The Republican debate

I watched the debate last night. Yeah, life at Lex’s house is that boring. Any hooo. Here’s how I saw it.

Fred Thompson won. He is plugged into the issues and has common sense answers to the problems confronting America. I was happy to see him come out swinging at Huckabee as a Dem in disguise and run off a rather long list of issues to back it up.

Mitt Romney - as always – was second. The big complaint about Romney is that he comes off too smooth – like the smartest kid in the class. All of that is probably true. He is smooth and he is probably the smartest guy in whatever room happens to walk into. It shouldn’t be a disadvantage to be articulate and smart. Romney’s smoothness probably was refined as a business CEO where lose talk causes companies to go broke. How many times have we seen the Fed Chairman say something stupid and then watch as the market drops 200 points because of it? Romney doesn’t make those mistakes. That should be a plus. But when thoughtful articulate responses come from a Mormon --- ooooooh he’s just too smooth.

Rudy Giuliani was as tough as he needed to be for now. He doesn’t really start running for another month. And people thought that Thompson got into the race late.

I’m sorry, but the more I see of Huckabee the more he strikes me as a flim-flam man. You know the type. You go to buy a car and the salesman says, “Where you from friend?” You say Columbus. And the salesman says right on cue, “Columbus?! Why, I have people over in Columbus.” As you leaving, you hear the same salsman with another customer, "Where you from friend?" Ft. Wayne comes the answer followed immediately by "Ft. Wayne?! Why I have people over in Ft. Wayne." To me, Huckabee is the same. “So you’re a Christian?! Why, I’m a former Baptist minister, you know. Lucky thing WE don’t believe Jesus and Lucifer are brothers like some of those other crazy religions – Mormons – isn’t it? By the way my fellow Christian believer, Isn’t that fellow Mitt Romney a Mormon? Anyway religion should play no part in this election.” P-H-O-N-Y.

If McCain calls me “friend” one more time my head will explode. Look everyone thinks McCain is some kind of hero. Fine. Forget that there were 2 million plus heroes doing their duty at the same time. McCain strikes me as guy who pulled a child out of a well when he was 20. Then, when he was 40, he burns the entire town down while buring dry leaves on a windy day. Now he’s 60 and wants to be mayor. So he reminds everyone about the time he pulled a kid out of a well when he was 20. The fire never comes up. McCain served and did his duty…great. Then he came home and sponsored an assault on the First Amendment. If he’s willing to attack the First Amendment, what’s to say the Second Amendment isn’t next? He voted against the very tax cuts he now wants to make permanent. Then he sponsored a bill advocating open borders and amnesty for 12 million illegals. But because he was a hero 40 years ago, many think he should be president. Does the phrase, “what have you done for me lately” strike a chord?

Ron Paul continues to participate in and spice up these debates. While Dems and the MSM keep the Dem’s crazy uncle – Denis Kucinich - locked in a closet, the Reps and the MSM insist on rolling the Republican’s crazy uncle out for Christmas dinner. Who is more compassionate?