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.
Herman is impressive. People are liking him, as do I.
Cain is kicking ass
We need to protect ourselves against that, too.
Never Forget1
Cain my favorite too.
Huntsman made an ass of himself. His isolationism is ignorant, and the crowd ought to be ashamed for applauding him.
Disagree...she should have examined the First Amendment of our Constitution. Jefferson’s letter to the Baptists in CT is not the law. She blew it...sorry.
right, we have airplanes because the market can support their existance. I don’t think a border fence would be cost effective to build one. I have actually designed and built fence systems in real life.
Stage IV. All cancers love the liver.
None of these people are “illegals.” Some of them are Mexican nationals who work for American companies (the maquiladoras), and others are people at various stages of our complicated, Latin American-hostile immigration process, but all of them are in the process of becoming citizens.
Some of them even live in the US, and thus have been paying US taxes and TX local taxes for a long time. In fact, one of the reasons the US government has not been very hard on illegal immigration is that illegals (through their fake SS numbers) actually do pay payroll taxes and withholding, but these payments go to accounts from which there is never any collection.
Allow me to add to your questions (not foreign policy, but...): Congressman Paul: “Why do you blame the USA for 9-11?”
“Now the queer in the military... barf. He should be discharged.”
Santorum is right about this.
Thanks to what the current administration has done, it would be wildly unfair to kick out gay soldiers now.
That said, Sex issues have NO PLACE in the military. It’s about KILLING PEOPLE and blowing things up, not Social Engineering.
The drug lords will just launch the drugs over with a sling shot device. With all the money at stake, they will find a way.
Romney has managed to get to the right of Perry and is a much more polished debater. Santorum is having a good night as well, Newt a bit reserved tonight where he needed to stand out.
I agree with Ron Paul on about 90% of the issues; but boy, those 10% are something else.
FYI, the Rio Grande is not "giant". For most of the 1200 miles, it's maybe 50' wide and can be easily waded.
From Fort Hancock to Presidio, it's mostly salt cedar and sand...with an occasional puddle.
Your point stands however: The border is a river. And all a fence will do is give Mexico control of the river.
The Israelis know where to build fences. And where not to. There is no fence along the Jordan River, at the border with Jordan. Access to its water is too important -- for both livestock and humans.
As a consequence, the Jordan River border is secured by a patrol road, observation posts (well-armed) and sensors. No fence.
Agreed. Ron Paul sounds good tonight, and the audience agrees.
That he has. That he has...and his supporters have a hard time facing the truth of that. Such is politics. He could have chosen a different position - he did not.
Check it out, DRey.
Not only here..... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2782256/posts .....
but - do your homework.
Cain’s answer on Obamacare was the strongest of the night, IMO.
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