CBS Greenville, SC GOP debate @9pm ET **live commentary thread**

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I thought it was Cruz getting booed for changing it from "confirmed" to "either appointed or confirmed--whichever works best for my argument." Kasich laughing was funny.

Oh, and here comes Trump wanting to attack the oil again...

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Carson remarks about his debate time too often. It was kind of funny the first time, but it's not really "presidential."

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Kasich used the word "century." I thought Rubio had that copyrighted?

Kasichs face twitches awkwardly a lot.

Yeah, and I'd like to mock that, but I do it, too.

Will this crowd applaud everything Rubio says?

Robots like robots.

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Trump is right on the substance (we can't go on all-out war with everyone at once) but he kind of hurts that by going after the crowd, picking on poor Jeb! again, and bashing South Carolina's own Lindsey Graham.

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Trump...if you keep bashing the Iraq War and Bush...you might start winning me over...although he is going a bit too close to trutherism.

Also, I *hate* how this is a party where name-drop-bashing Obama (or in Rubio's case, Gore) can be used to get YUGE applause. Yeah, Obama's not great, Gore would've been pretty bad, but it doesn't change that George W. Bush was a truly dreadful President.

I mean, it goes like this:

Candidate A: [facts]
Audience: BOOO!!!!
Candidate B: Obama sucks!
Audience: YEAH!!!!

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Another thing:

Candidate: [says the word "family"]
Audience: YEAH!!!


Observation: Trump is about the same color red as the background.

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Cruz whacking Rubio on amnesty and name-dropping Reagan. Same exchange we've seen on other debates.

But Cruz channeling Trump by subtly attacking the crowd as the "donor class" is interesting, too.

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Trump lying again about how much attention the Republican Party gives to illegal immigration.

Yep, with Rubio and Cruz in this race, there is no way illegal immigration wouldn't be an issue. Trump is just lying.

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Trump wants to get all 535 congressmen into the oval office

It'll be like a clown car.

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"He didn't tear down people like Donald Trump did, he tore down the Berlin Wall."

My own biases aside, that's probably Jeb!'s best line all campaign.

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I am so glad I am not a Republican right now.

It's not as if the Democratic candidates are much better this year lol

Um, yes they are.

Well, it's subjective.

Objectively, you have a 70-something year old who does little but complain about the "billionahs" and an almost-70-year-old who is basically universally considering dishonest and corrupt.

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Moderator: [insert question here]?
Jeb!: Proven record. Proven record. Provenrecordprovenrecordprovenrecord...

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Trump on profanity was so cringe-inducing.  

The fact that Americans (specifically Republicans) find boogeyman-words worse than some of the crazy stuff Trump says is cringe-inducing.

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Who's delivery is more awkward: Jeb! or Doc Carson?

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Can it really be "A New American Century^TM" if we're already 16% of the way through it?

I think he bought his campaign "slightly used" on Ebay--it was probably one Dubya was thinking about using but didn't.

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I am so glad I am not a Republican right now.

It's not as if the Democratic candidates are much better this year lol

Um, yes they are.

Well, it's subjective.

Objectively, you have a 70-something year old who does little but complain about the "billionahs" and an almost-70-year-old who is basically universally considering dishonest and corrupt.

And that these clowns make Bernie and Hillary look like FDR and LBJ in comparison tells you just how bad they all are.

It is certainly a terrible collection of people they've chosen for us to elect as Leader of the Free World and whatnot.

May whatever deity or special force that exists (if none exist) help us all.