This is unusual for me, because:
- I don’t have a TV.
- If I did, it wouldn’t have cable.
- I’m sure it’s on the internet somewhere but don’t feel like finding it.
- I already pretty much know what everyone is going to say.
That said, I must say that there were some…amusing, I guess you could say? — moments which I much enjoyed.
- Topping the list is when Romney was clearly proud of himself for naming like eight Hispanic conservatives in one sentence. He definitely did some flashcards and it paid off.
- How much of this was pure pandering I don’t know, but Gingrich definitely hinted at a Gingrich/Rubio ticket. Rubio is hawkish and bad on issues like indefinite detention, to say the least, so that’s making a bad situation worse.
- When asked the [stupid and irrelevant] question of whose wife would make the best first lady, the camera pans to Carol Paul were, of course, adorable. For a second when Gingrich mentioned the “three wives there tonight,” or something to that effect, I thought he’d actually brought all three of his wives, which would have been a set up for some Jerry Springer-style craziness (he actually meant Mrs. Paul, Romney, and Gingrich). Finally, Santorum took waaaaaay longer than everyone else and called his wife his hero, which is weird given 1) his presumably complementarian theology and 2) the fact that she apparently lived with an abortion doctor for six years before she and Santorum got hitched (!).
- But the best part was definitely Ron Paul being funny. He should do that way more often — it adds a good balance to the heavy policy answers he normally gives. For instance, on his age:
“I’m willing to challenge any of these gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride any time of the day in the heat of Texas…But, you know, there are laws against age discrimination, so if you push this too much, you better be careful.”
- On Cuba:
“Imagine you’re in the Oval Office, you speak to Raul Castro. What would you say to him?” Blitzer asked.
“Well, I’d ask him what he called about, you know?” [Paul] responded.
