The second GOP debate was excruciatingly long. CNN needs to do us a favor next time and warn about how long this will really take so Americans can change into their pajamas in advance, because by the time this was over, people were falling asleep on their couches.
In GOP Fashion, the dress code seemed to be a blue shirt & red tie. The Three Amigos in the middle (Carson, Trump, Bush) ignored that memo, and opted for blue ties instead.
Trump opened the debate by mentioning that he wrote "The Art of the Deal" for the five millionth time, in case anyone forgot for a second & Chris Christie asked to turn the camera away from him and focus it on the audience. Christie was good at steering the debate back on topic throughout the night.
Trump said that his temperament is very calm (a very believable statement) & that he never attacked Rand Paul on his looks but that "there's plenty of subject matter."
Where does Donald Trump get the idea that he can attack anyone on looks?! He is willing to spend $100 million of his own money to win the nomination but can't find $0.99 for a mirror?!
John Kasich tried too many times to moderate the debate, often thinking he was at an Ohio farm auction and waving and shouting at the moderators. Other candidates who shouted over the moderators came across as highly presidential.
Jeb & Trump got into a back & forth about whether Trump donated to Jeb's gubernatorial campaign in order to secure casino gambling in Florida. Trump denied the allegations and said "If I wanted it, I would have gotten it. I know my people!" To Trump, everything in America has a 'for sale' sticker on it. (The Associated Press has reported that Trump did in fact try to secure casino rights in Florida, but was unsuccessful)
Trump acknowledged Jeb's demeanor saying "more energy tonight, that's good!" and shot back with a deep "wrrroooonnng" to Jeb's allegations.
Marco Rubio brushed up on foreign policy and referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "gangster in Moscow." Vlad P?
The Delusional Donald then said that he would talk to Putin and get along with him. Developing friendships with dictators seem to be another Trump specialty.
Mike Huckabee again discussed his support for Kim Davis (the Kentucky County Clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses) and the 'Criminalization of Christianity'. How is Christianity, the dominant religion in the U.S. supposedly under attack?!
Next topic: Funding Planned Parenthood and shutting down the government. The government is going to be taking annual vacation days from now on.
On Immigration: Trump says "we've got a lot of bad dudes here and when I'm President, they're gone!" How exactly? No details. No explanation.
Ay Caramba! Moment: Trump again saying that we should speak English in the U.S. and Marco Rubio stepping in and saying "I'd rather someone get their information from me in Spanish, not from a translator at Univision!" Que Bueno!
Trump mentioned that "we're the only country dumb enough to have birthright citizenship!" Why has he chosen to live his whole life in such a dumb country with such stupid leaders?!?
Chris Christie then broke up a long argument between Trump and Carly Fiorina about who made worse business decisions, and redirected the focus of the debate to discussing jobs & the economy for actual voters.
Jeb admitted to smoking pot 40 years, something that everyone knew already. Rand Paul favors more rehabilitation and less incarceration regarding drug use. Paul was able to say this after Trump yelled at him to "stay quiet with your 1%"
Jeb also said that the world is different today than it was 30 years ago. Except it seems that the GOP has completely ignored the social and demographic changes that have occurred over the past 30 years.
Democratic Nominee Bernie Sanders summed up the night perfectly in a tweet "Thank you all. I've had it. I'm going home"
That's how we all felt at the end of this.