Live Tweets From GOP Debates Part IX

November 22, 2011, 4:20 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

will be live tweeting the GOP debate beginning at 5 pm PST.

November 22, 2011 5:05 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

Newt is surging over his belt.

I'm still not sure who's winning.

I liked the National Anthem better when Frankie Valli sang it.

Who's winning this debate?

Let the games begin!

I am James Tripp and I want to be your next President. Am I winning?

Will the real Presidential candidate please stand up?

The greatest nation that ever "was," says Huntsman.

We should use every tool to combat terrorism, but that's no reason to vote for New Gingrich.

Do not sacrifice liberty for security unless you want to scare the American people into voting for the GOP.

I need to get a wireless phone.

The wages of sin are not enough, so I'm forming a union

Rick Perry has failed to collect intelligence.

Ron Paul can't believe he's in a debate with these bozos.

The GOP Debates were just picked up for the back 13!

Rick Perry has no understanding of foreign policy.

Bachman-1 Perry-Less than 0.

We should send the UC Davis Police in to break up the occupation of Pakistan.

"Don't complain if we kill people." You tell 'em, Newton.

By "radical leaders," Santorum means, "Democrats."

Someone from the Heritage Foundation is not a member of the audience, but a representative of one the 

sponsors of the debate.

My friend Ernie is less than a year away from getting a loud Hawaiian shirt, but that's no reason for a preemptive attack.

Santorum has relations all over the world, but he's no Herman Cain.

November 22, 2011 6:00 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

We should be blowing people up, not putting them back together! #MittRomney

If I'm elected President, I'm going to Disneyland!

Newt helped form a caucus before he was forced to resign his office in disgrace.

Not only will Gingrich bomb, he will change their regime. You go, girl.

If I'm elected President, I will appoint a super-duper committee!

I never heard Obama say "Y'all." #RickPerry

Brutus is an honorable man.

We'll be funding China's military, but we'll also be their suppliers. It's a job creator!

I think there should have been an opposing view to Wolf Blitzer's station identification.

Why do they keep identifying members of the Heritage Foundation as just members of the audience?

Rick Perry wants to Occupy the banks in Mexico.

Santorum has a four point plan, which is five less than nine.

What if they don't go to church, Newt? Should we let them in?

Mitt Romney is a party animal.

Rick Perry is magnetic. We must stop him.

Rick Perry is very into boots.

Now to debate which product to buy...

There is no reason to applaud for the Heritage Foundation.

Cain will not support a no fly zone in Syria; he will deliver pizza anywhere in 30 minutes.

The people asking the questions know more than the people answering them.

Regime change in Syria, Not USA. #MittRomney

"This is not just about Syria, it's about Iran..." because I don't know anything about Syria. #HermanCain

November 22, 2011, 6:58 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

From Newt Gingrich’s answer, I think he’s been watching "24" on DVD.

Live Tweets From GOP Debate Part VIII

November 12, 2011, 3:05 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

will be live tweeting the GOP debate beginning at 5 pm PST.

November 12, 2011, 5:02 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

It's always good to start a debate with commercials.

I want to hear Rick Perry say, "nu-cle-ar."

If Newt had a cat in his lap he'd be a good James Bond villain.

Rick Perry wants to re-invade Afghanistan with a three point plan of attack.

"How can we begin to seek peace without war?"

Jon Huntsman doesn't want to invade anybody. I don't get it.

"We don't negotiate with Democrats."

Newt wants to invade Pakistan.

Cain wishes they all could be Pakistani girls.

Rick Perry is sticking to talking points and not answering the questions. He's not fooling me.

Rick Perry went back to the talking ppoint instead of answering the follow-up.

What is Michele Bachmann mourning?

Finally someone standing up for Christianity!

Isn't it Santorum's turn to surge?

I don't agree with the positions the commercials are taking.

Nobody wants to answer the questions.

John Paul II, Newt?

This panel wants to invade Iran. Let Israel do it.

Is it torture to question a subordinate with your hand on her knee?

Perry wants to invade cyberspace.

November 12, 2011, 6:03 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

"Everyone will be put into Obamacare." Sounds okay to me.

Herman Cain would reverse all three things, but he only named two.

Who needs the rule of law when the yahoos in the audience have pitchforks?

Let's get rid of Romneycare.

Where is Tim Pawlenty on all of this?

If you have to work to get your unemployment check, then you're not unemployed.

It's LBJ's fault!

Herman Cain will do a lot of consulting if he's elected President.

"Here's another fine mess!"

Banks that are "too big to fail" should be broken up.

November 12, 2011, 6:29 pm PST

thejamestripp James Tripp

Perry survived.

The 98%

I’m a little concerned that only 1% of the 99% are representing 100% of the 99% and I think it’s time somebody started protesting about this, but not me. I’m not a trouble maker. It’s just that the people in the Occupy movement aren’t 99% of the people. They’re probably not even 1% of the 99% of the people they say they represent. They’re not the only ones getting the business from business. They’re just the ones with sleeping bags and no toilets, but that’s no reason to listen to them. I have things say too. Listen to me. I am a spokesman for the 98% of the 99%.

The only trouble is, I have nothing to say, but that’s no reason not to say anything. Long live the ninety-eight!

First of all, my landlord’s an asshole. I want to state that right off. I have rent control, so the landlord doesn’t want to fix anything. The landlord wants me to move out so he can raise the rent. “Fuck-you, landlord. I’m not moving out. Fix the sink!” The only way I get repairs done is if I call the building inspector, which I have to do every six months. I’m on a first name basis with Building Inspector Yen, but that’s no reason to use his first name.

Secondly, how come I never got on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson?” What, did he think he was some kind of a big shot? Is it because I didn’t have tits and didn’t blow Jim McCawley?

The 98% of the 99% have a lot more to say than the 1% of the 99%. I think I’m proving that. I don’t think the 99% are saying anything, which makes me think we’re a lot alike, but that’s not important. What is important is that we’re different.

Here’s something that bugs me---people who make lists of things that bug them. I got things that bug me too! Who needs to listen to your list? Stupid 1% of 99%.

Too big to jail banks are a big problem. I get it, 1% of the 99%. Maybe you’re right about that. The banks are bigger now than they were before the crash. That’s bad. I get it. I saw “The Merchant of Venice,” the one with Al Pacino, and I could be wrong, but he doesn’t look Jewish---maybe a Northern Italian Jew (Are there any?), but I digress, and it’s not worth protesting, and who knows, maybe this digression is more interesting than the body of words that surround it and maybe I should digress more often, but that’s a digression, also not worth protesting. There are at least 1% out of 99% of you who are not amused by this, maybe more.

My bank has all kinds of new regulations, and somebody ought to complain about that, but not me. I got a letter the other day saying I have to have money to keep an account. Stupid bank. They’re gonna lose a perfectly good customer!

Bank of America and Citibank wanted to start charging a $5 monthly debit card fee but people wouldn’t pay so they backed off. Fuck you, Bank of America and Citigroup, although in the interest of full disclosure, I do own stock in Citigroup. Fuck me.

Unemployment’s a problem. I get it, one per centers of ninety-niners. You don’t have a job. I don’t have a job either. You don’t hear me complaining. Do you think people pay me for this? They don’t. I’ve been unemployed for so long now that I had to put it on my résumé. But just because I’m unemployed, that’s no reason to get a job. Why should I go to work for a corporation like some serf when I could be surfing if I surfed? So I can buy a big new plasma TV and fancy new car and food?

Here’s another thing to complain about---but not me. I won’t be complaining. There are too many media companies. I don’t have that kind of time. With 5 different corporations controlling the flow of mass communication in this country, it just gets confusing. We need more media consolidation. News Corporation should buy everything, including lobbyists, so we can get one consistent message. I don’t know what that message should be yet, but it will be for immediate release…Maybe, “Sale Thursday!”

If News Corporation owned everything, we wouldn’t have to pay politicians so much to run for office. Who needs campaign finance reform when News Corporation can tell you who to vote for? Why make politicians collect a bunch of little checks when it’s so much easier to just collect one big one?

The Supreme Court said that corporations are people, but I still won’t visit them on holidays. If corporations are people, how do they fuck? I know how they fuck me. I don’t even have the rights to the patent on my own DNA, which can sometimes be a problem.

There are already seven billion other people in the world and only 106 of them are following me on Twitter. Maybe corporations should count as people. Then they could follow me.

Corporations are not people. They have more rights than people. My friend, Ernie, went public and he got arrested. Corporations should not have unlimited free speech rights. Just ask the Marlboro Man. You can’t. He died of cancer. Corporations shouldn’t have the same rights to free speech as people and I’m not so sure we should give it to the Supreme Court.  Maybe they ought to shut up. That’d set a new precedent. I have contempt for this Supreme Court. It was a five to four decision. With a Supreme Court like this, who needs elections?

Don’t get me wrong. I love corporations. Why, some of my best friends are incorporated! I wouldn’t want one to marry my sister. I’m thinking of incorporating myself to avoid federal election spending limits and for the limited liability because I’m liable to do anything. “Was’t Hamlet wronged Laertes? Never Hamlet. Twas Hamlet’s corporation.”

At this point, I should probably point out that I forget the point, but that’s not important to the point I’m trying to make. My fellow ninety-eight per-centers, this country isn’t a Republic, it’s a privately held corporation, founded in Philadelphia, more recently a Delaware corporation, soon to be relocating to Switzerland, but that’s no reason to occupy it.