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Debate Devolves into Dick-Hunting Tips

October 8, 2014 Buck Banks

I don’t need a semi-automatic rifle to shoot a duck. Maybe you do. Maybe you should spend more time on your shooting range.

— Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN), quoted by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, to challenger Stewart Mills (R) in a debate.

Six out of Seven Incumbent Presidents Lost in Their First Televised Debates

October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 Jon Ponder

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And of the six incumbent presidents who lost their first debates, three went on to win in the general election and three went onto lose.

Romney, Santorum and Paul Undercut Gingrich by Pulling Out of March 1 CNN Debate

February 17, 2012February 17, 2012 Jon Ponder

Gingrich with teleprompters at CPAC 2012

Disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is fundamentally devoid of the temperament or seriousness required to be president. But he has managed to survive in his quixotic bid for the presidency based on on two factors. First, his campaign has been funded almost entirely by two Super PAC donations totaling $11 million from an Israel-firster, casino owner Sheldon Adelson, and, secondly, he has racked up approval ratings by using the 19 or so debates so far to toss out red meat for the base by attacking Pres. Obama, the other candidates and the corporate media.

The fact that there haven’t been any debates in a while is starting to have an effect on the Gingrich campaign. Recent polling puts him in fourth place among the four candidates. Now the campaigns of other three candidates — Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul — have made a joint decision that could spell the end for the Gingrich campaign:

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Debate Devolves into Dick-Hunting Tips

I don’t need a semi-automatic rifle to shoot a duck. Maybe you do. Maybe you should spend more time on your shooting range.

— Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN), quoted by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, to challenger Stewart Mills (R) in a debate.

Six out of Seven Incumbent Presidents Lost in Their First Televised Debates

Romney, Santorum and Paul Undercut Gingrich by Pulling Out of March 1 CNN Debate

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%