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Republican Presidential Debate #1 - May 5, 2011 - Greenville, South Carolina (Live Thread)

Posted on 05/05/2011 5:08:20 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

Broadcast on: Fox News

Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT

The Candidates...

Gary Johnson

Johnson served as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2002. He founded what would become one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. He has competed in several triathlons and climbed Mount Everest.

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.

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.

Ron Paul

Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an obstetrician-gynecologist and was the Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008

Tim Pawlenty

Pawlenty served two terms as governor of Minnesota, from 2002 to 2010. He served in the Minnesota House from 1992 until 2002. He is the son of a truck driver.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: cain; debate; debates; garyjohnson; gopdebate; hermancain; johnson; paul; pawlenty; presidentialdebate; ricksantorum; ronpaul; santorum; scdebate; scgopdebate; timpawlenty
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To: reegs

Of these five I guess I would lean to Cain or possibly Santorum. We will see.


21 posted on 05/05/2011 6:10:52 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Steelers6

Yep - Jacob.


22 posted on 05/05/2011 6:12:34 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Brown suit and orange tie on Pawlenty? Peculiar choices.


23 posted on 05/05/2011 6:14:04 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Had the wrong link earlier. Here’s the streaming link: http://live.foxnews.com/


24 posted on 05/05/2011 6:14:19 PM PDT by reegs
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To: reegs

Hmmm... Herman Cain would not release a dead Bin Laden photo. I’d like to hear his reasoning.


25 posted on 05/05/2011 6:15:19 PM PDT by reegs
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Go Ron Paul!


26 posted on 05/05/2011 6:15:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: All
For releasing Osama photo: Paul, Santorum, Pawlenty, Johnson

Against: Cain.

27 posted on 05/05/2011 6:15:46 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
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To: Rome2000

In contrast to the idiots who were too cowardly to show up?


28 posted on 05/05/2011 6:16:09 PM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

I agree with your choices in that order.


29 posted on 05/05/2011 6:16:52 PM PDT by MagnoliaB
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It’s nothing more than a media event for undeclared candidates. Makes no sense


30 posted on 05/05/2011 6:20:35 PM PDT by Sammie42 (Barack has got us baroke)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Yes the republicans are that dumb.

Eating their own with a full year before the meat starts.

Roll out a few RINO’s and we will end up with another Dole/McCain option.


31 posted on 05/05/2011 6:20:53 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ("Endeavor to persevere.")
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Paul wants out of Afghanistan.

Cain won't commit to staying or going without a briefing on what's really going on there.

Johnson's positioning himself as anti-war.

32 posted on 05/05/2011 6:21:35 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
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To: Sammie42

Makes no sense? Let me guess: your candidate didn’t show.


33 posted on 05/05/2011 6:21:38 PM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Rome2000

well if Sarah’s the one (which a lot of people here seem to think so) then she should sh*t or get off the pot. What is she waiting for? I support Michele Bachmann. At least she’s given a date, that she’ll announce by June.


34 posted on 05/05/2011 6:22:48 PM PDT by ejdrapes ("Trump is NO conservative." - Jim Robinson)
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To: Captain Kirk

Agree...

Santorum is coming out strong!!


35 posted on 05/05/2011 6:22:55 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Where is the Great Santini NOW when we need him?)
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To: All

Santorum’s head is very, very orange. It doesn’t match his heads.


36 posted on 05/05/2011 6:23:19 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
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To: Captain Kirk

I guess Mitt thinks he’s too good to be on stage with the rest of these guys?


37 posted on 05/05/2011 6:24:05 PM PDT by ejdrapes ("Trump is NO conservative." - Jim Robinson)
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Ron Paul taking the Holder view on trying terrorists, ending “torture,” closing Gitmo and secret prisons.


38 posted on 05/05/2011 6:24:39 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
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To: newzjunkey

Paul is anti torture...etc.

Paul’s gang is there hollering,, stupid.they ought topull them out!


39 posted on 05/05/2011 6:24:56 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Where is the Great Santini NOW when we need him?)
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To: lonevoice
Cain is out for me then... I will not support anyone that would keep such information from the people that actually paid for the operation. The only real evidence that we have seen (I trust our Military but I am talking about hard evidence) has come form the pakistanis.

obamao had no problem demanding the release of photos from abu ghraib... and he KNEW that those photos would set of muslims... he is playing politics with our National Security and if Cain and anyone else running either denies that fact or is ignorant of that fact... they are not qualified or deserving of our nomination.

LLS

40 posted on 05/05/2011 6:25:57 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH!)
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