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GOP Debate III: The Battle Of Boulder Begins - Live Feed
It's that time again. From 'jolted' Jeb to 'cool' Carly and from 'calm' Carson to 'turmoiling' Trump, for some of the GOP presidential nominee candidates, tonight could be the last hoorah in a campaign that has seen apolitical entrants dominate the mainstream Washington muppets. Moderated by John "I never met a Republican I didn't like" Harwood, we are sure there will be some tension as the "general health of the economy" planned focus may morph into any and everything as the debate pushes beyond two hours. Please watch responsibly...
As in the previous debate, the same four candidates who appeared in the last undercard debate: Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, and Lindsey Graham, have fought it out starting at 6pmET... and it appears Lindsey Graham won.... "Barack Obama is an incompetent chief"
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But as far as the main event, according to some polls, Carson is gaining (if not leading) on Trump...
As The Wall Street Journal lays out, here is a review of what each of the candidates needs to accomplish in the two hour prime time debate,
Donald Trump
Faced with signs he is slipping from the front of the GOP pack, Mr. Trump is likely to come out swinging. Watch how he treats retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who has surpassed him in recent polls of Iowa Republicans. Having attacked Mr. Carson as “low energy” and wrong on immigration policy on the campaign trail, now Mr. Trump has to decide how bluntly to criticize him to his face. Mr. Trump has already accomplished one goal for the debate: He persuaded debate sponsor to CNBC to limit the event to two hours. He did not much like the three-hour marathon that was the last debate.
Ben Carson
Mr. Carson, who has jumped to first place in some Iowa polls and gained ground elsewhere, will be looking for a more prominent role in the debate to build on his momentum. His past performances have been solid but not attention-grabbing. His advisers have been coaching him on how to insert himself more into the debate without seeming too pushy. If Mr. Trump or other candidates choose to criticize him, he has to juggle the need to respond with his trademark calm demeanor — the characteristic that seems to be key to his attraction to voters.
Marco Rubio
Mr. Rubio may be tempted to stick with his road-tested debate strategy of focusing on policy and not going on the attack. His past debate performances won praise and helped propel him toward the front of the pack in many recent polls. He thrives when discussions turn to policy matters, but the debate’s focus on economic issues does not play to his greatest strength — foreign affairs. Some of his supporters have taken to sniping at Jeb Bush, but Mr. Rubio so far has turned down chances on the debate stage to criticize his one-time mentor. Will he remain so restrained now?
Ted Cruz
Mr. Cruz will need to find a way to break out from the shadow of Messrs. Trump and Carson, who have outpaced him in the hunt for voters who want an anti-establishment candidate. He has refrained from criticizing other candidates, even heaping praise on Mr. Trump for helping focus the 2016 campaign on Washington dysfunction. He has hinted that he may soon start trying to draw distinctions between himself and Mr. Trump on policy matters. Look for Mr. Cruz to appeal to evangelical voters, who seem to be gravitating to Mr. Carson.
Jeb Bush
Mr. Bush is under heavy pressure to give a game-changing performance to pull his campaign out of the ditch of sagging polls, lackluster fundraising and a big downsizing of his campaign staff. The debate’s focus on the economy could give him an opening to spotlight his record as governor of Florida, which his supporters see as a strong point that ratifies his conservative credentials. It gives him a chance to show that he, like other governors, is a doer not just a talker on job creation and economic growth. But his decade-old record may not be enough to help him convey that he is the candidate of the future not the past.
Carly Fiorina
Ms. Fiorina should be glad to get back onto the debate stage because it is the kind of forum where her star has sparkled in the last two go-rounds. She badly needs to get back some of that mojo because her profile has faded and her poll numbers have sagged since the last debate. The debate focus on job creation might be a touchy subject. She will surely have to have to defend her record leading Hewlett-Packard Co., where she oversaw the layoffs of 30,000 employees.
Mike Huckabee
Mr. Huckabee has not been a stand-out at the first two debates, and he is running out of time to break out of the back of the pack. He might make a bolder play for his core supporters — evangelical Christians — because he is facing stiff competition from Messrs. Carson and Cruz for their support.
Rand Paul
Mr. Paul should be glad to be on the main stage, because his low poll numbers threatened to relegate him to the undercard debate. With the focus on economics, he will try to promote his balanced budget and flat-tax plans, but it will be hard to get a broader boost from any debate, which is not his strongest forum.
Chris Christie
Mr. Christie also is mired in single digits in the polls and is looking for a way to get traction that has eluded him both on stage and on the trail. As the debate turns to fiscal matters, he can tout he has a comprehensive plan to rein in the growth of federal entitlement programs. But bragging about how ready he is to curb Medicare and Social Security may not be the best way to woo new supporters.
John Kasich
Mr. Kasich will be looking for a chance to revive a campaign that started late, got a quick boost, then faded. He will welcome the focus on jobs and the economy because he brags often about what he has done as Ohio governor to improve the state’s economy, eliminate its deficit, and cut taxes. He has tried to steer clear of mud slinging, but in the last debate that meant he did not have many moments to shine.
But Trump remains the clear leader for now...

Though it appesr Rand Paul is expected to have a strong showing this evening...
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Live Feed (via CNBC)... CNBC has decided to pull a Fox and hide behind their corporate firewall (click image below to link to and validate your CNBC feed)
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Two perspectives on how this ends...
A Clear winner (or two)...
Or GOP self-destruction...
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For the kids playing at home, here's NewsWeek's Bingo...
And finally, we leave it to none other than Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi to create the ultimate GOP Debate 3.0 Drinking Game...
DRINK EVERY TIME:
1. Donald Trump brags about how much money he makes.
2. Trump uses the words "disaster," "loser" or "head spin."
3. Trump says he "loves" somebody or thinks he/she is a "wonderful person," before ripping him/her for being a loser or a disaster or whatever.
4. Trump rips another candidate's poll numbers. Make it a double if he tweaks Jeb about cutting the pay of his staffers. Add a beer chaser if Trump doubles down and talks about how well, in contrast, he pays his people.
5. Anyone references how Hillary "lied before the committee."
6. A candidate proposes abolishing an utterly necessary branch of government, or a politically untouchable program like Medicare.
7. Jeb Bush refers to himself as "Veto Corleone," or insists that "Washington is the pejorative term, not Redskins." Drink as much as you can stomach if he actually uses either line.
8. Any candidate makes an awkward/craven pop-culture reference, including references to Peyton Manning or the Broncos.
9. Any candidate illustrates the virtue of one of his/her positions by pointing out how not PC it is.
10. Any candidate compares anything that isn't slavery to slavery. A double if it's Ben Carson.
11. Any candidate evokes Nazis, the Gestapo, Neville Chamberlain, concentration camps, etc. Again, a double if it's Ben Carson, who has been amping up the slavery/Holocaust imagery lately.
12. Carson cites the Bible as authority for complex policy questions.
13. Any candidate righteously claims he/she would never have compromised on the debt ceiling thing. You may drink more if you feel sure enough that the person is lying.
14. Carly Fiorina whips out a number that is debunked by Politifact or some other reputable fact-checking service before the end of the night. (Example: the 307,000 veterans who supposedly died last year because of Barack Obama's inept management of the VA.) Actually, drink if any candidate does this.
15. A low-polling candidate makes a wild and outrageous statement in a transparent attempt to revive his or her campaign. Huckabee calling for summary bludgeonings of immigrants would be an example.
16. A candidate complains about not getting enough time. This evergreen drinking game concept is henceforth known as the "Jim Webb rule."
17. The audience bursts into uncomfortable applause at a racist/sexist statement.
DRINK THE FIRST TIME AND THE FIRST TIME ONLY:
18. A candidate evokes St. Reagan.
DRINK EVERY TIME YOU HEAR:
19. "Selling baby parts"
20. "White Lives Matter" or "All Lives Matter"
21. "Ferguson Effect"
22. "I'm the only candidate on this stage who…"
23. George Bush/My brother "kept us safe"
24. "Shining city on a hill"
TAKE A SHOT OF JAGER IF:
25. Anyone references a biblical justification for gun ownership, or insists an infamous historical tragedy would have been prevented if more people had been armed.
The following rules are optional, for the truly hardcore.
BONUS SHOTS IF:
- Ted Cruz mentions his wife's baking skills without mentioning she worked for Goldman Sachs.
- Rand Paul mentions the Constitution, the Framers or the founders before he mentions his children.
- Someone makes a quiet car joke at Christie's expense.
- Fiorina mentions being a secretary or having a husband who drove a tow truck.
Watch responsibly.
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I have suspended the "Jeb Bush was Governor of Florida" drinking rule due to the sudden surge in requests for liver transplants.
Liquor stores are a good investment during debate season.
The Unofficial Oct 28 RNC Presidential Debate Drinking GameBoris is propose large glass of vodka if squirrel is bolt away from large head of Trump. Long time Boris is sober, so wait and see if happen.
At 24 oz. screwdrivers per drinking game, I may not make until 10 pm Eastern.
Maybe you are hammer instead?
Im watching. This is pathetic. EIther one of these dickheads, or billary, is going to be president next. Pathetic. We are fucked. Every single person on that stage would blunder us into another pointless war while bankrupting us on entitlements because they are too pussyfied to actually cut anything. Maybe we will get lucky and a comet will land on the stage.
Comet hit stage, casualty count is 10 ass and 1 squirrel.
If you are including the squirrel on rand pauls head, you also gotta include the wombat on donald trumps head
Best bitchslap of the debate was Trump pointing out that Kasich was part of Lehman. Then Kasich trying to deny it...
Psst… John Kasich you lied, Trump was Right about Your Time on Lehman’s Boardno shit. And no one in the audience made a sound. He completely got away with it. It was a great bitchslap, though, too bad no one noticed. Most americans will know what you are talking abotu if you mention "financial crisis", but few people, including those who would claim to be "well informed voters" have a clue what lehman brothers was or how that ties in to eveything. As so often happens in american politics, the best points you make often go over the heads of most people. Look as rick santelli's questions. He is the only person on CNBC that I would piss on if they were on fire(not an attack on rick, i like him, but the rest of the people in there are scum) and he is the only person who asked a quesion about the fed, and hardly a single person in the audience made a sound about the answers, because most of them are clueless.
Too many goddamed "Drink if" rules.
#justfuckigndrinkallgoddamedready
Link here:
http://www.livenewschat.eu/stocks/
Any of those guys would be better than the shyster in charge now.
Hoping for a Trump/Paul ticket 2016 to restore respect to the free world.
What's the big red "N" for?
sideways Z
This is make Boris think of Z Nation (is much better than is Walk The Dead)! Boris is tonight watch popular Amerika zombie show.
I wish a giant cheese wheel would roll through D.C. and smash all the croney zombies there.
Thumbs up for the giant cheese wheel reference!
Either "Newsweak", or they are Nebraska fans.
Go Huskers!
https://youtu.be/J1sYN0PuRs4
Big red N is subliminal advertizing to get you to learn how to love the bomb.
Remember Bush with the NOOKlear weapons ? Same thing only different.
Well I was just wondering because it was preceded by "some of my best friends are"
It's pronounced "nuculer."
Uh...I think it's a white N on a red background...
Symbolizes Obama.
Heres the game : drink everytime someone mentions Israel.
Finish your drink if they use the phrase 'stand with Israel'
Maybe too many drink already and cannot stand...
Funny Tabibe didn't include that one. Almost like they must not be criticized, or something. Ever.
Another fucking sellout.
To bad T Jefferson cant be on that stage to fuck those clowns up.
He is embodied by Rand
Anybody here know anybody who supports Carson? Every Republican I know that has a preference, is excited about Trump.
Here in Florida, it's Trump or Cruz when you ask the "Who're you voting for?" question...
We've had enough of the establishment Rubio and Bush ain't gonna cut it no more.
DaddyO
Russian is very lucky because only one answer when ask who are you vote for Vlad?
nope.
dr -dr -glad im not sick
Buckaroo: Anybody here know anybody who supports Carson? Every Republican I know that has a preference, is excited about Trump.
Bible Belt folks.
What is "Bible Belt"? Is like wearable contraception to prevent impregnation of daughter?
Apparently not to prevent all conception, just to prevent the wrong conception...
Now is confusion,... is prevent copulation of cousin?
Siblings.
Probably wrong race or religion. Gotta keep the infadels pure for killing....
Once You Go Black
You Never Go Back
Carson 2016
Or "This time get a smart one."
Does President Half Black really count?
We are all mutts, from a genetic pov.
I didn't sleep very well last night, so I'm just waiting for Carson to start talking in that monotone voice. I'll be sleeping like a baby. Which is a good thing because I don't want to hear Yeb! speak about Bush Family values, nor Fiorna screech.
"....And with a quick whip of his neck, Trump sends his hair flying toward Carson, and DOWN GOES CARSON! DOWN GOES CARSON!"
your money your vote ... roflmao
yep...games on
CNN was decent about it and let everyone stream.
Can't watch streaming since I block all cookies. So I'll just hang here and enjoy the feedback. ;)
If you haven't, also uncheck the default "Enable DOM storage". DOM storage was added to sneak around people to block all cookies. Of course, use GHOSTERY and MALWAREBYTES.
Supporting the only constitutional candidate up there that understands both MONETARY AND FOREIGN policy. Time to get back to the constitution!
Who's that? Yeb!?
Those from Washington and Colorado, exchange drinking rule with Bong rule.
A brief side trip down memory lane with Mary Jane...
Guy I knew and I invented the game of Dope-opoly when we were in college.
The rules I do remember:
1) Everyone must bring their own dope, and failing that must bring copious amounts of alcohol because you failed to bring dope.
2) Land on Go, or draw a card that says advance to Go. Fill a bowl or roll a joint and share with everyone. (No dope? Pass the alcohol around.)
3) Go to Jail. Fill a bowl or a joint, but you don't get to smoke any of it. (Pass the alcohol around, again you're in jail, so none for you.)
4) Land on Free Parking, see rule 2.
5) Put up a house or hotel, see Rule 2.
Standard Disclaimer: Can't recall ever making it around the board three times. Can't recall anyone ever putting up a house or hotel.
Actually, I just bought the entire season of Prison Break on DVD....thx for the invite tho
These guys need to wear something other than dark suits, white shirts and red or blue ties...they all look like they're at a undertakers convention or Blue Brothers revival.
Huckabee has a purple one.
I can't believe that CNBS and those 3 assclown stooges that shill shit everyday are the moderators of this farce!
Carl Quintanilla & Becky "Buffett cock breath" Quick, are a joke, wrapped in a turd sandwich.
Cramer is the icing on the cake!
Becky? Just look at that face, the best face money can buy.
At least Trump has the balls to talk about some of this bad shit, and Fiorina is good too but not forceful enough.
Other than that all I see are guys who've been trying to get elected for 10+ years
Oh, and when is Lindsey Graham going to just come out of the damn closet?
If he did he did he could campaign as the "first gay president". Homosexuality is "polling" well, just ask Bruce Jenner, or the cast and crew of "Modern Family". It'd probably be good for a 5% pop in the polls, maybe more.
Obama was 1st
Okay, "openly gay".
why are they trying to kill
major league baseball?
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b.b., should he awaken, may become the smedly
butler of the financial wars of the 21st century.
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probably not.
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VerbeWarp
"Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
http://verbewarp.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/its-not-economy-stupid-its-econ...
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i would offer that madness is just fucking ubiquitous,
but, that from a blind seeing madman.
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28 OCTOBER 2015
John Ralston Saul and Chris Hedges On NeoLiberalism, Ideology, and Dead Infants
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"'Modern capitalism is masterful at producing services people don't need and in large part probably don't want. It is brilliant at convincing people that they do need and want them. But it has difficulty turning itself to the production of those services which people really do need.
Not only that, it often spends an enormous amount of time and effort convincing people that those services are either unrealistic, marginal or counterproductive.'
John Ralston Saul" jca
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it seems power is just a fiction
which people share under the umbrella
of fear of impotence, a gender thing?
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http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2015/10/john-ralston-saul-and-c...
Ted Cruz is the man.
FYI - his Wife works for Goldman Sachs. He's a Harvard Law grad. Add that up and it = bankster lackey.
BTW - Fuck you Jim Cramer.
He did a good job calling out the media twats.
Fuck the downvoters, in the ass,,,,,, no lube. 100 times.
Cruz offerred the shit moderator a beer, tequila or maybe those "brownies that Colorado is famous for"....... THAT WAS REAL, regardless of what you think about what kind of GS shill he may be.
its obvious the budget problem begins and ends with the $1.2 Trillion to the DoD, NSA, CIA, Homeland Security - dismantle the whole thing and equalize to Russian budget and no more
Screw CNBC, listening to it on the radio.
Trump/Sanders 2016!
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MOTHER FUCKERS!! I thought C-SPAN used to feed these live?To CNN's credit - they allowed everyone to watch the debate live. CNBC shut down the live feed on youtube. You would think CNBC would love the opportunity to have people watch their joke of a channel. It was nice to see JEB and Rubio having their lover's quarrel and also seeing a couple instances where the "hosts" and MSM pundits were called out for being useless shills.
If CNBC had a shred of credibility going into the debate tonight, it went out the window within the first 5 minutes. Simply pathetic. High School kids could run a more interesting and better organized debate.
CNBC being allowed to host a Presidential debate shows how far America has fallen.
I don't know why they bother asking questions. None of them ever answer. They start push their own agenda.
I hope someone asks Jeb if he had to stand in a coffin and jerk off with his dad watching at his Skull and Bones initiation, like Dubya did.
Lost interest a long time ago....
I like how some are claiming that their State grew so many jobs yet the economy sucks. So what is it, Applebee's servers are good or bad? Moderators suck. Candidates suck. No understanding of how this new normal economy works.
It's easy.
Get. A. Government. Job.
Graham waving and flapping his limp neocon wrists. McCain is wearing his kevlar panties. Hitlery is on Colbert laughing everything off as usual.
As Mr. Leahy use to say on 'Trailer Parks Boys"..."it's a giant shit rope Bubbles". Ricky/Julian 2016. And 'Smokey' can be Secretary of State.
Go Rubio...
Called that lying bitch Hillary out!!! Bitch slapped the media for licking her shoes.
At least they let Santelli ask some questions.
Yes, but notice neither Ted C or Rand said they would abolish the Fed, they both said they want to "audit" the Fed, pretty please.
We have no hope outside of an outright revolt by us...
** Note to self, buy more ammo.
Jeb - give it up, you are done.
working tonight (debugging circuits & firmware).....listening to jazz.....drinking icewater & lime. a normal evening for me, what is this debate stuff you speak of?
FWIW: Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) indirectly (by abstaining) voted for CISA:
It would have been incredible if Carson, when challenged about that company he spoke for at one time, had responded about 'vetting' them with a counter response of why didn't CNBC vette Jim Cramer before he lost people millions by telling them not to sell Bear Stearns days before they collapsed.
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain (It's time to toss the dice)
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