Eight of the Republican 2024 hopefuls not named Donald Trump will gather in Milwaukee tonight for the first debate of the presidential cycle.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1466833
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1466833
Marlon Brando, imitating a cat!
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If TPM is liveblogging the event, my condolences. I wouldn’t be caught spending a minute listening to those spineless traitors. Wait. I’ve already spent too much time on it. Good bye.
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Reminds me of the amazing long tracking shot they did for the Jon Stewart Show finale, when they showed the young folks sitting on a couch, that were tasked with watching Fox - their eyes were bleeding…
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I"m so excited that I wet my pants! Woopee!
PS: I actually won’t be watching this boring debate of second class candidates, most of whom can’t get their heads out of Trump’s buttocks.
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Glad someone is watching so I don’t have to.
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“In fact, tonight’s Republican undercard event really shouldn’t even be called a debate, but rather an audition to be a part of President Trump’s team in his second term”
Welcome to The Family.
You’re obligated to pay off our lawyers.
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I plan a quiet dinner and watching Citizen Kane instead of listening to candidates trying to out trump … trump. Or just going full bore extremist like Rick Scitt who yells about killing Social Security and Medicare … and then replacing … something… something " I didn’t say that and if I didn’t really mean it"
I value my phone (even though at times I hate it) and my TV enough to NOT watch a program that will just end up enraging me. I don’t need it.
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This is not going to be a debate in any true sense of the word. Certainly not one that is about anything important to the American people. It’ll be one long drawn out trolling contest full of zingers gone flat and pats on the back for the exceptional cruelty award. Being the cruelest and the one that tRump loves best will be the only guiding principal tonight…minus Christie doing a 180 to prove he’s something different. He’s not. Just another fucking bully that now hates tRump for years of embarrassing him. Took him way too long to figure that out in my book.
These so-called debates are truly passe’. They’re not even debates. And republicans have made these things an absolute joke.
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I’ll be busy toasting Prigozhin’s death, sorry not sorry.
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It’s like a supergroup, but everyone’s a rhythm guitarist.
Yet also clearly an asshole contest. Will anyone watch who isn’t a family member?
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Two hours!
Ugh
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To hold an actual debate the participants must be well versed in the subject matter at hand and intelligent enough to think on their feet. I’m thinking of JFK vs Nixon and the resulting flame out for Nixon
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Last night, I dreamed about the debate.
DeSantis showed up in a pantomime bear suit.
And Mike Pence rode a unicycle – with a “Honk if You Love Jesus” bumper sticker.
Bret Baier spent 90 minutes making scatological puns.
While Martha MacCallum asked 57 questions about the Biden family dogs.
Chris Christie kept trying to talk about Trump’s crimes.
But every time he started speaking, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy broke into song.
With a Russian-language version of “You Light Up My Life”.
It was surreal, yet oddly plausible.
(Should I seek professional help, or just stop eating Armenian takeout close to bedtime?)
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Ye gods. Two hours? On the up side, if people are forced to watch, the DNC may have a bunch of new members by end of primetime.
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I heard his plane fell out of a 10 story building.
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Bollywood classics?
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I recommend an ounce of Bulleit’s 10 yr old bourbon every half hour until the debate is done. You will feel better and will not remember any of the “debate” fiasco.
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Maybe try to find Max Bialystock?
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Probably not all that far off from what the reality will be, if you ask me.
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