Republican nominations - Page 284

They're throwing the questions to the candidates who are known for answering them. Why not throw the drug-war question to Perry, the "what would you do about poverty" question to Paul, and so on?

On January 17 2012 11:52 acker wrote:


Economist, grey dude. I've got to see the transcript, but it sounds pretty accurate if the other debates are any indication

On January 17 2012 12:14 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Romney invoked the theory of the Roman Empire...

On January 17 2012 12:12 NtroP wrote:
His economic policy would simply pull our currency out of the grip of the federal reserve and tie it to something more than hopes and dreams. I've seen the price of FOOD jump about 50%+ in the last 5 years.

On January 17 2012 12:17 forgottendreams wrote:


Could you to elaborate on what he said, or a link to the Economist debate transcript thing? Can't find it quite yet.

On January 17 2012 11:00 acker wrote:


That makes more sense, thanks. But just where do you think those forces of economic and political liberalization came from? The Soviet Party lost a whole lot legitimacy back home because they were both 1: aggressors and 2: losing. And the war itself cost a lot of money, money wasted on military expenditure that could have been used back home.

It certainly wasn't the only source of dissent or economic trouble, but it was quite large.

Edit: I'm getting conflicting reports on total cost to the Soviet Union.

On January 17 2012 12:25 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Romney said Obama will cut 1 trillion from defense budget yet fails to say that Republicans agreed to the cuts if the subcommittee failed.

On January 17 2012 12:17 Kiarip wrote:

come on that's impossible the inflation is only 1.5%... lol

On January 17 2012 12:29 xDaunt wrote:

Like the republicans really had a choice? No sane person will ever mistake which party supports funding the military and which party is always looking to gut the military.

C'mon, man. I expect better.

On January 17 2012 12:32 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:



Gut the military? The military in this country is massive even with the cuts it would still be the most powerful military in the world. The U.S. military is not in danger of being underfunded but in danged of excessive bloating.

On January 17 2012 12:36 xDaunt wrote:

That's a matter of perspective. Only democrats share your view, and it's ridiculous for you or any other liberal to try and sluff off the blame/responsibility for military budget cuts onto republicans. It's your policy, so own it. That's all I ask.

On January 17 2012 12:36 xDaunt wrote:

That's a matter of perspective. Only democrats share your view, and it's ridiculous for you or any other liberal to try and sluff off the blame/responsibility for military budget cuts onto republicans. It's your policy, so own it. That's all I ask.