Posted on 09/22/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The NINE(!) Candidates:
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, 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 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.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an ob-gyn and was Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Rick Perry
Perry is the three term governor of Texas, from 2000 to current. He is a retired Air Force captain for former farmer. He has a degree in animal science.
Mitt Romney
Romney was governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007) and former CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican 2008 nomination for president. 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.
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.
That's because he is a dolt.
Perry needs to get real on his immigration issue. That alone will cause me not to vote for him in the primary. However I will vote for the republican nomination whom ever it is over Obama. We can’t afford another term with him!!
True, we could slow down the process but at what cost? My solution for years has been to invade Mexico and throw out the government. Then, give them a copy of our Constitution and say “use this document like we did at our founding, not today.” It would take about a week a cost a lot less.
Why is Huntsman getting so much face time?
GLord this is a pathetic group. I might have to reconsider Gingrich.
You mean like a man or woman who have been campaigning for 5 years? How about someone who's been giving speeches for years, or someone who has been in politics forever?
Nope Perry isn't great at debates yet but he's the only one up there that is currently working a real job instead of just campaigning and practing for years.
not quite... Under the law, any student who has lived in Texas at least three years and graduated from a Texas high school qualifies for in-state tuition. The law also requires noncitizens to apply for citizenship.
Absolutely. But wasting money on fence that will be breeched and will probably be built by illegals themselves isn’t the answer.
Me, too, Allegra! BIG time!
It is tiresome and insulting, isn't it???
I mean, it's not like his former chief of staff was a Merck lobbyist who donated a bunch of money to him, right?
And it's nothing like his current chief of staff at the time was the Texas head of a group that Merck created to lobby for Gardasil mandates.
And of course, he didn't meet with Merck on the day of the signing of the executive order.
And it would be ludicrous to think that he would accept a $5k contribution on that SAME DAY.
See? Nothing to see there at all. I can't imagine why people keep mentioning it. /s
I’m not liking Perry and Romney is not good either. Though both are far better than our current failed President.
Perry is really off tonight. I guess it’s all that campaigning in NYC. It takes a toll.
Romney’s advantage is that the little primary voters have heard of him, and they aren’t familiar with Perry and many of the others. They stick with familiar names.
WHY THE HELL ARE THEY ATTACKING EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF ATTACKING OZERO!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT PART OF DON’T ATTACK YOUR TEAMMATE DON’T THEY FREAKING UNDERSTAND!!!! I WANT TO HEAR THEM ATTACKING OZERO AND NOT PERRY ABOUT THE DONATION WHILE OZERO GAVE HALF A BILLION TO HIS CRONIES....why aren’t they they shouting it from the roof tops!!!!!!! UGHHHHHH, I DISPISE WALLACE...ASSHOLE!!!
I’m sorry, folks; I just could not take another 4-years of George Bush....I mean Rick Perry.
Any of these candidates would be better than 4 more years of Obama.!!
I’m sorry, folks; I just could not take another 4-years of George Bush....I mean Rick Perry.
Any of these candidates would be better than 4 more years of Obama.!!
Perry is a conservative? Mandating vaccines by the state? Paying for illegal aliens and not maintaining borders? Huh? What am I missing here...or what are YOU missing?
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