How many of you, like me, simply could not bring themselves to watch that crap?

[Elwood P Dowd]

[spanone]

1. me

[SharonAnn]

115. Me, too.

[hfojvt]

148. I don't get it

Why would I even WANT to bring myself to watch it?

The OP acts like it was oatmeal that I was supposed to eat, but couldn't stand it.

It's a debate for an election where I cannot vote. Why am I even supposed to think about watching it?

I don't even know why we spend so much time talking about it, except that I guess when the media rings their bell, a whole bunch of us start salivating.

It's like our favorite soap opera, except that "As the Republican Party turns" is on 24/7.

WTF? Get a life, people.

[SusanaMontana41]

175. "Get a life"?

Lots of people on this thread didn't watch it and gave their reasons without besmirching those who did.

[still_one]

2. I wouldn't watch it if you paid me

[rhett o rick]

169. I think those that didn't watch missed the interesting dynamics going on.

Fox News were brutal to Trump. Why? Who do they want? How long will the Bush Family allow a pipsqueek like Trump to take the attention from Jeb? I believe at some point in the near future, Trump will implode, or Karl Rove isn't earning his paycheck.
The questions by Megan Kelly aimed at Trump were fun to watch.

[still_one]

174. I got that from DU, and without raising my BP

[RKP5637]

178. I watched it too. I saw it as an educational experience, being informed. One has to see

what is out there and how they interact. It's a great opportunity to see the dynamics going on, as you said. IMO a lot can be learned from watching debates of this nature.

[rhett o rick]

190. The Oligarchs don't want Trump. But for now it's a great distraction. The Bush Crime Family is

happy to let Jeb hang in the background until the time for the election. Not at all different than what the DNC is doing with Clinton.

Keep you head down, don't address actual issues and bingo-bango we get a Clinton/Bush race. Disaster for the lower classes. But the Oligarchs will be pleased.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Me. It's just too depressing

to see how half of our entire political system has devolved into a sorry collection of lunatics and clowns.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Now it lives in my computer as sound files

And there is a quote I need to go find from Trump, and the exchange between Paul and Christie.

By the way, Trump won.

[840high]

38. Nadine - agree.

[nadinbrzezinski]

49. Here the quote from Kasich

Kasich said. “we need to take lessons from Donald Trump. He is, he is hitting a nerve. People are frustrated. They’re fed up They don’t think the government is working for them. And for people who want to tune him out, they are making a mistake.”

Abd MSNBC is quoting him

[840high]

70. Thanks.

[fasttense]

171. Trump won? If winning means keeping up the war on women

Then yes Trump won. If winning means losing the female vote, then Trump would win but for the fool who wants a mother to die giving birth because the federal government wont let her have an abortion.

Actually, I now think Trump is dumber than before the debate.

[nadinbrzezinski]

172. You are not his target audience

And understanding what makes that audience tick is critical by the way.

If I am thinking of his target audience he did indeed take it. In the earlier debate Fiorina did well. It's a similar audience

[RKP5637]

179. I think Trump won. To me, he's the most sane of the bunch. Very outspoken, but some

of them act like inmates. He's the idea candidate for the republicans. I think some of them act shocked by what he says, but I think inwardly they think the same. Oh, I hope he gets no where near the presidency.

[nadinbrzezinski]

184. I am working on a piece explaining his appeal

not to be posted at this partisan site. But people ignore him at their peril.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. You're not alone.

I couldn't even watch commentary on MSNBC. I just don't care about those idiots or what they have to say.

[bjobotts]

33. It's too nauseating. All these phonies live in a sick fantasy world

They are not qualified to even be in government...I believe their supporters are just like them...totally self serving

[RKP5637]

180. ... but they vote, and that is the scary/concerning part of the entire scenario. I agree so much,

it's embarrassing to see they have gotten this far, as you say; "They are not qualified to even be in government...":

[NYFlip]

6. Me

[yourout]

7. I would rather piss on a live wire than watch Walker shovel more meat to his rubes.

[GitRDun]

35. If it makes you feel any better, Walker laid an egg.

He was a big zero.

[a kennedy]

37. Yup a thing so fun to watch.....he should lose some support from this debate. eom

[Johonny]

8. I don't see the point. I'm not going to vote for any of those insane *

and I don't watch FOX.

[Cleita]

9. Oh by all means, me.

I buried myself in geological and environmental reports concerning my aquifer that one of our satanic oil companies is trying to lay a pipeline almost at my door step through a fairly rugged wilderness area.

It was a much better use of my time.

[cilla4progress]

16. So sorry

about your plight!

I will keep you in my thoughts. That is horrifying.

[Cleita]

57. I may be too late. They have already started it and no one

knew. I only found out this week. None of my neighbors knew. I hope we can stop it.

[cilla4progress]

58. If something like this happened here I would probably

wilt and die. I live near the wilderness, too, and I treasure the water, air, quiet, stars here. Any and all assaults on these treasures, I feel personally and viscerally.

I really hope you are able to stop them.

[Enthusiast]

134. That is terrible!

[Lil Missy]

10. I lasted 10 minutes. Ugh.

[homegirl]

135. A lot of

channel surfing got me through some of it. The Jon Stewart marathon and his last show helped a lot.

[abakan]

11. My TV will not allow fox on it's screen...

Actually I had to wash my hair.

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. not only that crap, but any crap! Turned off the TV seven years ago.

Happiness ensues!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

13. I make it a rule not to watch "debates" at all. I do my homework WAAAAAYYYY in advance

Not into optics.

That said, I was hoping to watch Trump Unchained

[nadine_mn]

14. We were ready to watch...for the sheer humor

But the amount of lies, vitriol, and stupidity was too much to stomach even for a minute. The scary part is that people,..not just Fox...actually believe this shit and will vote for the republican. Half of the ppl who vote will undoubtedly vote for whichever jackass wins.

That makes me sad.

[cilla4progress]

17. I totally agree.

Ready to turn it off and watch a little of the commentary.

I'm remembering in 2012 how the Republican audiences went off the rail with ugly racist comments. Looking forward to them revealing their true selves.

The spin and lies is simply nauseating.

[MerryBlooms]

90. I feel the same way, can't stand them for a minute and didn't watch.

[LynneSin]

15. I went to a happy hour fundraiser for the local animal shelter

saving cats and dogs or watching a train wreck.

The choice was easy

[NJCher]

24. bravo, you

Cher

[shenmue]

30. Ceiling Cat bless u

[navarth]

47. our 3 kitties thank you. nt

[prairierose]

18. I couldn't bear the thought...better to do anything else. n/t

[truebrit71]

19. Me.

[Bobbie Jo]

20. Couldn't do it

Catching up with the live threads now.

Just couldn't do it....

[yuiyoshida]

21. Actuallyall the websitess with

access to the FOX Debates were full. I went to the Radio, Giants were playing the cubs... Giants lost by one run, 5-4, despite some nice home runs by Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford, not enough to win. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

[dreamnightwind]

88. I watched the Giants too

Love this Giants team! Hesto Presto gave it up today.

1:00 (PDT?) start tomorrow (Friday), odd.

Ever get to the games? Saw one so far this year...

[yuiyoshida]

100. i normally go alot.

Great to be at the ball park!

[roscoeroscoe]

121. Go Gigantes!

Odd coincidence: the 9 taking the field for the opposition...

Yech I would watch the G's instead of self-torture like that anytime.

[Moral Compass]

22. me

[2naSalit]

25. Me too

one reason being that I haven't had a tee vee since 1980, the second being that I would have horrid ugly-demon-nightmares-from-hell for weeks if I had even listened to it. There is no reason to poison my world with that kind of toxic discourse. I chose to catch up on DU conversations that I have been missing out on because of work and eat blueberries.

[Zorra]

26. I haven't had a TV for decades, but if I did, I would not pollute my existence

with republican insanity.

Ever.

I already know everything that they are ever going to say, and I have known this since Nixon was President.

[shenmue]

27. I inadvertently caught some of it when I was at the gym

Mommy

I skeered.

[YOHABLO]

34. Those people are scary. Every single one of them.

[RKP5637]

181. They are scary, in fact, most of them are unhinged! What is frightening is millions of

people are going to vote for one of them for the presidency. That, is earth shattering frightening.

[FuzzyRabbit]

28. Not gonna waste my time watching that nonsense.

We already know what they are going to say, and what they say is almost always nonsense totally removed from reality.

[NJCher]

29. well, sorry to say

Not me. I watched it and had a great time doing so.

It sounds, however, like many of the people on this thread have watched Fox News before. This is the first time I have ever watched it.


Cher

[Jack Rabbit]

31. Me

Did anything important happen? Did any Republican utter a sentence based on clear logic and supported by factual evidence? (That has happened since 1980).

[cal04]

32. I couldn't afford all those tv's I'd break just listening to them

I don't know how anyone has the stomach to watch or listen to them

[JackInGreen]

36. I had an ex-conservative pal

Giving me play by play and quotes.
I couldn't stop being wrent between horror and hillarity.

[gordianot]

39. Initially was going to ignore but watched it instead.

The word I would best use to describe this event is "empty" too predictable. All including moderators are scared to the degree of severe constipation of Donald Trump.

[jalan48]

40. I didn't watch. It's insulting to me as an American to be treated like this.

[BigDemVoter]

41. I couldn't. . . .

I've been watching political debates since Humphrey versus Fuck-Face Nixon in 1968. . . I have seen some stomach-turning shit on the tube, and it's only gotten worse. . . . Much, MUCH, MUCH worse over the years. The current crop of clowns is about the stupidest in recent memory with the EXCEPTION of the worthless and lying POS, George W. Bush. I no longer have the stomach to watch ANY of them. I can scarcely read about them in the newspaper, and even here among friends on DU, I still can barely read ABOUT their "debate" without wanting to vomit up my supper.

[ben_thayer]

42. Me

[chknltl]

43. Hoists paw

Do chickens have paws? Well hoists whatever chickens have because chickens have more sense than everyone at that debate thingy combined. Didn't watch it, sorta ghosted through the threads here about it...concluded that I hadn't missed anything which was what I expected. nuff said

[tavernier]

44. Long enough to hear Trump say

that he was going to go rogue if they didn't pick him.

Made my night!

Then I left. Quickly. 🏃

[Stardust]

48. That was a thing of beauty. I left soon thereafter, hoping Rachel or Larence would show

the best bits.

[Skittles]

45. here

I get enough conservative garbage just living in Texas

[KauaiK]

46. Here, Here...a bunch of egotistical claptrap I refuse to watch

[allan01]

51. id have to break out the iodine if i ever watched that channel.

[CBHagman]

52. I tried watching for a few minutes...

...and only because I had access to cable through the gym. I have my doubts as to whether I could have gotten through the whole thing, even with the loving support of friends and a perhaps chocolate (and/or a glass of wine).

[Kennah]

53. I dropped a buncha friends at the pool, and watched them.

[SoapBox]

54. Yuk!

I was schlepping my way home from work and was getting little updates on CBS radio and NPR...they both seemed to be just giddy over this.

Spent a large part of the drive screaming at the radio!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

55. I watched it. Took a bullet, if you will.

I played a drinking game, so luckily I will remember very little tomorrow. Happy Early Friday, everyone!

[ybbor]

56. No desire

I don't even want to see "highlights".

[C Moon]

59. Me! I actually wanted to out of curiousity, but like you I couldn't bring myself to turn it on.

[LuvLoogie]

60. I don't have a television

and my daughter was playing Minecraft on our computer. Oh well.

[marginlized]

66. Yeah, another none TV-er

[Curmudgeoness]

145. Even if you had access to the computer, you could not watch it.

I don't have cable, and figured I would watch online.....WRONG! You had to have a cable subscription to access it online. I am sure that I could watch it now anywhere online, but live---no way. That was so wrong! But it did save me frustration.

[SCVDem]

61. Me!

I watched The Daily Show instead.

[cheapdate]

62. Spiritually, psychically, physicaly, constitutionally, unable. For neither love nor money.

[fbc]

63. didn't watch, will watch the funny soundbites

[marginlized]

64. I haven't owned a television since 2000 n/t

[vlakitti]

65. Count me in

If I wanted to hear the opinions and blatherings of fools I'd go hang around some drunks in a bar.

Appropriately it's all on Fox.

[HeiressofBickworth]

67. I initially planned to watch

if only for the humor factor. However, I didn't notice the time, not sure when it started, and ultimately, I decided that I didn't really care when it started so I didn't watch after all.

Then I thought I would catch some commentary on MSNBC. Shit -- that running mouth Matthews was on and I simply can't stand him. He talks and talks and even when he asks a questions, he talks over the person trying to answer. He is particularly bad with women -- he interrupts them before they get two words out. I watched earlier this week when he had Joy Reid on -- he asked a question, answered the question and then asked Reid for her answer. She said one word -- and he interrupted; she said another word, he interrupted again. After he did that the third time, I shut him off.

So, no, I didn't watch, don't know what was said, and if you want the truth, I don't really care what was said. I'm confident that whatever came out of their mouths was self-serving, hateful, miserly, and probably not even the truth.

[Sunlei]

68. I planned to watch 'the show' but I fell asleep. Noticed on the news Trump got the local tv coverage

so I guess he 'won' as expected.

They didn't even mention the others other then showing Perrys unhappy face while Carley restated her old HP CEO lines.

[CBGLuthier]

69. Reading the lowlights is enough for me

[rpannier]

71. Me. I only wanna know one thing from the debate

Did Ronald Reagan win it for the third straight time?

[silenttigersong]

72. I only watched

part 1 on you tube as i was data mining for comedy.But I must say that I not being the brightest bulb in the pack was amazed that these dim wits were on stage . I do not think I can watch part 2 as i feel nauseated.

[Ford_Prefect]

73. I could not resolve the ontological paradox arising from choosing to watch that which cannot

logically exist. Reality is alien to Fox therefore presenting that selection of false hopes could not provide true debate, nor even debatable truths. Having indulged my sense of irony by perusing the housing section of our local paper I concluded that a dose of humor was required. So I watched "Scrubs" on DVD instead.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

74. I didn't watch,

and I dissuaded my parents not to watch. (being Canadians), I explained to them that our own debate was far more critical and exponentially less of clown show. They thought the entertainment value might be good, but I reminded then that tuning in or logging on to Fox only directs more money to the people who provide a platform for some of the most vile minds, and candycoat coat it as reasonable and palatable.



(Again, as a Canadian) I asked them if their priories were to be entertained or informed.

[marions ghost]

111. Right

Not gonna support Fux even with 5 cents worth of my time.

[Not Sure]

75. I was at work being an overpaid "taker" at my union job

Just a wild guess, but I'm betting all I missed was a spike in my blood pressure.

[Elwood P Dowd]

84. Got my BP meds refilled today just to be safe.

Knew I wouldn't need an extra watching the clown show but figured some of the clown quotes posted here might make me need one.

[Betty Karlson]

76. I just couldn't.

My doctor advised against it.

[barbtries]

77. not a single syllable.

i hear it was just republican pandering to the rich and the MIC anyway.

[Hulk]

78. You missed nothing.

WE missed nothing. I heard carly the witch won the jv talent show. I think trump is STILL the clown to beat in their third string varsity team.

[1monster]

79. I went grocery shopping instead, and spent a big hole in my budget.

Just think, if the debates had not been on, I might have stayed home and saved a bundle. :/

[jimlup]

80. I didn't even consider watching...

I learned years ago that the TV set wasn't safe so for the good of the television itself I stayed away from it.

[L. Coyote]

81. No real reason to waste my time on that pale, stale, male crap.

[whathehell]

82. Here. n/t

[Contrary1]

83. Why bother?

Democrats...bad, bad, bad.
Taxes...bad, bad, bad.
Immigrants...bad, bad, bad.
Non-Christians...bad, bad, bad.
Gays...bad, bad, bad.
Persons of color...bad, bad, bad.
Anti-war...bad, bad, bad.
Climate change...bad, bad, bad.
Abortion...bad, bad, bad.

Did I miss anything?

[ladyVet]

158. That pretty much hit all the bases, I think.

I didn't watch it, either. I'm sure I'll see enough clips or read enough crazy excerpts to get me through until the next one. Whether I like it or not.

I do so hope The Donald wins the primary, though. Think how much fun Bernie is going to have wiping the floor with the fool.

[MADem]

85. It was a helluva show! I laughed myself sick!

They started ten minutes early, and no one wanted to come out. Then they started announcing their names and they stumbled out....it was just a sloppy clusterf-ck.

The questions were dumb, the answers were dumber--I thought it showed them all off to poor advantage, and that's just fine with me!

[RKP5637]

182. The whole thing is like a comedy skit. It's disgusting that these jokers have been

raised to the level of presidential hopefuls. It really makes one wonder just how many people in the US are so totally F'ed up to let this happen. Is this the best that can be offered up.

[MADem]

193. Those guys are easily controlled--that's why they're useful to that set.

Part of Trump's ummmh--'charm'--as it were--is that he gives the appearance of being less 'controllable'--that loose cannon aspect is like an addictive drug to the mouth breathing un-thinkers!

I suspect they'll narrow it down to a few duller, safer choices soon enough. In the interim, that Kelly woman who moderated the debate must be thrilled--"The Donald," by insulting her, has given her cred, so she can perhaps transition to a real news network if she has a mind!

[Marrah_G]

86. I didn't watch it

They are all nuts.

[Unknown Beatle]

87. Why would I want to watch a bunch of clowns make asses of themselves.

I watched Jon Steward's last show instead.

[Fritz Walter]

122. Same here

I even DVRed the Daily Show marathon leading up to the final episode (which will allow me to fast-forward through the commercials when I watch the best of Jon Stewart in the coming days/weeks/months).

As I have stated elsewhere: I do not watch infomercials, regardless of what brand of snake oil is being peddled. And like so many others who commented on this post, I have blocked FN and F-Bidness News from both TVs, so I don't accidentally land on those channels while surfing.

[Alkene]

89. I didn't either.

It wouldn't have been a healthy choice.

[RedCappedBandit]

91. Me. This isn't a joke. Nor will I support Fox News.

[ProfessorGAC]

92. Hand Raised

I can find video of a train wreck on the internet.

[davidpdx]

93. I live outside the US and am going to watch some of both of the debates

Just because I'm curious.

[Paladin]

94. I was planning on skipping it, but the first couple of minutes drew me in.

Once Trump gave his indication that he would walk away and run an independent campaign if the Republicans didn't kiss his ass sufficiently, I was hooked. I think Trump, Cruz and Huckabee were so odious that they probably did themselves irreparable harm, and Bush was his typical namby-pamby self. "Winners" of the night, in my opinion: Marco Rubio and Chris Christie. All in all, I now feel better about Democratic success in 2016.

[mopinko]

95. me. life is too short.

du is all i need.

[ericson00]

96. You missed D.J. Trump's Greatest Show on Earth

it was amazing comedy, really

[MADem]

194. I have to agree--first time I've watched that station in eons,

I had to find the channel and set the timer so that the show would pop up and I could turn to it...which was good, because they started at ten minutes before the hour, and I got to see the stumble-bums refuse to come out until they were introduced, AND the uncomfortable photo-gaggle preceding the whole mess. That alone made me realize that the entire shenanigans was going to be a bit off - kilter, and it didn't disappoint!

[OnionPatch]

97. No way.

Horror isn't my genre.

[zentrum]

98. Yu. I did not attend nt

[mnhtnbb]

99. No way could I watch it. My BP would go sky high.

[liberal N proud]

101. Jon Stewart was on all evening

Besides, my TV's don't do FOX.

[B Calm]

102. I didn't want any part of raising FOX ratings.

[City Lights]

103. *raises hand*

Watching the GOPee circus came in dead last on my list of things to do.

[northoftheborder]

104. Could not watch. They all make me sick. Not good for my health.

I discovered the John Stewart special featuring some of the best skits and interviews over the years. I had planned to watch some of the MSNBC post debate, but couldn't even face those guys who had been hyperventilating all day about the "exciting event" to take place - yuck. Went to bed and read my book!

I plan to watch Stewart's last show later at break (recorded it!)

[Cosmic Kitten]

105. +1 DWS/DNC PROMOTED the debate...Worst idea ever

Asking Democrats to watch republicans
debating issues is unbelievably stupid.

DWS lost a mind numbing number of elections
and she's promoting people "tune in" to
watch that crap? WTF.

Do you think any serious corporation would
ask you to watch the competitions advertising,
go to their showroom, test drive their products?
NO EFFING WAY.

DWS is an imbecile and needs to resign or be fired
before she hands the Oligarchs what they are buying
one candidate at a time...our democratic process and freedoms

[joshdawg]

106. Not enough popcorn in the world to make me watch.

[displacedtexan]

107. I couldn't watch, either. Migraine inducing crap on my TV?

I don't have to watch to know what they said. They plan to pump up Bush and cheat again. All they need is for the cheating to look remotely plausible.

[Glorfindel]

108. I couldn't

Just too nauseating. Life's too short to inflict that kind of garbage on one's self.

[nruthie]

109. God no.

[They_Live]

110. I lasted about 12 minutes

and then threw up in mouth a little bit. Celebrity and Fascism is what it comes down to, it seems. What a world.

Go Bernie!!

[PowerToThePeople]

112. Did something happen? n/t

[kydo]

113. Had AA meeting

Besides had a much better time with a bunch of drunks then I would have had watching the clowns on the fake news channel.

[SharonAnn]

116. And, it was more helpful to you and your life.

[rurallib]

114. fearing I may break my TV

I stay away from such tripe

[olddots]

117. we watched the new reality show instead

DOUCHE BAGS OF D.C.

[Skidmore]

118. I didn't.

I watched Alien v. Predator. I figured that was an appropriate substitute. You have a vicious predator which needs a combover vs. a pack of slimy parasitic slugs that keep proliferating in the dark holes.

[ileus]

119. I had no idea what channel it was on...besides I reloaded 200 rounds of 9mm

[sarge43]

120. Here

Quoting every buddy cop flick ever made, "I'm getting too old for this shit."

I spent the evening watching the remastered Ben Hur, the commentary, behind the scenes stories, etc. You know, professionals and craft people busting butt making something of worth.

I wouldn't waste my time watching clowns and fools crap on my country.

[Scarsdale]

123. Add me to the list

I can not believe this country is serious about any one of those men. Not a good candidate in the entire group. Nobody who can measure up to our President. Roll them all together, and they do not equal ONE Barak Obama. I thought the gop had stooped to their lowest level when they accepted Palin as VP candidate. I was so wrong. She opened the door, and look what pushed their way through!!

[TheKentuckian]

124. No, the release of yelling at the TV at TeaPubliKlan nonsense no longer attracts me

20 years sure but now I have their full bullshit committed and glean no further value.

I'll probably read a transcript for ammo later.

[MsMAC]

125. Me and my spouse! Hurt my eyes (and ears)!

[Bonhomme Richard]

126. I tried but I felt like I was watching an SNL skit. n/t

[still_one]

127. I wonder if SNL will do a skit on it this coming Saturday?

[muntrv]

128. Me.

[skepticscott]

129. The whole thing would have been a farce

even if the people involved weren't complete dingbats. You cannot have anything resembling a "debate" with 10 people. Call it a cluster fuck, call it a circle jerk, but don't dignify it by calling it a "debate". Even with Democrats it would have been an utterly useless exercise.

[deutsey]

130. I didn't watch it; granted, I was doing freelance work

but I wouldn't have watched it anyway.

When I heard excerpts from it on Democracy Now! this morning, it sounded like what I remember of those old WWF "interviews" with wrestlers between matches...the howling crowd, the taunting and yelling over each other of the participants.

WWF was more entertaining and relevant, though.

[A Simple Game]

131. What purpose would it serve? Are any of us thinking about voting for one of them?

I admit some of the lesser known candidates I don't know much about but I already know enough to know that none of them will get my vote.

[TNNurse]

132. We watched a couple of reruns

and then Rachel Maddow talking about Jon Stewart.

We got more than enough on the morning news.

Since there is NOTHING that could convince us to vote for any of those unqualified candidates, we are taking a vow of watching as little political commentary as possible.

I did comment on Facebook about Trump in relationship to his Rosie O'Donnell comment and what a wimp he was when questioned. I am getting a fair number of likes from strangers on both comments.

He has no filter, he would piss off someone who is really dangerous on the first day in office.

[Enthusiast]

133. That crap was entirely too crappy.

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

136. I'm waiting for the "bad lip reading" and "funny or die" versions.

[Rex]

137. I managed to stomach some of it. nt

nt

[VA_Jill]

138. Me!

My niece was watching and commenting on Facebook and I just followed along and giggled (she'll be 23 on Sunday). I think she was probably drinking, too. I'd have to have been drinking a LOT to watch those idiots.

[jwirr]

139. Me. I went to DU for the official sight discussion.

[sakabatou]

140. The Republican Debate? Yep

[d_legendary1]

141. Didn't watch that shit at all!

If I wanted to know what the cons were talking about I'd go back to gocomics. Might head there now...

Went there and the site is down. Phoooey! There's usually about ten mal-contents who think the Republican circus is gonna straighten out eight years of Obama's policies.

[avebury]

142. I couldn't watch it. nt

[Kermitt Gribble]

143. I couldn't do it

Not worth the additional stress.

[DinahMoeHum]

144. Thankfully I was at the monthly meeting of computer. . .

. . .geeks and newbies (a PC Users Group) watching the wonders of the new Windows 10 system.

So, I missed it, but it looks like that was the best thing.

What an unmitigated garbage fire the GOP has become.

[George II]

146. i was in and out of it a few times over the hour or so...never more than five minutes at a time.

[shanti]

147. i did not watch it...

didn't interest me in the least

[Mr.Bill]

149. I found it hilarious.

The Republican candidates will be starring in America's funniest reality show for the next year or so.

[Jimbo S]

150. I was at a Boston concert

classic rock > GOP

Got home in time to catch Stewart's farewell. But I did record the debate for entertainment purposes, we'll see how much of it I'll watch tonight.

[Warren DeMontague]

151. I skimmed the transcripts, that's plenty.

Life=too short

[Politicub]

152. It would just raise my blood pressure

I knew there would be an abundance of news stories about it. It was entirely predictable what they would say - just the delivery was in question.

What bugs me is the amount of attention the GOP is getting from having so many clowns in the car and having such an early debate. The dems need to get out there sooner than October or November -- whenever the first debate is scheduled.

[40RatRod]

153. I recorded both debates

and enjoyed both. I thought they did a super job showing anyone watching the stupidity of those running!

[glinda]

154. 10 minutes is all I could stand.

[MFM008]

155. watched

laughed uncontrollably.....

[Deadshot]

156. As much as I hated watching it, I like being informed on the stupid stuff they say.

[Triana]

157. I didn't watch it. I watched twitter. Got all the info I needed there.

And some fabulously entertaining tweets to boot!

[mdbl]

159. Could not even turn on a Fox station much less that clown car they called the debate

I guess that means I am not misinformed enough.

[Smarmie Doofus]

160. Sorry. I enjoyed it.

Actually.... I was somewhat pleasantly surprised that Kelly and Wallace were as aggressive as they were.

And Trump throws everyone off script. There was more honesty and less artifice than one encounters in the usual GOP "debates.".

(Ordinarily a tedious reiteration of focused-grouped talking points.)

[sinkingfeeling]

161. Me.

[catrose]

162. yes!

I let Wonkette tell me all about it.

[Hepburn]

163. I started with a few mins of the pre-show...

...and that convinced me I did not want to stay for the Matinee. From excepts I have seen today, a good decision on my part.

[Thor_MN]

164. I watched the first few minutes

It was very apparently that Fox didn't know what they hell they were doing.

[Thespian2]

165. Never could watch Republicans...

listening to their lies should make a thinking human want to puke...

[LWolf]

166. I can't think of a reason why I would watch it. nt

[emsimon33]

167. Me--I already knew what they would say

[punguin54]

168. Doesn't everyone enjoy a good trainwreck?

I had intended to watch the clowns but was surprised to find out I couldn't. I could not find it on any of the stations here in north Idaho and I do have a dish but refuse to allow FAUX into my home. Unfortunately I can't get any other cable news provider either.

[SusanaMontana41]

176. Did watching the debate make you feel like a lookie-loo? n/t

[lordsummerisle]

170. couldn't do it n/t

[AC_Mem]

173. I tried

But I just didn't have the stomach for it.

[FlaGatorJD]

177. I wouldn't have been able to enjoy Jon Stewart's last show as much

I'm glad I didn't watch, and Daily Show was great.

[aintitfunny]

183. I couldn't do it (eom)

[delrem]

185. It's an abomination.

Wow, do I ever detest Republicans.
People who support... Sarah Palin. Lindsey Graham.
With not a single sliver of light to be seen.

[toddwv]

186. I watched it.

You didn't miss much.

It was a bit of a surprise that Fox was obviously going after Trump. I don't know if they were hoping for a verbal onslaught to increase their ratings or, more likely, they got their marching orders from the establishment either way.

[Bigredhunk]

187. Wouldn't. Couldn't.

Can't stand them. Can't stand the things for which they stand. Don't want to help their ratings.

It's why I blocked all the Faux (and similar) channels on my Dish.

[IHateTheGOP]

188. They were both the kiddie table.

[YOHABLO]

189. Not watching that crap. I've already gotten the gist of it just from the web.

It wasn't a debate, just a bunch of barking at each other. They didn't discuss issues .. they threw jabs at each other.

[Liberal In Texas]

192. I didn't

And won't again next month.

The hype before on MSNBC et al. was pretty nauseating.

"What will he say, what will he do, how will he react..." Ach.