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. Hes 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.
Barf alert: the host is Anderson Cooper.
Shall we start a pool on how long it takes Anderson to ask Herman Cain why he and the Tea Party hate latinos and want them to die an agonizing death by electrocution when they are only the purest of souls coming here to do jobs Americans won’t do?
My guess: 8:07 p.m. EST, and I further guess that Cain will answer the question very successfully and Anderson will cry in disappointment on Candy Crowley’s shoulder.
Thank you!
Thanks,still out here in the boonies.
I don’t see where there is a ban on congress having a sales tax. The are allowed to lay taxes (...The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,...)Art 1, Sect 7), the only restriction was on enumeration which the progressives turned over by way of the 16th.
I’m just gonna get this out of the way. The one central point about Herman Cain’s “999” plan is that he came up with “an idea”. Sure it has rough edges, but it could be built on... or scrapped. That is a remarkable achievement when one notes that Obama has yet to come up a single positive/workable idea either as a US senator and now as president. His policies have been that of destruction. Penalties, more federal oversight and regulation, breaking down barriers where barriers should exist (think gays in the military). He’s simply a destroyer.
But then why was there a need of the 16th Amendment to allow Congress to tax income?
Working great. Thanks.
Are they going to ask Santorum what he thought of SNL skit with him an a gay bar?
Herman Cain is going to be facing some major league pitching tonight. Will he go 4 for 4 with a grand slam or will he strike out 4 times? Or will it be something in between.
As a Cain backer, I will be on the edge of my seat tonight to see how he handles the pressure. In previous debates, the pressure was mostly on Perry and the others. With Perry pretty much down for the count, tonight all guns will be trained on Cain as he seems to be the only person standing between an awful choice of Mitt Romney or Barack Obama next November.
Good luck tonight Herman and don't let the bastards grind you down!
BTW...breaking on FoxNews right now are allegations that Barack Obama's campaign committed fraud in the 2008 Indiana primary, many of the voter signatures (to get Obama on the ballot) were forged and when the forgeries are removed, Obama would not have had enough signatures to get on the ballot. Apparently other states are being investigated as well and ACORN is in it up to their ears.
If it’s anything like the last debate, it’ll be “Herman who?” — he won’t be called on, and if he attempts to break in they’ll shut him up. To the media and Republican establishment, Romney’s already the candidate, and anyone who says otherwise just might as well shut up.
Of course, based on the polls, it looks like a LOT of people aren’t shutting up... :-)
Anderson Poofter! Wolf Blitzer! Andrea Borger and the OWS Looney Toons! Wooo Wooo!
Hope he brought his first aid kit, he's ganna need it when he ticks of Newt.
Pinganator!
Watch online at http://www.cnn.com/video/?/tab/live#/video/cvplive/cvpstream1
And chat with other Cain supporters at http://www.livestream.com/thehermancain
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Many scholars believe that is precludes income tax. The 16th was the progressive manuver to "clarify" the gubments right to income tax.
Excellant post and questions!
The questions will be cleverly disguised accusations leveled by an amorphous “they”. Example: “They say you resent your own race Mr Cain, can you explain these allegations?”. Soviet show trial stuff all the way.
Pre-debate discussion, one panel guy (I don’t know who he is) says the candidates need to give more than bumper sticker responses.
Blitzer reminds that they usually have 1 minute to answer and 30 seconds to respond.
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We do need a format that provides more ‘meat’ from the candidates and less reliance on gotcha’s.
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