GOP debate ‘descends into total chaos’
The February 13 GOP debate was easily the angriest and ugliest yet.
The ever-entertaining Donald Trump…
was booed several times at Saturday night’s Republican debate.
The audience in South Carolina did not respond kindly to the front-runner’s attacks on Jeb Bush and the Bush family, with the crowd responding with several rounds of boos during the night.
“This is a man who insults his way to the nomination,” Bush said.
Trump attempted to blame the reaction on “lobbyists pulling for Bush, but the audience cut him off. “Jeb is so wrong. Jeb is absolutely self— just so you understand, you know what that is? That’s Jeb’s special interest and lobbyist talking.”
The booing was so noticeable that searches of “why are people booing?” spiked 1400% during the debate, according to Google.
But Trump seems to feed off the kind of reaction he received. And his supporters will also blame the establishment GOP.
Perhaps the biggest low-light came during the latter portion of the event, which prompted Think Progress to post an article quite accurately titled “Republican Debate Descends Into Total Chaos”:
Click here for reuse options!During the second hour of the GOP debate in South Carolina on Saturday, the conversation went beyond anything ever seen in a Republican debate.
After the six men hurled insults back and forth, the debate took a steep dive into chaos around when [Ted] Cruz hit Trump for previously supporting liberal policies.
“The next president is going appoint one, two, three, four Supreme Court Justices,” Cruz said. “If Donald Trump is president, he will appoint liberals. If Donald Trump is president… your Second Amendment will go away. You know how I know that?”
CBS moderator John Dickerson cut him off.
“Hold on gentlemen. I’m going to turn this car around,” Dickerson said.
When Trump continued talking and questioning Cruz’s conservative credentials, Dickerson again attempted to control the stage.“All right, gentlemen… We’re in danger of driving this into the dirt.
Copyright 2016 Liberaland
By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
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Anomaly 100 February 13th, 2016 at 23:44
Frank Luntz.
https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/698711170702643205
dave-dr-gonzo February 13th, 2016 at 23:49
Memo to Luntz:
robert February 14th, 2016 at 00:18
a gop hero !
mistlesuede February 14th, 2016 at 00:04
Wow! Thanks for posting that.
whatthe46 February 14th, 2016 at 00:06
and i can’t be more happy about it.
CandideThirtythree February 14th, 2016 at 00:28
There is a blizzard in Hades tonight, I just agreed with Frank Luntz…the one who caused it….he who smelt it delt it!
arc99 February 14th, 2016 at 01:34
Thanks for sharing that Anomaly.
It is one thing for us partisans on this site to declare the GOP certifiably insane. But for that opinion to be shared by someone whose livelihood depends on making Republicans at least appear sane, all I can say is, I love the smell of insanity in the GOP primary air.
It smells like victory.
Anomaly 100 February 13th, 2016 at 23:49
What an embarrassment for the GOP tonight. What a bunch of amateurs.
dave-dr-gonzo February 13th, 2016 at 23:54
When Ben Carson comes off as the sane one (okay, one of two, because Kasich also stayed on a pretty even keel), you can’t help but smile.
mistlesuede February 14th, 2016 at 00:03
Love me some Colbert!
Anomaly 100 February 14th, 2016 at 09:01
Kasich now appears to be a moderate. Ben Carson looked sane. Yes, it was a crazy night.
mistlesuede February 14th, 2016 at 00:06
I didn’t see it. I never watch them! But it sounds like they made the Democratic candidates look very good.
whatthe46 February 14th, 2016 at 00:43
excuse you. they always make the Dems look good.
allison1050 February 14th, 2016 at 08:28
Go to YT but have your eats and treats all lined up!
mistlesuede February 14th, 2016 at 09:58
I’m not sure what YT is? :)
Gina Bousquet February 14th, 2016 at 14:18
Youtube.
mistlesuede February 14th, 2016 at 16:46
Thanks Gina. I had a brain fart moment. :)
Gina Bousquet February 14th, 2016 at 16:56
We all happen to have them . :)
allison1050 February 14th, 2016 at 14:27
YouTube
mistlesuede February 14th, 2016 at 16:45
Oh duh! LOL! Sometimes I suffer from brain farts. :)
allison1050 February 14th, 2016 at 18:00
We all do. :)
Mike February 14th, 2016 at 06:54
A comparison to the dem debate makes it obvious which party is presently more mature and able to take the reins of this nation…regardless your positions
Anomaly 100 February 14th, 2016 at 09:00
It made me even more proud to be a democrat.
William February 14th, 2016 at 00:12
Just another GOP debate.
StoneyCurtisll February 14th, 2016 at 01:44
‘pooop’~!
Budda February 14th, 2016 at 08:08
How did you get that screen shot?
robert February 14th, 2016 at 00:19
it got very weird when cruz and rubio started speaking Spanish for 20 seconds
whatthe46 February 14th, 2016 at 00:42
ok. if they had a lot of racist that were cheering for them, they just lost it. SPEAK ENGLISH MF’ERS.
Foundryman February 14th, 2016 at 01:01
yep…baggers don’t like spanish…Murica is english speaking only!
allison1050 February 14th, 2016 at 08:27
Ya shoulda dropped the g and added a couple more h’s. ;)
robert February 14th, 2016 at 02:06
i didn’t understand the moment but there again i don’t recognize the gop anymore
maggie February 14th, 2016 at 00:53
agree. seriously. really agree. it was a mess when you compare it to the clarity of the democratic debate the other day on pbs….winners Bernie and Hilary
Foundryman February 14th, 2016 at 01:03
Descend into chaos??? What else could it have possibly have done? Clowns will be clowns!
StoneyCurtisll February 14th, 2016 at 01:43
The lunatics are in full effect…..
Can we turn them off…
StoneyCurtisll February 14th, 2016 at 01:49
The hate and the lying from Cruz….
And the Bullshit from Trump….
Thi9s is what the GOP has to offer our country…
Darksnark February 14th, 2016 at 02:52
It’s only February.
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet….
StoneyCurtisll February 14th, 2016 at 03:02
The best/worst is yet to come…:)
StoneyCurtisll February 14th, 2016 at 03:37
I know….
The worst is yet to come….
jwong318 February 14th, 2016 at 02:53
Whoa…definetly more popcorns…I will buy more tomorrow…hahaha…
Frank Foster February 14th, 2016 at 04:40
How could it descend into something it already was?
allison1050 February 14th, 2016 at 06:06
I watched on a website that ran tweets from some talking heads, print, radio, bloggers. It was the best thing going! lollollol ;o))
rg9rts February 14th, 2016 at 08:17
LMAO….the less there are the uglier they get
allison1050 February 14th, 2016 at 08:24
It was the most entertaining of their debates on the one hand but on the other, it was more like watching and listening to a roomful of Unsupervised preschoolers and I’m including the oh so proud to be ignorant audience.
bpollen February 14th, 2016 at 23:42
I think of it less as a descent, and more of a group tantrum walking half-a-step to chaos.