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Don’t worry Mr. Trump, I’m sure you will get the lion’s share of that 3 hours. 
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lazy bastard.
Wassa matter, Donnie? Your attention span not long enough?
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Can Christie physically stand for 3 hours?
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CNN’s waiting for Deez Nuts to show. He’s chronically late, you know… Wonder what he’ll blame THIS time.
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Though it pains me to say it, in this case, he is right.
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“[T]hree hours is way too long for tonight’s GOP presidential debate.”
So true.
CNN has reduced actual journalism to trite sound bites, so why not political debate, too?
Better to decide the fate of American democracy with pompous, bowtie-wearing, William-Buckley-wannabees yelling over each other, between ads for adult diapers and Viagra.
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Ok, so in a typical debate (which this is not), each side gets three minutes to present their case and then each side gets 1 minute of rebuttal.
With 10 candidate on the stage, that means 40 minutes on just the FIRST question. So if the debate were one hour long, we’d get one issue, the rest is padded with introductions and the reading of the rules. Not sure if there’ll be commercials. So there’s the first hour.
So maybe, with 10 candidates on the stage (and I agree with Donald, it’s too many), they had to make it three hours so they could cover more than just immigration and how much they hate the President, America and their underwear. Or something.
Of course, if CNN had made it less than three hours, the candidates would’ve been screaming about having insufficient time to make their case.
So, as always, no one’s happy.
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It will seem like 21 Dog Hours.
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I’ll depend on the kindness of strangers to update me tomorrow on who accused the other guy of something, what the response was, who responded with indignation, who pointed fingers and who waved arms. I’m pretty sure there’s something on streaming which will be preferable to a content free hate fest…
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it is a function of their “deep bench”. curious that the 3 with no political experience are leading the supposedly deep ones. seems more like a deep quagmire to me. so deep.
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And the most pathetic thing about those 3 hours is that its no where near what a real debate is really like. Gotta agree with the toupee on this one. I only want to see the last hour to see who’s still standing, who’s slurring their words and who has wet their pants without a bathroom break.
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those stangers are not kind, sadistic comes to mind.
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He was starting to fade by the end of the first debate. He’s not a good listener. He’s not patient. He’s not used to letting other people talk. He gets bored. Sleepy. If the other GOoPers on stage had a lick of sense they would ignore him all night long. Never mention him. Never attack him. Never address him. Never bring up any of his statements or positions. The less Trump is the topic, the less interested Trump becomes.
Listening to Carson regurgitate email forwards for 10 minutes will make Trump lose his mind. He might even quit right on the spot!
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Surely there’s an intermission? The audience (and me) get one, don’t we?
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Watching three hours of Rs tossing words around is more like masochism. But if TPMers discuss it tomorrow, I’ll tune in to that. Because they’ll bring a sane edge to the discussion.
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Never mind THIS kook. What’s the OTHER kook, Mike Huckabee, up to? Still canvassing for votes?
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I fear it could be Carly who would need the bathroom break because we woman seem to need them more frequently unless she does a Wendy Davis and wears a big ol’ coat to hide it.
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Three hours is an awfully long time for him not to be the center of attention.
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