Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1~ Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread

[CounterCounterCulture]

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1 – Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread

• Sam Brownback
• Jim Gilmore
• Rudy Giuliani
• Mike Huckabee
• Duncan Hunter
• John McCain
• Mitt Romney
• Ron Paul
• Tom Tancredo
• Tommy Thompson

  The debate will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, and will air live on MSNBC from 8:00 to 9:30 pm (ET) and stream live on MSNBC.com and politico.com and will include audience questions gathered on politico.com.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

OUST RINOS IN PRIMARIES, NOT GENERAL ELECTIONS
Sept. 05,2006 | Trooprally
“For all you loony couch conservatives, the General Election is not the time to sit home and cry over not having a choice....”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696003/posts

[Tree of Liberty]

I'd like to see the "frontrunners" cut down a few notches.

Ditto. "Frontrunner status" is part of why I hate the primary process. I think it should all be decided by local and state caucuses where those who most stridently believe in the party platform decide who will represent them before the rest of the electorate. Primaries are like a high-school popularity contest with little if any attention paid to the integrity and actual beliefs of a candidate.

[sageb1]

lol!

[ElkGroveDan]

and a fistful of Tums?

[PerConPat]

Who's bringing the beer? A pitcher of margaritas, perhaps?

Ah, first sensible thing I've heard today. But I think I'll make it gin martinis, instead. (:-}

[SoCalPol]

since Ron Paul is against the war, the constitution won’t matter if his views continue.

[George W. Bush]

During the Bikini Walk of the candidates, McStain has a strange gait, no movement of his arms.

Watching him, I almost wonder if he's had a minor stroke. It's quite noticable. He looks impaired. This is consistent with many other signs of aging with him, something very noticable in the last two years. It's not just physical, his emotional responses are, well, not the old McStain. He's just off.

He doesn't have that quality of aging well like Ronald Reagan did.

[Grunthor]

And the spectre looming over them all....Fred Thompson.

[advance_copy]

Look at that fantastic setting! Mrs. Reagan still knows how to put on a show.

[Vision]

That’s what someone mentioned on another thread. This is an interview for VP.

[Czar]

"and a fistful of Tums?"

A small bowl full usually does it...

[Right_in_Virginia]

Present!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Is this the “live” thread??

[GRRRRR]

McCain was horribly abused physically as a POW in VietNam. For six years he was beaten each day and had his broken leg or arm heal in a crooked fashion. ( I can’t remember all the details of his injuries...)

I’m a great admirer of the MAN John McCain is...but as a politician he’s a nut job. His second wife, Cindy is REAL scary looking in her pink suit, the only one she has.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Did you get to see the Queen today?

[Grunthor]

And the spectre looming over them all....Fred Thompson.

[ElkGroveDan]

Anyone know if it’s goign to be replayed anywhere? I have to go to my daughter’s Spring Band Concert.

[George W. Bush]

I count five red ties. I think Mitt's went best with complexion. His shirt was white, his collar crisp, his business suit a well-cut classic.

Sartorial points for Mitt. I guess you'd expect that from a top-notch CEO.

[kellynla]

This event tonight is “batting practice.”

The real event, hosted by the Lincoln Club, is tomorrow night at the Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach, Cali where Fred “The Babe” Thompson will be hitting “4-baggers” out of the park into the deep, big, blue, Pacific.

I am “Ready 4 Freddy” :-]

[George W. Bush]

McCain was horribly abused physically as a POW in VietNam. For six years he was beaten each day and had his broken leg or arm heal in a crooked fashion.

I know about it. I'm talking about signs of mental and physical aging that has become very apparent in the last two years.

Polling shows the public very wary of any candidate over 70. I think this alone may doom McStain. Not like I'd cry over him.