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At Last: A Serious Televised GOP Debate (Regarding This Saturday Night's C-SPAN Debate)
American Thinker ^
| 3 November 2011
| Thomas Lifson
Posted on 11/03/2011 11:37:06 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
If you are as sick of the sound bite debate format as I am, there is cause to cheer today. C-SPAN has announced that it will televise Saturday night's debate between Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain in Texas. We shall finally have a shot at the longed-for Lincoln-Douglas style extended discussion.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; conservatives; cspan; debate; gingrich; lincolndouglas; newt; newtgingrich; nolibsallowed; primaries; refreshing; truedebate
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C-SPAN (Main Station) and C-SPAN Radio, plus live on the web (C-SPAN SITE) www.c-span.org
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
8 pm Eastern / 5 pm Pacific
Lincoln-Douglas style debate without liberal moderator, but with full answers allowed and Rep. Steven King as "time keeper". Should be interesting!
LINK TO C-SPAN LIVE STREAM SITE FOR REFERENCE
To: AmericanInTokyo
Gunna be great... can’t wait
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posted on
11/03/2011 11:39:28 PM PDT
by
Java4Jay
To: kingattax; Kartographer; BenKenobi
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posted on
11/03/2011 11:39:36 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Mr. Cain: Back on message now; let the rest of us ferret out the gutter crap who planted that smear)
To: Java4Jay
I will be up early to watch it here Sunday a.m. our time!
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posted on
11/03/2011 11:40:00 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Mr. Cain: Back on message now; let the rest of us ferret out the gutter crap who planted that smear)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Set DVR to that time and SPAN 1, but it shows a program called “American Perspectives”. Hope it records the debate!
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posted on
11/03/2011 11:45:02 PM PDT
by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: antceecee
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posted on
11/03/2011 11:47:14 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Mr. Cain: Back on message now; let the rest of us ferret out the gutter crap who planted that smear)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I like both, but seems like Newt would be awfully hard to beat in this format.
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posted on
11/03/2011 11:47:43 PM PDT
by
GnuHere
To: antceecee
Remember there is a time change coming up. Maybe that has something to do with it. Check 7 p.m. Eastern as well, looks like it is 6:00 p.m. Central according to their flyer: http://thewoodlandsteapartypac.com/the-cain-gingrich-debate-2011/
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posted on
11/03/2011 11:49:43 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Mr. Cain: Back on message now; let the rest of us ferret out the gutter crap who planted that smear)
To: onyx; TheConservativeParty; NoGrayZone; BenKenobi; Kartographer; justsaynomore; MNJohnnie; ...
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posted on
11/04/2011 12:29:35 AM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
To: GnuHere
I suspect it’ll be more like a constructive discussion between two adults, rather than a competitive debate per se. Where the objective will be to learn, rather than simply ‘win’.
To: AmericanInTokyo
I’m pleased C-SPAN is running it.
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posted on
11/04/2011 1:55:01 AM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(TeaParty & establishment GOP conspire to reelect Obama.)
To: Utmost Certainty; AmericanInTokyo
I suspect it’ll be more like a constructive discussion between two adults
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posted on
11/04/2011 2:13:14 AM PDT
by
PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Bttt! I’ll be watching too!
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:09:28 AM PDT
by
sneakers
(EAT YOUR PEAS!)
To: GnuHere
I like both, but seems like Newt would be awfully hard to beat in this format.Mybe they are more evenly matched than you mike expect. Cain has the advantage in that he is extremely likeable in a public forum. Newt always comes off as somewhat arrogant which is a disadvantage in a debate.
To: afraidfortherepublic
Maybe they are more evenly matched than you might expect.
Still early here.
To: AmericanInTokyo
I haven’t watched any of the previous debates because the sight of that greasy New Englander Willard Mitt Romney makes me wants to retch, but I plan on tuning in for this one...
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:33:34 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: GnuHere
Agreed. It will be darn hard for Cain to look any better than “mediocre”.
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posted on
11/04/2011 4:38:48 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: AmericanInTokyo
This is far better a debate format for two people who can’t stand each other. Otherwise, it an academic exercise.
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posted on
11/04/2011 4:43:02 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: ConservativeMind
“...for two people who can’t stand each other...”
Who are the two people?
(As I understand it, Cain and Gingrich have great respect for one another.)
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posted on
11/04/2011 5:08:52 AM PDT
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: GnuHere
“..Newt would be awfully hard to beat in this format.”
That was my first thought, too.
Newt will focus on his knowledge about foreign policy issues. Although I can’t stand the man because of his past ethical & moral blunders, you do have to admit he does very well in a debate forum.
Look for him to gain 5% or more points in the polls while Cain drops an equal amount.
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posted on
11/04/2011 5:13:22 AM PDT
by
panaxanax
(0bama >>WORST PRESIDENT EVER.)
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