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Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #15–Myrtle Beach, SC 01/10/08 - Official Discussion Thread

Posted on 01/10/2008 4:49:16 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #15 – Myrtle Beach, SC 01/10/08 - Official Discussion Thread

Watch the Republican presidential primary candidates debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., live on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com at 9 p.m. ET.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2008; aliens; conservatism; conservative; conservatives; debate; debate2008; duncan; duncanhunter; elections; elections2008; foxnews; fred; fredthompson; fredwon; gatekeepers; giuliani; gop; gopdebate; gopdebates; hunter; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; johnmccain; mccain; mcqueeg; mikehuckabee; mittromney; paul; paulwinslandslide; presidentialdebate; republican; republicandebate; romney; ron; ronpaul; rudygiuliani; sc2008; thompson
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To: Jet Jaguar

Thanks for all you do. Cheers!


3,741 posted on 01/11/2008 5:30:51 AM PST by grace522
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To: Salvation

“But FRED got the endorsement of Right to Life against abortion.”

And Rudy got Pat Roberts’ endorsement.

All that glitters is not gold. Scrape the surface, and dig deeper.


3,742 posted on 01/11/2008 5:33:31 AM PST by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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To: maine-iac7
He doesn't believe the Federal Gov't has any right making these decisions in our lives - that these decisions are OURS to make, in our states and the Fed. Gov't needs to butt out....We are adults. We have the right to make decisions for our lives in our States.

That's what slave owners used to say.

The irony is that your insistence on having the freedom to make decisions for your lives is the very thing that you deny to millions of others when you deny them the protection of their lives that is due them.

Parents have the duty to protect and care for their children, not kill them. No matter what State they live in.

Cordially,

3,743 posted on 01/11/2008 5:42:38 AM PST by Diamond
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To: higgmeister

FNC gave way too much time to Ron Paul, who shouldn’t have even been at the debate. He is a nut and be treated that way. He should go back to writing his newsletter.


3,744 posted on 01/11/2008 5:43:47 AM PST by Tarpon (Ignorance, the most expensive commodity produced by mankind.)
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To: RTO
Excellent, my dear RTO.

May you be appointed America's new Poet Laureate by any new administration (GOP, that is).

Leni

3,745 posted on 01/11/2008 5:49:02 AM PST by MinuteGal (Three Cheers for the FRed, White and Blue !!!)
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To: Timeout

“Going after Huckabee made a lot more sense. If he finishes 2nd, ahead of Huck: 1) He’ll get media credit for it, something his campaign needs desperately. 2) He will have dispelled the evangelical argument...that Huck has a lock on a significant GOP base. 3) He could indirectly benefit by peeling off a few McCain voters who liked his conservative attacks on Huck.

If he had chosen a direct confrontation with McCain, he risked McCain still winning SC (likely). Then the press would write that Fred had fallen short of his goal. If he knocks down Huck, he gets mini-giant-slayer coverage.”

That’s a bit of a stretch. It was Fred’s best performance but why go after Huckabee and not McCain? I think they’re too close of buddies and Thompson is hoping to be on VP ticket.


3,746 posted on 01/11/2008 5:58:47 AM PST by teddyballgame (red man in a blue state)
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To: fetal heart beats by 21st day

“And what is his position on the Right to Life Act? Did he promote it when he was in the Senate?
Duncan Hunter has introduced it to each new congress for ten years.”

Respectfully I ask: And how did that work for him? Did it get anywhere?
Fred voted 100% prolife. So how do you miss that as enthusiasm? Lets be fair and not bend the truth. Dems do that enough. He also has a viable plan that may make a difference.
Hanging on to the belief in an Amendment that will never pass, only allows more time to be lost.


3,747 posted on 01/11/2008 6:06:28 AM PST by donnab (saving liberal brains...one moron at a time.)
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To: Paraclete
What does that have to do with “blame America first?”

Why apologize for something unless you think you've done something wrong? Before he ever got any details he assumed that her murder was our fault and apologized! Just like Bill Clinton would have done. That's what it has to do with 'blame America first".

It's basic math:
Jimmy Carter + Bill Clinton = Mike Huckabee

3,748 posted on 01/11/2008 6:26:44 AM PST by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: billmor

Americans did not accept the huge influx of illegal immigrants back in ‘86 - they believed and trusted their government’s policies and promises which were NOT enforced/kept. As another poster pointed out - McCain was part of the process/system in ‘86 and could have done something then, but did not. He never has. Look at his record on immigration - it is abysmal. When Tancredo dropped out of the race, he endorsed Romney, btw.


3,749 posted on 01/11/2008 6:32:34 AM PST by khnyny (Clinton and Co. are the carnies of American politics.)
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To: Owen

New Hampshire? How many times has NH determined the eventual presidential nominee? The reason their primary is so meaningless is because ANYONE can show up and vote.


3,750 posted on 01/11/2008 6:32:39 AM PST by aroundabout
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To: SCHROLL

The issue is that the format doesn’t really allow for an exchange between two candidates, which is what Fred was trying to initiate, and the result is that he has 5 times the amount of time in the battle. Brit Hume was a horrible moderator. He didn’t do a single bit of moderating last night.


3,751 posted on 01/11/2008 6:36:07 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: Khepri
p.s. That Charlie Wilson movie is full of sh$t.

Yes, I know it is. The real story is far more interesting and less flattering to the Dems. That's why Mike Nichols (Diane Sawyer's husband) decided to make his fictional movie. It's called propaganda.
3,752 posted on 01/11/2008 6:37:21 AM PST by khnyny (Clinton and Co. are the carnies of American politics.)
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To: Fudd Fan

LAW & BORDER — I like it!


3,753 posted on 01/11/2008 6:56:23 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (FRederalist)
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To: Liberty Valance
Yeah, it may be about Texas but it can't be about Ron Paul because it's "Earthbound".

Cordially,

3,754 posted on 01/11/2008 7:16:33 AM PST by Diamond
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To: billmor
If Cameron had been in Sunday School it would have been an appropriate question. The question had no relevance to any political issues.

Cordially,

3,755 posted on 01/11/2008 7:19:48 AM PST by Diamond
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To: All

Has anyone found a link to a transcript of this debate?


3,756 posted on 01/11/2008 7:54:40 AM PST by McGruff (A "Big Time" Fred Thompson supporter!)
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To: madison10

Could be...


3,757 posted on 01/11/2008 8:02:13 AM PST by ejonesie22 (In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
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To: Pittsburgher

Could be...


3,758 posted on 01/11/2008 8:08:42 AM PST by ejonesie22 (In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
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To: Ghengis
That is an excellent observation.

She did seem scripted and went out of her way to cut Thompson and not any of the other candidates.

3,759 posted on 01/11/2008 8:10:56 AM PST by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: GOPyouth
Hmmm below is what Fred Thompson said. Regarding the Reagan Coalition, he stated what it stood for, and then let the people know what Huckabee's positions have been.

Thank you for proving my point!

The question was "does it (the Reagan Coalition) still exist?" Specifically, are the "Reagan Democrats" still on board with the Republican message that led to huge majority wins? Huckabee's point is that they are not.

3,760 posted on 01/11/2008 8:27:35 AM PST by fideist (Proud Father of a U.S. Marine.)
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