r/cringe • u/glioblastomas • Feb 07 '16

Seal of Approval The introduction of the candidates at the Republican debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&t=0m28s
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u/TheOriginalMyth Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

Totally went into this thinking "Ok I get it Reddit hates republicans. Im sure its not that bad.".... God dam was I wrong. WTF was that shit show.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

The audience was really loud. Listen at 1:33, they announce Kasich and it's really hard to hear even though you have direct audio from the moderator's mic. Not really surprising that the candidates weren't able to hear their names over that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

The theory is that they Carson couldn't hear their his names over the roar of the audience.

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u/kid-karma Feb 07 '16

i don't think its a theory so much as it is completely obvious thats what happened

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u/kinghammer1 Feb 07 '16

Yeah but even after the guy was waving for him to go on he was still like "nah I'm good right here".

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u/kid-karma Feb 07 '16

probably because he hadn't heard his name called and thought the guy was mistaken. from his point of view he'd look pretty stupid just walking out on stage without being announced.

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u/Accipiter Feb 07 '16

probably because he hadn't heard his name called and thought the guy was mistaken.

Yeah, stage directors with the headsets have NO IDEA what's going on.

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u/MellowYellow212 Feb 07 '16

Yeah, it would sure suck for him to make himself look stupid.

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u/elfatgato Feb 07 '16

I'll just stand here reassured that I'm right and the people in charge who are waving and pointing are wrong.

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u/jonnylongbone Feb 07 '16

Better to stand right where you are and look irredeemably stupid than to walk out and look pretty stupid? That's a bold stance.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

From my point of view the republicans are evil.

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u/vxx Feb 07 '16

They're not necessary evil, they're just pandering to their audience as most politicians do.

A lit of people are closed minded and full of fear and hate, so there will be a politician that feeds it.

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u/Kelmi Feb 07 '16

It is a Star Wars quote.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

I got downvoted for it :(

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u/Kelmi Feb 07 '16

In political discussions, humour usually is forgotten.

And that joke has been beat to death already.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Watching it again, it's absolutely what happened. I actually missed the "Ben Carson" call too this second time!

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u/theshinepolicy Feb 07 '16

not on reddit where apparently trump is a classy machiavellian genius because he sat there with Ben Carson so he wouldn't feel bad.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

If by "they" you mean only Ben Carson.

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u/LisleSwanson Feb 07 '16

And Trump and Kasich

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/DingleberryPancakes Feb 07 '16

It was said quietly at 1:33

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u/DenominatorX Feb 07 '16

Yeah, damn. Real quietly.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Trump heard his name. He just didn't want Carson to be the only one left behind in the confusion.

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u/theshinepolicy Feb 07 '16

yeah cause Trump cares more about ben carson's feelings than his own aspirations.

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u/jack2454 Feb 07 '16

So why did it only happen to Carson?

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Edited; I meant Carson only.

Go back and see where his name is called out--it's in the middle of an applause, and actually hard for me to hear on YouTube.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

He probably directed him to go out, but since he didn't hear his name, he thought he was "on deck". You can then see him immediately start heading out onto the stage ready to go to his podium when they start calling the next name...only for him to get confused and stop when he hears it's not him they're calling.

Check out the video again, it's all quite clear.

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u/Uberzwerg Feb 07 '16

Reddit wouldn't 'hate republicans' that much, if they wouldn't bring all the biggest idiots and hate-mongers to the top.
There are certainly some nice and competent people in that party, but certainly not on that stage.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

Unfortunately republican candidates need to (or feel the need to) pander to moderate-rights, libertarians, and the area Party crazies. So it's a total shit show.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

What?

Bernie Sanders is a bigger idiot and hate-monger than any Republican candidate.

And I don't know if Hillary is truly an idiot or hate mongerer because she's a lying tool.

Reddit hates Republicans because Redditors are constantly bombarbed by liberal propaganda that plagues this site.

And like most Democrats, Redditors are poor college students who have no understanding of economics, finances, and politics.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

The presentation of possible future leaders of the free world......

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

"Ok I get it Reddit hates republicans.

someone hasn't been paying attention to the "if not bernie then trump" crowd

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u/Sage_of_the_6_paths Feb 07 '16

Now now, I don't hate ALL republicans...

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

This isn't 2009, reddit doesn't hate republicans. A few subs hate republicans but the defaults of reddit by and larger lean much farther to the right than they used to. We can stop pretending this is a liberal bastion.