#GOPdebate: Trivia, Tweets and the Drinking Game

Some times ya just gotta laugh. Would you love to watch? 

• Ted Cruz and Chris Christie prosecute Hillary Clinton during a debate?
• Carly debate Hillary? Carly’s quick, pointed answers versus Hillary’s regurgitation of calculated, legally-crafted, dull, rehearsed statements.
• Trump debate Hillary? Hillary’s snarks versus Trump’s barks.

#GOPDebate Trivia

How long into the air time did it take to mention or notice?

• 0:00:02: Ghost of Reagan
• 0:04:22: Dude with the eyebrows behind Tapper
• 1:49:06: The Plane
• 2:12:00: First 9/11 mention arrives later than expected

Who gained the most Twitter followers during the first hour of the debate?

• Fiorina: 11,150
• Carson: 8,180
• Trump: 6,369
• Bush: 2,087

Who won the Drudge Poll? (Votes at 11:15 p.m. MT)

“I’m #1 in polls by quite a lot,” Donald Trump @ GOPDebate

• 61.51%: Trump: 238,070 votes
• 15.36% Fiorina: 59,668 votes
• 5.2% Cruz: 20,210 votes
• 5.02% Rubio: 19,509 votes
• 4.45% Paul: 17,321 votes
• 3.88% Carson: 15,072 votes
• 1.15% Christie: 4,468 votes
• 1.13% Bush: 4,468 votes
• 1.06% Kasich 4,129 votes
• 0.68% Walker 2,654 votes
• .51% Huckabee 1,995 votes

Mashable: Twitter’s top 3 most-mentioned candidates during #GOPDebate

• @realDonaldTrump
• @CarlyFiorina
• @JebBush

Candidates’ Preferred Secret Service Code Name-to-be

• Trump: Humble
• Fiorina: Secretariat
• Cruz: Cohiba
• Rubio: Gator
• Paul: Justice Never Sleeps
• Carson: One Nation
• Christie: Truehart
• Bush: EverReady. Bush to Trump: “It’s very high-energy, Donald.”
• Kasich: Unit One
• Walker: Harley
• Huckabee: Duck Hunter

#TrumpFace Tweets

• #TrumpFace is winning the debate right meow.
• Must see TV. Just give a A DONALD CAM, please CNN. His reactions are gold.
• Donald Trump just did every emoji face on your phone in 7 seconds. #TrumpFace
• “Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?” #TrumpFace #Donald Trump
• Gurl, lets make #TrumpFace a thing.
• #TrumpFace #FiorinaFace Think I’d go with Fiorina

Looks and Persona

Jake Tapper to Carly: “What do you think about Mr. Trump’s persona?” Carly responding to Jake’s question regarding Donald Trump’s comment in Rolling Stone: “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president. I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not s’posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?”

• “It’s interesting to me. Mr. Trump said he heard Mr. Bush very clearly. I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said.”
• “More energy, tonight, I like that,” Trump to Jeb.
• “First all Rand Paul shouldn’t be on this stage,” Donald Trump.
• “I never talked about his [Rand’s] look.” Trump to Rand Paul.

Tweets regarding Rand Paul’s hair: 

• Every hair looks like it’s trying to escape but they couldn’t agree on a plan.
• “Give me the Gene Wilder”

Chitter Chatter and Twitter Titters

• “There are smart ways to do things and there are muscular ways to do things,” Dr. Ben Carson.
• “This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish,” Trump to Jeb.
• Tweet: What kind of name is Melania, anyway? Sounds Spanish to me.
• Tweet: They had to get a translater in the benefits office today. Somebody came in speaking English.
• “I want them to hear it from me, not a translator at Univision,” Marco Rubio, on why he answers Spanish questions in Spanish.
• Tweet: Are we really arguing over English and Spanish?
• Tweet: Remember when ppl said that Americans need to learn a second language as a point of pride?
• Tweet: Any Native Americans want to explain one or two of the things wrong with “in this country we speak English” to Donald?

Zinger Stingers

• “If you want to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Hillary Clinton,” Carly Fiorina.
• “Flying is an activity, not an accomplishment,” Carly Fiorina in regard to Hillary Clinton’s Secretary of State frequent flier miles.
• “Somehow he just doesn’t have courage,” Donald Trump regarding Obama.
• Tweet: Yes, Jeb, I think you’re wife is tremendous…All right, Donald apologize.
• Tweet: “I hear she’s a lovely woman. But I won’t apologize. I wasn’t wrong,” Donald Trump
• Tweet: 2 rich white guys with foreign wives debating the political meaning of having foreign wives.
• “There will always be a Bush or a Clinton if you want to go back to war in Iraq,” Rand Paul.
• “It’s time for the government to get out of the way and let the people decide how they want to run their country,” Ben Carson.
• Chris Christie to Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump: “Those who don’t have a job could care less about your careers. Stop this childish back and forth between the two of you.”
• “[Reagan] didn’t get elected telling everybody how great he was,” Governor Mike Huckabee.
• “Forty years ago I smoked marijuana,” Jeb Bush.
• “Marijuana is not like the marijuana Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago. Sorry Barbara,” Carly Fiorina.
• “We’ve spent 12 minutes talking about the past, let’s talk about the future,” Carly Fiorina.

Bottoms Up! Drinking Game Tweets

• One bottle down.
• Every time someone says Ronald Reagan I’ve been taking a shot. Calling an ambulance now.
• Anyone who’s been taking a drink every time someone says, “Reagan” has been dead for an hour.
• Thousands of people dead nationwide from alcohol poisoning after drinking every time someone says Ronald Reagan during the #GOPDebate.
• If you’ve been taking a shot every time Tapper says, ‘thank you’ you’re probably in the morgue by now.

Twitter Whacks and Cracks

• Gonna start doing that when I want coworkers to stop talking. “Thank you Greg. Than-Thank you Greg. Thank you GrTHANK YOU GREG!”
• When the moderator tries to cut them off, he sounds like he’s begging his wife not to leave him. #Please #Please
• When I was Ronald Reaganing Ronald’s Reagin in 86, I Reaganed more than any Ronald Reagan ever Reaganed in the Reagan.
• So many tweets about the hottie in the audience. Gay Twitter, ironically enough, has its priorities straight.
• Not sure what’s going on, but the sliver of lesbian in me is all, “sup, Carly?”
• This may be the ANGRIEST two hours of my life…and I’m a gay man with multiple exboyfriends!
• No women were raped by Bill Clinton during the taping of this #GOPDebate. Except for five.

Political Twitter Banter

• Herman Cain tweeted: Taxes! FairTax! Flat Tax! Tithing Tax! Simpler Tax! Hooray!!!
• Ban partial birthright citizenship!
• Any 9 month pregnant woman with the stamina to walk across the border deserves the world.
• I can’t get 4 people to show up for brunch. Good luck deporting 12 million people!
• And if Donald Trump’s plan to deport 11-12 million gets too expensive, he’ll just declare bankruptcy. Easy peasy.
• There’s about five people on that stage I’d consider deporting.
• Debate lines that should be retired: “I’m the only one on this stage who…”
• WAIT WAIT WAIT LET’S GET BACK TO THIS TITHING TOPIC.

Tweets about Gentle Ben

• The longest distance between two points is any Ben Carson answer.
• I want Dr. Carson to read to my daughter at bedtime.

Tweets about Chris Christie

• Hey Chris: Carly’s not the big interrupter up here – its your boy donald. Hmm. Guys no likee when women talkee.
• Christie telling Fiorina to be quiet is nail in his coffin. She’s winning the debate and the only woman.
• “Stop talking about your careers so I can tell you about New Jersey some more!” Chris Christie.
• Look at Christie waving his arms around trying to cheat on his fitbit.

Tweets about Da Plane, Da Plane

• Let’s talk about smart, practical solutions here in this building we built around a plane.
• Saying Ronald Raising didn’t raise taxes is like saying his plane behind them is pink. It’s a lie.
• I’m voting for whoever it was that got that plane into a library.
• If the lower candidates had any guts at all they’d be in that airplane pressing their naked buttocks against the windows.
• I don’t wanna say this is brutal, but Air Force One just tried to take off #GOPDebate

Carly, Carly, Carly Tweets

• Fiorina calls the other candidates Mr. ____. They call her Carly.
• I’m about 99% certain that Carly Fiorina is a terminator sent from the future where Trump destroyed the world.
• Fiorina slices and dices and juliennes.
• #gopdebate this is the moment CEO vs CEO…I think Carly Fiorina drew blood.
• Donald, when you get schooled by a girl.
• In one night, Carly Fiorina has cost @RealDonaldTrump more than all three of his monthly alimony payments.
• I’m not crazy, right? 10 powerful men on stage. But the person who appears to be in charge: Carly Fiorina
• I disagree with Carly on everything but she has so much poise. She’s making everyone else look like clowns.
• I’m at a bar full of Brooklyn hipsters clapping for Carly Fiorina. Unbelievable.
• Can I just take a second to say how impressed I am with Carly Fiorina for standing that long in heels…that is strength, girl.
• Carly Fiorina = Steel, laser-beam focus, brains, class, moxie, and substance.
• Pretty sure even the Apostle Paul would give Carly Fiorina a pass on that whole “women should keep silent” thing.

That’s All Folks! 

• This is the longest cold open SNL has ever had.
• An idea for next #GOPDebate, every 15 minutes pause the debate & Simon Cowell sends 1 candidate home until there are 3 left.
• I don’t know what is worse this or the MTV music awards.
• Jake Tapper isn’t really asking about issues. He’s orchestrating the biggest televised catfight ever.
• This #GOPDebate should’ve been on @Bravotv. It’s giving me a Housewives reunion vibe.
• Stay tuned for the next round where holograms of Hoover, Nixon, Eisenhower & Regan will take the stage and debate.
• Can’t wait for the 3rd hour when the #GOPDebate tries to commune with the ghost of Ronald Reagan!