15
May

South Carolina GOP Debate a Homerun!

Posted by: Mike's America @ 9:18 pm in Fred Thompson, John McCain, Politics, Ron Paul

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Leave it to my state of South Carolina and the good people at Fox News to produce a substantive and interesting debate among the 2008 Republican presidential hopefuls.

A couple of quick reflections:

  • Funniest line: Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee: "Congress spends money like John Edwards at a Beauty Shop."
  • Second funniest line: Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo discussing some of the flip flops of the other candidates: "I support conversions on the road to Damascus, not the road to Des Moines."
  • Idiot of the Evening: Texas Congressman Ron Paul claiming that we were attacked on September 11th because we enforced UN resolutions and no fly zones in Iraq.
  • Best Smackdown: Rudy Giuliani interrupting the debate and demanding Congressman Paul withdraw that remark.
  • Not Afraid of the Left Award goes to Mitt Romney, who suggested that we don’t need to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility, "we need to double Guantanamo."
  • Shot in the Foot Award goes to John McCain who seems to believe that waterboarding in interrogations is torture, but he would do it anyway if it would save lives.
  • Common Sense Award goes to Kansas Senator Sam Brownback who responded to McCain’s belief that our image in the world would be improved if we did not use aggressive interrogation. Brownback said "I care more about protecting U.S. lives than our image."

I thought California Congressman Duncan Hunter also performed well, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson and former Virginia Governor Gilmore mostly left me yawning. Romney’s repeated call to reform the way Washington works also struck me as little more than words.

Fox News did a fantastic job producing the debate, researching the questions and conducting the debate. Certainly the questions were more substantive than those posed earlier by Chris Matthews at MSNBC.

What a shame Democrat presidential candidates refused to participate in a similar debate produced by Fox News in Nevada. What are they afraid of?

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bjalder26
 1 

“Romney’s repeated call to reform the way Washington works also struck me as little more than words.” If you look at Romney’s record he is arguably the best leader in the world at turning around organizations. I’ve been in some screwed up organizations and I have to admit that it is hard to make even small changes but he has made huge turnarounds.

May 15th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Mike's America
 2 

bjalder: Romney might have turned around organizations in which he had the power and authority to act. But many President’s have had the desire to reform Washington and curb waste, fraud and abuse only to discover their power to do so is limited.

This isn’t a criticism of Romney. But his statements struck me as boilerplate. Perhaps in future debates he will expand on his statement and explain how he could succeed where so many others have failed.

May 15th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
SlimGuy
 3 

Mike

You have to realize at first that someone recognizes the concentration of how influence is generated in Washington.

Bill and Hill after the left put all their puppets into all the right places. They know the aftermath game.

leaker’s and seekers and monkey wrenches in the machinery.

Inside players feeding the frenzy we now have to witness, which in itself gets the attention of the rabid left while everyone else yawns.

Both of Shumer’s boy toys are now out at Justice since they have given there all and now serve no use by still remaining in place. In fact they by being dissed are eligible for victim status which is oh so more important.

As many have said before, it is all a good game until someone gets their eye put out, however we are dealing with bigger consequences that dwarf that image.

May 16th, 2007 at 2:35 am
MariesTwoCents
 4 

RUN FRED RUN.!!!!

May 16th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
bill
 5 

Why is Ron Paul an idiot for suggesting that blowback is a legitimate concern in conducting foreign policy? The 9/11 Commission Report says the same, and high level CIA personnel are on record supporting this view as something to be considered. Also, attempting to understand the motivations of one’s enemy does not equate justifying their actions. It is absurd to suggest, as this website and other faux Republican sites do, that Paul was somehow exculpating the terrorists. Do you not see this?

June 13th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Mike's America
 6 

” faux Republican site?”

Oh come on Bill!

I love it when you loony tunes claim to be the real Republicans or the real conservatives. What a joke! None of you have done ANYTHING to help viable candidates win elections.

You’re a bunch of children who are p’o'd because no one takes you seriously.

And if you bothered to read what Osama bin Laden has actually SAID and ACTED on, you would realize how totally stupid Ron Paul’s idiotic focus on Iraq or Israel is.

But you can’t see beyond the end of your own nose can you?

June 13th, 2007 at 7:29 pm

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