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.

[Jim W N]

(Late reply)

The Original Roe case was based on flawed logic and arguments anyway.

FYI, Roe v. Wade was a phony case whose plaintiff (Roe) has since renounced her agreement with its process and outcome.

[Jim W N]

Well, many of us don't want this right in the hands of the next maniac pointing at our sons and daughters during class.

The next maniac may be your friendly socialist agent looking for compliance to some stupid, obscure law.

[Jim W N]

(Late response)

First I would like to say Terri Schiavo was killed by her husband...I do not want the government involved with my family's medical issues...

Wrong answer Mcfry. The government should be all about protecting Life and stopping murder.

[Jim W N]

(Late reply)

I wasn't able to watch the debate since I don't get the cable channel it was on. Hope we can get a conservative panel questioning the candidates on a regular "regular" channel or "regular" cable. Rots of ruck. However, I feel like I've got a pretty good feeling about the debates from reading this mammoth post.

My question is, other than Ron Paul (Moonbat), did Hunter or Tancerdo have any focus on the importance of our Constitution? Would like to see more focus on this issue. Sounds like Hunter didn't get much of a chance to say much of anything, but it sounds like he was hitting homers with what he was pitched.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Does anybody know when/where the next debate is to take place?

According to my sources:

GOP PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SCHEDULE

- June 5, 2007 - Manchester, New Hampshire
WMUR-TV, CNN, and the New Hampshire Union Leader will host a Democratic and Republican debate in Manchester, New Hampshire on the campus of Saint Anselm College. The Democratic debate will be on Sunday, June 3, and the Republican debate will be on Tuesday, June 5. Both debates begin at 7 p.m. and will last two hours.

- September 27, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland
PBS will host a Republican debate in Baltimore, Maryland on the campus of Morgan State University.

- October 14, 2007 - Manchester, New Hampshire
WMUR-TV, ABC News, and the New Hampshire Union Leader will host a Republican debate in Manchester, New Hampshire.

- October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida
The Florida Republican Party and Fox News Channel will host a Republican debate in Orlando, Florida.

- January 5, 2008 - Johnson County, Iowa
The Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television will host a Republican debate in Johnson County, Iowa.

- January 30, 2008 - California
The Los Angeles Times and CNN will host a Republican debate in California.

[Jim W N]

(Late response)

over turn roe vs wade,reality check it’s not going to happen...

It WILL happen. Its not a question of if but when.

[unfortunately a bluestater]

I don’t really know Paul’s views, I guess. Do you really think he would build up our defense capabilities?

[cva66snipe]

I think so by doing several things. First is taking troops out of nations where they are not actually needed. We have troops in 100 plus nations by accounts I've read. Ron Paul seems to follow a lot of Reagan policy and it would not surprise me to see him appoint a very much needed Cap Weinberger type Sec of Defense who has the actual smarts and insight to fix our military.

I also think the ongoing unending deployments of out National Guard and reserves would end and our military return to a more active duty focused operation. Since Gulf War one our reserve troops have been in ongoing call up deployments. We fought the Cold War and did better than this but now it seems that every time something or anything happens anywhere in the world our reply is calling up troops for deployments when more limited operations would be a better answer.

The Constitution provides for other actions short of war to take care of such issues as thug dictators who threaten our national security. They are called Letters of Marque and Reprisal. Meaning POTUS goes to congress {in closed session} and asks for the taking out of a leader. This is part of the reason we are in this whole mess. Jerry Ford tried to put a stop to it. Getting persons like Bin Ladden is much easier when they wander freely. But announcing to the world we're coming to get you is kinda foolish when you know they will go into hiding. The same with Saddam. We didn't need to announce to the world our intentions nor especially the persons we were going after. If we backed off on Bin Ladden we could have him likely within a year or two probably much quicker than our current operations. Remember the Russians chased him for 10 years. Afterward he began making public appearances again. Hit them when they feel safe and use resources more wisely.