Republican Debate

[BarryBobPosthole]

This thing is a fucking circus. CNBC is the worse network on TV and its their fault.

BKB

[Captain]

Fox is much better! :D

[BarryBobPosthole]

I can't ever remember watching CNBC before. They are rank amateurs even compared to Bullshit Mountain (Fox)

BKb

[LJ3]

They are pretty bad. Like, embarassingly so.

[BarryBobPosthole]

Man, Ted Cruz gave 'em the bidness.

BKB

[BarryBobPosthole]

And Ben Carson is getting 88 mph fastballs right down the middle of the plate.

BKB

[Captain]

Fox = Fair and Balanced! :D

[BarryBobPosthole]

We need a 'dislike' button.

BKB

[Captain]

We need a 'dislike' button. BKB

Hahaahahaha :D

[Chicken Dinner]

WTF was Ted Cruz offering up marijuana brownies to the moderators all about? He should have stopped at beer and tequila.

[Chicken Dinner]

Is Rand Paul even there?

[Captain]

5964

[Big Muddy]

Those are three of the most stupid moderators in tv history....however, they are getting their balls busted by nearly every candidate for being part of the biased media.

[LJ3]

I'm starting to warm up to Rubio even though he seems like a kid.

[Chicken Dinner]

The freaking Gold Standard!?! Audit the Fed? I think Cruz has stopped at the Dispensary.

[Chicken Dinner]

I'm starting to warm up to Rubio even though he seems like a kid.

He's definitely having a good night. Trump seems a bit marginalized.

[BarryBobPosthole]

I've been checking some of his issues stuff out and he's got a substance issue. As in there ain't much there. He made a statement today that everywhere he goes in his state veterans affairs are the number one issue. This was a slam to a comment Hillary made.
If you check his own voting record he's NEVER voted for a veterans bill let alone sponsored or co-sponsored one. Not much of a track record for his state's number one issue.

BKB

[Chicken Dinner]

Christie, too. Haven't heard much from him.

[Chicken Dinner]

Kasich just lost Posthole's vote...

[BarryBobPosthole]

Hahaha.....the states will decide the issue so the national politicians can stay safe without taking a stand.

They're all cowards when it comes down to it.

BKB

[Chicken Dinner]

I truly enjoyed the local kindness when I was in Boulder this summer. So, he prolly lost my vote, too.

[BarryBobPosthole]

Main, they're blasting CNBC.

Did the first debate tonight go as poorly as this one?

BKB

[Thumper]

I never watch CNBC, now I remember why. What a joke that was. :pissed

Nope, this was clearly the rock bottom.

[airbud7]

Talk about liberal media!!!...How much $$$ did Hillary pay this bunch of clowns?

[BarryBobPosthole]

Talk about liberal media!!!...How much $$$ did Hillary pay this bunch of clowns?

Actually the deal was done and paid for by the Republican National Committee. Don't ask me what they were thinking.

BKB

[Thumper]

Actually the deal was done and paid for by the Republican National Committee. Don't ask me what they were thinking.BKB

True. I think a LOT of people are asking that question right now.

[BarryBobPosthole]

Lke I said, I had never watched CNBC before last night because I always thought it was some business and stock market channel that featured guys like Jim Cramer yelling and screaming all the time. Seemed to me like the last place to have a political debate.

The campaigns select the network. Those questions need to go to the head of the RNC if he ever shits the fuck up.

BKB

[Thumper]

Odd, we have the same opinion of CNBC ... I can't remember the last time I watched it but it was not long after I moved back to Florida in '89. If I remember correctly, the only reason I watched it before that was that they were brand new and I wanted to see what they were all about. I have no clue what Priebus was thinking.

[BarryBobPosthole]

I even had it deselected on my guide and had to go hunt for the channel number so I could even watch it.

There's no doubt CNBC stepped on their dick (as did the RNC leaders who picked them). And what surprised me first was how partisan the commentators that were on BEFORE the debate towards the Republican party. It was one big hate Hillary group. Then the debate started and it flipped totally the other way.

They are biased, no doubt. But to just put some perspective, they are hardly 'main stream media'. Especially in politics. And the 'right wing media' is screaming like they are gut shot. Kind of funny actually.

BKb

[Thumper]

True, I have to admit I watch FOX, but I tire of it pretty quickly. I will say it's my "go-to" network, but it doesn't take too terribly long to start channel-surfing and check in on the other networks. I watch quite a bit of CNN, but Al Jazeera is my all-time favorite whether I'm here in the States or overseas (but it's not always on here). I watch a bit of BBC also for a little different perspective.

What I love about FOX is the constant spewing of their "fair and balanced" b/s .... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! What a joke! Again, I do watch a lot of FOX ... but I have to work hard at separating fact from bullshit ... not unlike any other news source.

[BarryBobPosthole]

I have Al Jazeera in my channel lineup but have a hard time watching an Arab network. Call me a hipocrite and I'll agree. However that word is spelled.

BKB

[Thumper]

Yeah, I had the same attitude many years ago when I first started watching it in Thailand. There was an Arabic BBC station that shut down, then Al Jazeera popped up. They are kinda like the FOX News of the Middle East ... they more or less go against the "mainstream media" of the region, but I don't believe they throw in all the b/s that Fox does. Fox touts their "fair and balanced" stance ... Al Jazeera's mantra is "The opinion and the other opinion"! ;)

I kinda like 'em because they many times go "against the grain" of the Arab world ... which can be a bit dangerous in that region! Here's a small lead-in from Wiki ... they have an interesting history if you ever feel like wading through that kinda stuff. It's just another point of view ... and I like to look at as many as possible.

Al Jazeera was not the first such broadcaster in the Middle East; a number had appeared since the Arabsat satellite, a Saudi Arabia-based venture of 21 Arab governments, took orbit in 1985. The unfolding of Operation Desert Storm on CNN International underscored the power of live television in current events. While other local broadcasters in the region would assiduously avoid material embarrassing to their home governments (Qatar had its own official TV station as well), Al Jazeera was pitched as an impartial news source and platform for discussing issues relating to the Arab world.

In presenting "The opinion and the other opinion" (the station's motto), it did not take long for Al Jazeera to shock local viewers by presenting Israelis speaking Hebrew on Arab TV for the first time. Lively and far-ranging talk shows, particularly a popular, confrontational one called The Opposite Direction, were a constant source of controversy regarding issues of morality and religion. This prompted a torrent of criticism from the conservative voices among the region's press. It also led to official complaints and censures from neighboring governments. Some jammed Al Jazeera's terrestrial broadcast or expelled its correspondents. In 1999, the Algerian government reportedly cut power to several major cities in order to censor one broadcast. There were also commercial repercussions: Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured advertisers to avoid the channel, to great effect. Al Jazeera was also becoming a favorite sounding board for militant groups such as Hamas and Chechen separatists.

Al Jazeera was the only international news network to have correspondents in Iraq during the Operation Desert Fox bombing campaign in 1998. In a precursor of a pattern to follow, its exclusive video clips were highly prized by Western media.

Around the clock

1 January 1999 was Al Jazeera's first day of 24-hour broadcasting. Employment had more than tripled in one year to 500 employees, and the agency had bureaus at a dozen sites as far as EU and Russia. Its annual budget was estimated at about $25 million at the time.

However controversial, Al Jazeera was rapidly becoming one of the most influential news agencies in the whole region. Eager for news beyond the official versions of events, Arabs became dedicated viewers. A 2000 estimate pegged nightly viewership at 35 million, ranking Al Jazeera first in the Arab world, over the Saudi Arabia-sponsored Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) and London's Arab News Network (ANN). There were about 70 satellite or terrestrial channels being broadcast to the Middle East, most of them in Arabic. Al Jazeera launched a free Arabic language web site in January 2001. In addition, the TV feed was soon available in United Kingdom for the first time via British Sky Broadcasting.

[Big Skyz]

I still like Ted Cruz and I really like that he reversed the attack and put it squarely on the shoulders of the media...which btw is LONG OVERDUE!!!!!!!!!

[airbud7]

The Republican Debate Sounded Like “The View”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvcjj55j3t0

[Captain]

I get all my news from Fox News.
I get all my weather from this gal.
Can't understand a thing she says or where she is talking about, but somehow I don't care.
http://youtu.be/M_WMg3rCNFQ

[Big Muddy]

Well, that didn't take long....the GOP suspended their partnership with NBC News for the February debate.

Good riddance....buncha pizz ant commentators.

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/30/gop-suspends-partnership-with-nbc-news-for-february-debate/21256749/

[BarryBobPosthole]

Somebody told me once that a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee. Aside from the mean old business network, the Republican National Committee needs to accept just a tad of the responsibility for not making sure that CNBC knew what the damn questions were that they wanted asked. It their damned debate!
BKB

[Big Muddy]

Phole, now you know day'um well that ain't gonna happen in either the RNC or the DNC debates....the media is in the trickery business....and, CNBC did a masterful job of it....and, it came back and bit 'em in the azz.

[Thumper]

I get all my news from Fox News.

I'll have to admit ... your "well-rounded" source of news ain't really all that healthy. The word "sheep" comes to mind. ;)

Now, I have NO argument with your source for the weather ... who cares if what she says is b/s or not? :D

[HideHunter]

Mercy! As my old bull riding buddy used to say.. "That's a nice shitter". ;)

I admit to getting pissed at *both* factions.. the liberals are "sneakier" - and Fox puts such a hard slant on stuff I sometimes have problems taking them seriously. I wish someone would just *report* the damn news..

[Thumper]

Mercy! As my old bull riding buddy used to say.. "That's a nice shitter". ;)

I admit to getting pissed at *both* factions.. the liberals are "sneakier" - and Fox puts such a hard slant on stuff I sometimes have problems taking them seriously. I wish someone would just *report* the damn news..

Amen ... to EVERY word you just wrote! :thumbsup

[Big Muddy]

A-FRIGGING-MEN!!!