Posted on 09/22/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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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.
Santorun vs Huntsman shootout.
Santorum is such a smug bastard I think he’d drive voters away
You are not wrong.
Agree. Perry is weak on immigration. I remember a quote from him, but can’t find it, when Oklahoma passed legislation deterring illegals, and Perry remarked, “tell them to come to Texas.” In fact, they did. Then he rewards their children with lower tuition at in-state colleges.
For Sara Palin fans. Sorry folks. Her heart seems to be in the right place, but her I.Q. leaves a lot to be desired. She would be like having another George W. Standing in line recently with other folks at a theater premiere, 28 people out of 28 agreed Palin is not presidential material.
using SLAVE labor? could it be?
So they are getting loans for the in-state tuition? Or paying the $100,000 themselves out of pocket
The Discovery Channel shows a new tunnel from Tijuana every episode of Border Wars.
Amen to everything you said, libbylu! ;-)
They don’t give free tuition to illegals. They allow illegals to pay in-state tuition.
Nope, I will vote for Mickey Mouse just to get Obama out of the White House.
I have my candidate but I will vote for whoever opposes Obama in 2012. That is reality.
I hear ya. Not a one in the crowd I could support.
Michele Bachmann correctly describing the origin of “church and state”...
Where exactly are you talking about. Every place the fence is working, it is because there is increased manpower and patrols (and those patrols report the decreased illegals).
What if she doesn't?
No. That’s not right. Perry’s scholarships for illegal entrants is NOT the issue that will magically draw “Hispanic” voters to him. Nor will being AGAINST SUCH IMMORAL POLICY lose any “Hispanic” votes. A principled stance against such robbery from the legal citizens to the illegal a stance that could draw “Hispanic” votes.
Americans who come here from south of the border and who have done so legally and thus who are the only ones who legally can vote, these AMERICANS do not like at all that illegal entrants give free bennies. These honest folks want RESPECT, earned respect, not freebies.
lol...good one!
Agreed. Newt looks calm and has great intelligence and grasp of the issues.
I don’t know anything about a Gary Johnson but I think Paul is a weedhead and wants it.
So did Wilkes-Barre, PA., and it kept out the raging waters of the Susquehanna River (which was 24 feet over flood stage) for more than 24 hours, saving the city and its residents from a disastrous flood.
Get some Pennsylvania engineers down there in Texas!
“if we alienate the Hispanic vote, Republicans will never hold the White House again.”
So give them whatever they want? Let them hold the Republican party hostage? Just combine the two parties, then. There will be no difference.
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