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The December Debates

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The Dec 15 GOP Debate It was a much more lively and substantive debate than anything the Dems have come up with.  Some of the key fights were between Trump and Bush, Rubio and Cruz, and Christie and Paul. Carly Fiorina was feisty as ever.  She cited Margaret Thatcher, that if you want something talked about, ask a man, and if you want something done, ask a woman. She properly assigned responsibility for the creation of ISIS to Obama and Clinton.  She said we should retaliate against the Chinese for their cyberattacks, and confront them in the Spratley Islands.  Similarly, we should show strength in the Baltic, because that is what Putin understands. Krauthammer thought she was commanding. Cruz said the political correctness is blinding us.  Carson wants to destroy ISIS` caliphate [their prime recruiting tool – not Guantanamo], and take their oil, which is their source of revenue.  He said that if we don’t get the military right, nothing else will matter.  He was asked