so didn't watch last night and rode the bike in so no NPR recap (damn wet leaves made it sketchy)
But was hoping for some bordie insight to skewer the cads and post a good meme or two
First of all, the overwhelming takeaway from the debate was that CNBC should never, ever host another debate. Virtually everything about the event was garbage. The pre-debate panel was unreal in its banality.
"Jeb Bush
really needs to have a good night tonight."
"Ahhhh yes yes, hot take, etc."
And having fucking Jim Kramer coming on like a coked up Louis CK (and that's saying something) was unreal. And Rick Santelli was so aggravatingly annoying that I wanted to punch the television screen.
The whole thing was just a hot ass mess. Rubio is being judged to have "won" and he did manage to keep his quivering voice and flopsweating to a minimum. Loved the fact that Cruz spent the first half of the debate coughing and then made a pot brownie joke (that fell totally flat, of course).
Trump was ok but was invisible for too much of it. I did like his total takedown of Kasich. "You can have him!" and "FRACKING" were a few highlights.
More than anything though, CNBC's total incompetence displayed just how stupid it is to have all of these candidates at the debates. We've been in the race for a couple months now, and it's obvious that none of the Happy Hour debate candidates as well as Huckabee, Christie, Paul, Fiorina, or Kasich are going to get anywhere so they should be shut out so they get out.
Also, major LOLS at the GOP candidates accusing the Democrats of having a shallow debate.
