Another GOP presidential debate. Fred debuts. Wake me up when it’s over.
I’m not watching it.
Allahpundit is. Bless him.
If you feel moved enough to tune in and share your thoughts here, bless you, too.
I’m going to clip my nails or something.
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Fred’s a phony! He teased us with the cigar video…making us think he was this great clintonesque media-savvy guy and has shown himself completely absent of said savvy. He should have announced on the Fourth of July. Now he looks like an amateur compared to everyone except Tancredo…and…well…Ron Paul.
Gawd! MSNBC’s analysts are gushing over Romney and Rudy…how pathetic.
We CANNOT let the MSM choose our nominee, dammit!
I am so glad for this board. Somehow I have missed maybe 2 debates.
The funny thing is I am not surprised at any of the responses here and am so glad to have read them.
The most important thing is to pick the candidate to whoop Hillary’s butt.
The very first time I saw and heard Ron Paul, I was thinking what’s he doing here and how is it that he has a semi large following?, scary.
I am for Rudy, his actions not just political talk, shows what he’s capable of. This man took on the mob and risked his and his family’s life.
I admit, for very many reasons, Thompson is next to Ron Paul on my list. Talking about falling asleep and comparing him to Reagan? The only thing they have in common is acting.
This is our first debate. Glad they seem to have a sense of humor. I resent those who have been in Congress or are there now who say “we must do this or that” when they should have already done it. Drill in Anwar – enforce the laws, ad infinitum – ad nauseum … the line item veto is important but Rudy fought it to bring more $$$ to NY. It’s going to be a l-o-n-g year.
Didn’t watch it, but hearing the comments this morning on WABC here in NYC Fred came off so so. He needed to be the one debating Rudy to make an impact. But you know who had some good lines, McCain. Now I still can’t stand him fro McCain Feingold and his Gitmo comments, but he surprised me. He is on a bit of a rise. Now if the Christian Coalition could just stop acting like king makers and either back a candidate or get out of our way we might end up with a good candidate.
My few comments….
I was struck at how Romney appears to have practiced in a mirror an awful lot, and while I try not to give much weight to impressions like that, they do have an effect on my opinion of him…polish is one thing…shallow is how he seemed.
I like Fred, Hunter and Tancredo. They said things the others didn’t want to, at the risk of sounding negative. We don’t need a cheerleader for president, which is how Rudy, Romney and Brownback sounded at times, nor do we need a mortician, which is how citing our immediate needs for change can sound,(although this may be more true than we know) however, one favorite part was when, at the end of one section of the debate, Brownback, and Tancredo were “preaching” about the strength of America, and our capability compared to any nation on earth, either now, or ever, AND Christopher looked like he had been stuck! with bulging eyes and panic at the stirring applause of the audience. HA!
Rudy lost my vote yesterday with his adimate stance that the line item veto is unconstitutional. What was unconstitutional is how the first law on this was written, not the idea of allowing it. Sorry, but every time I hear Rudy speak he goes down in my opinion of him.
I think you can make the case it is unconstitutional, and there is away to solve it. Pass an amendment. Do we all go stupid when someone brings up the word unconstitutional and don’t know where to go from there??? I mean come on people! The framers setup how you get around this, use it! I am for a line item veto, and think the best way to insure it is by creating an amendment to give the president the power. If it just a law any congress can take the power away.
I can’t wait for RudyMcRomney to drop out. They probably get most of their money from donkeys.
I was not able to watch the debate myself, but have been going back and reading the transcript. So far, I am not overly impressed by anyone, but I did like some of the good one-liners. Fred’s retort to Matthews was priceless
If anyone is interested, I’m addressing the debate in a new blog I started. Not in talking about the candidates, but in answering the questions how I think we all wish they had been answered. Would appreciate anyone’s input.
http://consentofthegoverned.wordpress.com/
Rudy is still head and shoulders above the rest, primarily in terms of electibility. Even Hannity has not just admitted but actively promotes the idea that you don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater by staying home on election day and letting a hideous political monster like Hillary Clinton become President of the most powerful nation on earth. Rudy remains the best bet to beat Hillary: outsider to DC with proven leadership shills – not just rhetoric – that dwarfs all the others rolled together. His accomplishments are astoundingly tangible and manifest compared to everyone else. Anyone who lived through the complete transformation of Manhattan under his leadership – let alone 9/11 – pretty much has to agree with that, whether they want him for President or not.
Fred, alas, has proven he’s only ready for scripted primetime.
Isn’t it amazing how so many people can watch, listen to the same event and come away with completely different viewpoints/conclusions.
While I was not impressed with each individual answer, neither was I turned off by most of them (big exception, Ron Paul).
I think this process goes on for far to long and it would be better if each of the candidates were asked policy type questions as opposed to some of the questions that were asked last afternoon.