We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
After last week's first debate, it's the GOP's turn tonight. It'll be the first chance to see ten of these ghouls facing off. Who wants to bomb Iran? Who wants to strip us of all Constitutional rights? Who's been diddling the interns in the back room? We'll soon see. It's live on MSNBC with "Hardball's" Chris Matthews moderating. Join me for the festivities.
posted by gatorbob @ 6:51 PM
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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No Gingrich or Fred Thompson tonight but we still have ten candidates on display:
Sam Brownback
Jim Gilmore
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Duncan Hunter
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Tom Tancredo
Tommy Thompson
And here's the rubric that I'll be judging them by:
* Withdrawal from Iraq (5 pts)
* Opposition to attacking Iran (5 pts)
* Opposition to NCLB. (5 pts)
* Open borders (2 pts)
* Pro choice (2 pts)
* Secularism (2 pts)
* Anti War on Terror (2 pts)
* Universal Health Care (2 pts)
* Pro-Palestinian (2 pts)
* Progressive taxation (2 pts)
* Pro gay marriage (2 pts)
* Alternative energy (2 pts)
* Internationalism (2 pts)
* Anti-corruption (2 pts)
* Pro gun control (2 pts)
And of course I'll be assigning (probably lots of) negative points for statements opposite of those.
I'd love to see your rubrics.
I should also mention that I'm taping the titanic MLS struggle between my Revvies and Gooner's D.C. United goblin horde for some late night watching, so no loose whispering about the score, eh? Ta very much.
Oh my, there are only few positive points to be gained against those metrics, Gator B. I'm going to kick my daughter off of Gilmore Girls and put the debate on for a bit. But I'll be dislodged later by the missus wanting to watch Survivor.
Dare I say it given whose occupying 1600 PA AVE, but Rudy G lacks the gravitas and experience to be President. He's a dead boring public speaker as well.
Here he is now. One of the first of many remarks toward Ronnie Raygun.
Uh oh, he's losing points already. "Socialized medicine!?"
McCain's up - losing points on Iraq. Getting feisty, like your cranky old grandpa after too much Metamucil.
Thompson - loses points on Iraq.
Let's have the Trevor Brooking metrics, eh?
Hunter - also rotten on Iraq. These guys are like imperialist robots. "Stay....the....course....."
Brownback - losing points big time on the "War on Terror," Iran, Iraq. Using the "Islamofascist" line. Yikes!
Huckabee - on Rumsfeld. A bit of a swipe at Bush there. Another swipe at Bush on Iraq and troop levels. But in the end, "stay....the....course."
Gilmore -
Uh oh, he's having a go in the "entire Middle East." Run for the hills! Not sure exactly what he's saying here.
Ron Paul - "The Libertarian."
The only one likely to speak out on Iraq tonight.
McCain now - "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran." Thank you and goodnight grandpa.
Chris Matthews is asking McCain about the "trip wire" for Iran. Don't egg him on, Chris. Jesus!
Tancredo on Iran. "Anything we can do to stop that...!" Yikes! And pro-Israel to boot. Minus 4 pts.
Rudy hedging his bets on Iran here. But in the end, he's in favor of military strikes against Iran.
Also lying about Reagan and the hostages. Ever heard of "October Surprise" Rudy?
Gilmore - "We have to do anything to get this guy" (Ahmednijad). Yikes!
Romney - boogah, boogah, boogah.
"He will pay and he will die!" Lovely sentiment.
McCain gets two points! Nice joke ripping Tancredo on immigration.
Huckabee is the only one with a sense of humor. . . Romney is "most presidential". . . The others are very drippy.
Great stuff from Rudy on the abortion issue . . . dodgy and weaving like Sugar Ray.
Romney "intrude in that decision" comment want go over with the base.
McCain stumbling over his words quite a bit there on a softball question.
Gator B, I have to sign off, Lauri and the kids are taking over the television. THIS IS NOT AN IMPRESSIVE BUNCH!!!
Good hearing from you, mate.
Rudy's getting a roasting on abortion here. Twisting in the wind. Romney on the other hand is going whole hog into flip flop territory. What a tosser!
The only one of these guys who isn't completely rabid seems to be Ron Paul.
Sheesh, all these idiots are rotten on stem cell research....except McCain.
Brownback thinks this is "a set of quality candidates?" Hah!
Well, I suppose the only positive thing to say about this bunch is that there isn't one of them that's as ignorant and irritating as Bush.
So final scores:
Brownback -23
Gilmore -12
Giuliani -14
Huckabee -10
Hunter -13
McCain -11
Romney -25
Paul -5
Tancredo -8
Thompson -9
Now I need a stiff drink.
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