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Grading the South Carolina Debate: Trump, Carson, Rubio, Cruz, Kasich, Bush
Opinion ^ | 14 Feb 16 | Xzins

Posted on 02/14/2016 4:36:44 AM PST by xzins

1. Trump, A+ -- Fought like a champion. Finally, someone with the guts to call out our nation for being 15 years at war, still killing our sons and daughters so politicians can put a feather in their cap, and most of them calling for more war. Bush wants BWIII, Bush War III

2. Carson, A-, quietly but effectively said that he was in it for the people, that he'd been asked to run, and that he wasn't there for any other reason. Outstanding.

3. Rubio, B+, Say what you like, but Rubio wiped the floor with Cruz on the immigration question. The April 2015 video shows Cruz supporting 'talking about what to do with immigrants after the wall is built.' It shows him calling for massive increases in H1B visas.

4. Cruz, C, Clearly the most knowledgeable about the supreme court vacancy. He needs to stop misrepresenting others' positions. Trump called him out on the Planned Parenthood question. Trump has clearly called for defunding PP if they keep doing abortions. If they voluntarily stop doing abortions, then he would support their doing breast exams and pap smears and the like.

5. Kasich, C, Did a Mr. Rogers in the neighborhood act. Hillary Clinton will eat his lunch.

6. Bush, F-, This man is totally lacking in insight. He actually called for another war in the middle east AND he wants to fund Al Qaeda in Syria. He's simply not up to the task.


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1 posted on 02/14/2016 4:36:44 AM PST by xzins
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To: All

I want a fighter up against Clinton.

I don’t want a wussie


2 posted on 02/14/2016 4:37:15 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

It’s going to be a wild ride. Wilder and wilder.


3 posted on 02/14/2016 4:39:05 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: xzins
"1. Trump, A+ -- Fought like a champion."

Sure, for Planned Parenthood. And that "Bush Lied, People Died" Libtard screed was a bit much, even for a Demoncrat.
Shouting, haranguing, name-calling - in the old days one would take a pant-load like this outside and kick his ass.

4 posted on 02/14/2016 4:44:02 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Travis McGee

You lost me at Carson A-...no way he would make a good president...he’s in this now for name recognition only. Who tells everyone to go to their website....Doesn’t he have that stuff in his head by now...

Honestly I quit reading after Carson A-....seemed like very bogus to me


5 posted on 02/14/2016 4:44:46 AM PST by fingers_crossed
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To: xzins

Donald Trump believes Planned Parenthood does positive things for Women’s health. Given your A+ rating, I assume you agree?


6 posted on 02/14/2016 4:45:08 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: fingers_crossed; xzins

Did you mean me?


7 posted on 02/14/2016 4:46:20 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: xzins

When Bush lied about Trump bankruptcies, Trump should have asked the booing donors how they like their investment and bankrupted campaign.

Pray America wakes


8 posted on 02/14/2016 4:46:27 AM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: Psalm 73

Let’s not forget Trump does not support entitlement reform.


9 posted on 02/14/2016 4:48:30 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: xzins

Trump, A+ — Fought like a champion. Finally, someone with the guts to call out our nation for being 15 years at war, still killing our sons and daughters so politicians can put a feather in their cap, and most of them calling for more war. Bush wants BWIII, Bush War III


I agree


10 posted on 02/14/2016 4:48:35 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: 11th Commandment

Are you a woman?

The republican congress fully funded planned parenthood in the budget they just passed.

Cruz and Rubio were right there in the middle of it and obviously did not filibuster.

They are useless and you’d be foolish to trust anything they say.


11 posted on 02/14/2016 4:50:52 AM PST by Helicondelta
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To: xzins

Agree with your review.

I do think SC is the swan song for Ben, though.

From Conservative Treehouse’s review on Breitbart re; Trump:

And when you are supporting a candidate willing to put themselves into such a hostile environment on your behalf, you betcha people will get off their asses and into the voting booth to support him. It s the least they can do.


12 posted on 02/14/2016 4:51:57 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Psalm 73
Shouting, haranguing, name-calling - in the old days one would take a pant-load like this outside and kick his ass.

Except that Trump would have been doing the kicking. He's a big guy and a fighter, and Jeb would have his lunch money taken away.

13 posted on 02/14/2016 4:52:21 AM PST by CASchack
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To: xzins

Didn’t see it, but heard that Trump was calling out Dubya for the endless wars.

About time. It’s about time that conservatives stop pretending it’s “patriotic” to constantly send our young men and women over to wars that aren’t our business so that they can get their arms and legs blown off or be killed. It’s time to end this nonsense about “either you support the wars or else you don’t support the troops.”

If Trump’s making that case, then it’s a serious, serious point in his favour.


14 posted on 02/14/2016 4:52:56 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: Helicondelta

You still didn’t answer my question will Donald fund Planned Parenthood. . Because if he will, by you own admission, he is no better than the rest of the GOP.


15 posted on 02/14/2016 4:54:03 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: xzins

My take is: Trump won, Kasich did well and the others got killed in the crossfire.


16 posted on 02/14/2016 4:54:06 AM PST by Helicondelta
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To: xzins
If they voluntarily stop doing abortions, then he would support their doing breast exams and pap smears and the like.

He did not say that they have to stop doing abortions, he said "we can keep funding the good stuff". If he further calibrated his position last night, wonderful. But I wouldn't fund Planned Parenthood pap smears, which are provided by legitimate agencies, any more than I would subsidize the KKK doing highway cleanup in Georgia, which they do.
17 posted on 02/14/2016 4:54:18 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Psalm 73

Bush did lie.....he had every chance to hunt down and kill bin laden but decide to exorcise daddy’s Iraqi demons, which was a lot easier with a nation and a capital instead of vast mountainous wilderness. Nothing liberal about the truth. In doing so he destabilized the region.


18 posted on 02/14/2016 4:54:28 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: xzins

No grade for the audience? They deserve a double F. Worst and most annoying debate audience ever.


19 posted on 02/14/2016 4:54:34 AM PST by tirednvirginia
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To: 11th Commandment
"Let’s not forget Trump does not support entitlement reform."

Understand - BUT, he will "get rid of the fraud and abuse" - like nobody ever thought of that before, like just saying it can make it happen.
I thought for sure after last night a lot of Trumpsters on FR would bail on him, but they seem to love him even more. That is so sad.

20 posted on 02/14/2016 4:55:10 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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