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Live Thread: Iowa GOP Presidential Debate 9 P.M. EST/ 6 P.M. PST 12/10/11 on ABC Television
Saturday, December 10, 2011 | Kristinn

Posted on 12/10/2011 3:43:05 PM PST by kristinn

Where: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

When: 9 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. PST, Saturday, December 10, 2011. Debate scheduled to last two hours.

Broadcast on: ABC Televsion.

Moderators: Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos.

Candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: debate; elections; gop; iowa; iowagopdebate
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To: struggle
.....................................................Obama talks eye-glazing lawyer speak for 10 minutes until the final minute, when he finally addresses the question.

I think you are giving him more credit than is due.

LOL

1,181 posted on 12/10/2011 8:55:35 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: BCrago66
We don’t all have the stamina of, e.g., 75 year-old Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

If I had 20 year old paramours I think I could muster it.

Nice thread...over a 1000...sorta like the old days

hope it sticks...even though newbies can be a pain

1,182 posted on 12/10/2011 8:56:49 PM PST by wardaddy (Michelle, Sarah, Perry now Newt over Mitt.....that is how I've seen it and it's where we are)
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To: Tuxedo

Here is a link to the highlights of the debate:

http://www.therightscoop.com/


1,183 posted on 12/10/2011 8:57:35 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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To: tcrlaf

I’ll never understand how anyone at this stage could worship any one candidate. We would do well with Perry,Bachmann,Gingrich or Santorum.


1,184 posted on 12/10/2011 8:58:14 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Srdubya

And who is your candidate - Obama?


1,185 posted on 12/10/2011 8:59:19 PM PST by Marcella (Newt will smash Obama in debates. Newt needs money.)
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To: JulieRNR21

Wow, did not watch, but would watch a rerun to see it for this...when in debate did this occur—i.e. which half hour...


1,186 posted on 12/10/2011 8:59:54 PM PST by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: Irish Eyes

>>>.....................................................Obama talks eye-glazing lawyer speak for 10 minutes until the final minute, when he finally addresses the question.

>I think you are giving him more credit than is due.

>LOL

You’re right, sometimes he gives the lawyer speak WITHOUT addressing the question. Newt will kill Obama in debate. Mitt would just pull another McCain.


1,187 posted on 12/10/2011 9:00:11 PM PST by struggle
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To: baseballmom; Williams
***Sawyer wasting time enforcing the rules***...Agree, so annoying, like an ole school marm!! Just please get on with the questions.

I was thinking, We don't need any "rules" lectures from you ya old partisan hack.

1,188 posted on 12/10/2011 9:00:24 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: potlatch

Agreed.Perry did very well tonight.


1,189 posted on 12/10/2011 9:00:32 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: katiedidit1

What YOU said.

Yup

WOOT NEWT!

I wonder if Perry’s numbers will go up ad about the same of Romney’s go down?

Romney was awful tonight -

The Washington Establishment Elites just watched the bubbles go our of their champagne...


1,190 posted on 12/10/2011 9:01:11 PM PST by maine-iac7 (A prudent man foreseeth the evil,... but the simple pass on, and are punished. Prov 23:3 KJV)
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To: af_vet_rr

I am not a big Newt fan, but this question pi$$ed me off in the way it was asked. If you’re going to ask it, then Gingrich deserved to be asked it first. I was hoping one of the other candidates would have deferred commenting and telling the Sawyer/Snuffy that Newt deserved the opportunity to have first crack at it. It was a set up question from the start.

Just like the poverty question was a set up. At first glance, you think the media is giving that question to set up Romney bad (since he comes from a privileged background), but it was really to allow Romney or some other candidate to go after Newt’s earnings at Freddie.

In fact, the bulk of these questions were set up questions. Newt held his ground. If anything, Romney is in serious trouble. A performance like tonight is something that will cause the establishment heartache. They (Romney people) might actually start fleeing to Huntsman depending on how Monday’s Lincoln-Douglas goes.


1,191 posted on 12/10/2011 9:01:30 PM PST by parksstp (Articulate Conservatives look for Converts. RINO's look for Democrat Heretics.)
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To: KJC1

Waen’t this Palestinian state thing just brought up at the UN or something and some folks went wild....I think connected to the truth of newt’s statement.


1,192 posted on 12/10/2011 9:01:30 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: txroadkill

Thank you.


1,193 posted on 12/10/2011 9:01:36 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Thanks for the map.


1,194 posted on 12/10/2011 9:01:50 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: jwalsh07

No...he did not.


1,195 posted on 12/10/2011 9:03:43 PM PST by Solson (The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)
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To: Srdubya

Took a look at your posts, and you prefer Perry. You do pound on Newt at every opportunity.


1,196 posted on 12/10/2011 9:04:16 PM PST by Marcella (Newt will smash Obama in debates. Newt needs money.)
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To: newzjunkey

Then we are truly “f”...ed and it’s gonna be dry and hurt all over and then we are done so get your hut and gubmint help in order.


1,197 posted on 12/10/2011 9:05:10 PM PST by mcshot (Neither handsome nor handy but took an oath and will vote to save our Country.)
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To: Solson

Did not what?


1,198 posted on 12/10/2011 9:05:26 PM PST by jwalsh07 (h)
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To: JulieRNR21

In my defense my post took a long time to show up for whatever reason.

Perry did a good job in the end. Don’t think it’ll be enough. Newt just seems better.

Perry might’ve earned a spot on the short list for VP.


1,199 posted on 12/10/2011 9:07:26 PM PST by StrongandPround
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To: bushwon

http://www.therightscoop.com/perry-turns-israel-argument-back-on-obama/


1,200 posted on 12/10/2011 9:07:41 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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