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.
Not having specific economic plans out yet is unsettling and makes Perry vulnerable.
Freeper though I am, must admit...Mitt doing well...
GOP Orlando Debate 9/22/2011
RomneyBOT Chris Wallace and the Romney-TOADS
brings their bias to the Presidential debate.
Its off.
Boos for Gingrich.
FOX got thousands of questions (which willl be filtered for Romney).
Economy was key so FOX will begin by whacking Perry
and laying out the “carpet” for Romney.
Weak questions chosen asking vague matters
such as “what would you do to increase incentive?”
Perry says he will help the lawyers against individuals.
Discussed what HE says are changes he made in regulations in Texas.
Romney is introduced as having a “specific plan”.
(How BIASED is that?)
Fox says it is “timid” based upon a tax threshold.
In response, Romney gets his answer off
and must have had the question in advance
since he has a numeric list.
Romney claims he CUT taxes in Mass.
FOX will not correct him because
... they are biased for Romney. [Romney calls
tax increases “fees”].
FOX (THE channel of McGinniss and Ailes and Wallace,
allows Romney to go almost a minute over the “bell”.
Then FOX lowers its cannon on Ms. Bachmann
with a tougher question.
My answer to that: No.
Because the federal government should have no say in it.
I cannot stand Dick Morris even more than usual lately. He is so in the tank for Romney and Bachmann. Plus, he just makes my skin crawl.
So far...this thread is far more entertaining than the debate.
As a Texan, I agree.
Someone should mention also mention FDR was against Public Unions
Bachmanncan’t ever go to a gray answer. Why not say 20 % to govt or somethin?
The echoing open hall audio is horrible, a major screwup.
Bachmann grrrrr.
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I hate the condescending mechanical way she seems to start all her answers! I started out the gate wanting Bachmann when she announced but boy has THAT changed!
She was just pandering. You have to fund defense and other constitutional duties somehow.
There’s a lot to be said for letting each candidate answer the same questions. It’s cumbersome when there are so many, but we can’t compare candidates as well when they change the question almost every time.
“Ugh. Is this going to be another Romney/Perry show?”
Let’s hope not. But that’s what the lame stream media and the GOP establishment would like.
Not only training, Newt, must pee in a bottle too...
Point to Gingrich, but then I gig him a half for getting too wonkish....
Why boos for Gingrich
The thing with Rick is that he is the current governor of Texas, having served nearly 11 years in that capacity. Romney is a FORMER governor, only having been in that office for four years. Rick is proud of the job he’s doing, but he does need to be a little less Texas-centric.
OMG...is Newt the only adult in the room?
Kelly frames the question about extending benefit wrongly.
She puts these guys into the situation as it is today, not based on anything, as president, they would be doing immediately to improve the jobs situation.
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