

Cruz thinks it’s better if the records are kept by phone companies and queried with a secret court order. spooks to vacuum and store American phone records. Rubio and Cruz are invited to attack each other over their surveillance positions. Kasich talks about his Islamic State strategy, using his hands to slice through the air in karate-chop motions.ģ3 minutes.

Whatever you do, don’t turn around.ģ1 minutes. “We have people across this country who are scared to death,” he says, before adding that if terrorists can attack a rehabilitation center for the disabled, “that means everywhere in America is a target for these terrorists.” Everywhere. Christie, who keeps saying he is a former federal prosecutor, gets another chance to scare people. He said, ‘All horse thieves are Democrats, but not all Democrats are horse thieves.’” Exactly.Ģ9 minutes.

“Well, you know, I’m reminded of what FDR’s grandfather said. Hewitt tries again: “Why do you disagree?” Cruz hides in riddle. Radio host Hugh Hewitt, who is co-moderating, tries to get Cruz to attack Trump. He calls Trump the “chaos candidate” who would be “a chaos President.” After Trump bites back, Bush puts together a succinct statement of his plan for fighting the Islamic State.Ģ5 minutes. Blitzer starts off in high CNN style by pitting Trump and Bush against each other. Trump leans on adjectives: “horrible,” “disgusting,” “incompetent.” For the moment, he is not describing anyone in the room.Ģ0 minutes. Cruz leads with vicious verbs: “hunt down,” “kill,” “utterly destroy.” Carson follows by asking for a moment of silence for the victims of terrorism in San Bernardino. This one has something to do with his grandfather smoking cigars and President Obama destroying the military.ġ6 minutes. To rub it in his face, Rubio follows with one of his prose poems, in the meter of uplift. When he says “exceptional,” he transposes a couple of the letters. When he says, “That’s what’s at stake now,” he trips on the word what.
