Posted on 09/22/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: FOXNEWS
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.
With 9 of them up on stage it's to be expected IMO.
Fact, Perry was awful tonight. He did good in the msnbc debate and okay last week on cnn. Tonight, oh boy.
It seems more people are willing to accept Romney and see him as credible and viable. My worst nightmare come true.
There were only 4 opposing votes in the legislature and Perry never called you a racist if you opposed the bill.
I have my candidate but I will support ANYBODY that is up against the Muslim
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I will cry but when push comes to shove, I would crawl over broken glass to get rid of Obama.
I really like Cain. He makes sense, he loves this country and he has actually articulated a plan to get us out of this mess.
Maybe you forgot.
Obama’s TERM ONE is because
of Mitt Romney and his vicious backstabbing RomneyBOTs.
McCain and Gov. Palin were AHEAD and Romney was
reportedly pissing in his underwear.
If Palin was watching (and I’m sure she was), she has to be thinking that the door is wide open for her to get in right now:
Perry stumbled.....now is her chance to get in before Mitt Commie gets too much momentum.
The timing is right for Palin. She should announce tomorrow AM to steal the headlines for the weekend.
That he did.
Lowest negative?
Do you want to fix this or just get your guy in? If the Republicans want my vote they better give me someone I could vote FOR. Been there done that.
Palin/Cain would be awesome!
“That stammering, incoherent reply gave me a face palm.”
Hahahaha! I did the same thing. And I was rooting for Perry. Somebody has to stop Romney, or it’s 2008 all over again, and we’re screwed before we get to April. So far, by watching these debates, all I know about Perry is, 1) he supports illegal immigration, 2) he mandated some kind of vaccine for schoolgirls, and 3) he can’t seem to put 3 sentences together.
when you suck on an issue like perry does, there is no way to spin in.
Perry stinks. No thanks.
This could be a big problem.......
Fox is whom is awful.
>> Perry’s people need to put him through debate camp
Perry’s not dishing out the red meat some seem to be craving.
Sarah Palin is waiting in the wings until they kill each other off. I think she will step in and pick up the pieces. Romney (and Perry himself) is killing Perry. Palin will step in and pick up Perry's support and run for the brass ring and win.
“Perry would be our WORST choice. Huntsman is better than Perry.”
Man, talk about a Jump the Shark post...
Then they lambasted Perry about his illegal immigration stance. One guy even brought up how his son wanted to go to Texas A & M, but is from out of state a couldn't afford it, while illegals will get to go. That's gonna hurt! There was a woman that complained about his stance on illegals as well.
He was tripping over his own obviously rehearsed, canned answers. He stunk it up big time.
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