Posted on 09/22/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: FOXNEWS
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The NINE(!) Candidates:
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, 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. He’s 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.
Gary Johnson
Johnson served as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2002. He founded what would become one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. He has competed in several triathlons and climbed Mount Everest.
Cain slams it on popularity!
And he slams Mitt upside the head!
Mitt pokes back!
Cain’s ‘throw out the current tax code’ —
Sorry, Herman, but that dog won’t hunt either. Congress will NEVER do that. They like the convolution too much.
Cain is so fun. You go Herman!
Newt is the smartest. Too bad he’s an idiot in other ways.
Go Herman Cain!!
Holy crap Cain went after Romney. ‘Bout damn time someone did.
3/4 point to Cain.
VERY SOUND IDEA, but he didn’t get to the consumption tax part of the 9% sales tax.
It’s REALLY SIMPLE..
You SPEND MORE, you PAY MORE.
“But he has more baggage than an airport...”
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newt has such great ideas and not a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected. I like Cain, his ideas seem so practical and reasonable.
She shot herself in the foot she's done...
O crap...here's RuPaul.
Question of tenth ammendment
e-gads Ron Paul...next!
[Rush said today Huntsman is in 3rd in some poll. Yicccchhhh.]
That’s NH. Romney leads with 41%. Then Paul, then Huntsman, followed by Perry at 10%.
I agree, but Herman sure nailed the populist feeling on the matter.
I agree, KG - but Perry is an “Open Borders” candidate - and this sickens me.
Whoever wins as the candidate for the RNC I will vote for - but ONLY to get Obummer out of office, and I’ll be holding my nose the whole time I’m putting my “X” in the box, if it’s Mittens OR PerriWinkle!
Romney’s response was condescending.
Most all elites are invited to one Bilderberg meeting or another.
I tried to vote but it didn't tell me I voted.
I don’t know if this is going to make sense but here it goes: I’m 34 yrs old. I was in HS when Bill Clinton first hit the scene. I got this bad “read” off him, like “Ew. He looks like a creepy old used car salesman, I can’t trust him” I get a similar read from Romney and Perry. I don’t get that feeling from Cain.
Where’d they find this Gary Johnson guy? He looks like aliens replaced him with a clone of Algore.
haha...I said about the same with Ron PAul...his foreign policy would wipe out the planet!
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