tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post5136406608320329620..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: Last Night's Debate: Dumpster Fire, With A Few Bright SpotsThe Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-78987172502569258872015-09-17T12:30:13.441-04:002015-09-17T12:30:13.441-04:00Ted Cruz is too much the appellate litigator, and ...Ted Cruz is too much the appellate litigator, and insufficiently the trial lawyer. He makes cerebral arguments that sound very complicated even if very well expressed, but does so in a way that strikes many average people as condescending and harsh. He seems to have a poor sense of the jury, at least in this context and others that I have seen him in. TigerHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07478818024748287426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-91643585359589924352015-09-17T12:24:24.386-04:002015-09-17T12:24:24.386-04:00Well, I have a surgeon friend who was Ben Carson&#...Well, I have a surgeon friend who was Ben Carson's resident. Was not a fan, and considered him to be a very high wattage egomaniac even among surgeons. That he is Dr. Humble in this crowd says something about about the other people in the room, I suppose. Or maybe it is all an act.TigerHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07478818024748287426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-23369194346030066952015-09-17T10:49:19.639-04:002015-09-17T10:49:19.639-04:00I think that Rubio helped himself, and Fiorina wil...I think that Rubio helped himself, and Fiorina will be in it at the RNC. Where both of them end up is anyone's guess at this point. There were too many people on the stage and three hours is far too long. I think that CNN's constant direction toward Trump in the first half of the debate didn't do anyone including Trump any favors. Trump landed on his feet and was "Trump", which is to say that he's not a Republican and that's why he's popular. <br /><br />If the GOP wishes to remain valid, they need to take lessons from both Jindal and Trump in my opinion. While Ted Cruz doesn't appeal to me as a politician, he is true to his values and is an irritant to the country club Republicans. For that reason alone, I liked that he was present on the stage.<br /><br />A Fiorina/Rubio Rubio/Fiorina ticket would be interesting, if for nothing more than to silence the absurd "war on women" rhetoric and that everyone paints the Republicans as a white-only political organization.<br /><br />LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com