Thursday we witnessed some of the most artfully vicious and brutal rhetoric possibly ever seen at a presidential debate.
The Republican debate here at UH was Donald Trump versus Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and all of them against Wolf Blitzer, who completely lost control of the candidates.
Blitzer can take some of the blame for losing control, but we saw Republicans unhinged.
Rubio had one goal: establish himself as the better alternative to Donald Trump. He showed that he can battle it out with Trump while leaving Ted Cruz to fend for himself against Trump’s attacks.
Cruz’s chances of being the Republican nominee suffered Thursday night.
Trump, once again, outright called Cruz a liar. Trump definitely weakened Cruz’s image by talking over him and not giving him the chance to defend himself, and when he did get time, he couldn’t deliver. He went back to calling Trump a liberal, a talking point that’s been used by other candidates but hasn’t been super effective.
Yes, Trump has given a lot of money to Democrats. Trump does not care, and neither do the people who support him. It is virtually impossible to insult Trump, but Rubio broke through his impenetrable composure and really rose to the occasion in defending himself.
Kasich once again showed his commitment to bringing people together, but Thursday was not the night to do this. Thursday night was about making a last-ditch effort to show you are willing to fight to be the Republican nominee for president. Kasich needed to show his brawn, and he failed.
Ben Carson again looked legitimately confused at many of the questions asked of him. He was more concerned about getting more speaking time, so much that he actually said, “Can somebody attack me, please?”
Trump literally told Maria Celeste Arraras “I don’t believe anything Telemundo says.” He appears to have proven his blatant disregard for anything involving Hispanics or Hispanic media. Then he went to talk about how Hispanics love him. It is unprecedented in modern history that a presidential candidate can be the front runner while using this kind of flagrant, disrespectful language.
Trump saying what he wants shows how he thinks. It doesn’t matter what he does or says: he will always come out of top, and he knows this.
Marco Rubio came out on top Thursday, however, and quite possibly succeeded in gaining the party nomination. If not, he has certainly gained some important ground in catching up to Ted Cruz in the polls.
Opinion editor Anthony Torres is a political science junior and may be reached at [email protected]
Kasich is this election’s “Ron Paul”. He’s the only GOP candidate with somewhat sane ideas, but he gets consistently pushed to the side because he’s not wacky enough to drive media ratings.
Kasich … is the closest ideal to a SocDem candidate.
This article states, “Trump literally told Maria Celeste Arraras “I don’t believe anything
Telemundo says.” He appears to have proven his blatant disregard for
anything involving Hispanics or Hispanic media”
Telemundo is owned and run by a jew.
Trump literally told Maria Celeste Arraras “I don’t believe anything
Telemundo says.” He appears to have proven his blatant disregard for
anything involving Hispanics or Hispanic media.
Telemundo is run by a jew, Silberwasser.
And this is significant because….Oh wait, let me guess. Because to Trump’s followers, who include anti-Semite, Ted Nugent, and ex-KKK Grand Wizard, David Duke, it matters. As it does to the other hate groups he attracts. Thanks for reminding us.
BLM includes a black supremacist who advocates for the killing of cops. They also have members who actually went out and killed cops.
There are also cops who are members of the KKK. Do you therefore think ALL cops would like to lynch black and burn crosses in front of their homes?
Never incriminated the BLM. I simply said what you said, except about BLM.
No one should care about who likes him, same goes for the BLM. So dont attach those hate groups to Trump as if they are more than just followers.
Antonio … what you saw last week was a GOP that is in the process of molting. Donald Trump is teaching a new course in Republican politicking, and many GOP candidates are taking notes. Republicans are starting not to cower, at least the non-Establishment GOPers.
Not even new allegations against Trump are going to stop him. He’s got ammunition on the KKK thing. Heck, Democrat Senator Robert Byrd was a KKK Grand Kleagle, and he was acceptable. And besides, the KKK was the Army for the Democrat Party anyway. The GOP had nothing to do with it.
I know you are vastly disappointed in your own Geritol chugging candidates on the SocDem side. Good Luck in that regard.