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Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #5 – Durham, NH 09/05/07 - Official Discussion Thread

Posted on 09/05/2007 3:55:52 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #5 – Durham, New Hampshire 09/05/07 - Official Discussion Thread

Viewers of Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate in Durham, N.H., should be sure to have their computers up and running early, as FOXNews.com offers special live streaming video before, during and after the event.

The debate itself, to be aired on FOX News Channel and streamed on FOXNews.com, begins at 9 p.m. EDT (6 PDT).

Moderated by Brit Hume

Candidates participating...



TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: brithume; brownback; debate; debate2007; duncanhunter; durham; elections2008; fdt08; fox; foxnews; fredthompson; giuliani; gopdebate; huckabee; hume; hunter; immigration; johnmccain; mccain; mikehuckabee; mittromney; newhampshire; nh2008; paul; presidentialdebate; republican; republicandebate; romney; ronpaul; rudygiuliani; sambrownback; tancredo; thompson; tomtancredo; wot
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To: lawdog

Name calling always works..Just go look at the TOP TEN Non Fiction Bestsellers at Amazon.


2,041 posted on 09/05/2007 11:40:38 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: traviskicks

Show me the stats that Ron Paul Is popular with our military???

They hate him......lol


2,042 posted on 09/05/2007 11:43:48 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: trisham
Ron Paul blames our country for 9/11. Defend that.

No, he doesn't. He blames Osama and al-Qaeda. He does not fail to identify Saudi involvement either.

So I don't need to defend RP against your spurious charge.
2,043 posted on 09/06/2007 1:04:11 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: traviskicks
well, I watched the whole debate and I have to say I was a little dissaponted Paul spent all his time on foreign policy. He fumbled around with it a bit, not stressing the nonintervention and nonnationbuilding and robert taft approach. He had a perfect opportunity to hit one out of the park against the IRS and went off on a tangent. I think he should have stressed his domestic agenda more. He also seemed a bit too angry. So, I still think he did well, but he has this wonderful domestic agenda, the most conservative constituional candidate on, which he didn’t even mention. Also, what was the slip up about international law about? He sponsored one of the only bills introduced to get the US out of the UN!

Keep in mind he is not a conventional socialist pol of either party. His background is that of a doctor, not a lawyer like Giuliani or Romney. These folks are debate champs with plenty of drill and rehearsal from their campaign machines. The other second-tier candidates, non-lawyers, did little better, mostly borrowing GOP/WH talking points or trying to co-opt the positions and smooth rhetoric of the frontrunner campaigns like Giuliani or Romney.

If you watch the key sequences twice, you'll notice that RP was quite strong in his responses, despite provocation and attack questions or rude remarks from other Republicans on the stage. And Hume/Wallace were playing gotcha with all the candidates but focusing most on Ron Paul and discrediting him with their own political views. You'd think that Hume was running for office. Or maybe just for Giuliani's press secretary.

I suppose if we're electing a Debater-In-Chief, I might have to reconsider my support for RP.
2,044 posted on 09/06/2007 1:12:43 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: penelopesire
Show me the stats that Ron Paul Is popular with our military??? They hate him......lol

Not exactly. He received over 50% of all donations from those employed by the military, both active-duty and civilian employees. The numbers were overall small but quite surprising to everyone. Then you can look for active-duty vets supporting RP personally. Like in the following video, the first of many we expect in coming months. It's a very nice video from Iraq, RP is mentioned only briefly at the end.

YouTube - Combat Vets Support Ron Paul
2,045 posted on 09/06/2007 1:17:02 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: WFTR

A few comments about our candidates (mostly on their physical attributes):

It struck me that 3 out of 4 of our top tier candidates have all had or have cancer. Guiliani (prostate), McCain (skin), Thompson [now that he’s official](leukemia). Not sure what this means, if anything, but I suspect somehow the Dems will try to make use of this fact. Hitlery is the oldest of the 3 top tier Dem candidates (a fairly young bunch). A couple of our guys look and/or are old: Thompson and McCain (although Fred looks like he may have been recently botoxed). Hope camparisons aren’t made as to vitality and pep, but my guess is that the MSM as well as the Dems will play this up if either of these two are our nominee. If Romney is the nominee, his looks will also come into play: too good looking, and is therefore slick, or in Huckabee’s case, too glib and like a used car salesman. Brownback always looks like he has a stick up his *ss. Plus he has slitty looking eyes, like they are always half closed. Prudish, pursed lips, overly moralistic. Ron Paul looks and is nutz. Tancredo has a ski slope for a nose. Vies with Bob Hope’s for upward curvature. Duncan Hunter seems most presidential in looks and stature. A solid looking, squared off kind of guy. However, have you ever noticed how he always stands at the podium on an angle? He never stands front-on. Always at a quarter angle. Interesting, wonder why. Check out our candidates and see if I am not right, not that any of this is of significance. Just musing.


2,046 posted on 09/06/2007 1:17:51 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Thinking out loud while grinding teeth in political frustration)
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2,047 posted on 09/06/2007 3:15:47 AM PDT by LowOiL (Duncan Hunter .. a man you're not ashamed to support full heartedly..)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Right on every one. The problem is, there is no one top tier who I think can win. Like you said, Rudy has baggage, Mitts full of bs, McCain is establishment. Perhaps Thompson.

I also look at the wives. Like it or not, the wives are a big piece of how the candidate is percieved. Think of the damage Theresa did Kerry.

We can’t have any weaknesses because of the extra push the MSM gives Hillary.


2,048 posted on 09/06/2007 3:26:02 AM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: Bigg Red
My, my! How elitist!
Hmmm...You missed the point, didn't you? Hunter is in need of campaign funds. How can he raise campaign funds at an event that charges $10/plate? It's seems it's you who's wrapped up in elitism.
2,049 posted on 09/06/2007 4:14:58 AM PDT by Clara Lou (Run, FRed, run!)
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To: traviskicks

Hannity Handed Pauls ass to him.

On the Flip side we can see on you tube that Paulettes now how to post comments...


2,050 posted on 09/06/2007 4:29:12 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: ClarenceThomasfan
With all my heart I wish that was true...

Unfortunately they will continue to pretend he wasn't there....even FOX.

2,051 posted on 09/06/2007 4:33:48 AM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter...President '08)
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To: armymarinemom

*snort*


2,052 posted on 09/06/2007 4:35:04 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Bill O'Reilly is a pinhead.)
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To: ejonesie22

Was that Ron Paul or Pat Paul-son on stage last night?


2,053 posted on 09/06/2007 4:40:36 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: SergeiRachmaninov
If he visits our mother...

Are you related?

2,054 posted on 09/06/2007 4:43:33 AM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter...President '08)
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To: Clara Lou

How is what happens to my money any of your business?


2,055 posted on 09/06/2007 4:49:25 AM PDT by GulfBreeze (Support America, Support Duncan Hunter for President.)
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To: cbkaty

Ron Paul...

Pat Paulson would have made sense...


2,056 posted on 09/06/2007 4:51:07 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: floriduh voter

Oh, so you want them to be the ONLY ones with guns or other weapons on a plane. Sheep are like that.

I have been carrying a gun for more than two decades and don’t have a notch on it. I have stopped a couple of potential robberies that could have escalated though.

Which side are you on? A Constitutionally driven America or America’s enemies?


2,057 posted on 09/06/2007 5:04:44 AM PDT by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Dutch Tulip
Can you say “rationalization”?

Of course.

2,058 posted on 09/06/2007 5:07:20 AM PDT by syriacus (If the US troops had remained in S. Korea in 1949, there would have been no Korean War (1950-53))
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To: traviskicks
He also seemed a bit too angry.

What's with Ron Paul and his annoying habit of stabbing the air with a blue Bic pen?

2,059 posted on 09/06/2007 5:11:05 AM PDT by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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To: syriacus
Even according to a BBC analyst, Saddam was attempting to make a comeback on the world stage

Analysis: Saddam steps up defiance, 1 December, 2000, By BBC Middle East analyst Roger Hardy

2,060 posted on 09/06/2007 5:12:51 AM PDT by syriacus (If the US troops had remained in S. Korea in 1949, there would have been no Korean War (1950-53))
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