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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: TomGuy
Sawyer is spending too much time editorializing, instead of asking questions of the candidates.

Agreed.

201 posted on 12/10/2011 6:26:39 PM PST by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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To: All

Can Diane Sawyer talk any faster?


202 posted on 12/10/2011 6:26:39 PM PST by imchris
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To: Williams

golf grip LMAO!


203 posted on 12/10/2011 6:26:39 PM PST by tioga ( Holder lost the guns, Corzine lost the money, Obama lost the jobs....a dem trifecta.)
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To: advertising guy

Watched Diane Sawyer do the news one time, couldn’t believe it was pure communist propoganda from beginning to end.


204 posted on 12/10/2011 6:26:59 PM PST by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: Williams

If Sawyer’s drunk, that’s a plus. It’s her only chance to show some personality.


205 posted on 12/10/2011 6:27:49 PM PST by BCrago66
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To: parksstp

Wonderful recap!


206 posted on 12/10/2011 6:28:05 PM PST by StarFan
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Go Santourum! He’s kicking butt on the Social Security Question......


207 posted on 12/10/2011 6:28:21 PM PST by jakerobins
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To: rodguy911

Sawyer’s question is going on forever; on Texas pipeline and tax cut.

Bachmann disagrees with the payroll tax cut. Detrimental - took away $100 billion from SS. Some on stage agree with Obama. She’s passionate and specific.

Romney in favor - doesn’t want to raise taxes on those suffering. Just a bandaid. President in office for 3 years disjointed criticism - commenting on crisis - no solutions.

Santorum - is there a SS trust fund or not? Serious discussion needed. Very passionate and a bit hysterical

Paul wants to cut spending overseas. Mad as hell.

Gingrich not asked to respond.


208 posted on 12/10/2011 6:28:36 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Gingrich - flying solo - without congressional baggage!!!)
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To: RedMDer

She is the poster babe for Quaaludes

SHe is so caught up in hearing herslef yap, as are ALL of the alleged “moderators” of these debates...and I detest her “I am elite media, I can talk down to anyone I choose” tone in her voice.

OK...back to the debate....and the caterpillar crawl


209 posted on 12/10/2011 6:28:36 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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To: Williams

George says, “all of you have been begging”? And no questions for Newt?


210 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:17 PM PST by GOPJ (Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred - Proverbs 15)
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To: tcrlaf

Oh my! Ron Paul says he could fix Social Security by closing U.S. embassy in Baghdad.


211 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:17 PM PST by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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To: BCrago66

Steffy with the GIGANTIC SOFTBALL to Mittens.


212 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:17 PM PST by WeatherGuy
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To: BCrago66

Courtesy of the fine folks at Conservatives for Palin... :-)


213 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:17 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: kristinn

Steffy is now trying to get them to turn on each other by claiming which is the most conservative of the group.


214 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:17 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: kristinn

Here comes the ATTACK GINGRICH segment from the Gingrich-hating Stephy, exactly as predicted!


215 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:36 PM PST by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: Pravious
For sure.I think Dianne sawyer is over her head here. I think so far most of the candidates are really doing a great job. You can tall so many debates have really sharpened them all with quick answers.

The only thing that worries me about these debates are we telling the left what to concentrate on in their attack on our candidates?

Stuffy Stephy now trying to get the candidates to go after one another/ Slick "expletive deleted."

216 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:40 PM PST by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: BCrago66

Notice they’re not giving Newt or Perry the mic.

That’s who they don’t want to run against.


217 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:40 PM PST by txhurl (Perry/Pence 2012)
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To: imchris

The only good thing I can say about Diane Sawyer is that she isn’t Christiane Amanpour...I was afraid when I tuned in I’d see her sitting there with that “my that lemon was sour” face on.


218 posted on 12/10/2011 6:29:43 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: kristinn

End of Round 1:
Diane Sawyer completes the round by pimping Romney.
She claims only he answered (when in fact he lied and avoided the direct answer).

Round 2:
Democrat/RomneyBOT Diane Sawyer: “What about the Payroll Tax Cut?”

Michele Bachmann “Extension should not have been there in the first place. .... It is an Obama gimmick.”

Sawyer puts down Bachmann and gives a lead to Romney (again).

Mitt Romney: Changes topic to discuss unemployment (ignored by Sawyer). Talks about ‘bandaids’.
Changes topic to investment in America (ignored by the swooning Sawyer).

Stephanopoulos interrupts and with audicity answers the question for everyone else.
Will not let anyone else answer now that Romnety was given time and lauding.

Rick Santorum interrupts and explains his position for a tax cut that works.

Ron Paul: Changes topic to war in Iraq and contractors (ignored by Sawyer).

Stephanopoulos closes it out, only and Bachmann Romney weres allowed to answer in Round 2.

Stephanopoulos then allows Romney to talk about his conservatism.
Only Romney.

Conclusion: This is an overtly fixed “debate” set up for Romney.


219 posted on 12/10/2011 6:30:07 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: tcrlaf

Romney takes the bait!


220 posted on 12/10/2011 6:30:14 PM PST by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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