UPDATE: Aaaaaaand that’s a wrap. This debate was not as bloodthirsty as the last one, although Newt Gingrich did come out swinging at host John King for bringing up the open marriage issue, decrying it as dirty journalism. The crowd went nuts, and the candidates agreed to leave the Swingrich issue alone. After that, it was pretty rote, with Romney hitting all the points in his leaden, robotic way, Santorum puffing up with rage and smarmy sentimental rhetoric at every opportunity, and Ron Paul off in his own universe where the government doesn’t belong anywhere but inside uteruses.

The best part of the night was when Rick Santorum turned a question about SOPA into a rant that did everything but call Dan Savage out by name. The whole rant ended with Santorum ejaculating “the idea that anything goes on the internet…where did that come from?” It was very awkward for him. Watch and see:

Original post: If you’re just tuning in to the Republican presidential race for the first time today, you’ve missed a hell of a day: Herman Cain has endorsed every Muslim, Democrat, and pedophile in America for the presidency. Newt Gingrich tried to retroactively open his marriage up. Rick Santorum retroactively won Iowa, and then whined about not getting a proper concession speech from Mitt Romney. Rick Perry endorsed Gingrich and then ran back to Texas, his tail tucked between his legs in a totally non-gay, heterosexual kind of way.

And now we’re ready for tonight’s debate between the four men left standing, co-sponsored by Tea Party Patriots and CNN. You can watch it on CNN, or stream it live on their site. Join us in the squawk-box below, won’t you?

12 replies on “Live-Slogging the First Rick Perryless Debate of 2012”

  4. Republicans used to be a balance of power to the Democrats (who lets face it don’t deserve carte blanche either). The fact that Republicans have all gone fucking insane does not bode well for this nation.

  7. “the idea that anything goes on the internet…where did that come from?” seems very much like a bad Seinfeld immitation, what’sthe deal with that?

  8. Missed the debate, just had to check when I got back, though, and frothy is still the 1st (non-ad) on google search. I thought maybe those off-shore folks had pirated it off…

  9. I’d sooner have a catheter inserted than watch a Republican debate, but I heard Newt’s paranoid victim fit this morning. Republicans should be angry that their party has sunk so low as to have members of that clown car be their only choice. Then again, I don’t think there’s that many normal republicans left.

  10. I find that people that provide political commentary about debates, but don’t watch them, are like dinner party guests who salt their food before tasting.

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