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(Live Thread) Republican Presidential Debate #6 - Sep. 22, 2011 - Orlando, FL. (9pm ET FOXNEWS)
Google-YouTube / FoxNews ^ | Sept. 22, 2011

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.


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To: kabar
Not quite. The commitment to file an application to be an LPR is so open-ended as to be meaningless. They may never be eligible to do so. Yet they receive in-state tuition.

You are correct. Good catch.

1,801 posted on 09/22/2011 9:36:20 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: AdamBomb
Newt and Cain are awesome but neither are electable.

With all the damage he's done my dog could beat Barack Obama in 2012. We need the best conservative nominee, period. The rest will take care of itself. Unless that candidate has the principles and courage to UNDO what Zero has done, all of this is academic and it won't matter that we elected "a Republican" to take the blame.

1,802 posted on 09/22/2011 9:37:00 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (GunWalker: Arming "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as well funded")
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To: mojitojoe
Of the two front runners, Romney won this debate. I don't like him anymore than you do.

Of all of them... Newt has been and always does very well in debates.

1,803 posted on 09/22/2011 9:37:53 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: lquist1

I just looked it up. By my count there are 9 more debates,

Next up Oct 11 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.

Time for Perry to regroup and get prepared!


1,804 posted on 09/22/2011 9:38:32 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball

“Hey has FR repealed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on being a Newt fan? For years I thought I was the only one who didn’t think he was a RINO turncoat. Not that I’ve been blind to his faults but I swear I was the only person I saw write a positive thing about him around here for the longest time.

Good to be out of the closet, isn’t it?”

I think a LOT of people here are secretly NEWT fans, but afraid to say so. He is now in 3rd place in the latest Rasmussen poll. With Perry’s dismal performance, the general dislike of Mitt Romney, and the soon-to-be-unveiling on Newt’s NEW Contract with America.... more and more people will be looking at Newt as the one person who can beat Mitt Romney. Perry at least put up more of a fight than Fred Thompson, but is about to suffer the same fate..... total collapse.

Newt may have baggage, but Mitt has Romneycare for Obama to hammer him with on a daily basis. On the plus side..... Newt has an unbelievable grasp on everything, and an incredible amount of great ideas. Mitt Romney has his talking points so rehearsed, you can’t even tell he’s spewing talking points.

It *might* come down to Romney and Newt, and I hope you people can come out of your Newt-closets, and put your support behind his candidacy.


1,805 posted on 09/22/2011 9:38:41 PM PDT by jageorge72
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To: A CA Guy
Newt is probably the only one up there capable of leading this country out of the mess.

Oh please, Newt was CREAMED by Clinton and his minions in minutes. He was the most hated man in America and that was before his love life was dragged out.

Newt is a great talker, but he is unable to stand up under the heat.

1,806 posted on 09/22/2011 9:40:24 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999

Well having seen how this Primary thing is panning out, I will take any R in the WH and I am going to start focusing on the Senate. If either Mittens or Perry get in, we need a group of Jim DeMint types to make sure whatever type of person we get in there does exactly what they say in these debates. If they want to play the Conservative, we are going to hold them to it. I think we can take the Senate this go round and there are some solid people running.


1,807 posted on 09/22/2011 9:40:41 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: bray

As far as I’m concerned there is already a void for a conservative voice. I couldn’t watch any of the debates because with the exception of Newt and maybe Cain, the candidates are an embarrassment and are as boring as......


1,808 posted on 09/22/2011 9:41:22 PM PDT by WVNan (!)
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To: hocndoc

“So, if illegal families are being drawn to Texas, it’s for 3 years prior to college, they graduate and stay out of trouble with the law.”

What does it mean to go to college? To major in mexican studies or some other humanities degree and get indoctrinated by some radical communist professor?


1,809 posted on 09/22/2011 9:41:32 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Thank you, Bob!)
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To: Rational Thought
“I got lobbied on this issue. I got lobbied by a 31 year old young lady who had stage 4 cervical cancer,” said Perry. “I spent a lot of time with her. She came by my office She talked to me about this program. I readily admitted we should have had an opt-in but I don’t know what part of opt out most parents don’t get and the fact is I erred on the side of life and I will always err on the side of life as a governor as a president of the United States.”

Perry never said he met her before the EO. It's bad enough when Dems smears conservatives, but it's happening on a daily basis on FR these days.

1,810 posted on 09/22/2011 9:42:35 PM PDT by Carling (Defeat Obama 2012!)
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To: Irenic
Newt looks better and better. I just have a problem trusting him to stay where he is now. Newt could deal with world leaders, he knows his chit. I honestly think he would be our best choice.

I would like for Newt to tam up with Cain. He could teach Cain what Cain would need to know and hopefully Cain could help keep Newt in the straight and narrow.

1,811 posted on 09/22/2011 9:43:39 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: A CA Guy

$5,000 with books?!?!? Wow.

Not that cheap where my 3 kids went/go to school. They did get some scholarship money, but no loans.

One of them is now living in Cali and paying those wonderful Cali taxes....boy does he ever complain!


1,812 posted on 09/22/2011 9:44:33 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: All
Far from the pre-debate claim that it was rigged in Perry's favor, it was designed to help Romney. From the questions to the commentators, even the other candidates.

There is no reason to gang up on Perry. Perry is not ready for these debates. He badly needs to work on prep. When he's relaxed he's fine but he stumbles a lot. It's frustrating.

Of those I saw, his best answer was the VP question. It told me a lot about what he knows about his own limitations and what he respects in others.

Even in the post-debate with Hannity, I noticed Bachmann wasn't challenged and she along with Romney were asked about Perry so they could bash him again. Cain was asked about ObamaCare. Paul was asked about foreign policy.

1,813 posted on 09/22/2011 9:46:22 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Ryan: Obama "a pyromaniac in a field of straw men" / Andre Carson's racism goes unchecked)
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To: Netizen

“I would like for Newt to tam up with Cain. He could teach Cain what Cain would need to know and hopefully Cain could help keep Newt in the straight and narrow. “

ah ha so Perry had a good point about a Cain/Newt combo!


1,814 posted on 09/22/2011 9:46:39 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Thank you, Bob!)
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To: Hattie
However, some people here on this forum seem to think the people of TX actually VOTED for this policy and that is bunk.

Actually, some people here think Perry made the decision on this. It was the TX legislature.

I doubt anyone thinks the citizens of TX voted at the polls on the issue. However, you vote your representatives in. The only thing the people could have done is made their objections heard.

1,815 posted on 09/22/2011 9:47:11 PM PDT by World'sGoneInsane (The terrorists attacked us--and don't you forget it!)
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To: TonyInOhio
You might be right. So, who are you backing?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2782250/posts?page=46#46

1,816 posted on 09/22/2011 9:47:14 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: alstewartfan

“How about Milt’s statement that he was going to be better on gay issues than Ted Kennedy? That’s gonna be a real winner in the primaries. And his full-fledged support of abortion will not be forgotten. Bob”

Ok, if you are going to go way back in time, like when Rick Perry was an actual Democrat, how about Perry thinking Al Gore was wonderful? Hmmmmmmm?


1,817 posted on 09/22/2011 9:49:35 PM PDT by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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To: World'sGoneInsane

“Actually, some people here think Perry made the decision on this. It was the TX legislature. “

He publicly endorsed it tonight and made it much worse for himself when he said his heart made him do it. That’s a big no no. Only dems talk that way.


1,818 posted on 09/22/2011 9:51:15 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Thank you, Bob!)
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To: GlockThe Vote
No he won't he can't win with only democrat votes and a very few republicans. The Evangelicals will never vote for him, they won't say it out loud, but they'll be too busy on election day to make it to the polls.

Too many people know about his various positions, I'm telling you if Romney is the nominee, you'll be saying President Obama on January 22, 2013,

1,819 posted on 09/22/2011 9:51:36 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: Lazlo in PA

Jim DeMint
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That’s my choice for president, sure wish he was running. /pout


1,820 posted on 09/22/2011 9:51:44 PM PDT by Irenic
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