(PS: A generous FReeper will add $10 for every *new monthly donor*-- no matter the amount-- multiplying your donation!)
Posted on 08/11/2011 4:15:45 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: FOXNews
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The Candidates:
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, she earned a Master of Laws degree, worked as a tax attorney, and was a foster mother for 23 teenagers. She is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Herman Cain
Cain is the former chief executive of Godfather's Pizza and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He lost the Georgia Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in 2004. He was recently the host of Atlanta-based radio show.
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich served as the 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican member from 1979 to 1999. He has a PhD in modern European history.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an obstetrician-gynecologist and was the Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Tim Pawlenty
Pawlenty served two terms as governor of Minnesota, from 2002 to 2010. He served in the Minnesota House from 1992 until 2002. He is the son of a truck driver.
Mitt Romney
Romney was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007) and former CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican 2008 nomination for president. He has an MBA (Harvard) and JD (Harvard Law).
Rick Santorum
Santorum served two terms in the U.S. House and two terms in the U.S. Senate. He became the Senate's third-ranking Republican in 2001. He was defeated for reelection in 2006.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Newt is like Adam Dunn Potential to hit it into the stratosphere but you have to overlook 140 SO and .160 BA NEXT
I agree, and loved your post. Especially the “disgraceful spectacle of stupid ass questions asked by morons” part.
Palin won by default.
She outsmarted them all,again.
I thought Bachmann did very well.
She has been out front on lots of issues, and she never backs down. Pawlenty was way off base accusing her of having no record in Congress. I wanted to ask Paws “what’s YOUR record in Congress, punk?”.
Your opinion means a lot especially when followed by a picture of a chop on a stick...I won’t be eating untill midnight...you should share...
This is all necessary debates to see what the answers are. Let the folks mull them over and decide. Three gave poor answers in the biggest debate of their life. They are all very smart people with some variance of belief. We need these in the public eye to see how they handle a non-PC question.
Ronald Reagan won hands down because he was NEVER PC.
Did I do good?
WoooooT!!
I did business with Huntsman Inc. buying polymers from them. Unethical people at that company. Didn’t honor our contracts, wouldn’t fix crappy product and would stop making product and then tell us too late to get a replacement...
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE OF ANY CANDIDATE IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
We need a man who ...
1)Knows how to lead.
2)Knows how to listen.
3)Knows how to get to the nitty gritty of the problem...and
4)Knows HOW TO WORK!
Cain is the man with all of those qualifications. No matter if the trouble is domestic or international...the ability to solve prolems, be diplomatic, listen and understand are all abilities a leader must have. Cain has shown those over and over. OMG I hope his campaign gets a fire under it now.
We cannot lose this man to the players in back rooms of the good old boy political club. Or to the ignorant media that keeps chosing to ignore him. Isn't anyone in the GOP interested in winning?????
Heh. I grew up in Michigan when Romney, Sr. was the big name. Mit is 2nd generation, not self-made. Not sure if he was “given a company” as a purely factual point, but he was born and bred into business and politics.
Tonight’s winner - Gov. Palin
Loser of the night - Fox News
While FOX fixed it so that rep. candidates look patty and stupid, mr. OZERO is up state pocketing 2.3mill and blaming the pubs for what ails America! I really believe we were setup. This will only give ammo to the mediaWHORES to bring more doubt into the minds of Americans that our side is completely full of losers, whiners and completely at fault for the situation we find ourselves in right now. This was a perfect opportunity to slam the bastard right on his butt, but instead they were fighting like little children. THEY LOST A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY....and FOX was in THE FIX!
Andrea Tantaros: "Tim Pawlenty is toast". Huntsman looked unprepared, having no plan whining he's only been in 6 weeks. Joke excuse from ex-governor. Was Pawlenty vs. Bachmann, Santorum vs Paul, and Romney vs Romney.
Doug Schoen… Newt best but flawed candidate, Bachmann hurt herself.
Pat Caddell… GOP was the loser tonight, no candidate seized the moment. Washington structured debate, not where country is. Says the ongoing political vacuum from Obama and these candidates could lead to a 3rd party.
John LeBoutillier… hated the debate, "jobs" was the 9th of 9 topics given by Fox on the candidates. Pawlenty will bomb out. Lack of passion for the stage.
83 negative Pawlenty, 66 positive Newt, 43 postitive Romney. They didn't have the others.
Newt said it the best, “Still 15 months to go”. Rush may run by then.
time stopped when Newt called Chris out—the comment of the night—took some youknowwhats
It’s the passion that drives republicans to go door to door for their candidate, to raise money for the candidate, to try to sell their candidate, to go into forums and win voters for that candidate.
There was no passion for McCain. We didn’t have the passion to sell McCain... we just held our noses and voted against Obama by choosing McCain.
I had passion for Bush in 2000 but in 2008 I just voted.
From Hannity's remarks I'd say Fox is in it for Romney....towing his line I think. Hannity spent far too much time today defending Romney....got sickening after a bit.
Agreed, Newt won.
That was two hours wasted that I will never get back. I didn’t like the debate at all:
(1)Gotcha questions
(2)The questioners intentionally tried to start fights
(3)The audience was ill behaved
(4)Nobody looked good
No winners.
I was surprized that the most effective debater was Newt. Too bad he is so flawed. He really needs to be advising not running though.
I do not believe that Palin or Perry would have added anything in the current forum. This was a poorly done debate. I’m starting to think that debates are a waste of time.
Also, Santurom did real well with what little time he had.
“Next debate they need to fit Grampa Nutbar for a straight jacket.”
POST OF THE DAY!
ROTFLOL!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.