Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #6–Ft Lauderdale, FL 09/17/07 - Official Discussion Thread

[CounterCounterCulture]

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #6 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida 09/17/07 - Official Discussion Thread

The debate will focus on issues of special concern to social and religious conservatives who brand themselves "values voters." The candidates will begin arriving here mid-afternoon, and the debate kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time. It will be streamed live via the Internet at ValuesVoterDebate.com and the website for the American Family Association.

It is also reported to be telecast on Sky Angel's Angel One channel & Dish Network channel #262.

Moderated by Joseph Farah, editor of WorldNetDaily

Candidates participating

• Sam Brownback
• John Cox
• Mike Huckabee
• Duncan Hunter
• Alan Keyes
• Ron Paul
• Tom Tancredo

[jmyrlefuller]

I think that was another question that I missed. Unless Hunter changed his vote.

[JTN]

Many of these questioners are asking for the candidates to commit to legislating morality. Legislating morality does not work, and it certainly is not a election winner.

You're absolutely right. This sounds more like the theocracy voters' debate.

[padre35]

Brownback is pro life, and voted for the border fence.

Keyes isn’t running

Huckabee is in line with McCain, so even though he is a Baptist minister, he isn’t really Conservative so I just ignore him.

Tancredo is rock solid on immigration

Hunter is a Conservative

Paul is a true Constitutional Conservative

Don’t know Cox

And compared to RudyMcThomney, these guys are Goldwater incarnate, my goodness a question about the 10 trillion dollar debt?

[DocRock]

Former radical muslim asking about student visas. Would you support student visas from countries which sponsor terrorism. Bownback votes against the pack with a green light.

[TomGuy]

I don’t like this green light red light thing, I wanna hear them talk!

Agree. It is very poor format. The questioners get to present their slanted questions, but the candidates are only given a yes-no option to respond.

[jmyrlefuller]

Would you support visas from people in countries in terror states?

Brownback says yes, all others say no.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Paul did not say yes. No way.

[RatsDawg]

I hope they will tally these up at the end, so we can go back and check what we missed. I see the votes but forget the question.

[Sun]

I hope Judge Moore didn’t lose to a RINO, at least.

[jmyrlefuller]

This would work pretty well if the questions were tougher.

This is just red meat.

[jmyrlefuller]

He didn’t— it was Brownback.

[DocRock]

Slave labor from Christian prisioner in China. Would you elimate unfair trade practices? You know Hunter hates China and he said “yes” on open mike. Ron Paul votes “no”.

[RasterMaster]

Ron Paul singles himself out again....

[pickledelf]

What is that song that was being sung? “Why should God bless America?”

[jmyrlefuller]

Question regarding trade and China.

Paul no, all others yes.

Roy Moore up. NAFTA superhighway?

All oppose.

[RatsDawg]

None support NAFTA! THANK GOD!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Support school choice?

all yes

former shiite muslim... foreign visas has been much too lenient. thousands on campuses from countries that support terrorism... would you support continued student visas...

Noes except Brownback, clarifies.

Chinese labor camps, sarah forced into these camps, would you make future trade with china contingent on improving religious freedom, human rights, trade, etc.

all yesses but paul

Judge Moore: do you support the NAFTA superhwy?

all obvious noes

[NautiNurse]

Paul said yes to nanny state alcohol, smoking, fat food. They all did.

[Guenevere]

Do you support the ‘super highway’...

[logician2u]

This is disappointing. These questions are a bit too soft.

Soft or hard, they are very revealing of the candidates' inclinations.

I notice that all but Dr. Paul seem in favor of the fedgov getting into more "problems" that could better be resolved at the state or local level. (These are candidates for President, after all, so you have to infer that the questions implicity contain the phrase, "as President, would you want to see the federal government" do whatever the advocate is suggesting.

To most of whom, I would also say, "It's not the prerogative of the United States government."