Thursday's GOP Presidential Debate

In summary:

Ron Paul came off as a deaf reactionary. Brit Hume nailed his counter question to Paul with regards to the Strait of Hormuz incident. Why the over-reaction? Every other candidate counseled confidence in the reaction of the captain. Ron Paul is simply a Moonbat and I couldn't care less who disagrees with me. He is one frightening man -- to even consider putting Presidential power in the hands of Ron Paul is a shocking proposition. He seems to think that, for example, when one makes a "friend" of a nation, that nation should stay a US friend for life. Times change. Administrations change. Leaders change. Demographics change. Motivations change. One consistent? Ron Paul, truthfully, scares me. He appears primarily thoughtless.

Fred Thompson had a number of proper and appropriate observations and responses to questions posed. He doesn't speak so well extemporaneously; many "uhs" and whatnot, but he provides the air of a man who is assured of his stance, who doesn't particularly care what others think of his positions, and who doesn't mind going his own way.

When Mitt Romney told Congressman Paul that he'd been reading too many of Ahmadinejad's press releases? Ab-so-fucking-lutely classic.

McCain was just off. He smiles inappropriately, as if on cue. He makes verbal mistakes and gaffes. I actually wonder about his mental capacity.

Huckabee didn't particularly impress or disappoint.

Giuliani seemed off his game. I expected more forcefulness. More decisiveness. More insistence, more interruptions, more New York attitude. I didn't get it.

Immigration?

McCain is not believeable. He "seems" to have "come around" on illegals? I don't believe him for a microsecond.

Romney: too slick to grasp firmly. He is too covered in oil. Too perfect. "He'll tell you what you want to hear when he thinks you want to hear it." He is, in my opinion, the GOP equivalent of Hillary Clinton. Another perfect hack.

Thompson spoke the truth and brought about unaddressed issues. Thompson didn't couch his answers in euphemisms.

Paul: they undermine our tax system (I agree with him on this one point).

Huckabee: we need a period of time for people to go to their home country. When people come here, they should be here with their heads up. We should have the assumption that everyone here is legal, not illegal.

Giuliani: I allowed children of illegal immigrants to go to school. I had 70,000 children; what was I to do? We need to change behavior. We have only 14,000 Border Patrol agents; we have 12 million illegal immigrants.

Winner?

Fred Thompson, by a large margin. He was sarcastic, honest, truthful. You had to listen to his words, not his presentation.

Loser?

Ron Paul. In five words: he's still a fucking Moonbat.

BZ