LIVE CHAT Replay: Romney Debates Rivals on Moon Colonies, Immigration, Wealth
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican rival Newt Gingrich Thursday night in the final debate before next week’s critical Florida primary, demanding an apology for an ad saying he harbors anti-immigrant sentiments and ridiculing the former House speaker’s call to colonize the moon.
“If I had a business executive come to me and say I want to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, I’d say, `You’re fired,’” Romney declared. That was just one particularly animated clash between two rivals struggling for supremacy in the race to pick an opponent to President Barack Obama in the fall.
Gingrich responded heatedly. “You don’t just have to be cheap everywhere. You can actually have priorities to get things done.” He said that as speaker of the House he had helped balance the budget while doubling spending on the National Institutes of health.
The debate was the 19th since the race for the Republican nomination began last year, and the second in four days in the run-up to Tuesday’s Florida primary. Opinion polls make the race a close one – slight advantage Romney – with two other contenders, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Texas Rep. Ron Paul far behind.
Gingrich’s upset victory in the South Carolina primary last week upended the race for the nomination, and Romney in particular can ill-afford a defeat on Tuesday.
While the clashes between Gingrich and Romney dominated the debate, Santorum drew applause from the audience when he called on the two front-runners to stop attacking one another and “focus on the issues.”
“Can we set aside that Newt was a member of Congress … and that Mitt Romney is a wealthy guy?” he said in a tone of exasperation.
There were some moments of levity, including when Paul, 76, was asked whether he would be willing to release his medical records. He said he was, then challenged the other three men on the debate stage to a 25-mile bike race.
He got no takers.
In the days since Romney’s loss in South Carolina, he has tried to seize the initiative, playing the aggressor in the Tampa debate and assailing Gingrich in campaign speeches and a TV commercial.
An outside group formed to support Romney has spent more than his own campaign’s millions on ads, some of them designed to stop Gingrich’s campaign momentum before it is too late to deny him the nomination.
With polls suggesting his South Carolina surge is stalling, Gingrich unleashed a particularly strong attack earlier in the day, much as he lashed out in Iowa when he rose in the polls, only to be knocked back by an onslaught of ads he was unable to counter effectively.
Thursday night’s first clash occurred moments after the debate opened, when Gingrich responded to a question by saying Romney was the most anti-immigrant of all four contenders on stage. “That’s simply inexcusable,” the former Massachusetts governor responded.
“Mr. Speaker, I’m not anti-immigrant. My father was born in Mexico. My wife’s father was born in Wales. … The idea that I’m anti-immigrant is repulsive. Don’t use a term like that,” he added.
At the same time, Romney noted that Gingrich’s campaign had been pressured to stop running a radio ad that called Romney anti-immigrant after Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called on Gingrich to do so.
He called on Gingrich to apologize for the commercial, but got no commitment.
About an hour later, Romney pounced when the topic turned to Gingrich’s proposal for an permanent American colony on the moon – an issue of particular interest to engineers and others who live on Florida’s famed Space Coast.
A career businessman before he became a politician, Romney said: “If I had a business executive come to me and say I want to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, I’d say, `You’re fired.’”
The audience erupted in cheers, but Romney wasn’t finished.
He said the former speaker had called for construction of a new Interstate highway in South Carolina, a new VA hospital in northern New Hampshire and widening the port of Jacksonville to accommodate the larger ships that will soon be able to transit the Panama Canal.
“This idea of going state to state and promising people what they want to hear, promising hundreds of billions of dollars to make people happy, that’s what got us into trouble in the first place,” Romney said.
Gingrich responded that part of campaigning is becoming familiar with local issues, adding, “The port of Jacksonville is going to have to be expanded. I think that’s an important thing for a president to know.” He went on to refer to completion of an Everglades project that he did not describe, then noted he had worked to expand NIH while he was speaker.
Gingrich raised questions about Romney’s wealth and his investments. “I don‘t know of any American president who’s had a Swiss bank account,” Gingrich said. Romney replied that his investments were in a blind trust over which he had no control. “There’s nothing wrong with that,” declared Romney, who has estimated his wealth at as much as $250 million.
Earlier Thursday, it was disclosed that Romney and his wife, Ann Romney, failed to list an unknown amount of investment income from a variety of sources including a Swiss bank account on financial disclosure forms filed last year. His campaign said it was working to correct the omissions.
Gingrich also failed to report income from his 2010 tax return on his financial disclosure. The former Georgia congressman will amend his disclosure to show $252,500 in salary from one of his businesses, spokesman R.C. Hammond said.
Debating in a state with a large and influential Jewish population, Romney and Gingrich vied to stress their support for Israel rather than criticize one another.
And all four men were quick to name prominent officials of Hispanic descent who deserved consideration for the Cabinet. Gingrich trumped the other three, saying, “I’ve actually thought of Marco Rubio in a slightly more dignified and central role,” an evident reference to the vice presidential spot on the ticket.
Immigration was a recurring theme.
Gingrich said Romney was misleading when he ran an ad accusing the former House speaker of once referring to Spanish as “the language of the ghetto.” Gingrich claimed he was referring to a multitude of languages, not just Spanish.
Romney initially said, “I doubt it’s mine,” but moderator Wolf Blitzer read it aloud and pointed out that Romney, at the ad’s conclusion, says he approved the message.
As for immigration policy, it was difficult to discern their differences.
Both men said they want to clamp down in illegal immigration, create programs to make sure jobs go only to legal immigrants and deport some of the 11 million men and women in the country unlawfully.
Gingrich has never said how many illegal residents he believes should be deported, preferring to say that the United States is not going to begin rounding up grandmothers and grandfathers who have lived in the United States for years.
Romney agreed that was the case – and Gingrich said that marked a switch in position.
“Our problem is not 11 million grandmothers,” Romney said. “Our problem is 11 million people getting jobs that many Americans, legal immigrants would like to have.”
Romney and Gingrich also exchanged jabs over investments in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two mortgage giants that played a role in the national foreclosure crisis that has hit Florida particularly hard.
Gingrich said Romney was making money from investments in funds that were “foreclosing on Floridians.”
Romney quickly noted that Gingrich, too, was invested in mutual funds with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He then added that the former House speaker “was a spokesman” for the two. That was a reference to a contract that one of Gingrich’s businesses had for consulting services. The firm was paid $300,000 in 2006.
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Comments (190)
Ironbalut
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:28pmI cannot watch it anymore. CNN-Wolf Blitzer absolutely sucks — asking such stupid questions.
Report Post »ROMNEY2012
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:25pmRomney pulled back the curtain on Newt’s “Wizard of Oz” campaign.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:23amI can only say, What’s wrong with this song http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
Report Post »This kind of confused and stupid questioning by W.B. is won reason I Write music. Does anyone know any more about the way either of them would run this country then we all ready know! Nothing new here? Same old s–t!!!!
PATTY HENRY
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:33amROMNEY SUX. HE is a wimp. He is a little girl, whining. HE is a passive/aggressive spoiled brat.
He can’t get MOON talk …. he’s too stupid. HE doesn’t get AMERICA. HE doesn’t get INSPIRATION.
HE is nothing more than a McCain or worse.
If you guys let the DC CLIQUE to tell you how to vote, you deserve what you get.
I’ll go with Mark Levin !!! HE says and I believe: That NEWT has already done more for the CONSERVATIVES in his life than all the rest of them together.
I will not vote for ROMNEY. He’s a liar; he did his sneaky B S with FRED THOMPSON, RUDI Julliani, with everyone…he’s a creep. HE has NO VISION. HE has no ORIGINALITY. HE is a bastard.
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:16amLarry Sabato Tweets shoe the crowd was CHOSEN by the GOP ESTABLISHMENT!!!
Report Post »Hidden story of this debate: Why was audience more pro-Mitt & less pro-Newt than others? JAX was pro-Mitt ‘08, but must be more to it.
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Rogersdaughter
JsrRoger Rogersdaughter
@LarrySabato I agree with you…I kept getting a sense of disconnect from the audience, unless they controlled volume somehow
7 hours ago
Austin Barbour
Austin_Barbour Austin Barbour
@LarrySabato That’s actually a good question. How do ppl get into the debates? A RP guy claims he was pd by Mitt’s campaign 2 campaign 4 him
7 hours ago
Daniel Webb
D4nWebb Daniel Webb
@LarrySabato I heard that 900 of the seats were selected by GOP party of FL. Don’t know if that has anything to do w/ it.
http://twitter.com/larrysabato
Mil-Dot
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:01amOur infrastructure is crumbling and our country is pales in comparison to the likes of China, Singapore etc and the Newt wants to squander trillions more on a fricking moon colony? This goon is so detached it is unbelievable. Newt is a big gov prog.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:16amReagan’s Young Lieutenant
Report Post »The American Spectator
Mitt Romney has raised the issue of Newt Gingrich’s “work product.”
Wow.
Intended to prod the former Speaker on the issue of his work for Freddie Mac (Gingrich last night released his contract with Freddie), the question, as seems to be a Romney characteristic, has clumsily backfired. It raises an all-too obvious question that is becoming increasingly revealing.
What is Mitt Romney’s “work product” for the conservative cause?
The closest Mitt Romney ever got to the Reagan Revolution is apparently because he reads about it 30 years later. And he isn’t even reading everything he should. This is the man, remember, who proudly professed when running against Ted Kennedy in 1994:
“I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush”…
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/24/reagans-young-lieutenant/
BOSSJR40
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:48amI agree 100 %. All i wanted 2 know is—- how r u republicans going to beat obama. The best part about cnn last night was the sign in the background—- ‘don’t believe the liberal media”.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:10amWillard could be the first comander and chief of the first moon colony. He has that far out look whenever he is challlenged. Like Huckabee said “Willard will do or say anything to get elected”.
If Willard is our nominee then we are better off making sure Congress and the House is controlled by Republicans.
Maybe Willard can start the Olympics on the moon? We have had Olympics since? And I have never heard of anyone say about what a great job they did at the Olympics like Willard has. What did he exactly do? Could not have the Olympics run without him?
Split the vote. Vote Republican House and Senate and forget about the big house if Willard is our nominee.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:18amMark Levin:
Report Post »http://rope.zmle.fimc.net/player/player.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpodloc.andomedia.com%2FdloadTrack.mp3%3Fprm%3D2069xhttp%3A%2F%2Fpodfuse-dl.andomedia.com%2F800185%2Fpodfuse-origin.andomedia.com%2Fcitadel_origin%2Fpods%2Fmarklevin%2FLevin01262012.mp3
JJ Coolay
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:34amPatty… a little over the top on your criticism of Mitt. You’re beginning to lose credibility around here. Keep yapping and anything you say will NOT be taking seriously anymore.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 10:33amWolf nailed the Newtered. He was not gonna have a John King moment. Wolf was incharge and after that exchange he made sure all the candidates stayed on the narrative prepared by CNN. Not one real credible thing came from this debate…arguing back and forth is all we got with no real substance to be seen. Only Ron Paul stated clear objectives…the other merely wandered in his wake. But the Pubs act like they are watching real wrestling courtesy of the WWF, so the bone goes to Romney.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:09amI voted for ROMNEY today here in FL – he will make a great POTUS!!!
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:22pm1994 Report: Santorum supported individual mandate
Report Post »Rick Santorum supported the idea of “requir[ing] individuals to buy health insurance” when he ran for U.S. Senate in 1994, according to a local feature article comparing the candidates during that election cycle.
“Santorum and [his opponent] would require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for employee benefits,” The Morning Call (Pa.) reported in 1994. The Morning Call noted that Santorum had also called for a MediSave account and had opposed so-called “sin” taxes.
If true, the distinction between requiring people to buy health insurance and an individual mandate might be lost on the voters who have heard Santorum excoriate Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich for their support of the individual mandate — which, in Gingrich’s case, dates back to the early 90s.
The Morning Call does not quote Santorum making comments supportive of an individual mandate, or quote any other candidates in the piece, which attempts to summarize several candidates’ positions on health care.
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/1994-report-santorum-supported-individual-mandate/343086
ElPzee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:08pmThose with IQ’s over 110 are pulling for Newt. Those with IQ’s below 110 are pulling for Romney.
Content is required for those with some intelligence. For mindless dupes and useful-idiots the Obama type campaign of “hope” and “change” that Romney is using.
Report Post »justin.blake
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:39pmNice personal attack regarding the intelligence of others and it’s relation to their propensity to vote for a particular candidate. There is a practical difference between intelligent and smart, and you did a fantastic job of elucidating the difference. Bravo indeed! Now go back to your MENSA meeting and congratulate each other on your relative intelligence whilst looking down on those less fortunate souls who must go through life without the same number of firing neurons and synapses than you carry around in your cranium.
Report Post »teapartyguardian
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:28pmobama is a goner, white guilt has expired, blacks are not enthused,“ last time” college voters cannot get jobs, obama has spoken too many times to be believed and THE TEA PARTY. ANY candidate WILL BEAT HIM!!
Report Post »milo75
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:40pm50% people on public aid or welfare they wont vote repiblican. Our American morality has dropped so low. The homosexuals wont vote republican. The pro abortion people wont vote republican. The unions wont vote republican. The athiest won’t vote republican. Dont be so sure we can win so easily. We had a different society when Regan was elected.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:41pmthe TEA party failed, Romney’s going to be our, I mean, the Establishment Big government Progressive Republican candidate. Obama will win re-election, If Paul or Donald Trump runs third party I’ll vote, If not I’m not voting 2012.
THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS NOT MY FRIEND!!!
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:47pm@MILO…those people you describe are the same crowd. Those are not separate groups of people. They are the same leftist day after day. Go vote for a Republican and you will cancel one of their votes. If there is anything we should be concerned about, it is dead people, felons and illegals voting.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:52pm@Epilepsy..YOU ARE exactly the kind of person that put Zero in there in the first place. You are willing to sacrifice this nation, our rights, our principals and our future at the altar of self-indignation because your perfect candidate is not there to take out Zero. Now is not the time to cry in your spilled milk. It is time to unite and get Zero the Destroyer out of OUR Whitehouse.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:59pm@crazy. Mitt won’t win, Period, even with every republican vote. His recor of losing has already proved that to me. He didn’t beat McCain for Christs sake. He lost, he’ll lose again, he is a loser and has a long history of losing.
If Idiots and progressive establishment republicans give romney the nomination Obama will win re-election by a landslide. I hold that to be fact.
Report Post »RealityCheckPeople
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:04amHey ELPZEE, I don’t know of too many “losers” that are worth 250 million dollars! It’s time for you to move out of your mom and dads basement and join the rest of society. Tea party or not, the only way for us to win the whitehouse, is for independents to get behind us as well as conservatives to vote Obama out!
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:23amMIL075 It ought to be if you don’t pay taxes or are behind on taxes,you shouldn’t be able to vote.. and that goes for the big coporations also.. Big corporations who don‘t pay taxes shouldn’t be able to fund any candidate or President for re election or vote. That does not include Senior citizens who paid taxes for decades they deserve to vote.. Those on welfare shouldn’t be able to vote, not unless they are looking for full time work. And illegals should never be able to vote, if you are not a citizen you shouldn’t be able to vote. .
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:47amElpzee.. why so bitter?
GO MITT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:10amI voted in FL for ROMNEY 2012!
Report Post »constantreverie
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:57pm@ELPZEE
You disgust me. Just because someone has ran and lost before does not mean that they can not win, or that they can not do a great job. Take a look at Abraham Lincoln’s life and stop being ignorant.
Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn about somebody who didn’t quit, look no further.
Report Post »Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.
He could have quit many times – but he didn‘t and because he didn’t quit, he became one of the greatest presidents in the history of our country.
Lincoln was a champion and he never gave up. Here is a sketch of Lincoln’s road to the White House:
1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
1818 His mother died.
1831 Failed in business.
1832 Ran for state legislature – lost.
l832 Also lost his job – wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834 Ran for state legislature again – won.
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
1836 Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature – defeated.
1840 Sought to become elector – defeated.
1843 Ran for Congress – lost.
constantreverie
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:58pm1846 Ran for Congress again – this time he won – went to Washington and did a good job.
Report Post »1848 Ran for re-election to Congress – lost.
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state – rejected.
1854 Ran for Senate of the United States – lost.
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national convention – get less than 100 votes.
1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again – again he lost.
1860 Elected president of the United States.
justin.blake
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:36pm@Elp – Romneys loss last time can be laid squarely on Huckabees bigoted shoulders. Instead of going after McCain, who was the front runner, he continually attacked Romney, even when it was clear that Romney was way behind. One would logically think that if you were trying to win a race, you would target the leader. Not so for good old Mikey – he did just the opposite. His past as a Baptist clergyman and his support from the Evangelical Right opened my eyes to his bigoted nature. He is the same as all of the bigoted Right Wing Evangelicals whose visceral hate for Mormons based purely on a set theological differences guides their politics. I have heard many of them say they would never vote for a Mormon, period. Replace that with the word ‘Black”, ‘Jew”, etc. and you would not hesitate to cry foul. As far as I am concerned, that attitude is as far from Christian as anything I have ever seen.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:57pmAshamed to see that america is so full of mindless dupes and use-full idiots.
If you clowns elect Romney you deserve the four more years of Obama that will entail.
And earning 250million dollars by inheriting millions of dollars and paying others to invest that money for you means nothing to me.
Romney has an extensive history of losing elections. He lost to McCain, Huckabee, and Fred Thompson. Against someone like Obama he will lose by at least 10%.
Secondly last night debate proved his character and the fact that he is willing to say anything to get elected, even LYING.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHapuEmt2xw
justin.blake
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:30pmAmazing how when someone disagrees with you (Elp), we are branded as idiots and imbeciles. Way to approach an argument in a reasonable, logical manner, like an intelligent person would!! impressive….Romney wasn’t the one promising moon-bases to the space coast crowd, and any other public works project to get people to like him. He actually stood up to that kind of election year chicanery. As far as your posted video, it’s nothing more than a hit piece on Romney. Mike Huckabee claiming Romney is dishonest?? Give me a break! That man has more dishonesty in his little finger than Romney has in his whole body. The video’s flip-flop angle is pathetic. Newt is the one who will say anything to get elected, promise anything to get elected, and changes like the wind depending on his audience.
Report Post »As far as his honesty, did Newt compare non-english languages to ‘ghetto speak’? The truth is, YES. And Newt stood there and tried to deflect it away and act like he never made that comparison. THAT was dishonest. So the ad was negative, yes, but it was the truth.
xyfbx
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:24pmWhich wife would make the best first lady. I wonder how Newt will answer that. Did she find God too after participating in splitting up a family?
Report Post »LTinUT
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:37pmNot First Lady material… First Madam is more appropriate.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:42amIs that really all your simple mind cares about. How many wives he had? May I remind you that most all politicians have multiple partners or have you closed your small mind to the truth? Heck Bill C. was having women do him in the white house but maybe you ignored that right? It’s people who let this kind of petty stuff shape their opinions while they refuse to call out their own such as Barney Frank’s using his home to run a gay sex ring that is O.K. right? You think you may be just a little one sided? This song is for you.
Report Post »It’s called Don’t get him started http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_11916731
JJ Coolay
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:49amI love how people justify certain things (*cough* Cuinsong) like 3 marriages by deflecting the issue onto MORE immoral people.
Report Post »Mitt= 1 marriage, 40 years.
Just sayin.
JJ Coolay
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:51amIt‘s not petty when it can define a person’s moral character, Cuinsong.
Report Post »Cheated on 2 different wives. Why do you think Calista is with Newt every second??
He won‘t cheat a third time because he can’t find 5 minutes alone.
cuinsong
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:20pmJJ, You missed my point! I was trying to tell you that charector is not a politicians strong suit and using the “cheat on wife” standard is not a good gauge for judgments of how one would govern. You should think of a larger picture because who tomorrow it may be Romney who get’s galled out by some long lost mistress? Then what? Look at history and you will come to know they are all interested in extra sexual activity its just the human nature deal with it. If you were put into a job that involved a bunch of willing interns I surmise you may fall to the temptation as well! cuinsong,Carl
Report Post »Ohio Guy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:42pmYet another stupid pointless question that makes you want to just choke out the moderator.
Report Post »milo75
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:23pmYou that wife question was to bash Newt. I think the whole debate was set for that. The news strikes back.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:27pmYep Agreed. And Mitt attacking Newt every time he was asked a question didn’t help either.
Report Post »Voice_ofFreedom
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:58pmThe thing that gets me about Romney is he attacks all the time, yeah. That‘s one thing but he doesn’t even answer the question at least half the time.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:14pm@voice.
It took romney 1h12mins to answer a question. nothing but redirection attacks against newt before then
Report Post »ENOUGHISENOUGH
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:09amI thought so too. I can’t stand Romney. Norm Coleman is in Romney’s camp and said Romney will not repeal Obamacare only parts of it.
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:48amI finally figured out last night what it is about Romney I don’t like. His refusal to take responsibility. He doesn’t know about the ads (someone else did it), he doesn’t know about his money (someone else did it), he didn’t do THAT RomneyCARE (someone else changed it). The ultimate rino republican, the alter ego of Obama – Mitt Romney, strategy (same as Obama) = don’t take responsibility.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:54amNewt bashing?
Report Post »I think not.
It was a legitimate question and after 18 debates, they are starting to run out of questions, so I thought it was actually a pretty good one. To learn a little about each other’s wives and to see a different side of the candidates and their feelings for their wives.
ElPzee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:59pmRomney read “rules for radicals” before that debate. Cant Answer a question, Re-direct, and attack.
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:23pmBlitzer says the next question to all four candidates will be “why will your wife make the best First Lady?”
Report Post »Santorum and Gingrich could be in real trouble on this one. Mrs. Gingrich is an admitted adulteress, and Mrs. Santorum at age 22 was shacking up with a doctor 44 years her senior, (in fact he was the doctor who delivered her), and at the time of their co-habitation, ran an abortion clinic.
Ironbalut
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:30pmWho the hell cares?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:36pmWell, Rick turned her around, didn’t he? Says a lot about the kind of man he is.
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:37pmAs soon as I hit reply on the above post I regretted it. Even though all of it is true, it is not the kind of garbage I like to post.
Instead, I should have said “Carol Paul is a sweet and wonderful person who any American would be blessed to have as a mom or a grandma and she would be a First Lady that would make us all proud.”
I apologize for stooping to the level I did on the first post.
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:26am@ unsafe, thank you for your great comment, been a long time since i saw anyone walking on water, sick of all the bashing, we need to get behind one of the four, before we lose all we fought for.
Report Post »Tom Dooley
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:06pmI supported newt until tonight,I now think Santorum could win. Mitt is still a slimy weasel.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:10pmI agree with your second statement. Mitt’s dodging every question by attacking newt, I’m still gonna vote For Gingrich though. No other candidate can beat Obama.
Report Post »milo75
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:11pmIm with ya but we won’t win.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:17pm@mil075. Agreed. The media is on the Obama Bandwagon, over 1 billion dollars of advertising, largest ground game in the history of the presidency. Obama’s Gonna win, especially since Romney started the trend of the candidates attacking each other in Iowa, Romney’s really getting desperate.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:23pmMethinks Romney will win FL. Just sayin’.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:59pmRomney may be stiff…but I wouldn’t call him slimy. Besides, Obama isn’t stiff, he’s very lucid. Look where that got us.
Santorum is conservative, but my computer mouse has a better chance of winning a national election.
Newt is just repulsive…the worst kind of politician.
RuPaul = crazy uncle.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:29pm@Goodstuff. I think Romney was repulsive tonight. Using a strategy of not answering any questions and reverting attention by attacking Newt, Talk about the worst type of politician.
John Mcain and Huckabee already know Romney is the WORT KIND OF POLITICIAN!!!!!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHapuEmt2xw
joel228
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:11amElpzee, Newt’s own words make the best case against him.
Report Post »Newt Gingrich: A Crime Against Conservatism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyeB36ctO5I&feature=youtu.be
ElPzee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:26amhttp://www.freedomworks.org/blog/thale/the-issue-with-romney-is-the-issues
Above is the reason why Mitt Romney is the Definition of a Big Government Progressive Republican and a disgrace to the republican. Ron Paul is more of a conservative and Republican than Mitt Romney.
Report Post »Tom Dooley
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:02pmwhy am i live blogging,you never post my comments
Report Post »milo75
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:13pmIts a conspiracy.lol
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:59pmGingrich is getting torn to shreds tonight.
Report Post »ROMNEY2012
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:09pmRomney / Rubio 2012
Report Post »NWWADD
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:38amRomney / Rubio 2012
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:14amI voted here in FL today for ROMNEY!
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »RonaldReagansGhost
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:58pmWell…I like Santorum because he answers questions directly.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:03pm+ One.
Report Post »VicksVaporub
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:25pmI like Santorum because he wants to obliterate Islam from the planet starting with Iran which will start World War Three. Then we can kill all the Chinese plus the Russians and get out of debt while ending Communism at the same time. The man is a genius.
Report Post »fullblownjackass
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:23pm@VICS Yeah lets start WWIII your real smart! Have you ever been the one fighting the DAMN WARS. I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN TOO MANY OF MY FRIENDS DIE AND THOSE THAT CAME HOME ARE “F”ED UP! YOU need to take yourself outta the gene pool jackass.If you had served your country on the ground you would never so gleefully talk about getting into a bloody F’en mess.
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:30pmFBJ
vicks was being sarcastic………MORTARS duck,
Report Post »It was a joke…INCOMING
so lighten up, FIX BAYONETS
homna homna
Skee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:57pmI say we skip the whole process and grab Rep. Col. West,
Report Post »put him on a extreme diet and force him to start smoking then
slip him in the white house.
Let acorn try to beat that.
This_Individual
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:56pmRon Paul is a sensible man, he would do well against Obama.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:02pmObama eats sensible men for breakfast. Newt will stand up to Obama, unlike Romney and Paul will who you’ll find whining like dogs with their tails between their legs.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:04pmMy dog could go up against the likes of Obama and would win!! She would tear him a new one!!
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:20pmHell, I may just vote for your dog Sam!
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:29amYou have smoked to much weed! Ron P is a nut ,hes okay for awhile and then he falls off the nut tree.Hes a joke.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:54pmHave yet to hear 1 policy from Mitt or Ron Paul. Broad reaching generalities that have no content. ACTUAL POLICIES AND IDEAS.
We have no CLUE what Mitt, or Ron would do, None.
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:01pmIf you want to know exactly what Ron Paul would do you can’t count on any televised debate. Please check this link and explore his web site. You will see plainly where he stands on every issue and his plan (in great detail) to restore America.
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/the-issues/
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:01pmIf you do not what Ron Paul’s goals and vision are for this country, you have not been listing.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:55pmSpecifically talking about this debate. Paul would shine if he were a better speaker and could articulate ideas better.
Report Post »titan
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:38pmRon Paul had one (1) bill that he sponsored pass. think about it, out of twenty some years in congress and only (1) !! that tells me more about this guy than any speeches or ideas he may have. if he is not effective in congress what on gods green earth do you think he will do as president? i‘m sorry ronbots but i don’t think he has a chance to win the nomination, not with that track record.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:57pm@titan Have you taken a good look at what bills Paul has tried to pass? That tells me everything I need to know about the rest of Congress.
Sponsored Legislation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legislation_sponsored_by_Ron_Paul
On the Issues
http://ronpaulforcongress.com/html/issues.html
“Guts. That is the one word which describes Rep. Ron Paul of Texas best. Perhaps the most consistent vote in the Congress, he can be expected to oppose any unconstitutional expansion of government, no matter how politically difficult that vote might be… Paul has been a powerful advocate for the Second Amendment and has sponsored legislation to repeal most gun laws dating back to 1968 — as well as, legislation to get the U.S. out of the anti-gun United Nations.” gunowners.org/ronpaul-2012.htm
“Ron Paul has been a leader in the fight to defend and restore the Second Amendment.” – Larry Pratt, Executive Director, Gun Owners of America
“No member of Congress pays more attention to Second Amendment issues than Dr. Ron Paul.” – Dudley Brown, Executive Director, National Association for Gun Rights
Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman, and adviser to President Ronald Reagan: “I strongly support Ron Paul. We very badly need to have more representatives in the House who understand in a principled way the importance of property rights and religious freedom.”
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:49pmGood to see the great Dr. has been working on his delivery. This is important because Americans need to understand the Fed and the industrial military complex.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:47pmRomney’s gonna dodge every single question by immediately attack Newt.
Still hoping Romney might articulate some policies and ideas and stop trashing Newt, Doubtful.
Report Post »NWWADD
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:11amAre you dumb? Romney was very Articulate!!! I think he hit it home tonight. He is also one of the best, Nicest human beings on the stage or in fact in that whole room. ROMNEY 2012
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:31amI voted in FL today for ROMNEY!
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:01pm@toddp
So you voted for the Re-election of Obama, thanks a lot.
Report Post »ElPzee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:26pm@NWW I actually have an IQ of 132. That’s why Saul alinsky style re-directions and personal attacks don’t work on me. The average American dupe, now that’s another story.
Report Post »deanodurham
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:38pmLive chat blocked my comments…oh, well. Santorum is kickin it and I wish the candidates would stick to the issues and not play into sociaist Wolfe’s games…
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:35pmWhy are these juveniles bickering?
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:31pmRick S the war-monger
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:45pmWAR, It’s fantastic!
Report Post »audiemurphy
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:28pmpass the bologna ! hey better yet build a bologna factory on the moon and get the best
Report Post »of both worlds . it will create jobs spend money and we can have a useless base for meteor s to destroy.
West Coast Patriot
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:26pmRicky Warmonger.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:52pmWarmongering; It’s Fantastic!
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:00pmUranium, if you are so into killing our youth, why don’t you join them? Go to Iran and live there.
Report Post »audiemurphy
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:25pmsay no to newt the moon base building fruit!
Report Post »milo75
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:24pmWith our three stooges to choose from in the most important election of our lifetime. They will eat each other alive tonight and will be very little about substance. While morality keeps slipping, public aid keeps growing and a demonic machine to face for who ever wins. I do not feel good about this one boys and girls. I hope you all are getting prepared.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:23amMILO75…
Report Post »Don’t you mean the four stooges?
We Republicans sure don’t have much to choose from, but either one of these four stooges, Moe, Larry, Curly, or Shemp, are a better choice than Obama the Anti-Christ.
THXll38
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:16pmI will vote on principle, not for the lesser of two evils.
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:30pmI am with you on that.
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:50pmI’m with you both and also with Thomas Jefferson.
Report Post »“If our fellow citizens….will sacrifice favoritism towards men for the preservation of principle, we may hope that no divisions will again endanger a degeneracy in our government”
ElPzee
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:57pmThe enemy of my enemy is NOT MY FRIEND. If Romney gets the nomination I’ll be praying for Ron Paul or Donald Trump to run third Party, If they don’t my A$$ will be on the couch on election day.
Report Post »robspectre
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:55amRon Paul is the only sound choice. It is sad how people decide their vote by listening to sound bites and rumor. Ron Paul is said to have great ideas but “his foreign policy is horrible”. I believe that so called vice is actually his virtue. He is the only one who will stop the wars, end the fed, and get us back on track. Romney will sell us out and Newt is the worst type of progressive. Santorum I believe is sincere for the most part, but his ideas suck. We have to get people to understand Dr. Paul’s foreign policy. People need to read his books and listen to him, not some talking head on the left or “so called right”. I have heard Hannity, Levin, and Beck treat Dr. Paul pretty poorly. I wish Glenn would go back and read his own words in his own books. I did and they woke me up to a lot of what is wrong with this country. I swear, I don’t understand Glenn Becks disdain for Dr. Paul.
Report Post »democritusoilder267
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:59pmWho do you imagine will get the nomination and challenge President Obama. This is my opinion but I can see Romney or Gingrich will win the nomination. Doesn‘t mean I support them just they’re more likely to win.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:49pmDoes anyone know what channel it is on??
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:56pmCNN also know as Communist News Network.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:48pmWest/Chaffetz 2012!
But I will hold my nose and vote for whoever the nominee is, because ABO 2012!
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:33pmNot me. Three of the four candidates will take us to the exact same place, just a little slower.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:56pmYep, and the other candidate will take us to the exact same place, just a lot faster.
Report Post »Johnny Cocheroo
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:44am@Trilo
I agree. Not going to hold my nose again. I’ll have a clean conscience when the hard times hit – everyone else will still be pointing fingers at the other party.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:59amMorons. The lot of you.
Report Post »Sit on your ass on election day and watch your problems worsen under Obama’s 2nd term.
JJ Coolay
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:00amNot that he is going to win, because he’s not, but yes, I would vote for RP if he won the nomination.
Report Post »I only hope nobody decides to run 3rd party because that would absolutely ensure a 2nd BHO term. You can‘t split the right’s vote and win. No chance.
Johnny Cocheroo
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:31am@JJ
Moron?…. a temper tantrum at home might get you a cookie – but sorry kiddo, doesn’t work here.
Report Post »Let me know when you want to talk like a big person.