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This can’t be easy for Duncan Hunter, he may not have the numbers but he really shouldn’t be stuck with this crowd.
..DH will be facing the toughest audience to date—a group of Marxists
Give ‘em hell, Duncan!
(I mean the “journalists.”)
BTTT
I think those lucky enough to have 5 minutes or less are looking pretty good.
Should we call this the “Also Ran” debate??
Go to my direct link and click WATCH NOW.
When is Fred gonna come out and play?
The big 3 are ducking the debate?
The supporters of other candidates are bitter because there candidate didn’t bother to attend.
Go Hunter! Woot!
Hosting a GOP debate in the middle of deep blue Baltimore? That’s odd.
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Alan Keyes: some (black leaders?) are more concerned with illegals than the black community illegal aliens destroy
Tom Tancredo is doing awesome, Alan Keyes is too. Duncan is disappointing. I’m very proud of the candidates (except Paul, he’s nuts).
I see them trying to turn this into a panderfest. I don’t like it.
Question: how would you reform the criminal justice (so as to prevent the disproportionate inprisonment of people of color)
Alan Keyes: Justice of the Peace argument. Very good. He’s rocking. (moral values, fighting against race baiting, community orientated).
Huck is doing well too. Well educated on the issues. “lock up the people we’re afraid of” not the people we’re mad at. (drug courts, etc.).
RPaul: good stats/war on drugs. Prohibition doesn’t work. (so true).
Re: Voting Rights - DC + ID cards for voting
TomT: totally right, DC IS NOT A STATE, correct it, then it can work. Photo ID: not asking to much of people to do such a scared duty. 100% dead on!
Duncan: ties statehood to keep and bear arms. distinguished between the road blocks the racist dems put in place vs. IDs (illegal aliens voting)
Keyes: good historical backgroun re: DC and purposes behind DC not being a state. Keyes, despite his French politician like mannerisms.
Huckabee: pandering to the black vote re: DC (it’s unconstitutional bud). IDs, good point - get on a plane, ID, vote, none? mayhem.
RPaul: DC - unconstitutional. ID: no real ID, no national ID.
BBack: amend constitution.
Disparate healthcare: (how change)
Duncan: stop focusing on race, access for all. (major theme of this debate - repubs making the point, some focusing on race and segregating the issues - the issues affect all Americans and the solutions will help all Americans). Solution: market system, tax breaks, “bring back the family doctor”
AKeyes: “bring back the family.” (major theme for him) marriage, two parent household, stats show better health if raised in that environment. Healthcare interrelated to employment, so need to create jobs.
Huckabee: prevention not reactive/intervention. (true). consumer ownership. portable med records (a Bush policy that never seemed to materialize)
RP: corporatism runs healthcare. get gov’t out the way (special interests). he rambles. Paul has the right principles, but he’s like a ranting looney professor. He’s totally right about principles, but just not specific and focused enough.
BB: market solutions. when gov’t enters in we get worse serves and higher costs. HSAs.
TomT: personal responsibility. HSAs. access to drugs from outside US. expand individual freedom and access.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
Did you hear Tom Tancreado talk about NOT having a problem with Americans getting cheaper drugs from Canada. The compassionate conservative in the White House now has a REAL problem with doing this. You see his buddies in the pharmaceutical industry don’t like this practice so Bush has moved to stop it !!!