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Republican Presidential Debate #1 - May 5, 2011 - Greenville, South Carolina (Live Thread)
Posted on 05/05/2011 5:08:20 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
Broadcast on: Fox News
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The Candidates...
Gary Johnson
Johnson served as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2002. He founded what would become one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. He has competed in several triathlons and climbed Mount Everest.
Herman Cain
Cain is the former chief executive of Godfather's Pizza and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He lost the Georgia Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in 2004. He was recently the host of Atlanta-based radio show.
Rick Santorum
Santorum served two terms in the U.S. House and two terms in the U.S. Senate. He became the Senate's third-ranking Republican in 2001. He was defeated for reelection in 2006.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an obstetrician-gynecologist and was the Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Tim Pawlenty
Pawlenty served two terms as governor of Minnesota, from 2002 to 2010. He served in the Minnesota House from 1992 until 2002. He is the son of a truck driver.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: cain; debate; debates; garyjohnson; gopdebate; hermancain; johnson; paul; pawlenty; presidentialdebate; ricksantorum; ronpaul; santorum; scdebate; scgopdebate; timpawlenty
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Surprise! Yes, there is a debate tonight. Yes, those are all the candidates for this debate. Showtime in an hour.
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:10:23 PM PDT
by
CounterCounterCulture
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Checking in! I was hoping there would be a live thread!
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:10:37 PM PDT
by
sneakers
("Obama is like the dog that chased a car and caught it. Now he doesn't know what to do with it.")
To: CounterCounterCulture
Without Sarah, there is no debate.
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:17:29 PM PDT
by
NoGrayZone
("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded.")
To: CounterCounterCulture
Eager to hear Herman Cain. Should be good.
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:26:27 PM PDT
by
Mozilla
To: NoGrayZone
I agree, without Sarah this is meaningless.
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:27:57 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama = Carter 2.0 The Epic Fail Edition)
To: NoGrayZone
Without Trump, there is no agenda.
To: Mozilla
That’s who I want to hear. I love Sarah too, but the more good choices we have, the better, and I have been impressed with what I’ve heard from Cain.
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:33:49 PM PDT
by
sneakers
("Obama is like the dog that chased a car and caught it. Now he doesn't know what to do with it.")
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:38:08 PM PDT
by
justsaynomore
("Holding hands and singing kumbayah is not a foreign policy strategy!" - Herman Cain)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Where are they getting the debate questions from?
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:39:20 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Trainwreck. I saw on Fox & Friends this morning that Chris Wallace and Juan Williams are questioners. I'd guess there must be at least one, maybe two other Fox reps. If they stick to the mold of Wallace and Williams, maybe they'll add Geraldo and Shep. pfffft.
Chris Wallace was interviewed and indicated that a lot of his questions would be about the OBL kill. His first question, he said, would be whether the candidates supported the president's decision to kill Bin Laden. In other words, the known libs at Fox are going to try to control the debate and make the candidates say as many nice things about Ozero as possible. Focusing on Bin Laden will also keep them from talking toooo much about that pesky economy in the toilet thing.
Herman Cain was on Fox News yesterday praising Ozero for not releasing the photos of Osama Dead Laden. That was a disappointment.
This debate really is meaningless given that it's a pretty safe bet none of these five candidates will last very long into the primaries.
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:42:14 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Does anyone know if C-SPAN is carrying also? I don’t have the Fox News channel. :-(
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:43:18 PM PDT
by
reegs
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:49:03 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: TexasFreeper2009
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:50:23 PM PDT
by
pollywog
("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
To: TexasFreeper2009
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posted on
05/05/2011 5:50:36 PM PDT
by
pollywog
("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Switch over after American Idol to watch the debate, I’m thinking Jacob will be voted off. I would be shocked if it’s Lauren or Scott.
To: BigEdLB
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posted on
05/05/2011 6:01:02 PM PDT
by
reegs
To: CounterCounterCulture
None of these idiots has a shot at the nomination, much less POTUS.
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posted on
05/05/2011 6:01:25 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Rome2000
I don’t know if I’d throw that kind of language around with Herman Cain. I’m very interested in hearing him tonight.
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posted on
05/05/2011 6:07:27 PM PDT
by
reegs
To: CounterCounterCulture; Mozilla
There can be no nominee without an announced candidate. Here are my choices for the nominee of these five...BEFORE the debate.
1. Cain
2. Pawlenty
3. Santorum
4. Paul
5. Johnson
Cain gives a real world, private sector sensibility. He can also attack Hussein without the race card...
Pawlenty is a two term Republican from a Democrat state. I know he has liabilities, but who DOESN’T?
Santorum is very good on the issues, but I wonder if he has the executive experience for the job.
Ron Paul is GREAT on fiscal responsibility, but I do not believe in isolationism...which is what he seems to embrace
Gary Johnson to me is largely unknown. I have heard he is pro-abortion, though, and that puts him in a bad light with me.
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