Live Thread: South Carolina GOP Presidential Debate on CNN 8 P.M. EST

Thursday, January 19, 2011 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

And then there were three and a half minds left campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.

Link to CNN livestream page.

Hosted by CNN's John King at the North Charleston Coliseum.

[topfile]

Romney said tonight "we need someone from the REAL streets of America "

So is Romney from they hood?

[Hoodat]

I thought that Rick made the best points, and won the debate.

I agree, considering I listened to most of the debate on the radio. But most here who watched it on TV are more interested in style points rather than substance. Which is why you see so many here supporting Noot.

For me, substance is more important. So I'll be voting for the guy who will get the government the hell out of the health care business instead of the professor who promises to incorporate one-tenth of the Obamacare bill into his own 'replace' bill.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Newt’s a great debater, and we love his smack down of the media.

Gergen just called it the harshest attack on the media in debate history. He said it in a fairly positive way. Hard to paraphrase exactly.

[womanvet]

anyone direct me to a rerun of the whole thing? I missed some of it

[eyedigress]

Newt is coming up on Greta shortly.

[Danae]

No,he cheated with her for 6 years before getting a divorce (a nasty one ) from Maryanne. Maryanne was a total shrew. Always money grubbing for this that or the other thing, and I think in general a really unhappy person. She has a pretty revealing FBI file I hear. I have not read it anyway.

[I_be_tc]

Sure hope you are feeling better soon. We miss all of your great insight.

[Califreak]

Might be entertaining to see them frantically trying to spin their way around it...

[MaxMax]

When NEWT went off on John King, King tried to deflect by insinuating he didn't
make the decision to put the question out there and NEWT called him out.

Just Now, John King admitted he CHOSE that question......

[RitaOK]

” Which means: “What an idiot”. <<<

LOL! Bingo. :)

[KansasGirl]

No, Perry did not call people “heartless” for opposing a path to legal status for illegals. He called them heartless for opposing TX in-state tuition for illegal TX residents who had graduated from TX high schools and were working towards legal status.

[af_vet_rr]

Santorum is ragging in the Spin cameras now non-stop against NEWT.

Santorum needs to worry about Romney first, Obama second. He's pulling a Bachmann and it will not help him. Trying to drag the other guy down rather than pull yourself up does you no good.

[Liberty Valance]

Thank you.

[moehoward]

Damned if you ....

Better to ask it up front than have it lurking around.

[Finny]

Oh, man — thanks for posting that! Godspeed Newt!

[DoughtyOne]

I understand. Let’s hold their feet to the fire.

Thank you.  I appreciate it.

I think the trend is good, they’re all signing up.

Be very careful here.  That's exactly what they want you to think, but it's not really true.

If a person has been working here on a green card for six years, they can apply for naturalization.

These candidates are very crafty.  They know this, so they state that they will not allow the registered foreign nationals to apply from here.  They have to go home.

Once everyone is registered, guess what happens next.  The illegal alien support groups will file a law suit demanding everyone legally here be treated the same.

Our courts will side with the illegals.  The millions that register will thus be able to file for naturalization at six years, and be full citizens starting a couple of years after that.

Then they can bring in family members.  The crafty Republicans have tried to state they will not allow this either.

Imagine the courts siding with the government against these new citizens not having the full rights of other citizens.  It wouldn't happen.

Most of these guys are gaming us.  You have to watch what they say very carefully.  It does sound good until you start analyzing exactly what they have said.

Thanks again.  Take care.

[alstewartfan]

If Rick drops out, that is a pity. Both Newt and Milt are horrible candidates, IMO, and have records that should give little solace to conservatives. I have no hope for America with either of these guys. As I said, I thought that Santorum won this tonight, by a mile. It’s time for tough talk, and even a few conservatives here seem to prefer martini sippers.
Tell me, what did Rick say tonight at any point that was so offensive or daft?

[MHGinTN]

Thank you ... ‘media protecting Barak Obama by attacking Republicans’. It is time for the attack dog to start taking these chunks out of the scum and villainy euphemistically called ‘the mainstream media’. These vermin are propaganda whores for the european socialist/commie democrap party.

[isthisnickcool]

I’ve hired a few people in my day. From mutts to PHd’s. Some were wrecks in a way off the job but damn could they perform in the trenches. Newt may have had some personal issues but damn the guy knows how the watch is built. He is what we call in my business “way smart”. The guy can code.

[pulaskibush]

So were any freeper minds changed by the debate?