Posted on 09/06/2007 6:06:42 AM PDT by Idaho Whacko
The Iran question was a very, very important one. A chance to show a willingness to defend us at any cost, or to show indecision and wimpyness that encourages our enemies.
McCain nailed the Iran question better than anyone else. BUT his shamnesty rules him out, and his idiotic idea somehow 60 years of history will be reversed, and kind treatment of our enemies will result in kind treatment of our boys. Unlawful combatants are subject to summary execution in the field. Holding them and giving them any sort of hearing is already above and beyond in humanitarian terms, and far better than what the terrorists, the Chinese, the N. Koreans, the Iranians or anyone else would do for us. I wish ONE politician would say that. I think Guliani or Thompson would be most likely to.
Guliani gave the second best answer, and a good one. Point a crapload of missiles at them, and tell them to say uncle. I do like that he has experience actually running an administration, competence would be nice in higher office. I also like how he looked at the moderator like he was an idiot for asking about how other nations feel about us. I think he believes we should do the right thing regardless. The inability of most politicians to think this way is why we have so many gutless RINO's in office. I liked his states rights answers, but would he stick with them??
Mitt stunk on that question. I wanted to like him, but his mealy mouthed answer made me think that foreign policy and war fighting is a popularity contest. I think he would morph once in office from the pressure of the NYT, WaPo and the other RINO's at the dinner parties. He has a big head, which reminds me of Senator Lurch, and that's bad.
Huckabee did have the best one liner of the night.
Brownback is a moron.
Duncan hunter got told by a staffer to "lean against the podium, be at a 45 degree angle to the camera, and arch your eyebrows when you talk". It seemed like a pose, but his on-the-record positions match me better than any other candidate. I think that maybe a Guliani/Hunter ticket could do well, those soft on Guliani could look forward to Hunter as the strong man in 2016. I wonder if that team could carry NY and Cali?
Ron Paul exemplifies why the Libertarian Party is stuck in obscurity. He has some GREAT philosophies. But like most libertarian politicians and wanna-be's, he holds to the extreme (or logical conclusion) of those philosophies and miss-applies them in the real world. Do we want a declaration of war? YES!!! Do we hand our heads over to muslims because we have a weenie congress that won't declare war? No!! Is the CIA a huge mess and waste of money? YESS!!! Do we abolish it and wait for the first strike before we respond? NO!!! Particularly because libertarians advocate free and open borders (a nice theory, but like communism, unworkable), they cannot also say we need to gut intelligence, and ban wiretapping of int'l calls.
No thrill or memorable moments from the others.
Fred!! Has been waiting too long, should have been in this debate. At this point, while I was in love with Fred!, I think Guliani is the man. He has a track record. If we had a sea of new-blood GOP in congress, it would be a great combo. It would also be something to see him bitch-slap some old-guard RINO's. I hope that Thompson can turn his act around. In theory, he may be the best candidate from a conservative point of view. But he needs to compete with the Gravitas that Guliani exhibited last night.
That should be Hunter/Thompson
I agree that Newt is helping Thompson and when Thompson is elected Prez, Newt will get some cabinet position, most likely Secretary of State.
I also think that Guliani will be get the nod from Thompson to be the VP.
I am 100% with Fred Thompson!
-faz
Rudy is only on the stage because of 911. If 911 had not happened no one would care about him, period.
Please get over it and look beyond 911.
The next attack wont be anouther 911, it may be worse but more sutle, like the destruction of an oil supplier in the middle east, that would hurt us more than a direct attack on our infrastructure.
**“She is a flawed candidate”...**
She is a very flawed candidate and I am one that is afraid she will be President. We haven’t had anyone on the Republican side yet that just knocks your socks off! I have listened to Newt’s speeches on Cspan and I am not kidding, I think he is so intelligent........wishful thinking~~~~
OK, make it a co-presidency....
No ordinary doctor for you... a psychiatrist.
I will mortgage my house to support Hunter in his run for the next governor of California.After two terms there he will have a good shot at the White House.
For President I’m supporting FDT.
Sorry about the double post....don’t know how that happened....duh?
After that last post of mine “To Jaycee, From Jaycee, think I will go back to bed and get up again........
I’m supporting Sen. Thompson. I sent him my next campaign contribution this morning. I hope that more will be forthcoming.
If I vote today, for me, it’s a toss-up between McCain or Giuliani.
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I think the other candidates made a mistake sucking up to McCain and complimenting him. I forget who it was, Huckabee and Romney, that threw out the compliments . . . but it was not smart politics. They may have resuscitated a dead campaign when they thought they were just being magnanimous in victory over a worthy opponent.
If I were more intelligent than I already am.......Einstein would have to get out of the way~~~~~LOL~~~~~
Fred/Hunter would be the dream team... Hunter the military man and Fred the statesmen... Wow we would be an unstopable force.... Oh unless hillary bamboozles us with her madusa eyes and she wins... OH the hugemanatees!
Hunter would be a heckuva VP candidate. He would bring along a lot of conservative activists. He doesn’t make mistakes even on tough questions. He’s strong. He’d do great in VP debates, especially against an Obama or Richardson type. He’d eat them for lunch. Then again he’d make a heckuva President.
I will never vote for Rudy or Mitt.
Mitt comes over slick and phony. I have a problem with Rudy’s personal life. I wouldn’t vote for Clinton, I won’t vote for Rudy.
Ron Paul acts like a democrat and I don't trust him to protect the country.
Although I don’t like Tancredo’s stand on international affairs, he’s the only one willing to stand against illegal invasion from Mexico. To me, that is the second war on terror.
I went into the debate liking Romney, but came out liking Hucabee. Romney’s answers were horrible and Hucabee’s were perfect. I had not even given Hucabee a glance until last night. I have not read were anyone else agrees with me however. I thought he was the clear winner last night. I will study up more on him.
IIRC even Ann Coulter said she liked Romney - that is a heck of a conservative endorsement!
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