Posted on 09/06/2007 6:06:42 AM PDT by Idaho Whacko
The Iran question was a very, very important one. A chance to show a willingness to defend us at any cost, or to show indecision and wimpyness that encourages our enemies.
McCain nailed the Iran question better than anyone else. BUT his shamnesty rules him out, and his idiotic idea somehow 60 years of history will be reversed, and kind treatment of our enemies will result in kind treatment of our boys. Unlawful combatants are subject to summary execution in the field. Holding them and giving them any sort of hearing is already above and beyond in humanitarian terms, and far better than what the terrorists, the Chinese, the N. Koreans, the Iranians or anyone else would do for us. I wish ONE politician would say that. I think Guliani or Thompson would be most likely to.
Guliani gave the second best answer, and a good one. Point a crapload of missiles at them, and tell them to say uncle. I do like that he has experience actually running an administration, competence would be nice in higher office. I also like how he looked at the moderator like he was an idiot for asking about how other nations feel about us. I think he believes we should do the right thing regardless. The inability of most politicians to think this way is why we have so many gutless RINO's in office. I liked his states rights answers, but would he stick with them??
Mitt stunk on that question. I wanted to like him, but his mealy mouthed answer made me think that foreign policy and war fighting is a popularity contest. I think he would morph once in office from the pressure of the NYT, WaPo and the other RINO's at the dinner parties. He has a big head, which reminds me of Senator Lurch, and that's bad.
Huckabee did have the best one liner of the night.
Brownback is a moron.
Duncan hunter got told by a staffer to "lean against the podium, be at a 45 degree angle to the camera, and arch your eyebrows when you talk". It seemed like a pose, but his on-the-record positions match me better than any other candidate. I think that maybe a Guliani/Hunter ticket could do well, those soft on Guliani could look forward to Hunter as the strong man in 2016. I wonder if that team could carry NY and Cali?
Ron Paul exemplifies why the Libertarian Party is stuck in obscurity. He has some GREAT philosophies. But like most libertarian politicians and wanna-be's, he holds to the extreme (or logical conclusion) of those philosophies and miss-applies them in the real world. Do we want a declaration of war? YES!!! Do we hand our heads over to muslims because we have a weenie congress that won't declare war? No!! Is the CIA a huge mess and waste of money? YESS!!! Do we abolish it and wait for the first strike before we respond? NO!!! Particularly because libertarians advocate free and open borders (a nice theory, but like communism, unworkable), they cannot also say we need to gut intelligence, and ban wiretapping of int'l calls.
No thrill or memorable moments from the others.
Fred!! Has been waiting too long, should have been in this debate. At this point, while I was in love with Fred!, I think Guliani is the man. He has a track record. If we had a sea of new-blood GOP in congress, it would be a great combo. It would also be something to see him bitch-slap some old-guard RINO's. I hope that Thompson can turn his act around. In theory, he may be the best candidate from a conservative point of view. But he needs to compete with the Gravitas that Guliani exhibited last night.
I dont disagree. Hunter was who I liked before fred even got into it..But i was looking at winability.. And Fred seemed the best... Hunter just didnt have the name recognition that Thompson did... I love Hunter though cause he served in the 173rd in Nam. Same unit as my dad... So I was biased... But a VP is better then nothing...
Ann Coulter supports Hunter as well (how can a conservative not?).
If the media spotlight focuses on Hunter his campaign will explode and he’ll be a contender just because he’s such a good candidate and so attractive to anyone that really looks at his record and his speeches and statements. I will say that his style is low key in the sense that he doesn’t pull a “Ron Paul” and grab the attention by being a bit outlandish. Catch 22. I hope lightening will strike. Hunter did win Texas. He’s won quite a few straw polls actually, more than the “major” contenders. When people see him they like him.
Funny sign!
I AM looking beyond 911.
I am looking at the future of ANY conservative party.
Does ANY conservative party continue to move to the left and remain conservative?
You are correct when you say that Rudy is only on the stage becasue of 911. That's why he is percieved as a hawk, even though he is a liberal with an 'R' in front of his name.
Huckabee cares more about illegals than he does for citizens. You would get to pay the bills for them. I don’t think he will even carry Arkansas. When he first became governor, I like him. It started downhill from there.
I’m voting for Hunter and I like Tancredo.
Sounds wonderful!
Your handle is an insult to all the hard-working, honest, unsophisticated white trash out there!
Hunter first, Thompson second, Tancredo third.
Huckabee lost me over his idiotic statements about Washington, D.C. being represented in Congress.
I took an online survey deal, rating my positions. Hunter was the clear #1, and Rudy was around #4.
But last night, he came off as less PC than most of the others. He may support gays in various ways, but he doesn’t have that fake PC support for them. He really did turn around a corrupt and inefficient city of 12 million. Part of winning the war for our culture is competent administration. If he actually chose to let the liberal social issues be handled on a state by state basis, he could be the biggest thing for federalism in a LONG time.
That being said, I do hope that Thompson comes on strong now, because I really, really want him to be the man. Then a Thompson/Hunter ticket would be the way to go. Without a doubt, I would put Guliani in as DHS head. The man really can manage a large organization.
Of course, what would a Thompson/Guliani ticket do? Rudy is young enough to dream of 2016, but can be be “straightened” out in 8 years?
Fred.
Thompson needs to remember the lesson from Bob Dole. If Dole had shown the spark of personality during the campaign that he showed afterward, things might have turned out differently for him.
And more people watched Fred than all the people combined in all the GOP debates. I’d say Fred understands entertainment, better than boring debates. He got his point across without 8 others jabbering away talking points ad nauseum.
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