Someone had to watch it...
I didn't get the pleasure of listening to Ron Paul's plaintive whine live, as live wildfires take precedence over everything in Southern California (second only to live car chases). But I just caught the replay now, and thought there was a clear winner. My friend and blogger Dirty Harry came to the same conclusion on the winner, plus he bit the bullet, probably threw back a shot, and live-blogged the debate. Some highlights:
4:57 — Here we go. 90 minutes of the candidates. Or, as I like to think about it: 90 whole minutes without a Fox News Alert!5:07 — Fred gets some laughs. Someone on his staff hid the decaf.
5:31 — I’ll vote for whoever beats up Ron Paul for his lunch money.
5:31 — Mitt fixed the Superman-hair thing. Big mistake. When he looks back at why he lost he’ll see it all started here.
5:54 — Huckabee is absolutely right — there is nothing funny about Hillary. This man just jumped in my esteem. Stop with the applause lines and jokes and talk policy.
6:04 — Mitt and Rudy on social security. Pee break!
6:19 — Rudy’s showing off naming a lot of obscure countries. We get it Rudy, now how many terrorists are you going to kill?