Posted on 01/09/2008 11:47:11 AM PST by pissant
Contact: Rob Godfrey, Communications Director 803.807.7144
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Excitement surrounding presidential politics in South Carolina continues to grow as South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson today announced that invitations have been extended to and accepted by six Republican presidential candidates to participate in the 2008 South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
"The stakes couldn't be higher this election, and we couldn't be more excited to extend a warm South Carolina welcome to six White House hopefuls who are seeking the Republican nomination to be the next President of the United States," said Dawson. "These candidates join tens of thousands of Republicans from across the country and hundreds of journalists from around the world who are converging on Myrtle Beach for this debate because they know the 2008 election could be decided on our stage that night."
The following candidates will be receiving formal invitations from the South Carolina Republican Party to the 2008 South Carolina Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate (in alphabetical order):
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani - New York City
Former Governor Mike Huckabee - Arkansas
U.S. Senator John McCain - Arizona
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul - Texas
Former Governor Mitt Romney - Massachusetts
Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson - Tennessee
Candidates who received invitations to participate in the debate have announced formal campaigns for president; filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and the South Carolina Republican Party to run for president; paid all candidate filing fees associated with their candidacy; met all U. S. constitutional requirements; and garnered at least 5% of the national electorate as determined by an average of the most recent national telephone polls of registered voters conducted by non-partisan public opinion polling organizations leading up to the registration deadline as determined by the South Carolina Republican Party and FOX News Channel; or, place in the top five in the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary on January 8, 2008.
The 2008 South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate will be televised live by FOX News Channel at 9:00 PM from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Thursday, January 10, 2008. FOX News Channel Washington Managing Editor Brit Hume will moderate the debate while FOX News anchor Chris Wallace and White House Correspondent Wendell Goler will ask questions of the candidates.
FOX News Radio (FNR) will also provide listeners with live debate coverage beginning at 9 PM/ET. FNR’s Mike Majchrowitz will anchor the debate live from inside the hall. Following the debate, Majchrowitz and FNR Political Analyst and Washington Post columnist Jeff Birnbaum will provide post-debate analysis. They will be joined by FOX News Radio Correspondent Todd Starnes and several special guests live from “Spin Alley”.
You can bet on it.
;-) hee hee hee
I don’t want to see Hunterites acting like Paulistinians. But I’ve called the SC GOP and read them the riot act.
You sound like someone in the know!
Now why would there be any complaining to do? When Fred has given us campaign finance reform, he and his “FredHeads” are cheering on Hunter being silenced and you somehow think that a man who has proven he is just as much the problem and certainly ok with Hunter being excluded thinks it’s not going to come back at him? He’s giving reason for karma.
This election process is forever going to change ‘electability’. It will be too late by then. So you go on and on about preaching ‘reality’ to us and settle for your precious ‘frontrunners’ while we now should be assured that they are guaranteed to be ‘electable’ and we’ll see how that goes in a GENERAL ELECTION. Quite a different thing and the media are laughing at you and who knew conservatives would praise polls to high heaven and go to such desperate levels. But keep on keeping on celebrating Hunter’s demise. It’s really the GOP’s demise.
probably too much has been said for today/tonight here!
That explains, I think, why they are not answering my e mail(s). They must be hiding.
ROFLMAO!!
Does anyone know Vermin Supreme’s position on Global Warming?
Hank
Karma is a b***h. The GOP and conservatives are in for a wake up call.
Where is Alan Keyes again?
Piss poor analogy.
Just because you say it doesn't make it so.
That was the regular season.
The regular season began with the Iowa Caucus.
Does the NFL change or implement new rules in the middle of the season? Rules that are shaped to disqualify a single team? Each primary is like a single game. Each game stands on it's own.
calling anyone who failed to support your guy a RINO
Have I ever accused someone on FR that supports someone else of being a RINO? You are jumping to conclusions.
Geez, what would you do if you had to face real adversity? Drown it in tears?
You have no idea the adversity I have faced.
I am guilty of underestimating the lengths the GOP elite and the media will take to eliminate conservatives. I thought that the Republicans would hold themselves to a higher standard. I was sadly mistaken. It's not football, it's a street fight. Fred may be next.
Hunter and a whole bunch of Airborne Rangers, old and young.
Only sound you would hear would be jaws slamming to the ground, along with the occasional pin...
Love it!
Personally, I'd love to see a Thompson/Hunter or Hunter/Thompson ticket this fall.
Seriously, they need to crash the debates. Anything. You can do it by simply shouting “SAY NO TO KNUCKLEHEADS AND VOTE DUNCAN HUNTER”. Wear a shirt with his name emblazoned in large letters and even walk up on the stage. I would do it!! I really wished I lived in one of those states. I would so be there even if I had to drive at least 5 hrs. I would’ve done it in NH which is close but by the time I learned of it. It is now becoming the common thing to officially exclude Hunter.
>Does anyone know Vermin Supreme’s position on Global Warming?<
You wrecked my screen AND my keyboard.
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Just a couple of problems:
1) What Fredhead has been "cheering on Hunter being silenced?" As a Fredhead, I certainly haven't, and I don't remember any others doing so. Let Duncan participate, I say.
2) When did Fred ever say he was "ok with Hunter being excluded?"
3) Fred supported CFR. Bad on him. To his credit, he's said it was a mistake. That's about his only apostacy from orthodox conservatism. That hardly makes him "just as much the problem" as guys like McCain.
Perspective, please.
Hank
I think it is warranted in this case. A simple shout of “SAY NO TO KNUCKLEHEADS AND VOTE DUNCAN HUNTER” at the introduction part of the debate. pissant, these are media and political machinations at work here. I don’t find that far out in that a man being denied any coverage or knowledge that he is there shouldn’t at least get some coverage while he’s at it. He will not get it otherwise. Plus, I think that would be rather humorous thing to say back to them. Just keep it simple with a sentence like that and not rave and such.
Hunter holds an important position in government, has gotten a delegate against all odds and with the media manipulation and blackout against him. Not to mention Hunter tied Fred in NH. You know, Fred who has had the media exposure, ‘frontrunner’ status given to him, the opportunity to be heard. How about the fact Hunter fought for this country and is now being denied the opportunity to have his turn at making his case?
1) You’re the exception rather than the rule. I notice the silence or when most post that they are ok and going along with it.
2)Fred and the other candidate’s silence speaks volumes. They are all ok with it. Enough said. Fred and his supporters are all so desperate to get people to ‘settle’ for him as is because he has gone over so poorly with all the spotlight he has had.
3)Typical response for those who forget what a major issue that is and was. Fred is McCain’s boy and there’s no erasing such bad judgment. Now isn’t that nice he KNOW says it was a ‘mistake’. Nice election conversion to paint himself as ‘Mr. Conservative’. His record is not worthy of the hype he has gotten. Never has been. You really ought to be careful in criticizing the other RINOs conversions(like Mitt especially) since it seems to be A-OK when Fred flip flops! Pot meet kettle.
KNOW=NOW
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