We’re RepubliCAN’s not RepubliCAN’TS. Remember that shit. Snap.

Best parts about last nights Republican Debate? Well, I’ve got them right here! This “plausible” (read: planned) scenario thrown up by one Mr. Brit Hume:

HUME: And we are back, from the University of New Hampshire and the Whittemore Center Arena, known to all here in Durham as the WIC.

This round of questions is going to be based on a scenario which we think is quite plausible, that any of you as president might well end up facing. It concerns Iran.

And these are the circumstances: It’s nuclear program has continued to advance. U.N. weapons inspectors are now saying that it appears that Iran is on the verge of being able to produce and may even be producing nuclear weapons.

Iran has suspended its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear agency and asked the inspectors to leave the country.

Cross-border incidents in Iraq involving elements of the Revolutionary Guards have continued to increase and are a continuing problem for U.S. forces there and for the Iraqis as well.

HUME: The U.N. Security Council has imposed some economic sanctions on Iran, but has refused to authorize the use of force against that country. In addition, the threats by Iran’s leader against Israel have become more pronounced and more extreme. What do you do?

Best response comes from Rudy:

GIULIANI: Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot. But it was because he pointed, like, a thousand missiles at Soviet cities.

(LAUGHTER)

(APPLAUSE)

HUME: Thank you, sir.

GIULIANI: And he negotiated with them…

(APPLAUSE)

I heard this confusion in the Democratic debate about when to talk and when not to talk. Well, he talked to them with a thousand missiles pointed directly at their cities.

(APPLAUSE)

(Via Fox News.)

Yep, point a bunch of missiles at Iran. That should stop ‘em. That’s exactly how he ended that Cold War. It had zero to do with the economy crumbling under the weight of their military and falling oil prices. It was all those missiles.

Another great thing about last night? This exchange from Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, my new hero. I especially enjoyed the way Chris Wallace framed this question like he thought Paul was a joke. Sure maybe Ron Paul’s a little crazy but he’s got some pretty solid ideas. As a Canadian, I think I like him.

WALLACE: Congressman Paul, your answer is to cut both taxes and spending. You say that you would eliminate the IRS, the CIA, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Homeland Security, Medicare.

WALLACE: I know that you used to want to end the FBI. I’m not sure whether you still support that idea, sir. Perhaps you can tell us. But if you get rid of the CIA, let alone the FBI, how would President Paul have any idea, any intelligence of what our enemies, foreign and domestic, are up to?

PAUL: Well, you might ask a better question. Before 9/11, we were spending $40 billion a year, and the FBI was producing numerous information about people being trained on airplanes, to fly them but not land them. And they totally ignored them.

So it’s the inefficiency of the bureaucracy that is the problem. So, increasing this with the Department of Homeland Security and spending more money doesn’t absolve us of the problem. Yes, we have every right in the world to know something about intelligence gathering. But we have to have intelligent people interpreting this information.

(APPLAUSE)

PAUL: But you know, just going for increasing presidential powers, as has been discussed, is rather disturbing to me. This whole idea that we’re supposed to sacrifice liberty for security, we’re advised against that. Don’t we remember that when you sacrifice liberty for security, you lose both? That’s what’s happening in this country today.

(APPLAUSE)

PAUL: We have — we have a national ID card on our doorsteps, it is being implemented right now. We have FISA courts. We have warrant-less searches. We’ve lost habeas corpus. We’ve had secret prisons around the world and we have torture going on.

That’s un-American, and we need to use the power of the presidency to get it back in order, in order to take care of us and protect this country and our liberties.

(Via Fox News.)

All and all, pretty entertaining. I enjoyed watching it but let me tell you this, Rudy Giuliani is an idiot. I don’t think he said anything of any substance or answered a question with a legitimate and clear focus through the entire process. Rudy, seriously, drop out. It’s kind of embarrassing.