{"id":9128,"date":"2016-01-14T23:28:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T04:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2016-09-29T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:07:41","slug":"gop-slugest-saudis-cigars-treason-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/14\/gop-slugest-saudis-cigars-treason-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Slugfest &#8211; Saudis, Cigars, Treason, &#038; Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damned unfortunate that Fox Business News blocked Rand Paul from the debate tonight in South Carolina. Here are Twitter messages as the candidates wrangled<\/p>\n<p>[ok, so the photo is a few months old &#8211; Carly didn&#8217;t make it to the main stage tonight but every other photo I considered\u00a0 was painfully dull]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOPDebate<\/a>  Kasich: &quot;most of the time the Saudis are going right with us.&quot;  Except for helping bankroll the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/687834436726030337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jeb Bush talks of the need for &quot;restoring democracy in Syria.&quot; How many thousands of years back is he going for his baseline?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/687837224226918400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rubio boasts of GOP candidates &#8211; &quot;no one is under FBI investigation.&quot;  Hey  &#8211; not that I&#39;m personally biased on this topic, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/687827907767603200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rubio rants against Edward Snowden &#8211; &#39;if we get hold of him, we will try him for treason&#39; &#8211; doesn&#39;t mention 8 billion NSA crimes<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/687850115147665408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So Jeb Bush wants to waive all liability for companies that rat out customers to the feds, or what? &quot;Put the NSA in charge&quot; he sez&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/687850506287460354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carson says ISIS leaders are &quot;sitting around smoking cigars.&quot;  This is not going to help the effort to demonize ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/687835910373785600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I missed the first three minutes of the Republican debates. 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