Captain's Quarters: Fred Wins, Chris Loses (Update: My Prediction Comes True)

Captain's Quarters ^ | 10-9-07 | Ed Morrissey

[STARWISE]

I thought the time was unevenly apportioned between the candidates, and it's confirmed .. with thanks to calcowgirl:

Mr. Giuliani: "... " 43 occurences.
Mr. McCain: "... " 21 occurences.
Mr. Tancredo: "... " 15 occurences.
Mr. Hunter: "... " 11 occurences.

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PING~~!

[Petronski]

When asked about war powers, Romney's insistence that he would have to check with his lawyers sounded like he didn't have a firm grasp on the mechanisms of war.

Poor Willard. Maybe next time he'll have a lawyer on stage with him, to hep him wit duh tuf stuff (like high school civics).

[mware]

My favorite Fred comment was after Matthews said that Fred would have been better served to just answer yes or no, and Fred said, “who asked you?”

[jdm]

Thanks for the post. Captain's Quarters is one of my favorite sites to visit regularly.

[Petronski]

A gift for Slick Willard:

[SE Mom]

I love Captain’s Quarteres..good observations!

Thanks for the ping!

[Petronski]

Willard, what do you think your powers are in this case?

Ask my lawyer.

Well, Willard, do you need to ask the Congress?

I SAID ASK MY LAWYER!

[Nervous Tick]

>> Fred said, “who asked you?”

As I recall, Fred said “Well, that’s your opinion, Chris”.

But if your point is, Fred was in control of the exchange— then I agree completely.

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP!

[Politicalmom]

You know, people keep knocking Fred on lack of executive experience, but Romney and Giuliani lack foreign affairs experience, which I think showed very clearly in the debate tonight.

[mware]

I think you may be right. Anyone have the transcript of that exchange between Matthews and Thompson

I know I noticed a silence in the audience, who seemed to be waiting for Matthews to "rip

[Politicalmom]

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[pillut48]

Nope. Fred said, "That's *your* opinion, Christopher!" like a parent chiding a child. :-)

[stephenjohnbanker]

Thompson did well, and slapped Chris too!

[mware]

Just found the quote. It was a beaut.

"No one asked you your opinion, Christopher."

LOL that had to hurt.

[JRochelle]

I love the fact that they were able to predict that Chris Matthews was going to attempt a ‘gotcha’ with Thompson.

As if that in any way would prove his manliness.

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. Thank you Ed Morrissey!

[iowamark]

WSJ Debate transcript

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Great analysis. I watched the debate so fast (with a Tivo control in hand to fast forward through commercials and Ron Paul) that I missed Fred’s gotcha moment with the ‘who asked you’ comment. Might have to go back and catch that.