Discussion Thread: Fourth 2024 Republican Presidential Primary Debate

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1. *Runner up to the Republican Nominee Debate.

2. There were already three debates? Is this the last one? Will Trump give the winner a rose to be his running mate?

3. They’re debating for the chance to kiss trumps ass to beg to be his VP running partner aka brings coke and burgers

4. Wait Christie met the requirements? I thought I heard his numbers weren’t good enough.

5. There is, still, a utility to these Republican debates, and it is as an effective reminder of how utterly batshit Republicans are right now.

   Nikki Haley is one of the closest things the party has to a moderate right now. She’s running kind of neck-and-neck with Ramaswamy, who is approximately as crazy as Trump. Both of them want US involvement with Mexico and probably Israel, too, maybe up to and including actual US troops. Ramaswamy also wants a wall across the Canadian border, probably because he watched *Strange Brew* and thought it was a documentary about fleshy-headed mutants.

   This is where Republican voters are right now. They’d probably think giving Democratic voters an armband they’ve got to wear around in public is a great idea. And that’s why the next election matters so much.

   There is no more effective campaign ad than the reality of what these people want to do.

6. Is it really a debate when every one of them is desperately trying not to offend Trump while actively humiliating themselves by publicly auditioning for the VP job or a cabinet position they can get rich from?

7. I’m mostly scared that Trump chooses Nikki or Desantis as his running mate. Nikki because she seems to be the most popular among non-MAGA Republicans and Desantis because he’s Trump with actual political experience.

8. Who will come out ahead in today’s debate for second place?

9. After Jan 6, many of Trump’s cabinet members resigned in protest, GOP leadership privately entertained impeachment and the 25th amendment, and many publicly denounced him.

   A little over a year ago, we hardly heard about Trump and he was basically absent from public.

   Upon his candidacy for Presidency, Murdoch tried to wage a full war on him in the media.

   >Fox News cut away during Trump’s announcement of his new White House campaign. The Wall Street Journal editorial board called Trump a “loser” and predicted certain defeat for him. The New York Post covered Trump’s declaration with a bottom-of-front-page footer disparagingly headlined, “Florida Man Makes Announcement”.

   10 months ago, Ron Desantis was within 6 points of Trump in polling.

   4 indictments for 91 felonies later, including 4 debates where Trump doesn’t even show up, Trump is leading all candidates by +45 and Super Tuesday is 3 months away.

10. If they’re not going to take swings at Trump, why are they even climbing in the ring? The only one taking any real swings at Trump is Chris Christie. The rest of them are desperately trying not to tell the Republican base that actually, their last president is a common criminal.

    There’s the ever-courageous Nikki Haley who actually mentioned that maybe Trump’s economic record isn’t all its cracked up to be… but she won’t go as far as to state the obvious: That’s because he’s been lying about it throughout his presidency. Just tell the rubes everything is fantastic and they’ll gobble it all up. Even those feeble punches are pulled.

    Because after Trump, reality is not something conservative America is prepared to deal with.

    So why are they even bothering?

11. So weird to have these debates missing the likely winner. You’d think at some level Trump would want the free TV time.

    And Pence is nowhere to be seen, even though he was just their VP.

12. Since Republicans don’t even have a platform and won’t dare go after the guy actually leading the race, what’s the point of the debate?

    I think they should just do a skills challenge instead like when the NFL got rid of the Pro Bowl because it wasn’t real football and no one care.

    Since we’re talking about Republicans it can be……

    1.) Who can steal the most candy from babies.

    2.) Who can speak the longest without using the N-word.

    3.) Who can stick their head up their own ass the furthest.

    4.) Who can name the most Republicans that aren’t complete assholes. (trick question, there aren’t any)

    5.) A spelling contest

    6.) A game of “Who said the quote”? Trump or Hitler?

13. True cognitive dissonance in that the card will play on the CW and be followed up with the debate simulcast