Ron Paul—33%: Popped up in the polls after the debate. He repeated that (paraphrase) the 'slam-dunk' people said it would be a cakewalk and a bloodbath if we leave. Got the loudest applause. Hume "Are you saying that we should take our marching orders from al Queda?" Paul said no, that instead we should get off the Arabian peninsula. We should not go to an illegal war.
Huckabee —18%: He earned it.
McCain —16%: Can’t deal with defeat in war. He said "the surge is working...(no doubt)." But he got high marks for blasting the non-conservative spending spree taking place on the Hill under Bush et al. He said that he will veto the pork that is off the charts and make it known who is raking in the pork for their state. He showed remorse for his stand and failed legislation on amnesty for illegal immigration. That seems to have improved his polling.
Giuliani —15%: Chatter capital of New York. Talks too much. A woman at a restaurant quoted as saying he talked about NYC entirely too much. He went overtime (1 minute limit) more than the other candidates.
Romney —12%: Looks tall, tan and handsome, did not win the poll due to his Mormon religion? If one read the bios of each candidate all WASPs. That bothers me, but that is what majority America wants. Do they not want Mitt the Mormon?
Brownback’s best: "we should have a political surge." That sounds familiar. People want diplomacy and political maneuvers first, war as a last resort. Presidents want wars.
Tom Tancredo “We cannot leave the country [Iraq].” He continued to talk about illegal immigration with great passion.
Finally what can one say about the actor — tall Thompson? This man has it all: one foot in heaven (married to a 40-year-old bleached-blonde arm candy) and one foot in the grave (he is a cancer survivor). I think his plate is full and predict he will bow out of the race more quickly than he broke into it. Did he make a strategic campaign error by waiting to announce and skipping the debate? Probably so.
Article comments
1 - Scott McDonnell
""Hume "Are you saying that we should take our marching orders from al Queda?" Paul said no, that instead we should get off the Arabian peninsula. We should not go to an illegal war.""
Nuh-Uh and shame on you.
He said: "No! I take my marching orders from the constitution!" (Huge, crowd-roaring, applause)
It one of his best moments in all of the debates. A side of Ron Paul that I will be hope to see much more often.
Is that 'C' word really so hard for people to say nowadays?
Just who are you trying to fool? People that didn't watch it themselves?
2 - John in FL
Ron Paulâ€"33%: Popped up in the polls after the debate. He repeated that (paraphrase) the 'slam-dunk' people said it would be a cakewalk and a bloodbath if we leave. Got the loudest applause. Hume "Are you saying that we should take our marching orders from al Queda?" Paul said no, that instead we should get off the Arabian peninsula. We should not go to an illegal war.
That is not what Paul said. It was Chris Wallace that tried to smear Paul and not Brit Hume. Why not just post the link to the actual exchange so that people can hear what Ron Paul said?
The attack that Chris Wallace made on Ron Paul was pretty strong and Ron Paul did of fine job of returning the focus to where is ought to be.
What Paul really said was,
"No! I'm saying we should take our marching orders from our constitution. We should not go to war without a declaration. ... This is an aggressive invasion. We've committed the invasion of this war, and it's illegal under international law. That's where I take my marching orders, not from any enemy."
3 - Clavos
Uh, Heloise:
From Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: de·bunk
Pronunciation: (")dE-'b&[ng]k
Function: transitive verb
: to expose the sham or falseness of
Doesn't say anything about ridiculing or lampooning.
4 - RJ
This was the highest-rated primary debate ever. Yet Thompson's appearance on Leno still garnered millions more viewers. And he didn't have to argue with anyone, or seriously defend himself.
Fred is no fool...
5 - REMF
"Fred is no fool..."
- RJ Elliott
A hypocrite, yes; a fool, no.
6 - Dave Nalle
Just who are you trying to fool? People that didn't watch it themselves?
She's not trying to fool anyone and she's not even trying to run down Paul. She's just giving her take on what about his response was important.
Why do you Paul fanatics assume that every comment made about Paul that isn't glowing praise is some sort of conspiratorial attack.
Paul's not perfect. No one is. There's room for sensible people to criticize him even if he's the best choice of the lot we're being offered.
Dave
7 - Arch Conservative
I'm at a loss to make the connection between Ron Paul saying he follows the Constituion and how that in any way relates to Paul saying that we should leave the middle east completely because al queda said one of the reasons they attacked us on 911 was because we had troops in Suadi Arabia.
Yeah Ron Paul had his "I follow the Constituion" soundbite and his supporters are all licking his ass and clapping themselves on the back now but I have yet to hear one reasonable statement come from Paul regarding what he would do as president to combat the very real threat of Islamic terrorism.
8 - Dave Nalle
I believe it involves his head and a hole in the ground, Archie.
Dave
9 - Heloise
Clavos the dictionary I used did give debunker meaning to ridicule. One of its meanings.
Listen you try sorting through 3 hours of conversation!!! I listened to it twice. Hopefully if I missed something you fixed something. Thanks, I tried.
Heloise
10 - Tannim
Too bad this columnist didn't do his research before he opened mouth and inserted pen-foot...
It's utter stupidity and ignorance like this columnist that has to be overcome in order to prevent the fall of the Republic.
"The Revolution will NOT be televised!" RP08
11 - Scott
I don't think Huckabee thought through the FedEx thing.
Packages have barcodes. The infrastructure for tracking those are well defined. People would need collars or RFID tags. The infrastructure would be great; we don't have walled communities. Tracking people would be expensive. (I think that ordinary transponders will not work, something with a range of a mile would be much better.)
Also, I don't think we would get very many guests if tourists and students are required to have RFID tags they can't remove.
Most of all, this is way to close to the mark of the beast that many in his support base would recognize as very bad. Similarly, freedom-loving conservatives would have trouble with how much this looks like an implanted national ID.
I think if Huckabee thought this through, he would recognize these problems. He oughta chat with Ron Paul. Paul has spent some time looking at national ID precursors and even RFID implants, such as those planned for NAIS. I think that if Huckabee thought about it and talked with Paul, he would find that this was a issue they would agree on.