Posted on 10/18/2011 4:37:49 PM PDT by kristinn
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, 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.
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.
Who is the crazy old man that wants to release terrorists from GITMO?
totally....I wouldn’t be suprised if Mitt has promised her the VP spot.
Attacking Reagan in these debates isn’t wise.
FactCheck: Illegals employed at his home, but by contractor
Giuliani & Romney both stretched the facts when Giuliani accused Romney of employing illegal aliens at his home. Giuliani said, “At his own home illegal immigrants were being employed. So I would say he had sanctuary mansion, not just sanctuary city.” When asked if he did have illegal immigrants working at his mansion, Romney replied, “No, I did not.”
The fact is, as reported by the Boston Globe in 2006, several illegals worked at Romney’s home in Belmont MA, off and on over a period of eight years, sometimes working 11-hour days. They were, however, employed by a contractor, and not directly by Romney. So, Giuliani was technically correct to say that “illegal immigrants were being employed,” since he used the passive voice and didn’t specify who did the employing. Romney could also argue that he was technically correct to say “I did not” have illegals working, since he didn’t employ them directly.
Source: FactCheck.org on 2007 GOP YouTube debate , Nov 28, 2007
CNN just s*cks with many of these questions. I am so disgusted with them!
“Cruise the Religion Forum...”
No thanks.
Well, as you may know, Rick Perry did go to Israel to get some info on border security.
Romney's finally taking some heat and he just doesn't do well in that position.
Santorum’s right, we HAVE negotiated directly with terrorists, many times.
From the North African Berbers, to the Chinese Boxers, and dozens of other examples, over the years.
Perry does say what he believes, even though it is sometimes difficult for him to put the words properly together. Obama just reads a teleprompter and feels clever.
His followers are brainwashed by the media.
Newt is a master speaker and Bachman takes us to school pretty darn well herself with intellectual heft and command of the facts.
Gingrich
Cain
Bachman
Runaway debaters all.
bachmann is doing great tonight.
lol! This is his best performance to date!
I'd swear he was drugged up during prior performances. Either that, or he's only firing on 7 cylinders.
Cain is sharp. Sounds to me like the rest of the crew is doing their version of a Cain impersonation.
I tried to look up the origin of teabagger and Anderson Cooper is certainly credited with it. It may have started elsewhere are applied to the Tea Party, but his disgusting remark: “its hard to talk when you are teabagging” is what is most attributed. He is a disgusting little pervert.
Who is the crazy old man that wants to release terrorists from GITMO?
One of his best moments. Someone has to say it. But that's a classic case where Perry fails. He doesn't back it up and explain and teach why the UN should be defunded. Just stating it is not enough. he is not a sufficient debater like a Newt to describe what the UN is doing that requires us to defund them.
Give him a piece of string to play with and set him over in the corner. He’s done already.
Agreed about TX pause...I lived in TN and thot some people talked slow, but they were not thinking slow.
Thanks for an honest post about Perry.
These things always turn out that Cain supporters will think Cain did well and so on.
I’m gonna watch it later with a little more hope after reading your post.
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