What an embarrassing performance by the Republican presidential candidates during the CNN debate Monday evening.
The voting public's general lack of enthusiasm for any one candidate was reinforced by their anti-Obama bandwagon harping – blaming him for everything from Bush's bailout to the price of tea in China (it's cheaper) – and their hollow promises to right every alleged wrong that this country has ever seen. They offered nothing but clichéd, tired, and overly rehearsed talking points about how much they love our troops, how much they sympathize with those effected by the recession, how much they worry about their children and grandchildren, and how much of a better job they would do if they were president.
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We are no closer to a Republican candidate than we were yesterday, and if the debates continue to provide no more than political platitudes and make-believe prescriptions for solving the country’s problems – if the candidates can't go beyond promising blanket repeals of everything Obama has done – then they are securing their own fate as uninspiring, unelectable, and unqualified talking heads. This was a waste of time.
I'm sure I am not alone in feeling dumber for having tuned in to this poor excuse for a debate.
My reactions to the debate, in reverse order, via Twitter:
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann is using multi-syllable words during CNN debate: "vital," then falls back on "the," to," "it," "I."
@MuddyPolitics:Pawlenty, in answering question about bringing home U.S. troops from Afghanistan: I just want to say thank you…
@MuddyPolitics: Coming up: withdrawal or don't withdrawal troops from Afghanistan? expect mass anti-Obama lectures.
@MuddyPolitics: Santorum's only chance in 2012 was to have a presence at the debates. He doesn't. He's done.
@MuddyPolitics: Summary of #CNNDebate #GOPdebate : get rid of the courts, the federal government & Congress – that is, the U.S. government. Problem solved.
@MuddyPolitics: Cain doesn't believe in the 14th Amendment. Must have consulted Palin on that answer. #GOPfail
@MuddyPolitics This is weird to say, but Ron Paul is the most sane, most realistic of the bunch. I know...I know... #oxymoron
@MuddyPolitics: Ron Paul: protect our borders, not those between Iraq and Afghanistan.
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann stands for life, and gets a round of applause. No pro-death candidates so far...
@MuddyPolitics: Bachman: I've fucked up 5 of my own children, 23 foster children. Poor bastards.
@MuddyPolitics Santorum: we need 2 look @ the authenticity of a candidate – throws Romney under the bus, & for good reason. #abortion
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann would consult "commanders in chief" over DADT. Past presidents?
@MuddyPolitics: Pawlenty says, "I was in a union." He just lost all his chances of winning the nomination.
@MuddyPolitics: Cain doesn't know what "right to work" is.
@MuddyPolitics: Newt's second accusation of Obama policy being "stupid"
@MuddyPolitics: Pawlenty's only valid quote of the night: "We live in the United States of America." True...true...
@MuddyPolitics: Santorum mentions "trickle down." #GOPfail
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann uses her hands a lot when talking. Especially when talking about liberals. #CrazyArmCircles
@MuddyPolitics: Paul: I have no uplifting metaphors, just boring details. Hence my popularity.
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann "We're going to win...President Obama is a one-term president!"
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann: Tea Party is a group of "disaffected Democrats." hahahahahaha
@MuddyPolitics: Newt cites Heritage Foundation. Bravo!
@MuddyPolitics: Romney: "I can't wait to debate him." Declares he's the GOP's nominee!!!
@MuddyPolitics: I think American Idol is more stimulating than this.
@MuddyPolitics: Ohhh... #Obamneycare comes up. Mitt says he'll overturn #Obamacare. Goes on defensive about Romneycare. Hilarious.
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann "will not rest" until she overturns #Obamacare ...
@MuddyPolitics: These aren't candidates, they're candidebts. Intellectually speaking.
@MuddyPolitics: Ron Paul says Federal Reserve caused the financial bubble. Government's fault. Duh. & people don't understand. Duh.
@MuddyPolitics: Ron Paul can't think of anything Obama has done to boost the economy... wow...
@MuddyPolitics: Bachmann says: "I filed my paperwork today to seek the office of the president today." Today she did that.
@MuddyPolitics: Newt: "They ought to start creating jobs." Great details so far in this debate.
@MuddyPolitics: Romney pulls "Pelosi/Reid" card in demagoguing Obama." FUCKING ORIGINAL!
@MuddyPolitics: Romney gives kudos to Pawlenty for recognizing that the president needs to go. BRILLIANT!
@MuddyPolitics: CNN asks, where were the jobs after Bush's tax cuts? Pawlenty doesn't answer, but talks to time limit.
@MuddyPolitics: Santorum says "I'm...uh...not...uhh...wait...what was the question?"