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.
I’m not a Bachmann supporter, but in all fairness, there is a world of difference between Muslim North Africa and Sub-Saharan Uganda.
“Perry’s best line of the night was how we should defund the UN! freaking A! that’s what i’m talking about!”
FRiend, you totally missed the weasel words in that statement. There was no point blank “when I president I will not fund the UN.” He said something like “we need to look at” defunding the UN. bla bla bla. It was just standard RINO debate bluster. Sorry but nothing to get excited about.
>Bachmann is a Fair Tax supporter. Every time she attacks Cain’s plan, I lose a little more respect for her.<
You would never know from listening her yammer on and on against Cain’s plan. Oh well, at least Wayne Newton thinks she’s a beautiful lady.
Post #1578, behzinlea zotted.
Great report card. I especially agree with the Bachmann grade.
She certainly explained her policy positions very well. She knows her materiel and it’s good material.
HUNTSMAN (A+)
LOL
I was kidding. The user had just posted an anti-Christian post.
Tonight was proof that you can lead Perry to a Red Bull, but you can’t stop him from thinking about a word for a second in the middle of every sentence. :p
I’m in the east. Try CNN.com for recaps. Live Streams are over.
“I detest mormonism”
You sir are bigot and I detest you in the stongest terms. By the way I am not a Mormon.
Awesome
I especially liked how we need ‘to have a debate about’ ending foreign aid and then ‘have a SERIOUS debate’ about it.
That’s the kind of decisiveness we need in the leader of the free world.
Class envy? Not at all. I treasure the menial jobs I had in the past, because I learned many life lessons, from the desire to improve my situation to how my job fit in the context of a small business or even a corporation.
That’s a benefit to Cain, whether you like it or not. His is an archetypal American success story, and many people will see themselves in it.
Maybe your hero Mitt will do better next time. The veneer cracked tonight.
If that’s your criteria, you probably want Newt.
But Perry has a record of doing good things. I have a list.
Obama would corner Perry in a round-room. You need to get behind someone who can think fast on their feet...it ain’t Perry!
Perry’s the guy at the lunch buffet who is still looking for the mayo while his buddies are reaching for toothpicks.
I served on my city council -- three terms. If you think that make me more qualified than Herman Cain you're delusional.
behzinlea was zot by the Boss.
That was a really weird segment with Michele Bachmann and Wayne Newton, LOL!
What happened to Herman Cain appearing on Greta's show tonight? She's been teasing that Herman was "coming up" all night, then he never appeared. :-(
No, I do not think you are more qualified than Herman Cain.
Or anybody on the planet. You are a nasty person and everybody on the City Council probably despised you.
“It was the way Perry argued with Romney. It made Romney look like a little spoiled punk.”
No, it made look Perry look like a big jerk and at the same time a small person, and the audience agreed by booing him.
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