I'm one of the 1% of Americans who actually care about the issues and substance.
Posted on 05/03/2007 3:19:11 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1 – Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread
The debate will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, and will air live on MSNBC from 8:00 to 9:30 pm (ET) and stream live on MSNBC.com and politico.com and will include audience questions gathered on politico.com.
“My perspective is in focus. Sitting on your arse waiting for whackjobs to find ways to inflcit maximum damage on your fellow countrymen is a left wing nut position. I don’t like Rudy but he and President Bush are exactly right. Good offense is exponentially better than good defense.”
Arguing A) “Good offense is exponentially better than good defense” and even getting me to confirm its truth does not mean B) A pro-war Republican will be elected. The problem with far too many of the ten is that they are easily felled by corrupt logrolling charges—all that the left needs to make them appear part of the problem to conservatives sick of business as usual.
If you think Iraq is the only or primary issue in the 2008 election, you are delusional. It may be the most important issue, but if it were the only issue to conservatives, seems to me there’d be a lot more Republicans in Congress right now. The proof was in the last election—we want NATIONALIST, CONSTITUTIONALIST, Republicans to vote for, and if we don’t get them, we won’t buy the “must vote the lesser of two evils” line any more. That ship sailed when Mr. ‘Compassionate Conservative’ started collaborating with Teddy Kennedy.
“If only it were somehow possible to squeeze that into the space allotted, I’d make that my new sig line in a nanosecond. ;)”
Check mine.
Absolutely. That’s just what I’m looking for in a world leader in war time.
How long until the primary?
Michael Frazier
You still haven’t posted any facts, any proof. Just vague accusations and innuendo.
How does Mark Willes once being the top guy at the Times have anything whatsoever to do with Romney making his money handling the Church’s assets?
Answer: nothing. There is no connection. Romney has nothing to do with managing Church assets. I suspect you have no case, just a chip on your shoulder.
Keep believing it.
The only reason I said anything was to combat this tripe that Romney is a self made man. He was born with a silver spoon and all the contacts personal, religious and business that come from having a daddy who is a big name in all three.
Of course so did George W. Bush, but no one was claiming he was “self-made.”
You left out Hunter’s clarity on China!
I'm one of the 1% of Americans who actually care about the issues and substance.
I don’t feel like watching the whole thing again or reading the entire transcipt for a second time.
Can you please do me a favor and give me the Readers Digest/ Cliff Note version.
What China comment are you referring to.
Thanks.
REP. HUNTER: Chris, thanks very much. John's not the only guy with a defense background. I've been chairman of the Armed Services Committee for the last four years. I've helped to rebuild national defense. We have worked hard to make sure that our people have enough pay, that they've got the ammunition, that they've got the equipment, while at the same time looking over the horizon to look at the new threat of an emerging China and an Iran that is pursuing nuclear weapons and a Korea that already has some and is moving to get the means for delivery. So a strong national defense, the trademark of Ronald Reagan, is what I would pursue.Source: iht.com (print format).
MR. VANDEHEI: Congressman Hunter, Ryan from Los Angeles wants you to name one thing that the federal government does really well and one thing that it does poorly.
REP. HUNTER: Yeah. Really well: precision munitions on Mr. Zarqawi's safe house. (Laughter.)
Really poorly: secure the border. Right now the border is 2,000 miles of a very porous area where hundreds of thousands of people come across on an annual basis. And last year we had 155,000 folks who came across from Mexico who were from other countries in the world -- some from Communist China, some from Iran, some from Korea. We have to secure the border. That's the biggest failure of the federal government.
REP. HUNTER: You know, we won World War II, World War I and the Cold War with a major industrial base. We're losing our industrial base through bad trade policy right now. China is cheating on trade. I would enforce trade laws. That's something that the president is not doing.
I’m sorry, I misunderstood your comments about Mitt’s polished appearance and Fred Thompson’s down home look to mean that you thought that mattered.
Personally, I’m still waiting for Newt but I’ll take Duncan Hunter.
Michael Frazier
You’re welcome. I wish I hadn’t fallen asleep before the debate...
Newt is done in my book. When he bent over for John Kerry in the supposed “Global Warming Debate” by saying he agreed with 60% of his book.
Newt is a lot smarter than me and probably thinks he can spin this into a Right Wing Green movement calling for nuclear power plants. Make the issue our own and solve it our way. I think I know where he is going. Environmental Judo. He better be a 4th degree Black Belt in the art form. he’s up against Bruce Lee backed by the Soviet Army.
Chris Matthews showed his true lib colors. Interesting that he gave Giuliani another bite at the abortion question and Rudy proceeded to blow it. At least Matthews wasn’t spitting on people (as he did to Michelle Malkin).
CNN:
Giuliani reiterates his support for public funding of abortions.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZe1j4csMq8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Ethevanguard%2Eorg%2Fcategory%2Fchristianity%2FVIDEO:
After recent experience, I won’t be automatically voting Republican in national elections anymore, but Im still concerned that the country not revert to media-choice, by default. It appears the media will manipulate and obscure the Republican candidates by rolling out their favorite topic, abortion.
Sunday morning on ABC This Week w/George Snuffalopalus, Rep. Tom Tancredo, a man who has something to say on the immigration/borders issue, was barely allowed to speak on that important issue so that George could breathlessly inquire about...abortion, and not even some relevant aspect of the abortion issue. The ponderous arcane esoteric dimension. Something to keep his mouth moving. So, even while failing to shed any light on the abortion issue which you just know George is so interested in, he passed up on his opportunity to ask some really important questions of Tom Tancredo, which the audience would have enjoyed and been enlightened to hear.
Who hires these clowns like Chris Matthews and George Stuffalotafluf? The media is our biggest problem. You can turn off that TV and get a much better bang for your buck on the internet. These guys are no longer remotely credible. I much prefer listening to Alex Jones on his daily broadcast than the tired and predictable Limbaugh, too.
Isn’t it the issues that matter?
chris Matthews time had come and gone and George Suffapoleupyourass is just another pretty boy.
The Unit is on at 9 =(
Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 - Columbia, SC 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread
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