(LIVE THREAD!) Republican Presidential Debate #2 - June 13, 2011 8pm/5pm: New Hampshire

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[newzjunkey]

Broadcast on: CNN

Broadcast time: 8pm EDT/5pm PDT

The Candidates:

Michele Bachmann

Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, she earned a Master of Laws degree, worked as a tax attorney, and was a foster mother for 23 teenagers. She is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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.

Newt Gingrich

Gingrich served as the 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican member from 1979 to 1999. He has a PhD in modern European history.

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.

Mitt Romney

Romney was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007) and former CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008. He has an MBA (Harvard) and JD (Harvard Law).

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.

[Friendofgeorge]

Yes MB said a couple times lately that Obama would only be a one term President. Big deal, it was not like it was her own term that she coined, I think it was Dick Cheney that first said it quite some time ago.

I wonder if we will hear her saying “drill baby drill” that would be to hard to stomach for me.

Nice of her to have fostered 23 children over the years, I give to various charities, charity is supposed to be in private I have always thought.

Would be no difference for me to shout out, I give this much to World Vision, and this much to Leprosy mission and this much to Christian Blind Mission etc etc....

Oh btw for the third time did I mention that I give to World Vision? In closing I give to World Vision...did I mention that...Yes I give to World Vision, did I mention that I give to World Vision.

Vote for me because I give to World Vision...

btw was not aimed at you was just joining the conversation

[onyx]

FR is overrun with Palinbots.

Boo-Hoo!

Take your complain the FR's #1 Palin Bot.

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To: GoCards; Syncro; Sheila Robinson; All

This was at the Tea Party Express rally in Reno, NV last week (Go Sharron Angle!). The lady in the cowboy hat with the sweet smile is my wife Sheila. And that’s Syncro’s left eyeball in the upper left as he focuses his video camera.

Sarah was introduced to me by Sal Russo (leader of the Tea Party Express) who introduced me as Jim Robinson from freerepublic.com. She said thank you for all you guys have done, then leaned forward and gave me a little cheek to cheek hug. I took it as she loves the FReepers and pass it on to all of you!!

Woo hoo!! FR is Palin Country!!

48 posted on 10/26/2010 12:12:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Just vote them OUT!!)

[Logic n' Reason]

Indeed we do...but I believe “time will tell”!!

[Bigun]

I won’t argue any of that but will tell you that professional pollsters are capable of designing polls to get accurate results and often do so. Those polls are very closely held property of those who pay for them and are generally not made public.

I think that at this point I will simply agree with a statement made several times last night that went like this “anyone on this stage tonight would make a better president than Barack Obama” and I will Include Sarah in that as well even though she was not on that stage last night.

[Syncro]

Timeline [for Palin to get in]: probably late fall or early winter, 2011 to January, 2012.

You have an excellent point there.

I have predicted July 20-Aug 1st, this year.

Kennedy declared in Jan of the year he was elected.

Others have declared in the fall of the year before.

This is a new phenomenon, candidates declaring so early.

It's a media thing, so many of them are stuck on what the media wants. To their detriment in most cases.

Plus when one jumps in, others think they had better do so too.

I like your idea, waiting until the majority of them self-destruct or burn out.

Romney having been given the green light as the next in line (or maybe Gingrich too?) by the GOP will still be around and a strong contender as the leftist media have chosen him to be the one to lose to Obama.

Palin is scary to both sides.

[newzjunkey]

Yes the Elvis or Johnny Cash question for Bachmann was real.

Going into and out of breaks John King wasted time asking a stupid "this or that" question of each candidate. They were a complete waste of time.

The ones I recall: Coke/Pepsi (Pawlenty), iPhone/Blackberry (RonPaul), Elvis/JohnnyCash (Bachmann), Thin crust/Deep dish (Cain), Leno/Conan (Santorum).

[dupree]

I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but here we go. It doesn’t matter what anybody thinks or what George Washington spoke about——what’s WRITTEN in the Constitution is ALL that matters. It trumps everything. Barack Obama is president because the Constitution says he can be president, whether you or I or anybody else likes it or not.

Personally, I don’t think someone that is born in the U.S. with an illegal immigrant for a parent should be qualified to be elected president. But until the Constitution is changed that’s the way it is.

[Syncro]

You are arguing that the president has been given dictatorial powers by the Constitution.

Histrionics and a lie, plus an attribution you won't see in my posts.

I can't believe I READ THAT on FREE REPUBLIC.

Take a deep breath, I won't argue with strawmen and subtle veiled ad homonyms.

Do some research, that's what I did.

[Syncro]

lol@SHOCK & AWESOME.

Neat

[MHGinTN]

Keep trolling trolling trolling,
Keep those trolls a trolling

You're playing at agitprop. Not very well, but ... keep on trolling

[Syncro]

I don’t think someone that is born in the U.S. with an illegal immigrant for a parent should be qualified to be elected president. But until the Constitution is changed that’s the way it is.

Oh my, you have a different version of the Constitution than I have.

[GOPsterinMA]

“They were a complete waste of time.”

Thank you for the recap. Does sound like a complete waste.

Welcome to “American Idol” nation.

[newzjunkey]

It is by design. There was no reason to stop the lights from signaling the debaters that their time was coming to an end. This is deliberate to keep us from remembering their answers.

Do not let them win. Focus and remember what they say.

So on dead-on target it's worth repeating! That is 100% why the grunting was done. It was all about disrupting the viewers from cleanly hearing and comprehending the candidate's responses. It was fatiguing to listen through that noise and King knew it would be.

[Impy]

I didn’t “copy” anyone. If “Logic n’ Reason” had the same thoughts I did then he or she must be an astute fellow.

[LibLieSlayer]

I have complete trust in her to govern as our President so I think I can trust the most leading edge candidate this Nation has seen since Reagan. Sarah knows exactly what she is doing and she always has... they try to use her proper and correct responses and actions against her... like her defense over Giffords being shot... but she is always correct and her emails have proved this fact beyond a shadow of a doubt. All others pale in comparison... and that is the factual reality of this election cycle. On to Victory... on Sarah's terms!

LLS

[potlatch]

Teacup poodle chases bear up a tree !

http://209.157.64.200/focus/chat/2722266/posts?page=1#1

[ohioWfan]

Can't stand her voice.

Her voice, her laugh, her makeup........

I'm glad to see that you make judgements based on deeply held political conviction, bean.

We need your kind of depth here on FR. /HEAVY sarcasm (in case Your Shallowness missed it)

Michele did great last night. Good start to a campaign. The more good candidates we have to choose from, the better.

[PinochetFan]

I love Sarah Palin, but I have to admit I was disappointed with her Freedom Tour. I live within truckin’ distance of the Liberty Bell. I wanted to take my family to hear her eloquent words, but the dates were never announced.

It’s great to stick it to the communist state media, but not at the expense of keeping your supporters in the dark.

[potlatch]

I agree, she looked beautiful.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

This photo brings such a smile to my face.. God Bless you all! :)