How will this affect the Price of Tea We borrow from China? Part II

It is very possible that in 10 days the taxes of 16,000,000 Americans could be raised by about $1,000. House Republicans shot down the payroll tax cut that only less than a week ago they all seemed on board for. Now Boehner, Cantor and the Congress have essentially washed their hands and are leaving for the Holidays. Nancy Pelosi wasted no time what so ever laying the blame directly on the Tea Party saying “They alone are standing in the way of a tax cut for the middle class.” In a statement today Speaker Boehner yesterday stated that Congress had done it’s job, and now it is the Senates job to go into conference and settle this bill. However, Senator Harry Reid contradicts that statement pointing out that, the bill was approved with overwhelming support 89-10, which is a level of agreement that is scarce in today’s present state of political gridlock and brinksmanship.

Earlier Yesterday Eric Cantor was on Andrea Mitchell reports on MSNBC speaking of uncertainty. The only thing that is uncertain is the rhetoric of congress’ message and belief system when it comes to its people. John Boehner on Friday of last week stated that the 2 month extension of the payroll tax though a temporary fix was a bill he could “live with!” However only two short days later He went on meet the press stating that this would be “punting” What Speaker Boehner is neglecting in his metaphor is that when a ball is punted, it is returned which doesn’t seem to be the case. The Tea Party doesn’t want to Punt because they don’t want to release the ball they just want to keep hold of it and drive it to the next election. Another glaring bit of inconsistency is that when it came to raising the taxes of the wealthiest of us Approximately 345,000 Americans or (Job Creators) The statement was In a bad Economy the worst idea is to raise taxes. Now when it comes to the taxes of the taxes of 160,000,000 of the most vulnerable Americans Sorry it’s Christmas! So what is it Congress are you on the side of the Country or just the Country Clubbers?

Is it any wonder why the congressional approval rating has dipped to 11%which is the lowest approval rating in history. Congress currently holds the worst productivity level in most peoples lifetimes and the worst filibuster record in history is it any surprise that the approval for congress is below that of Fidel Castro, Paris Hilton, The Media & Lawyers. Does their appeal really have to drop lower than that of a Child Molesters before they decide to act like a body of Government.

The worst part about this is if these tax increases go through. And the little bit of economic recovery is completely devastated it will be congressional amnesia that will swear that they fought for the middle class but the Big Bad Obama Bear raised your taxes.

Charity and Goodwill are on the rise No matter what the Mainstream Media would lead You to believe

In a time where greed seems prevalent and everyone it seems is out for themselves. Feel good stories are hard to come by. Or are they?

Late last month an anonymous woman walked into an Iowa City, City Hall Building and paid her water bill, Then she paid the water bill for 17 other people in Iowa City. According to the Iowa City Press Citizen that anonymous donor forked over $1,640 to pay off delinquent balances to ensure they had running water for the Thanksgiving holiday. 11 of those accounts had their water already shut off… due to unpaid balances , with the remaining six scheduled to shut down by the end of that day.

Last week in San Jose California, Maria Vargas who is battling Stage 4 cancer discovered that someone had left a bag of avocados on her doorstep. Inside that bag of avocados she found also a Cashiers check for $10,000 from an anonymous donor. Her daughter told KNTV in the bay area that Maria Vargas has already spent her entire life savings on cancer treatment this money means that her mother will be able to continue getting treatment.

And it was only a couple of days ago when most Long Islanders came across a heartbreaking story when we saw a little Madison Sabolenko crying on the local news when discovering on Sunday that their house had been broken into, flooded, and robbed of all it’s Christmas gifts. Among the gifts were a missing T.V. an X Box and computers totaling $5,000. It looked as if There would be no Christmas for the Sabolenko Family. That was until Seaford resident John Theissen of the John Theissen’s Children’s Foundation couldn’t let the injustice stand. He not only replaced all of the stolen gifts, He gave the family a check for $5,000 stating “This is something I had to do.”

It should also be noted that over the last several weeks across the country apparently people have been walking into K-marts and Wal-Mart’s and have been anonymously been paying for things that other people have put on layaway. The trend has caught on so much that the Associated Press has comprised a map of Layaway Santa sightings.

According to the world giving index despite global economic turmoil, the world is giving more. And that the United States over the last year has been the most charitable country in the world.

So during this holiday season while our Government is at each others throats and playing the blame game. It’s good to know that the worlds citizens are proving true to the cliché, that in time of crisis people learn to stick together.

The Enemy of Self

There seems to be a block between thought and expression

To every thought I think

My soul is bleeding on to this page

Yet my pen produces invisible ink.

I’ve got a best sellers story inside

But I’m not sure I want to tell it

A wondrous story of principle and insanity

Though I feel is inappropriate to sell it

Of plight and insight

And keen observation

Confrontation of imagination

Yet distraught by self emasculation.

I do my best to hold together

I do my best to keep my cool

However, I find my self skimming on the edge of patience

Of a time that never seems to move.

I’ve acknowledged the parts that are my fault

I have no excuses for where I’m dead wrong

I do what’s right so I can sleep at night

Though the nightmares of my past, live Forever on.

Where my worst is at it’s best

A flawed mentality reigns supreme

And the things you thought mattered the least

Could cost you everything.

There once was a time I gave up on life

A lost soul who dwelled in the sewer

A hustler with a short sided eye

A sad film with no projection or viewer.

A sobers story of misplaced glory

Insight and education

An ego swells to only burn in hell

Of self appointed condemnation.

A denial that ran deep

And more durable than steel

Yet for every lie, and all who cried

My pain was something I couldn’t feel

I wasn’t sure if I could break free

Release the weight of the world from my shoulder

I couldn’t tell what made me tick, what made me sick

I doubted I could cut this chain from the boulder.

Time has passed and a bit I’ve grown

The fear of those days have kept me straight

I was in such confusion, living within an illusion

To this day I’m not sure how I escaped.

I live each day more gratefully

Free from a life I where I was entombed

Though I don’t retract, I accept the fact

That time hasn’t healed every wound

The Battery In Your Back

I feast upon Your ignorance the one who tells You lies,

Your hate, Your fear, Your every tear,

And all which you despise.

I’ll tell you loneliness is admirable

that your angers justified,

I am the swell that tightens in your chest

And your stone cold looking eye.

Once again You play my game

And I’ve left You with the shame,

My persistence is your misery

As I remain your only company.

You live by me, and do my work

I treat you like a slave,

I’m the dark cloud that looms above your head

I’m why You’re Convinced You can’t be saved.

I abandon you within yourself

A souls dark hollow cave

I’ll break you down to a hopeless doubt

buried Alive in a Shallow Grave.

I tell you “You’re the only one”

I tell you “You don’t care”

All I’ve supplied is this void inside

And a pain you can’t compare.

Your life and sin, my every whim

And when you need me I’m never there.

You’ve tried to close this door before

You’ve shrieked and plead for penance

So I hid low till I was sure,

I could attack with more Fury, Rage, & Vengeance.

I’m surprised You haven’t caught me yet

And exposed Me for all my lies

I stir in every thought you entertain

And every line you write.

I am Your resentments, Your greed, Your selfish fucking deeds

Fueled by Your arrogance.

I live to serve you consequence.

I inspire every function

To distort and dilute the truth

I plan to make a mockery of your life

My Plan… is to kill you.

Slowly, Painfully and more by each day

To twist and contort you,

To drive you insane.

When you long for love

I only bring you lust,

I deceive everything you perceive

Yet, I’m the only one You trust.

I dress you in a mask of confidence

As I tear you apart inside

Alone, desperate, addicted to drugs

And contemplating suicide.

I’m Your most vicious cycle

Your every success I’ll impede

You run to me because you hate yourself

And hate yourself because you ran to me.

I’m the only one you can trust

There’s nothing you can’t tell me

I’ve planted every seed in this decomposing field

I’m your nightmarish underbelly.

When you charge at me with ferocity

Of smoke and mirrors I’ll deploy

Creating confusion, distortions, illusions

A collage of lies which I’ll employ.

Do your best to escape my grip

I will laugh at all your strides

The simple fact is I am you

And will live until you die.

How does the affect the Price of Tea We borrow from China?

For what seems longer than I can remember at this point I’ve been hearing about this middle class payroll tax cut. I believe the first I heard of this was back in September when President Obama was trying to push for his jobs bill. “Pass this Bill” “Pass this Bill!” It seemed for a while, like everything that Obama is in favor for, House Republicans were not in favor of this Tax Cut. The media pundits would report that “Republicans have found a tax cut that they don’t like!” However, about a month ago a light appeared at the end of the tunnel. It looked like Republicans were finally coming around. They didn’t want our taxes to go up. They just weren’t sure how these tax cuts were going to be paid for. Fair enough, though it would’ve been nice if they put the same consideration into the Bush Tax Cuts.

This week the bill went before congress, and President Obama wanted it to go through alone, no added extras nothing else just the proposed Payroll tax bill. Enter the Keystone pipeline project. Which would build an oil Pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Republicans say it will create 20,000 jobs. Critics of the project say it will create less than 3,500 and less than 1,000 of those would be permanent. On Friday December 16, 2011 Congress voted to extend the Payroll tax cuts for 60 days so that 160 million middle class working class families won’t see their taxes go up by about $1,000 come January 1st. Although this was only putting a band aid on a bullet wound, many middle class working Americans collectively sighed that they wouldn’t have to sacrifice more than they already have. Some speculated that this agreement was reached so that members of Congress could go home and on to another vacation for the Holiday week, Neither here nor there the pay roll tax would pass. That was until Sunday. Only two short days later the minds had been changed. John Boehner was on Meet the Press with David Gregory and stated that this 2 month extension of the payroll tax was “Kicking the can down the road.” and that if they were going to do this that they should do it entirely. As of today the statement was “They [Senate] produced a bill, The House disagrees.” And so it begins. The bill that Boehner could live with over the weekend he can longer live with today. Because Tea Party members of congress raised hell with him over the decision. Senator Harry Reid Issued a statement to Boehner, “Senator McConnell and I negotiated a compromise at Speaker Boehner‘s request… Speaker Boehner should not walk away from it, putting middle-class families at risk of a Thousand-Dollar tax hike just because a few angry Tea Partiers raised their voice to the speaker.”

The Tea Party Faction of the Republican Party is beginning to get so obstructionist that other Republicans are growing frustrated with them. So frustrated that Gov. Scott Brown (R-Mass) Issued this statement to House Republicans “The House Republicans’ plan to scuttle the deal to help middle-class families is irresponsible and wrong… we cannot allow rigid partisan ideology and unwillingness to compromise stand in the way of working together for the good of the American People.”

This bill was initially, was supported by 39 Republican Senators. Jay Carney stated that if all Democrats pass this bill it would take 25-30 Republicans 12% to vote yes and the bill would become law. What is being heard from the House Rules Committee is as of adjournment Monday night the bill wasn’t brought up for a vote, and would be brought up on Tuesday. Later reports suggest that the HRC is now punting the legislation and it will not be held for a vote on 12/20/2011 at all, they will instead vote on a measure to go to a conference with the senate instead. The Senate has suggested that they will not hold a conference since this measure has already been passed 89-10.

Ron Paul New Front Runner

According to the Voter's values summit Straw Poll held on Saturday, Ron Paul was hailed the victor. Paul secured the victory at 23% of the vote. which is a whopping lead over former front runner Newt Gingrachs 14% W.Mitt Romney received 20% which firmly establishes his second place standing, and possibly the only thing we can be sure that he's actually been consistent about.

This win comes after a weekend of reports from news organizations, and a countless amount of bloggers expressing how horribly they thought Paul performed at Thursday nights debate. Even after the results have been released, doubts toward the legitimacy of the poll have been aired.

Unlikely Voter’s Neil Stevens is stated as saying “Do we really think a horde of Independents who hate the Republican Party will show up at the last minute, register Republican, and caucus for hours with Republicans? I don’t buy it, and neither should Iowa Republicans.”

Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey has also expressed doubts “There is no doubt that Paul was picking up some momentum in this race, but the PPP poll seems way too problematic for any conclusions about its current state.”

Whether You love him or hate him, this eccentric 76 year old Texas congressman is now soaring. And it should to be of no surprise his speeches are received by packed halls of people screaming his name as if he were a rock star. His Strategy in Iowa was well organized, and hit hard. Whether it be the reception of Paul to the Iowans, or the smear campaign he lead against Gingrich the week before the debate, or maybe a fine mix of both. But I think it goes a little deeper than that. When asked which candidate held the strongest principles Newt Gingrich polled at 36% and Ron Paul Polled at 73%
Many critics are quick to say that this is one poll and that Iowa is essentially useless when it comes to the eventual outcome of the primary. And that this entire process has been a Round Robin when it comes to who is the front runner. So the next couple of weeks will be telling. Will it be Ron Paul all the way? Will we see Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman get their day in the sun? Or will W. Mitt Romney be the inevitable nominee?

Highlights from Iowa Debate December 15, 2011

Date: December 15, 2011

Location: Sioux City, Iowa

Host: Fox News Channel

Moderators: Meghan Kelly, Bret Baier, Chris Wallace, Neil Cavuto

Debaters: Michele Bachman, Rick Santorum, John Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry,

W. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich

Thursday December 15, 2011 marked the final G.O.P. debate before the January 3rd Iowa Caucus. The night started off with introductions, and the rules. 1 minute for answers, 30 seconds for follow ups, and if the candidates run too long they will be “politely” reminded by a pleasant little sound that kind of sounds like “You have 1 new text message.” The reason why I’m going over the rules is due to a small case of foreshadowing, the most memorable thing about the debate is how many times Bret Baier had to remind the candidates that they were egregiously overlapping the time limit. “After a long string of debates,” Baier Said. “We trust You all know the drill, and we won’t have to use that sound too much.” Oh how charming is his naivety. Another cute little feature added to the debate was the Twitter #Answer and #Dodge option which trended from the moment it was introduced to well after the debates conclusion . Many topics were at hand amid an extraordinary backdrop. The struggling American economy now further threatened by financial turmoil in Europe, gridlock on Capitol Hill, a real threat to world security posed by Iran as we’re pulling out the last of the U.S. Troops out of Iraq. However, the #1 question traveling the Twitterverse, was the issue of “electability” Who is the most likely candidate to beat Barack Obama in 2012. That’s the issue that’s keeping Republican voters up at night.

On the issue of electability the first question goes to Newt Gingrich, the present front runner. A man who’s own ½ sister claimed she’d never vote for him. Since Gingrich’s rise to the top it has been met with confliction and persistent doubt from Republicans. From Tom Coburn, to John Sununu, Even Glenn Beck said he couldn’t vote for Gingrich. How can He ease the minds of Republicans who feel Romney may be the safer bet? When asked that very question the Reagan Name drop drinking game began. Gingrich cited back in 1979 when Reagan was trailing Jimmy Carter by 30 points “And if People would’ve said Gosh, if electability were the #1 issue, they wouldn’t have nominated him.” Gingrich went further to say that Reagan believes what he’s talking about, and has big solutions which is why they wanted him to debate Jimmy Carter. Which is one thing in Reagan’s case. However, when it comes to Newt, I believe the G.O.P.’s Concern stems from his big solutions, and that Newt believes in what he’s talking about. Gingrich couldn’t hold back his laughter when questioned about Mitt Romney’s accusation toward him being an “unreliable conservative.” But to give Newt credit where it’s due he left it alone for the most part only pointing out his record and not giving in to the dark side and pointing out the irony of Mitt Romney being the one to lodge that allegation. It should also ease Iowa Governor Branstead’s concern of Newt’s Discipline and focus. “I Do Change things when conditions change” Gingrich so eloquently put it before even hearing the word flip-flopper, which is a much better way of putting it than Christine O’Donnell’s “He’s been consistent since he’s changed his mind.” In regards to Mitt Romney’s every position on everything. Ron Paul on electability said that any candidate on the stage could beat Obama and that Obama was beating himself. Obviously Paul hasn’t been paying too close to the numbers for example Santorum has been on a firestorm of campaigning visiting every county in Iowa, 350 town hall meetings and yet struggles to get his numbers out of the single digits, or John Huntsman, Whose stage presence only outshines Buddy Roemer’s (the guy who’s never invited to the debates) or even himself who after he came in second at the Iowa straw poll didn’t even get the recognition for it from any of the News organizations the very next day. W. Mitt Romney once again says that Government doesn’t create jobs, the private sector does. Which always brings me to that Lawrence O’Donnell commercial where he says “Government created Your job” the only person who had the right to use that line and make it sound authentic was Herman Cain and now he’s gone, the field should consider it a missed Opportunity. And to the point that he could get America working again, should I first point out that he couldn’t even do that for Bane Capital, or the fact that he just said, GOVERNMENT DOESN’T CREATE JOBS! Rick Perry wants to be the Tim Tebow of Iowa, but he didn’t get down on one knee and Tebow. And the disgusting irony when it came to John Huntsman, the concern towards his electability… is his electability, how he has the most appeal to the general election and to moderates, and his continuous refusal to sign THE PLEDGE!

The second topic of the night was “D.C. Culture” or in laments terms “Mudslinging.” Newt Gingrich being the front runner got the brunt of the abuse. First from Ron Paul who said that Gingrich was “selling access” and playing the “corrupt revolving door game” When Gingrich said he was a private citizen and it was Free Enterprise not lobbying. Paul went on to say “He has a different definition of Private Sector” explaining that a G.S.E. is a Government Sponsored Enterprise which mixes Government and Business and if carried to the extreme bares the danger of becoming fascist, and that Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac are still receiving money from the taxpayer, and suggested that Gingrich profited off of that. Before Newt could even lick his wounds it was Michele Bachmann’s turn to take a swing at Gingrich. Claiming that Newt was involved in influence peddling and cashing in checks to the tune of $1.6 million+ Bachmann stated that there is a major difference between a credit union and Fannie & Freddie and that they were “The Epicenter” for the mortgage financial meltdown, and it “Shocks” her that Newt continually defends the Practice of F&F. “We can’t have a Czar nominee.” (ouch) Newt’s response “That’s Simply not true.” Bachmann went on to point out that Politifact.com backs up her claims. Which out of all the nominees Michele Bachmann actually does have a decent track record with Politifact.com. The next hit came from Neil Cavuto going back to Gingrich’s comment toward the Ryan Medicare Plan when he referred to it as “Right-wing social engineering” then quickly backed away from it as soon as the heat came his way swearing that those weren’t his words that it was more of a media distortion. The conversation had essentially changed to spending until we got over to Rick Perry. Neil Cavuto brought up quite the glaring contradiction of his statements of congressional spending yet receiving government subsidies when he was Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Now his easiest answer could have been, “I was a Democrat then, and You know how they love to spend” instead he most likely earned the Twitter #Dodge by refocusing on Newt. “The idea that you can’t tell the difference between lobbying and consulting” is what he felt they should be talking about on stage.

The next topic was The Judiciary and it’s “Activist Judges” Gingrich not backing down from his harsh criticism of the courts and leveling back the accusation toward the alteration of Checks and Balances back into the direction of the Judiciary when asked about his intentions of subpoenaing judges and before congress impeaching them or abolishing courts altogether regarding some of their more controversial decisions. “Grotesquely dictatorial, far too powerful, and down right arrogant” were just some of the adjectives shy of Oligarchy that Newt used in reference to the courts. Ron Paul reiterated the irresponsible, dangerous consequences of subpoenaing judges. W. Mitt Romney got a nice little quip and a slight carom shot in by saying “The only group that has less credibility then justices perhaps is congress.” And though I don’t agree with him on much, when Rick Perry suggested that we change the terms of the Supreme Court from lifetime. I got to say I couldn’t find myself disagreeing with him. But then every single candidate suggested having only conservatives on the Supreme Court then I remembered what I was watching.

And now it’s half-time

Topic Number 4 “Foreign Policy” with the news that Iran has in its possession a downed Predator Drone and maybe an even greater threat to our world security during Barbara Walter’s interview of Herman Cain during her Fascinating People of 2011, said that if he were offered a cabinet position he’d hope it would be for the defense department. Yes, we should leave the control of the button in the hopes that he won’t aim a Warhead at U-beka-beki-beki-stan-stan. The first question goes to Ron Paul who was presented with a hypothetical situation and #Dodged #Answered with the actual situation and went on the defensive by calling it “Another Iraq” and “War Propaganda” and that his greatest fear is that we’ll have a president who “Over reacts” when Israel itself is mixed on it’s sentiments towards Iran. (btw here’s where Bret Baier first reminds about the time limit. On Twitter it had been mentioned at least a dozen times by this point one tweeter saying the rest of the candidates just think it’s Rick Perry Playing Angry Birds) Michele Bachmann considered Ron Paul’s views on Iran the most dangerous view she’s ever heard. Because we know without a shadow of a doubt that Iran will use a nuclear weapon to wipe Israel of the “Face of the Map” (I’m guessing she meant face of the earth they can wipe Israel off the face of the map with an eraser not a nuke) Ron Paul retorted by saying that broad stroking all Muslim’s as radical is dangerous talk, (Ron Paul just lost Peter King’s support) and asked why we were flying our spy drone over Iran in the first place. Stating that we shouldn’t be policing the world when we are bankrupt ourselves that we are over reacting in the case of Iran and looked over at Bachmann rather angrily and said “We only need to go to war with a Declaration of War” it then continued back and forth whether or not the I.E.E. report was accurate in stating that Iran was only months away from having a nuclear weapon. (it’s after this heated exchange that Bret Baier says “We’ve been pretty liberal with our friendly ding” Fox News using liberal to describe it’s behavior at that moment Hell had frozen over so much that the devil started a Hockey League this is btw just about 5 minutes have passed since Baier’s first acknowledgement of the abuse of the time limit) Newt Gingrich laid down the foundation that we should face harsh realities when it comes to our reliance on the U.N. at one point even suggesting if another nation were to drop 11 missiles on us President Obama would want to talk it out. And that the U.N. has been indirectly funding terrorist organizations for years. John Huntsman However sees the U.N. as serving a purpose in peacekeeping and some humanitarian work. He went on to say that under a Huntsman administration he would update our foreign policy, from the current “Cold War George Kennett Mindset.” He went into great detail about his views on foreign policy, at which Bret Baier cut him off for over lapping his time limit (only 2 minutes have passed from the previous acknowledgment of time keeping) Huntsman wanted to continue, and he did and boomp, goes the time limit, again. Huntsman still continues “2 dings on that one” says Baier digging further for restraint to his ever growing frustration.

And now we move on to “Energy.” The first Point brought up by Neil Cavuto was in regards to the Keystone Pipeline, wanted to know how could Republicans force the issue to keep it from being held up for another year. Newt Gingrich was the first one up, and got great laughs when he pointed out that he was “Editing” in his head and not trying to sound “Zany.” Then he stated that Obama was willing to veto a middle class tax cut to satisfy left wing environmental extremists in San Francisco and kill American jobs. Cavuto responded in the best way he could “No offense sir, but you didn’t answer my question” Just say it Cavuto #Dodge. When Gingrich did #Answer the question he suggested that we let the “Popular Outrage” hit a fever pitch, that Obama’s hand is forced to sign the bill. Which I can only guess is what it will take for Gingrich to reinstate the Child labor laws if he ever becomes POTUS. When it was Rick Perry’s turn to speak on greener energy the question yet again was posed in a way that was asking him if he were a Hypocrite? His answer started out with him stating “Today is the 220th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights” in a rather Robotic fashion at first I thought he was trying to hypnotize me. He eventually got to his point citing the tenth amendment (he likes it a lot) in regards to states choosing its course of innovation to be more competitive, then so be it. And that’s what separates Texas’ Energy Plan from Obama’s.

“Social Issues” or at least Social Network issues The Blogosphere has been lit up recently calling for the head of Eric Holder over the “Fast and Furious” Controversy. I’m pretty disgusted by this as well The second movie sucked, there was no reason to make three more. Oh, this is a different “Fast and Furious” My bad! The ideal choice when it comes to the development of a extremely dangerous situation coming from our border would be the Governor closest to the border. So Rick Perry leads us back in from our commercial break. He had called for Eric Holder to step down. Meghan Kelly pointed out that Current Evidence seems to lean toward the notion that Holder had no involvement of any wrong doing and quickly made efforts to stop it once he was made aware of it. Perry doubled down with the fact that Holder was ignorant to it even happening was grounds for his resignation. Now maybe I’m way off here but I was watching a report on CNN about two weeks back about the closest border town and how the cartels are basically crossing our border several times daily due to the fact that the corruption is overwhelming and there’s like one cop in the entire city. As for Holder’s accountability I still think we’re still in the investigation stage. However, if ignorance is more than enough to warrant resignation I think The Governor of Texas should consider Resigning, Since by his own admission he’s been dealing with this for over 11 years. When it came to the issue of Gay Rights/ Same Sex Marriage W. Mitt Romney said that he didn’t discriminate due to sexual orientation but opposed Same Sex Marriage. Rick Santorum claimed that Romney when he was Governor of Massachusetts issued Gay Marriage Licenses as a result of the courts stating that they couldn’t change the marriage laws without the Governor. Romney Cracked a little under this pressure, stuttering heavily and dancing around what Santorum suggested as a flip flop on a major conservative principle. At the end of his rebuttal he said “If I somehow missed somewhere, I’m happy to be corrected.” On the issue of abortion Michele Bachmann said she would be “100% Pro-life from conception to natural death.” Obviously negating all the wars she’d like to start without declaration. When it came to the Ronald Reagan 11th commandment “Thou shall not speak ill of another Republican” Rick Santorum replied “It’s a vetting process” which is a great answer for a guy who will be over looked in the nomination for that very reason. Rick Perry used self effacing humor mildly pointing out his previous debate flubs. Romney “We Can Handle it” and treating like it will be a necessary training exercise to prepare when Obama uses these very same tactics during the general election. Which should be very interesting to see how Romney handles it, since he got very defensive when it was Bret Baier confronting him on his record less than two weeks earlier. Gingrich touting himself for his awareness of behavior and for the most part he is sticking to his commitment, he referred to the other candidates as “Friends” and capable of beating Obama in 2012. Ron Paul, Pointed the finger at the Media for not bringing these issues up and that it’s the candidates responsibility expose these issues and he sneaks in a “Flip flop.” Bachmann #Dodge calling on Reagan and the Who will be the best one to take on Jimmy Carter. Huntsman #Dodge also calling on Reagan saying that this process has been rigorous, which I guess is Huntsmanian, for Muckraking, or he hasn’t paid much attention to some of the things his daughters have been up to.

Sorry this one had to be so long. I keep my conclusion brief If you actually read this your eyes are killing you at this point, (mine are) and for that I apologize. So I will go right to my Winners and Losers. This one was a bit harder to pick out and usually I’m sarcastic with this section, but this time I’ll be a bit more serious.

The Winners: The Fox News Team (for real) for hitting the candidates hard and not letting them off the hook when they tried to avert the topic. They show a sense of Fair and Balanced that I don’t normally get from their channel.

The Losers: The 1 minute Limit on answers.