# March 3rd Republican debate **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 3, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875 "2016-03-03T23:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/81 "2016-03-04T03:49:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Anybody notice how the talk time after the bell is getting longer as the “debate” goes on? Not really, they’ve been going well over ever since the start. Now, for me, it seems like Cruz is getting less time, although more than Kasich. I think Fox is looking for Rubio vs. Trump fireworks. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/82 "2016-03-04T03:50:08Z")
That’s cute. Cruz was trying to formulate military strategy. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/83 "2016-03-04T03:54:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Rubio is losing his voice. Maybe Trump brought lozenges. “Hey, Marco…put THIS in your mouth!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/84 "2016-03-04T03:58:23Z")
Boy, they don’t want to be on record as saying “I will support Trump if he’s the Republican nominee”. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/85 "2016-03-04T04:00:13Z")
Wonder if Trump will stick to that pledge to support someone who is not him? Sadly, if he peels off, that probably won’t dissuade some of his more ardent supporters. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/86 "2016-03-04T04:01:02Z")
Approximately half of the country would vote to entrust the nuclear football to one of these people who are demonstrating to the world that they should not be entrusted with a sharp object. Ye gads… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/87 "2016-03-04T04:03:55Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Wonder if Trump will stick to that pledge to support someone who is not him? Surely you’re not suggesting he’s flexible. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/88 "2016-03-04T04:04:00Z")
Well, they all pledged to support whoever gets the nomination, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/89 "2016-03-04T04:06:39Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Well, they all pledged to support whoever gets the nomination, so there’s that. At least until someone offers them a better deal. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/90 "2016-03-04T04:16:50Z")
Fox very obviously had it in for Trump tonight. I liked the two girls behind Megyn Kelly waving and making faces who disappeared by the third commercial break. Kasich had better answers than Cruz but Cruz probably solidified his anti-Trump standing more so Cruz did best. Trump did mediocre but it won’t matter much. Rubio sould have stayed home; I can’t believe that tonight won him a single supporter. The whole thing was a damn embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/91 "2016-03-04T04:18:24Z")
[And just in case anyone missed Ted’s lip floater.](http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/ted-cruz-white-thing-on-lip-video-what-was-it-gop-republican-debate-tonight-fox/) No one should not see that. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/92 "2016-03-04T04:21:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [And just in case anyone missed Ted’s lip floater.](http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/ted-cruz-white-thing-on-lip-video-what-was-it-gop-republican-debate-tonight-fox/) > > No one should not see that. I should print up T-shirts that say “Ted Cruz Swallows” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/93 "2016-03-04T04:21:48Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [And just in case anyone missed Ted’s lip floater.](http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/ted-cruz-white-thing-on-lip-video-what-was-it-gop-republican-debate-tonight-fox/) > > No one should not see that. That thing is DEFINITLEY the star of tonight’s debate. It’s already the only thing I can remember. Mainly because he ATE IT. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/94 "2016-03-04T04:27:56Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Surely you’re not suggesting he’s flexible. Well, at least some important part of him is. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/95 "2016-03-04T04:38:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [And just in case anyone missed Ted’s lip floater.](http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/ted-cruz-white-thing-on-lip-video-what-was-it-gop-republican-debate-tonight-fox/) > > No one should not see that. Dear God, how bad is it? Believe it or not, the site is blocked in Indonesia (thank you, censors!). (I’m sure it’s the host that is blocked and not just the Cruz photo, but still.) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/96 "2016-03-04T04:56:17Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Dear God, how bad is it? Believe it or not, the site is blocked in Indonesia (thank you, censors!). > > (I’m sure it’s the host that is blocked and not just the Cruz photo, but still.) [I hope this one works for you.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/cjciaramella/he-ate-it?utm_term=.nr3xm2g0K#.leQd17nLa) No one deserves to not see this. In case you still can’t see it, here’s the gruesome blow-by-blow: This little white cheese curd-looking thing pops out onto his bottom lip, gets flung up to this top lip, dangles precariously for a good 14 or 15 seconds, flips back down to the bottom for a short spell, and gets sucked in by Cruz’s thin snarling lip flaps, where it then (presumably) works its way down his reptilian gullet. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/97 "2016-03-04T04:59:56Z")
Oh shit, I must have been looking at Twitter or this thread when this happened. I totally missed that. I have just recovered from a spate of uncommon laughter, tears and everything. How did we just have a debate in which Drumpf’s proclamation of his giant schlong was nowhere near the funniest thing that happened? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/98 "2016-03-04T05:07:31Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Strong core, flexibility, and a big penis. Ron Jeremy for president? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/99 "2016-03-04T05:11:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That thing is DEFINITLEY the star of tonight’s debate. It’s already the only thing I can remember. Mainly because he ATE IT. I hope that haunts Cruz for the rest of his life. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875/100 "2016-03-04T05:12:55Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Ron Jeremy for president? No, he’s fat, ugly and has bad hair. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-3rd-republican-debate/747875.md?page=6)