9th Republican presidential debate tonight 02/13/16

I like how the Republican establishment still wants to fight every side in Syria - ISIS, Assad, Russia, yeehaw. They should just lie about it. Remember when Dubya campaigned as being against nation building?

These so called Trump controversies are old. He already said the 9/11, Iraq, Bush stuff a couple months ago. Not sure if it’ll matter.

Yeah, I was really hoping that at least on of the hosts of the Sunday talk shows would have the balls to ask Rubio or Cruz or McConnell to look into the camera and promise that if it were February 14, 2008, and Ginsburg had just dropped dead while Bush was President, he would still be saying we should wait until after the election to appoint her replacement.

Here are some of his positions:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19083644&postcount=73

Welcome to politics. Democrats said they should not confirm another GWB SCOTUS nomination even before February 14, 2008. Now those same politicians, and I mean the exact same people, are very concerned with upholding the Constitution.

Cite for the bolded part, please?

Where’s the link to that story?

That’s not what he said. He said “Marco si quieres, [unintelligible] Ahora mismo, dicelo en Espanol si quieres [unitelligible]”.

It’s wrong both ways. dice lo is “[he] says it”. Diselo is “I gave you/them it”.

editing

On further review (and googling) it seems like people are saying that Cruz said “Right now, speak to them in Spanish, if you want”. That would make Cruz’s Spanish correct but it seems like an odd thing for him to say to Rubio in Spanish. To recap, it can be:

di se lo (say it to them) [Correct Spanish]

dice lo (he says it) [Bad Spanish]

di se lo (I gave it to them) [Bad Spanish]

All these are pronounced (essentially) the same.

Trump is getting crucified on conservative talk show radio. Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh have been ranting against him on their shows. We’ll see if this translates to Trump losing voters in SC.

So far his poll numbers still look good. He never ceases to amaze.

And thus does Dr. Frankenstein try to recruit the villagers to slow the monster he has created and loosed upon them.

That’s exactly what I thought of as well!

It’s hysterical, really. The extreme right has finally found a reflection of themselves that they can’t stand.

Here, friends, right here!

But in context, no, it doesn’t mean what all the wingnuts have been saying it does.

Big surprise, I know.

After saying that Senate Democrats had accepted Administration assurances that Roberts and Alito were mainstream conservative judges who would operate within the precedents and decisions of the Rehnquist Court, but had found out otherwise when it was too late, Schumer said the following:

One by one, Trump is sowing doubt among his followers about the major institutions of the right wing.

First, of course, the GOP establishment and its backers.

Second, Fox News.

And now, talk radio.

And of course, talk radio has largely been in his corner up to this point, so their turning on him is as much a problem for their own credibility as anything else.

Whether or not Trump wins the nomination, the Republican coalition is never going to be the same.

Was Schumer saying Roberts is to the right of Rehnquist? Because that’s definitely wrong.

Heh. “No! NO!! I didn’t pass out the torches and pitchforks for you to use on ME!!!” :smack: :eek: :smiley: :smiley:

I think we’re heading for the point where the tic-tac-toe players are driven out to make room for the play-with-their-own-feces crowd.

QFT. And the scary thing is, the mainstream pundits will still treat the two parties as basically equivalent, with the only difference being that one’s left of center, and the other’s to the right.

A poll just came out showing Ted Cruz in first place at 28%. Trump at 26%. It was conducted after the debate.

So Trump found a way to pierce his Teflon after all.