Posted on Feb 14, 2016
5 takeaways from the Republican debate - CNNPolitics.com
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(CNN)—The Republican debate in Greenville, South Carolina, on CBS Saturday night came hours after the death of revered conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia. Though the event started with a somber moment of silence to reflect on his loss, the serious undertone of the evening did not prevent candidates from some of their sharpest charges yet.
They leveled personal attacks on issues ranging from immigration to foreign policy to abortion as the race intensified ahead of the Palmetto State primary next Saturday.
They repeatedly interrupted and talked over one another, and made disparaging comments. There were duels between billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, between Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, between former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Trump. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, meanwhile, repeatedly criticized the tone on the stage and gambled that enough South Carolina Republicans would be turned off by what they heard to provide an opening for him.
Here are five takeaways:
They leveled personal attacks on issues ranging from immigration to foreign policy to abortion as the race intensified ahead of the Palmetto State primary next Saturday.
They repeatedly interrupted and talked over one another, and made disparaging comments. There were duels between billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, between Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, between former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Trump. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, meanwhile, repeatedly criticized the tone on the stage and gambled that enough South Carolina Republicans would be turned off by what they heard to provide an opening for him.
Here are five takeaways:
5 takeaways from the Republican debate - CNNPolitics.com
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Trump may be a very successful businessman if you measure his "bottom-line" in billions.. but when it comes to "professionalism" he is little more than a pauper,
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I stopped watching CNN after the gulf war when Wolf Blitzer who looked like a werewolf reported. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL. I watched the opening of the debates between my Bible reading and my prayers. Most of the candidates expressed sadness that Antonin Scalia died that afternoon and offered sympathy comments and support for his wife, 9 children and 36 grandchildren.
I saw some sparring over OIF especially when Trump claimed their were no weapons of mass destruction Iraq which has debunked so many times - especially by the Kurds in teh north and the Shia in the Pripet marshes in the south. Trump attacked George W. Bush which offended te audience when he said Bush didn't protect America because the World Trade Centers went down [where he lost hundred of friends].
Caveat. I was a liberal democrat until a couple years after I recognized my need for Christ. Before that point I was pro-euthanasia and pro-induced abortion. I realized I had become pro-life and that everybody is created in God's image. The divisiveness of the democrat rhetoric and their hatred for vocal pro-life activists and philosophy turned me off and I realized I was social conservative.
When I was a child democrat politicians tend to represent the poor and the working classes. The past twenty years they seemed to shift focus towards special interests.
I saw some sparring over OIF especially when Trump claimed their were no weapons of mass destruction Iraq which has debunked so many times - especially by the Kurds in teh north and the Shia in the Pripet marshes in the south. Trump attacked George W. Bush which offended te audience when he said Bush didn't protect America because the World Trade Centers went down [where he lost hundred of friends].
Caveat. I was a liberal democrat until a couple years after I recognized my need for Christ. Before that point I was pro-euthanasia and pro-induced abortion. I realized I had become pro-life and that everybody is created in God's image. The divisiveness of the democrat rhetoric and their hatred for vocal pro-life activists and philosophy turned me off and I realized I was social conservative.
When I was a child democrat politicians tend to represent the poor and the working classes. The past twenty years they seemed to shift focus towards special interests.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL That "debate" was just insane! I am a democrat; but the last thing I would EVER do is vote for CRAZY Donald Trump. I'd be scared; if he were President.
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