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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.
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For all those that missed it. It comes up quick. We didn’t know what to expect. He just answered it like he was home cooking up chicken on the grill.
AMEN! Cain did very well. But, why are you surprised at Paul winning the polls. You know the Ronulans are always out in full force in these polls...they skew the numbers. What was evident to me, however, is that Dr. Demento was back. Anyone who would give due process to terrorists is not fit to serve as our leader. Period.
It’s repeating now on FOX.
Newt did the best, but he’s not going to our nominee.
Sarah likely won by NOT participating....lol.
It’s entertaining, but I have to be honest, I was busy with the freepathon thread and cooking during some of it so the debate didn’t have my full attention.
Here it is!......Newt’s’ slam on Wallace.....Outstanding! I am happier than a toad in Gods pocket to have heard that!
Cheers!
Newt agreed with Paul on the big economy question, auditing the Fed, with Newt agreeing. A big deal...With Paul responding, "I'm glad every else is catching up", with a smile.
Classic IMO.
Watching Newt respond to Paul, and then Paul, their demeanor, tone, body language, did seem of respect each other. Something rare in today's America, especially D.C.
Easy to see what happens to a state where the dems have control of the political process. WV politics is just like Chicago. We keep trying to take down the good ole boy network, but it’s so entrenched it seems hopeless.
He might be. As he debates the nominees he really will find the way to be on point and back it up.
“Ron Paul: Who let this guy out of the insane asylum? How did this guy get elected to the House? Great comic relief.”
So, in your opinion, is the Tea Party also comic relief?
No, only RP. Why do so many of your drink his kool-aid is beyond me. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile...our nut just happened to be on stage!
Sad to say it, but I think you are right. I don’t think she is going to run and I think she had the best chancre to win
and beat the Kenyan.
No, only RP. Why do so many of your drink his kool-aid is beyond me. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile...our nut just happened to be on stage!
Absolutely needed to be said. Right on. :-)
All the “It’s too late forSarah,” people crack me up. Why is it too late for Sarah? No one said that about Perry. No one is saying Perry would be called a coward for not being in these first two sideshows they passed off as *debates*. What you have seen thus far is the battle for first among losers. And that is ALL you have seen.
The heavyweights are not among them, and the nominee is not among them.
Tonight I saw Michelle Bachmann, who I have stood back from criticizing to give her a fair shot, try to outman the men. She was too *manly* by half. Whereas Sarah Palin has never felt the need to outman the men. That is self-diminishing. And she, (MB,) struck me as someone who makes decisions in the heat of the moment. No self control. THAT bothers me.
She compared pawlenty to obama? Sure, But obama had to quit the church he belonged to for 20 years to save his POLITICAL ass, and guess what. Michelle Bachmann just did the same damn thing, only she belonged to HER church for ten years longer.
Everyone gasped and went nuts because Byron York directly quoted MB about wives bring submissive to their husbands. Well she said it. And she did what her husband wanted her to even though she didn’t want to. And as recently as several months ago, she gave an interview to an Evangelical group where she said Sarah Palin should have stayed at home with her husband and childen until all of her children had grown up and left home BEFORE she started a career. If SHE had taken her own advice, she would just now be starting her OWN career.
Add to that she has lied in my face about her finances. She comes on strong about state’s rights until it’s something she doesn’t agree with. This is a pol. AND she is a fanatic. Maybe that is the word I have been searching for all along.
She is a backstabber and a liar and I don’t trust her as far as I can throw her, and after tonight, even less.
That was great, once upon a time I had respect for Newt, his recent record has lost me as a supporter, but he reminded me with this exchange why I once liked him.
We will just agree to disagree. I would be willing to place a wager with you in that regard.
Yea...I got it from real Politics....it was a great slam! Now if the rest of the boring crowd would be that fast on their feet and nail a few themselves.....warming the plate then for Palin if she runs.
Dang it’s getting hard to understand her waiting much longer....moreso because it appears the horses have left the gate Onyx. However Perry’s going to just announce Saturday so that’s kept me from stressing about it...if he gets a pass for stepping in late then so does Palin.
I didn’t watch the previous debates, but I caught most of this one.
-I learned that Pawlenty is a first class jerk.
-Newt has had enough of the Lame Stream Media.
-Romney looks real good in a suit and has nice hair.
-Ron Paul knows a lot of sh*t but seems bats*it crazy sometimes.
-I still like Herman Cain. I’d make him Secretary of something in the new administration.
-I still like Bachmann and I consider myself a member of The TEA Party. I love that she did the lightbulb freedom bill. I absolutely hate that the gov’t thinks it can regulate which light bulb I buy. I hate all the other stuff they do too. They’ll take my guns, incandescent bulbs and my old fashioned water hogging toilet and my V-8 truck from my cold dead hands.....
OK, now I’m ranting.
Up way too late again....
Good night, FReepers!
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