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 gave a superior answer to the healthcare question!!!
Herman Cain is awesome. He just got to the heart of why Obamacare is so loathed.
A question from Mr Mumbles....
So we should kiss their a$$es instead??
I agree.
Pander to it and grant eventual amnesty and that will ensure long term Democrat majorities.
With all Perry's pandering in Texas, he gets 1/3 of the Hispanic vote, and if all the recent, illegal arrivals (about 1/3 of Hispanics) could vote, Perry and all Republicans would get less than their typical 30%.
Many Hispanic citizens of many years vote Republican. Recent arrivals and those awaiting amnesty are overwhelmingly Democrats in thinking.
And you misrepresent Rush's views. He has put defeating Obama above all else. That's why he mealy mouths about Perry's record on illegal immigration.
I agree. Perry looks in control. Appears calm and effective.
What is Palin’s I.Q.?
It was that SNL stooge wanting some publicity.
Yeah. I’ve heard the spin. It’s just that and misrepresents the facts. Thanks anyway.
His answers have been very impressive.
If it had been in effect, he would be DEAD.
Be serious. We are apprehending over half a million people annually trying to cross the border and many more are getting through. Just a few years ago, apprehensions were over a million annually. We are being invaded.
““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.”
... and no doubt 28 of those 28 people only know what little they know of Sarah Palin thanks to Saturday Night Live, David Letterman, and the DNC public relations machine called the mainstream media.
Trying to follow debate using this thread (no cable). Where is the part they take on Obama? Did I miss?
For once in his life Chris Wallace pitched and allowed a hanging curve to be hit by an R nuff said Great answer
Someone slap the brain-dead idiot up the side of the head.
I really detest making the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave look like the Iron Curtain.
That graphic looks a lot like parts of East Germany when I was on border patrol way back when.
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