Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 - Columbia, SC 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread

May 15, 2007

[CounterCounterCulture]

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 – Columbia, South Carolina 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread

Watch live coverage of the First-in-the-South Republican Party Presidential Candidate debate on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com on Tuesday, May 15, at 9 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. PDT).

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

The 90-minute debate will air from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET (6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) and will be moderated by "Special Report" anchor Brit Hume. Questions will be posed by two panelists — "FOX News Sunday" host Chris Wallace and White House correspondent Wendell Goler.

[darkangel82]

Hunter a RINO, but McCain isn’t? What are you smoking?

[EternalVigilance]

Anyone who thinks Romney won anything is being guided by something other than conservative principle. Tonight he reaffirmed his gun control stance, and endorsed the Department of Education. *barf*

[Capt. Cox]

Am I missing something or is FOX unabashedly pushing for rudy julie?

This debate was terrible! who the hell was that guy asking most of the questions? Chris Matthews was much better. Fox is going down the tubes.

[calcowgirl]

So excited to see Hunter get the last word! Man, he came off really well tonight!

He did do well. Great to see!

[RasterMaster]

I’m still waiting for McStain to start that LETTUCE FARM and pay me $50 per hour!

Get a CLUE, Johnny! MARCH HOME!

[Jet Jaguar]

Saw it.

[James W. Fannin]

...if we are hit by WMD’s

We'd better not require ourselves to wait for that. I believe we must discredit in order to defaith. The alternatives are more draconian.

But the biggest threat we face is the demise of our culture at home, leading to an unwillingness to fight anything. That means illegal immigration is the biggest threat by far.

[MHGinTN]

We the people need to hear from Duncan Hunter more! This man is a leader. He is calm, firm, and direct. My generation really values that. If Fred doesn’t get in, we have two good candidates at least! Tnacredo made a good case for VP poition tonight. He is able to step in if called upon, clearly.

[Constitution Day]

Damn. I actually wanted to throw something at my TV.

It’s the rare person — at least, the rare candidate — that elicits such an Elvis-type response in me.

[Yankee Dutch]

Gee, so did President Bush, huh. I wonder how many of his gadzillion advisers majored in history. Or international realtions? Or Middle Eastern studies. Hmmm . . .

[DCPatriot]

If you think Paul ruined his chances tonite...what do you think Giuliani did tonite?

[elizabetty]

...but when he said the govt. shouldn’t have stepped in to save Terri Schiavo, I have my doubts about Romney and the life issue

First I would like to say Terri Schiavo was killed by her husband.

Secondly, I am a zealous pro-life convert and I do not want the government involved with my family's medical issues. As sad as Terri's case was, it is a slippery slope we cannot begin to slide down.

Pro-life people can honestly disagree about mechanics of that case without calling each other's devotion to life into question.

[mylife]

Sean is a yes man

[HoundsTooth_BP]

We’re in Iraq because the President took the easy way out, deciding that he could go in with a big war and fix things. A war against a shadow terrorist organization can’t be fixed with a big war. We need covert ops and cooperation with other nations for this problem.

[Rameumptom]

>>Quit twisting the facts, RINO

Funny, I'm a constutionalist not a pubbie. Resrting to name calling now that I called you out on quoting LIBS. Let me ask you this. Would Alan Keyes quote the Boston Globe when the NRA-ILA has specifically stated the Lib paper was lying? A True Consitutionalist wouldn't. That you persist in quoting Lib lies says more about you that it does my preference for politics.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Europeans

[DarthVader]

Duncan Hunter - Da Man
Tom Tancredo - Great on Illegal Immigration
Rudy Giuliani - Strong on national defense, weak on national moral sanity
Mike Huckabee - Wishy-Washy
John McVain - Captain Queeg
Sam Brownback - Milque-Toast
Tommy Thompson - Great Governor, Maybe
Jim Gilmore - Good governor, President Not!
Mitt Romney - Waffle Waffle
Ron Paul (Gaul)- Certifiably Insane, should be president in another solar system. The Dennis Kucinich of the Republican Party.

[DocRock]

"I had no idea you could not just skip over the debate you weren't interested in."

What exactly does that mean? I'm able to multi-task, and I'm really happy that you are so anit-gun to bring to light Romney's "Gun Grabber" stance. Thanks for making it ever so clear for those that just glance at the thread.

Freegards,
DocRock

[jedward]

I know, I was trying to spare him a little pride ;) Not that he is deserving of it however.

[kcar]

I’m there. Can’t believe anyone thought Romney leveled UP tonight?! He went the way of Ron Paul.