Posted on 09/22/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: FOXNEWS
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The NINE(!) Candidates:
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, worked as a tax attorney, and was a foster mother for 23 teenagers. She is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Herman Cain
Cain is the former chief executive of Godfather's Pizza and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He lost the Georgia Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in 2004. He was recently the host of Atlanta-based radio show.
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican member from 1979 to 1999. He has a PhD in modern European history.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an ob-gyn and was Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Rick Perry
Perry is the three term governor of Texas, from 2000 to current. He is a retired Air Force captain for former farmer. He has a degree in animal science.
Mitt Romney
Romney was governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007) and former CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican 2008 nomination for president. He has an MBA (Harvard) and JD (Harvard Law).
Rick Santorum
Santorum served two terms in the U.S. House and two terms in the U.S. Senate. He became the Senate's third-ranking Republican in 2001. He was defeated for reelection in 2006.
Gary Johnson
Johnson served as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2002. He founded what would become one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. He has competed in several triathlons and climbed Mount Everest.
Perry is a Texan and he thinks like Bush and McCain on illegal immigration issues. I doubt he’ll change now and I doubt many would believe him if he did change his stance on those issues.
He makes no sense on immigration.
(Unless his real intent is to continue open borders and amnesty programs.)
LOL - God’s laughing heartily at our political Disneyland .... :)
Sorry, late to the party! Wallace: “Are you a flake?”
I thought they had to have started the process of obtaining their citizenship. Sounds like they're staying one way or the other.
I don't particularly agree with the in-state tuition but I do agree it's a state issue. They obviously consider these kids as residents of their state. They had to have lived there three years AND be in the process of becoming a citizen.
Not like they just jumped out of the back of a pickup.
I’m a Freeper and don’t tase ME bro.
Yeah, I’d imagine President Bachmann would have her attorney general find some legal work arounds for such ignorant crap from SCOTUS.
This is an unFair and unBalanced debate. Shame on FOX. I think all should get roughly equal time. Can someone pose a question about that?
I thought maybe SNL.
“Romney and Perry come off, to me, as typical politicians.”
Going in to tonight's debate I forecast cloudy skies and a possible thunderstorm for Perry....
What we are gettin is a total downpour on all three top runners...this is just sad performances here.
sheeeesh about as unpresidential and informative a debate i have ever witnessed.
The Rio Grande River forms the border between Texas and Mexico. How do you build a fence there? Down the middle of the river? Along the bank of the river on our side, ceding control of the river to Mexico?
Perry is toast.
He is done.
Want to take a bet?
Here we go! RuPaul is about to commit verbal treason!
Perry reminds me so much of W. Following the last debate, CNN took a camera into one of the side-rooms where Perry was talking with his supporters. As he walked back and forth across the stage, talking and gesturing; he looked and sounded so much like W that if I hadn’t been watching it on television, I would have bet dollars-to-donuts that it was W talking!
Yes, that’s why the nominee is still wide open, and unfortunately, the people who were trusted to do right have left us all paying attention
Perry said it wouldn’t work, not just that he didn’t want to fund it. The fence works!
Yes! They should have the public phone or text in votes and drop the bottom two every week, like on all those talent shows on TV.
He's had time to recover from the back surgery. I think that was wearing him down in the earlier debates. He's standing his ground and that really upsets Santorum the sanctimonious asshat who doesn't understand Texas or know how snotty he looks.
It’s too bad Perry cannot say, “look we’re stuck with these bloodsucking lazy illegals because the Feds won’t do their part. The best we can do is make sure their kids don’t turn out to be bums. That’s why I support in-state tuition.”
I dunno. I don’t live in state with illegals running amuck. I’m guessing TX is sick of supporting them, so they’re trying to help the kids make something of themselves. *shrug*
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