Posted on 09/12/2011 7:14:30 AM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: CNN
Broadcast time: 8pm EDT/5pm 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 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.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. Hes an ob-gyn and was Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Rick Perry
Perry is the three term governor of Texas, from 2000 to current. He is a retired Air Force captain for former farmer. He has a degree in animal science.
Mitt Romney
Romney was 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.
In your dreams....
So then by your reasoning, you’re ok with Obamacare?
It's become all about her. I guess she wasn't so great after all. She seemed so nice before, but man.....Meoww!
It's sad. Now she really rubs me the wrong way. I don't like her at all.
Yep I agree ...Greta is tough but not hostile....I like that about her...
I guess a lot of FReepers were getting another beer when Perry made that point.
Damn, did she ever. Talks about how Perry's Chief of Staff went to work for a drug company and how Perry was then pushing the drug. Compared to her own administration at the time and said her emails (the ones released earlier this year) show she was against any such mandated/opt-out program and it should be an opt-in program if at all. Then went on to say that Perry's actions were exactly what she means when she talks about crony-capitalism. Game-set-match.
Newt up next and said Sarah's speech in Iowa was right on the mark regarding that issue and he is linking it to his presidential web site.
Palin/Newt 2012 ?
He seemed to work an anti-war screed into every one of his answers.
Gov Palin just skewered Perry over the Shots for young girls on Gretta, talked about crony capitalism and mentioned Perry by name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So keep on dreaming
Paul has sorta brainwashed himself. I think his son has learned from his fathers errors. Newt is a brilliant guy. You just never know when he will have a “lets all get along moment” and sell out to the left.
Crony!
Bachmann, Huntsman, Santorum, and Paul all hurt themselves tonight with their desperate attacks on their own party’s front-runners. Beating Obama is more important than the personal power lusts of any one candidate.
Much of the criticism of Perry on illegal immigration is unfounded in the reality’s of what he had to DEAL with as a governor of Texas.
I thought Santorum had a great point tonight about Gardisil executive order.
The state has an interest in communicable diseases in school...ergo
that’s why measles, etc. vaccinations are required.
BUT this cervical cancer vaccination is only for HPV which is only transmitted
by sexual intercourse. You aren’t having sex orgies in school (at least I hope not). So it’s not a public health interest.
I thought it was a well thought out point.
Sure, we want everyone to not get cancer, but the vaccination does
not even cover all the HPV strains and you can get cervical cancer other
ways.
There’s a tangential state interest.
Yeah, I’m not happy. I wish she’d announce but tonight I got the feeling she might not. She seemed so happy that people were following her on facebook and twitter and using her talking points. I understand that but I just wish she’d get in the race because I admire her greatly.
Do you think she’ll go third party? She seems really down on the two parties (not that I blame her).
I swear to GOD, I will fall on my own sword before I go to battlke for a “Pap smear President” I want a LEADER and one who will kick ass and take names..this sidebar over vaccines is horsechit and a distraction! DO NOT ALLOW these idiotic distractions to sway you from our focus, people...this is about the SURVIVAL of he United States! NOT about idiotic sound bites from a CANN dabate!
THINK!!!!!!!!!
Actually she accused him of being on the take. If he’s not, which he’s not, she just spread a lie about him.
It's the second deep problem with his record, the first being his squishiness and pandering to the illegal immigration/LaRaza block.
Those two are huge problems, if you loved how W embarrassed us, you'll love Perry.
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