Funny, I thought Todd started this thread to discuss the GOP debate, not Longacres and beaver hair dos.

Two things struck me most. Several candidates swear that Trump has no chance at the nomination. So even if he wins all the polls, and that translates into winning all the primaries, the fix is in at the GOP, and the Party will nominate the establishment Republican of its choice.

Second, the candidates paid short shrift to the fact that the 3 non-establishment candidates, Trump, Carson, and Fiorina poll higher than all the others combined. I expected the establishment candidates to expend some effort explaining why I should give any of them the time of day when the electorate is clearly expressing the feeling that every one of the establishment candidates is an untrustworthy sack of sh!t.

Instead they devote the whole debate telling me that everything they've done that contributed to getting us in the sorry state we're in is the reason why they, and they alone, are the key to getting the US out of the current mess. Holy F! Do they even hear themselves?

That said, I do think that Carson and Fiorina (sp) made the most intelligent remarks (excluding all remarks regarding abortion, Planned Parenthood, gay marriage, and social issues in general of course, because on those they were all hopelessly clusterfvcking each other), and Pataki, Rubio, and even Jeb Bush made a few intelligent comments. However I think Jeb harms himself by not distancing himself completely from his whackadoodle brother's Iraq mis-adventure.

All in all it was a scuzzy experience, and I had to shower afterward. I should probably send a check to Bernie Sanders campaign.