GOP Debate Bloodbath

Donald Trump took a big risk and attacked George W. Bush, saying he should have been impeached for taking us to war based on lies, including the bogus WMD claims. This evoked howls of indignation from the audience and the other candidates. It seemed similar to Bernie Sanders being criticized by Hillary Clinton for his criticism of Barack Obama, though the extremity of Trump's accusations was far difference from Sanders. The Drudge report poll found Trump the big winner, with over 50% of the clicks.

The candidates seemed to compete with each other to cut taxes more than the others. Cruz wants a flat tax. Rubio wants to tax the poorest of the poor.

All the candidates want Scalia's appointment to be delayed until 2017, though Trump acknowledged it was likely Obama would make one. Ted Cruz says it's been eighty years since a supreme court justice has been nominated and confirmed in a presidential election year.

It's hard for me to imagine watching a debate without twitter. Tracking the debate hashtag, #gopdebate, in this case, lets you see the thoughts and reactions of tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people. Tracking twitter in real time enables you to see which words, which reactions are resonating, which observations are being retweeted. By tweeting, replying to tweets and retweeting you join the conversation.

Here are some of the tweets and retweets I made during the debate:

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RT @robkall: Hard to Imagine leaders of other nations taking any of these angry clowns seriously. Such great attack ad material #GOPDebate at

— Laure (@lbragen) February 13, 2016

John Kasich: The lord wants us to be connected. I believe we're all part of a big mosaic. #GOPDebate #bottomup https://t.co/TLhSU2xX0n at https://t.co/TLhSU2xX0n

— rob kall (@robkall) February 13, 2016

RT @robkall: Blue collar people have been betrayed by free trade supporters, like GOP and Hillary. Bernie Sanders has their back #gopdebate… at

— etrnlvista (@etrnlvista) February 13, 2016

RT @robkall: GOP thinks Bernie's socialism will kill him. They don't realize he neutralizes it and wins people over. #gopdebate #feelthebern at

— B. Cayenne Bird (@BCayenneBird) February 13, 2016

amen https://t.co/L1NwJ2VGfz at https://t.co/L1NwJ2VGfz

— rob kall (@robkall) February 13, 2016

RT @robkall: This is such a WWW blood match, they should be wearing tights. #GOPDebate at

— Paul Rosenberg (@PaulHRosenberg) February 13, 2016

Sweet #GOPDebate https://t.co/TOv1wuwxkZ at https://t.co/TOv1wuwxkZ

— rob kall (@robkall) February 13, 2016

RT @robkall: This debate is a series of shots Clinton or Sanders will use to attack the GOP candidate with his colleagues words. Loving it.… at

— Cristen Tierney (@CristenTierney) February 13, 2016

RT @robkall: They're going after Trump for criticizing Dubya like HIllary went after Sanders for criticizing Obama. #GOPDebate at

— Kar (@kar776) February 13, 2016

RT @werlibertarians: If Ben Carson fully opens his eyes tonight, it signals six more weeks of winter. #GOPDebate at

— rob kall (@robkall) February 13, 2016

What are your thoughts on the debate?