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.

[RasterMaster]

Distinct difference!

[Spiff]

Giuliani just avoided the comparison of abortion to slavery because he doesn't believe that an unborn child is a human life. He didn't say that specifically, but it is obvious from his answer.

Instead he says the "millions" of Americans have a different "conscience" on the issue of abortion and that we have to keep government from intruding in their lives. Well, millions of Americans owned slaves - and didn't recognize them as fully human - and they wanted government to not intrude into their lives and take away their slaves.

Giuliani's answer is awful. He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong or good and evil.

[pulaskibush]

Didn’t Hunter do very well in a straw poll that took place in SC a few months ago?

[jveritas]

Brit has a all those questions approved by him and he also has some of his questions asked by the two other journalist.

[Tennessee Nana]

Rudi wont get the GOP nomination

:)

[Pyro7480]

What kind of conservative are you?

[Jet Jaguar]

Are you serious?

[Vision]

These questions are outrageous. This commentator does not understand RvW will not outlaw abortion.

This is silly.

[LibertarianInExile]

“Rudy will destroy the conservative movement and the GOP if he is the nominee.”

Wrong. Rudy will destroy the terrible conservative alliance with the GOP if he is its nominee, and finally allow the formation of a pro-Constitution third party to form. The conservative movement will not die, as long as we remember it once lived.

[advance_copy]

Wendell should not get by with that question about an illegal abortion killing a woman. Legal abortions kill just as many women as illegal ones ever did.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Actually, it sounded like he doesn't want people to have AR-15s in their own homes.

Good.

[therut]

I can and do at times. Does that bother YOU!!!!!!!!!

[Sir Hailstone]

Bad enough the RINO Michael Bloomberg is a bigger anti-gunner than Moonbat McCarthy and Brady Bunch combined.

[HitmanLV]

Yea, that sounds right!

[Spiff]

The slavery/abortion parallel is perfect. I’m glad it’s being brought up more often.

Yet it is completely lost on Giuliani. What a liberal fool...

[Brimack34]

Enough about abortion we get it already. Why can’t we have a debate with Rush and Ann asking the questions. Conservatives need to ask questions.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I agree with Rudy that this country should keep government out of our personal lives as much as possible.

BTW...I will get flamed for this...if you are going to make abortion illegal, then are we ready to put a married mother of three in prison, and her spouse , for having an abortion? It is hypocritical to do it as before ..only putting the doc in jail.

[TomGuy]

None who seem to favor abortion every mention responsibility.

Rape is one thing, but not all abortions are the result of rape.

[bushfamfan]

I’m furious that Hunter has being frozen out yet again. A total of 2 questions thus far! And this is Fox News! This man deserves the opportunity EVERY other candidate is getting. He’s treated worse than Ron Paul.

[Pyro7480]

So you're against semi-automatic weapons??