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.
No kidding. What an @$$.
You are correct — no such thing as bad publicity, just spell my name properly. Actually, I just note that Ms. Bachman answered the question on anchor babies, and a pretty good answer.
Go Rick!
Now Bachmann hates babies LoL
Well, the answer is, it does cover illegal aliens. Romney was not tough on illegal aliens in Massachusetts.
YES Bachmann talking about anchor babies!
Perry strong and in control...bitchslapped Poofter..
That’s because of his lack of manners.
Perry just had his best answer ignoring TeaBagger Cooper and talking energy.
You can’t build a real fence over that vast distance. It would take 15 years and billions of dollars. I don’t want my tax dollars going to something like that when there are much more effective ways to secure the border.
Perry has gone off the rails. Now wants to answer whatever he wants.
Yeah, Perry’s smackdown of Anderson was a beautiful thing.
Whatever else you say about Bachmann, she is willing to say things that few others are brave enough to say.
My fantasy:
Cain: “The difference between me and Barack Obama is that I’m natural-born and he’s not!”
It will never happen of course, but it’s fun to think about.
Perry is passionate and knowledgeable on energy and needs to keep hammering this home. WE in Texas have jobs going unfilled because we have a healthy energy industry...oil, gas, etc. The rest of the country should benefit from a president who understands this!
Perry says to the moderator - you ask the questions you want to and I get to answer how I want to.
The MSM wants to steer the debate away from the issues instead of letting these guys have at it ove the real substantive issues.
“You build a fence....they will build tunnels.”
A foolish objection.
There are security fences all over the country. Somehow the prospect of tunnels hasn’t deterred people from putting up fences.
At least I did not have to hear about her 28 foster kids ... LOL
They both lost their cool. And losing your cool, isn’t cool.
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