see a pattern here?

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Kinda like how Jeb Bush was their guy earlier this year?

I think I'll wait and see how this plays out.  One more thing to keep in mind was that Romney was the runner-up in the 2008 primary.  That had as much to do with his heir apparent status as anything else did.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 20, 2013 04:59 PM (V1ZIU)

Which reminds me.  There  might be some good moderaters  from the  conservative Hollywood crew.  Gary Siniese (sp)  would be a good one. 

In a sane world our leader would be chosen in the arena using only war hammers, battle axes, and two handed swords.

In short, Newt Gingrich would rise from the ashes victorious.

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I don't know about any of that, but I do know P.J. O'Rourke once said something about the fact that in some parts of Mexico, the natives have a word for the female genitalia that is pronounced "miss." 

They love to  follow young, unmarried Eurotrash female tourists around  saying "Oh miss, can I help you with that?"  And other such things. 

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 20, 2013 04:56 PM (wR+pz)

Dominance. Top/aggressor is male, bottom/passive is female. It's easier to tell with lesbians because the top is the one driving the Volkswagen Beetle.

Posted by: Jones in CO at August 20, 2013 05:03 PM (8sCoq)

Those thighs need slimming down.  

There a comment.  Also braces for the overbite.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 20, 2013 05:04 PM (kdS6q)

Goddammit. I guess I'm the person in charge of that here. Man, this is going to be embarrassing...

Posted by: joncelli at August 20, 2013 05:05 PM (RD7QR)

FIFY

This next question isn't a question.

All of the candidates   will run up and down this flight  of stairs until one of you cannot continue  due to cardiac arrest.

Begin.

Thank you for your participation, Governor Christie, you will be missed.

In a sane world our leader would be chosen in the arena using only war hammers, battle axes, and two handed swords.

In short, Newt Gingrich would rise from the ashes victorious.

That fat bastard would have a heart attack trying to lift a battle axe and would call you  inhumane  for  advocating for self deportation  with his last dying breath.   

Posted by: caustic at August 20, 2013 05:08 PM (/b8+5)

Bitch?

Posted by: Jones in CO at August 20, 2013 05:03 PM (8sCoq)

The people who actually watched it are busy right now. IYKWIMAITYD.

@282

I'm not a fan of Newt's but I am going to say anyone bat shit crazy enough to propose a moon base knows their way around a war hammer, and anyone who can come up with a press release like he did is not only prepared but has wargamed out how to use it.

I don't get that vibe from any one else except for maybe G. Gordon Liddy.

Posted by: Jollyroger at August 20, 2013 05:11 PM (t06LC)

He was a college professor  for gosh sakes.  How do you get that vibe?  : )

Posted by: Jollyroger at August 20, 2013 05:11 PM (t06LC)

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Does that ole fart still have a radio program?   The last time I listened to him he was instructing the audience where to shoot  ATF agents if they smash in your door.  "Aim for the face or the neck.  There's no armor there".

All of the candidates  have been  given  stapleguns and a stack of  dollar bills.  The first candidate to staple thirty dollars worth of  dollars to his opponents'  bodies  will  have two minutes of unrebuttable speaking  on the topic of his choosing.

Begin.

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Newt reminds me of the  kind of  guy  who attends  mideival times fairs.  Sure,  he has the costume,  he can talk to the talk, but it's just talk.  And you can't get him to  shut up or break character,  even for his own good.

@288

I was going to say meth, but it turns out he is born again and going to be in the Expendables 3 so good for him.

Doesn't matter how many times you hit the space bar.  If you insert/edit here, it WILL throw words together on you.  Usually the worst possible combinations too.

Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at August 20, 2013 05:16 PM (tWmgi)

Seriously?  What  state are you in?  

@292

Damn, that is crazy. Good advice though. You can take that to the ba-- Rosland Capital.

Posted by: akula51 at August 20, 2013 05:21 PM (4p5/2)

Laup Nor gets Insane Clown Posse

Posted by: Jollyroger at August 20, 2013 05:22 PM (t06LC)

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I pray that he doesn't enter the  primaries this time.  He's a fucking vote-sucking vampire.  And he doesn't give a shit  how bad it might turn for the country.

Amazing. A Lufthansa 747 just lifted off as it passed by me --- how can something so big be so graceful?

It's not easy, but I manage.

I pray that he doesn't enter the primaries this time. He's a fucking vote-sucking vampire. And he doesn't give a shit how bad it might turn for the country.

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iirc, he said last time that it was his final run.  He is starting to get up there a bit age-wise, and I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to avoid interfering with any higher ambitions that his son might have.

>>> Hey, can anyone explain the phrase, "Head over heels" to me?

If I get head, what do I care if she's wearing flats?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 20, 2013 05:27 PM (hSwFv)

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Agree 100%.  Another giant step in the right direction  would be to  nullify all delegate votes from states that have open primaries. 

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 05:31 PM (2hTlI)

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Yeah, but he old school.

All of the candidates have been given stapleguns and a stack of dollar bills. The first candidate to staple thirty dollars worth of dollars to his opponents' bodies will have two minutes of unrebuttable speaking on the topic of his choosing.

Screw the staple guns. Go with nail guns for the win.