Posted on 10/18/2011 4:37:49 PM PDT by kristinn
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, 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.
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.
Paul wants to isolate Israel and basically leave them at the mercy of their hostile neighbors.
Ron Paul just F’d Up.
Without foriegn aid from FRANCE, the USA would not have existed as a country.
It has a place, but not as a HANDOUT program, like loan assurances to GREECE.
Romney followed up with a rather meandering reply about asking China to take our place in giving foreign aid...weak. Perry definitely won that round.
I’ve yet to hear anyone say a mormon shouldn’t run for POTUS. I’ve only read some say they personally couldn’t violate their conscience and cast their personal vote for a mormon. They have that right.
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Bingo and ping to 1189. I’m on the road but the hotel has free WiFi so I get to be online tonight. :D
LOL - true that. Paul just keeps stepping in it!
So refreshing to hear a candidate say that!
Clinton’s baggage doesn’t ever seem to hurt HIS image.
Iraq, etc. will NEVER reimburse us.
Its CNN LIVE. Imagine how many people have heard that in airport departure lounges around the nation, waiting for a cramped flight with crappy food that they have to pay for, and maybe lost baggage along the way (after passing the Direspectful-Tone-of-Voice TSA Molestation Gauntlet)
Copy down to the last bolt the fence system that Israel has & you will have a winner.
Unfortunately, I agree. :(
Romney may win this just because he has the most support but will people get inspired to have a high turn out for him? Romney just forced my wife to leave the room.
How about “make love, not war?”
Perry DEFUND the United Nations. Well done. Paul doing well with take away ALL foreign aid. Paul going after the aid we e gave to Egypt.
Bachmann doing clean up on Obama. No cut to Israel and goes right after Obama. She is doing the best at bringing the fight back to Obama.
COnsidering the person we currently have in the White House, I beg to differ with you, Newt IS a leader.
He is not someone I prefer...but he beats the hell out of having a Muslim Mussolini!
Perry was strong throughout, mixed it up a bit with Romney, hit energy, states rights, and defund the UN....good solid performance that will keep the contributions coming in...
But Paul focuses on the wrong thing. He's call for military cuts and no foreign aid.
We've got an ENTITLEMENT society that is killing us. Get rid of government waste and a lot of these entitlements.
I love Texas; I used to live there (Tyler and Galveston). I don’t like La Raza Rick Perry, though.
This is the first debate I’ve seen (no television reception...catching this on the net). Perry looks weak, Santorium looks sincere but weak to me. Cain looks strong, but is getting very few questions, Romney needs to lose that phony smile. Bachman sounds good, but something about her performance isn’t selling me. What can I say about Ron Paul?
:-D
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