# I Pit the Audience of the GOP Debate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331 "2011-09-23T14:48:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/41 "2011-09-23T18:06:52Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Amen. Say what you will about McCain (mostly for bringing Palin into the world’s radar. . .:mad:), but at least he would do things like call out the morons in the audience for being just that. Of course, we can see where that got him. Only after he realized it was getting away from him. You could almost see the “OMFG! WHAT has She been DOING?!” in his eyes at that particular campaign event. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/42 "2011-09-23T18:30:02Z")
Apparently, even conservative media outlets and groups are condemning the candidates for not addressing the booing, or even acknowledging Stephen Hill’s service. GOProud and Log Cabin have put out statements as well. It’s kind of sad to see those two groups beating their heads against the Tea Party wall like this, though. It’s like “African-Americans For The KKK” or “Jews For Aryan Nation” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/43 "2011-09-23T18:32:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Omg, a black strawman! Straw men have no race nor color. Your response is invalid. > [@Cumberdale](#): > > If it was a democratic debate and audience members boo’d a soldier, folks like you’d be calling them traitors. I’ll give you an e-cookie if you can find any post of mine where I’ve referred to anyone as a ‘traitor’, a ‘terrorist’ or insinuated that a Democrat/liberal leaning person “hates America”. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/44 "2011-09-23T18:32:59Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Apparently, even conservative media outlets and groups are condemning the candidates for not addressing the booing, or even acknowledging Stephen Hill’s service. GOProud and Log Cabin have put out statements as well. It’s kind of sad to see those two groups beating their heads against the Tea Party wall like this, though. It’s like “African-Americans For The KKK” or “Jews For Aryan Nation” or something. Eh, just shows that people are happy to stay second class citizens as long as they are promised tax breaks. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/45 "2011-09-23T18:33:50Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Eh, just shows that people are happy to stay second class citizens as long as they are promised tax breaks. > > -Joe Tax breaks that, statistically, aren’t even likely to directly effect them. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/46 "2011-09-23T18:34:15Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Eh, just shows that people are happy to stay second class citizens as long as they are promised tax breaks. > > -Joe “Chickens For Colonel Sanders” ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/47 "2011-09-23T18:37:26Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Eh, just shows that people are happy to stay second class citizens as long as they are promised tax breaks. > > -Joe But the second class citizens aren’t even being offered tax breaks, this go around. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/48 "2011-09-23T18:37:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “Chickens For Colonel Sanders” Heh, reminds me of those Foster Farms commercials where chickens are trying to fake being Foster Farm Chickens so they can be considered good enough to be slaughtered and packaged? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/49 "2011-09-23T18:45:41Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Tax breaks that, statistically, aren’t even likely to directly effect them. Hey, I never said they’d get them, I said they’d be promised them. Vote for me, and free oral sex for everyone\*! -Joe \*If you’re on this list of my five favorite starlets ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/50 "2011-09-23T18:52:19Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Heh, reminds me of those Foster Farms commercials where chickens are trying to fake being Foster Farm Chickens so they can be considered good enough to be slaughtered and packaged? Remember Charlie Tuna? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/51 "2011-09-23T18:52:55Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > No, there are not. Only in Republican/conservative corners. > > Allegedly. Well, this is mostly a somewhat liberal board. But, here you are! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/52 "2011-09-23T19:06:12Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Well, this is mostly a somewhat liberal board. > > But, here you are! He’s a victim! Poor guy! Just another conservative victim! Why can’t they just drag homos behind their trucks without libruls being so **intolerant**? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/53 "2011-09-23T19:08:51Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > I’ll give you an e-cookie if you can find any post of mine where I’ve referred to anyone as a ‘traitor’, a ‘terrorist’ or insinuated that a Democrat/liberal leaning person “hates America”. I didn’t say anything about you condemning Democrats or liberal people in general as “hating America”. I’m saying that if during Democratic debate the audience boo’d a currently serving soldier you would be criticizing them and the fact that none of the debaters said anything about it. Am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/54 "2011-09-23T19:13:14Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > I didn’t say anything about you condemning Democrats or liberal people in general as “hating America”. I’m saying that if during Democratic debate the audience boo’d a currently serving soldier you would be criticizing them and the fact that none of the debaters said anything about it. Am I wrong? I don’t know about **OMG** - but I certainly would have been someone disgusted by the behavior of the audience. I would have attributed it to the general attitude of anti-military sentiment that I heard from Democrats on campus when I wore a uniform. So I see myself in this. I am disgusted. I am hurt. I am angry. As someone else said, bigotry outweighed jingoism in the audience, and nobody on the podium said a damned thing. I am so fucking done with my former party. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/55 "2011-09-23T19:18:58Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > and nobody on the podium said a damned thing. You don’t chastise the people you’re auditioning for. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/56 "2011-09-23T19:21:30Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > I don’t know about **OMG** - but I certainly would have been someone disgusted by the behavior of the audience. I would have attributed it to the general attitude of anti-military sentiment that I heard from Democrats on campus when I wore a uniform. > > So I see myself in this. I am disgusted. I am hurt. I am angry. As someone else said, bigotry outweighed jingoism in the audience, and nobody on the podium said a damned thing. > > I am so fucking done with my former party. I agree. As a fiscal conservative I hate the fact that the current Republican party caters to the social conservative idiots that infest the party. I would love to be able to proudly vote for a Republican, unfortunately, I cannot in good conscience. The party has been turned over to the fucking idiots and I have no choice but to oppose them. As much as I dislike Obama and feel he has squandered his presidency, I have no choice but to vote for him against whoever runs against him. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/57 "2011-09-23T19:27:11Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Apparently, even conservative media outlets and groups are condemning the candidates for not addressing the booing, or even acknowledging Stephen Hill’s service. GOProud and Log Cabin have put out statements as well. Do we have links to any of this stiff? If we can verify it them I’m all for a **“I applaud the conservative madia”** thread. Plus I’d really like to read the articles and I can’t search at work. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/58 "2011-09-23T19:44:33Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Do we have links to any of this stiff? If we can verify it them I’m all for a **“I applaud the conservative madia”** thread. > Plus I’d really like to read the articles and I can’t search at work. [National Review Online](http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/278157/no-thanking-gay-soldier-iraq-his-service) [GOProud](http://www.goproud.org/rick-santorum-owes-gay-soldier-an-apology/) [Log Cabin Republicans](http://www.logcabin.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=nsKSL7PMLpF&b=6420733&ct=11231881) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/59 "2011-09-23T19:52:49Z")
I wonder if they’ll take the opportunity to also boo an Air Force vet when Rick Perry is finally forced out of the closet. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331/60 "2011-09-23T19:55:43Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [National Review Online](http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/278157/no-thanking-gay-soldier-iraq-his-service) > [GOProud](http://www.goproud.org/rick-santorum-owes-gay-soldier-an-apology/) > [Log Cabin Republicans](http://www.logcabin.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=nsKSL7PMLpF&b=6420733&ct=11231881) Was there anything similar for the “Let him die!” comment, or is it just this one that was bad because they flubbed their obligatory fellating of the military? -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-audience-of-the-gop-debate/597331.md?page=4)