Relive the Crazy! Live Tweets of the GOP Debate!

Hello to all, my self-imposed writing moratorium did not last long. I skipped my soccer game and tweeted throughout the GOP debate. Like I always say, it’s my favorite TV show. Here is the list of my tweets as I did them, including responses to people who wrote to me, and re-tweets (RT) of things I thought were funny along the way (and the tweets that aren’t mine, will be noted). And, my Twitter feed is at the bottom of the blog as well, you can see nothing was embellished here. Any items in bold, were added afterward for re-tweets/reference/clarity.

If you didn’t see it, the major happenings were: the moderator getting booed for asking Cain about his sexual harassment cases, Rick Perry said he wanted to eliminate 3 government programs and forgot the 3rd when he tried to list them. He included the word, “oops”, in his response and people on the stage tried to help him. Cringe-worthy stuff, here’s the video (Perry gets going at the 1:10 mark and “oops” is at about the 2:00 mark). For some reason, Cain referred to Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, as “Princess Nancy.”  Without further ado, here are my thoughts as they happened:

- Ron Paul always looks like he’s wearing a suit that’s too big for him.

- Michigan citizens just cheered for Romney being against MI auto-bailouts. #twilightzone

- How is Romney selling the “I’m consistent” line, based on his marriage? & he still flubs the line. (See my Romney preview, for his flip-flops on issues)

- Its pretty Pavlovian how RW-ers (right-wingers) clap for every line, even that mush Perry just said (before his “oops” line). #cnbcdebate 

- Shorter Santorum: picking winners in manufacturing ok, in green energy: not so much #cnbcdebate

- (me, responding to a Twitter friend) what?! This is the best show on TV! I can’t get enough.

-Shorter RW-ers: we don’t care if our guy assaults women.. You’re guy does it (I meant Clinton here) = impeachment #cnbcdebate

- Milton Friedman is the Republican $$ version of Ronald Reagan. #cnbcdebate

- (responding to a friend) I think I’m not gonna blog. I’ve been writing so much, no one can keep up. (What can I say? I’m a liar)

- I’m guessing boos will come for Paul, not sure why..his ideas may not jive w/ the $$$ crowd.

- I’m sure Paul has fallen asleep by now (he’s the old one, they didn’t ask him anything for a while). #cnbcdebate 

- Shorter Bachmann: Obama has no jobs guy, while she speaks on Immelt’s network (whoops). (Jeff Immelt is Obama’s jobs czar and CEO of General Electric, parent company of CNBC)

- I’m sure we’ll get balanced advice from all the CEOs, about what to do about the economy. (This was after CNBC went to commercial w/ 3 CEO’s asking questions.)

- It doesn’t take much to get RW-ers to clap. (forgot what happened here, I think a rambling answer from Perry)

- Oh the irony, a bunch of people in Michigan, cheering for a lack of regs + free mkt. #cnbcdebate

- Asian markets have to be selling off, if this is on all CNBC stations. #cnbcdebate

- (RT) #CNBCDebate Cramer: Henry Ford paid his workers 3 times the average wage so they could afford to buy cars. Newt is a liar.

- (RT) Well, I have an idea what Herman Cain would do with Fannie (Fannie Mae, govt housing agency). If she was wearing a skirt. #cnbcdebate

- Shorter debate crowd: White person and/or token black guy says anything = applause. Questions about harassment= boos #cnbcdebate

- That’s it, I’m starting a Kickstarter acct, to get Ron Paul a tailor. Those baggy suits are killing me. (Ron Paul really wears baggy suits each debate, keep an eye for it next time)

- Why don’t you explain 17% of the economy in 30 seconds? Reasonable. (during the healthcare portion)

-Shorter GOP (re: healthcare): Repeal, Obamacare, states, tort reform, state lines

- Leesman (CNBC’s Economic’s Expert) made a deficit funny! It’s funny b/c we’ll be like Greece. Blerg.

- I have to admit, I do love the “coming out of commercial music.”

- (RT) Fanny Mae & Freddy bad, Obama care bad, repeal everything, no regulations, no taxes, free market oh & #Cain can grope all women

- Santorum trying to sound like a normal human being, too bad he’s an evil bigot (see my preview for his anti-gay ideas)

- I miss drunk, high, maple syrup #Perry.  (see the Perry video in my “Linked In” post)

- OMG, I spoke too soon on Perry. (This was the Perry “oops” moment and it turned me into a valley girl. Sorry.)

- Did Perry have a labotomy during the commercial break? #cnbcdebate

- Perry has to drop out by the next break! #cnbcdebate

- (responding to a friend) hey!! Are u watching this clusterf###?

- lets get “oops” trending…my god, this is unbelievable #cnbcdebate

- (responding to a friend) you’re prob right. You can follow the tweets w/o losing the IQ points. (she wasn’t watching it live)

- Maybe Perry’s notes had “oops” written on it? I’m stumped.

- They should make a special arrangement for Perry to give his exit speech tonight. #cnbcdebate

- And, how does Perry forget the Dept of Energy (it was the 3rd agency he forgot, leading to the oops moment)? He’s a TX oil-whore. My $$ was on him forgetting education. #cnbcdebate

- (RT) Rick Perry = Texas Toast #cnbcdebate

- Thanks to Stephen Colbert, when I see Newt I think of mashed potatoes. #cnbcdebate

- (RT) Noted: GOP debate audiences boo gay troops, cheer for letting the uninsured die and Cain feeling on folks in his car. #CNBCdebate

- Cain = over matched. He can only survive Fox debates. (Finance stuff was a bit much for the Cain train)

- I wish I did the drugs Perry did in college. (I was still in shock from the “oops” moment)

- Is crony capitalism, really capitalism? #cnbcdebate

- (From Pres. Obama’s Twitter account) “Obamacare” and “repeal” are tied for most mentions at the second commercial break. How are your predictions holding up?

- (someone wrote me about my Perry/drugs comment) haha, i’m an optimist, I like to think he’s clean while in office. & we’re seeing the damage he did back then, now.

- (same as above) I think college me wants what college Perry had. He must’ve been doing some serious stuff I couldn’t handle now.

- (RT) Cain’s a chauvinist & a prick, duh. He doesn’t have his wife on the campaign trail because he wants to keep his options open #princessnancy

I hope you enjoyed this. And, I hope it reads well. Counting my intro, this post is still over 1,000 words. And, I did all that tweeting on my phone. So, I’m sure some weird phone-caused carpal tunnel syndrome is in my future.

See you next time,
James