Right now you could be reading about the GOP. They had a debate tonight on Fox News, and based on who you ask, either Ron Paul or Herman Cain killed it. But we’re not going to talk about that — because we got distracted. When we read the WSJ article, we stumbled upon this link on the page: “Wearing Only a Smile, Nudists Seek Out the Young and the Naked.” Which features this photo. We imagine the photographer of this picture, Mr. Jason Henry, had a lot of fun figuring out new ways to shoot pictures to note that his subjects are naked without showing their yinyangs and whoosie-whatsits. Rick Santorum would not approve.
Ron Paul won. Judging from the applause and the overall badassery, he took the cake. Fox News had a mini town hall afterward where the hand picked people all felt Cain won, but I can’t support Cain after he admits he would support waterboarding.
Ron Paul answered his…
A piece on the GOP debate by someone not necessarily looking to make a silly joke about it. *looks shamefully in mirror*
(Source: antigovernmentextremist)
Pawlenty upgrades from striking out on a softball question to grounding out on a T-ball question. Thought that was pretty timid.Nate Silver’s take on that Palwenty vs. Romney encounter. DC Decoder has more.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is by far the star of the foreign policy segment, measured in terms of screen time and intensity of responses. Among others who were largely frozen out, Mitt Romney hardly even made the screen. Paul’s passion is clearly showing and he’s getting roaring ovations from his famously raucous fans - but is he connecting with rank-and-file Republicans? It’s a key concern for him as he tries to vault to the front of the GOP field. What do you think?
Nobody has gotten the cheers Ron Paul’s gotten tonight.
Winners? Losers? How did this debate go, anyway? What do you guys think?
Politifact has a quick fact-checking rundown of the candidates at the Iowa presidential debate Thursday night.
Here’s a few choice bits:
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney complaining about the expanding size of government:
“Back in the days of John F. Kennedy, the federal government…
Wanna labor through a presidential forum? There are two GOP events this week, including one on Wednesday and this presidential forum happening right now in South Carolina. Jim DeMint, above, is playing host. Watch over here. We’ll have a roundup later today.
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The candidates have taken the stage, and tonight’s Republican debate is about to begin. If you missed the memo, we’ll be co-liveblogging it with our buddies at DC Decoder, so be sure to check them out as well (which you should already be doing anyway, because they’re a fantastic blog). And so, without further ado…
If I’d spent my whole life in government, I wouldn’t be running for president right now.Mitt Romney, swinging at Rick Perry.
If 10% is good enough for God, 9% ought to be good enough for the federal government.Herman Cain, laying out his tax plan.
Ron Paul, AKA “The Absolutist.” At least, that’s what Brian Williams just called him.
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ProducerMatthew.com: The loser of tonight's debate: CNN's John King
producermatthew:
There were also a bunch of crazy distractions that the whole thing didn’t need … just like King’s anchoring, really.
(Source: matthewkeys)