My Take on the GOP Debate

Published on May 16, 2007 By Island Dog In Republican

As you may know, last night there was a debate between Republican canidates for President in South Carolina. This was hosted by Fox News and featured 10 republican canidates which turned out to be interesting to say the least. I wanted to give my brief take on the debate as I saw it.

John McCain - McCain didn't impress me at all last night. I will give him credit for standing by his answers even though they will not get him the ticket. When he started talking about how the "world" will think of us regarding Gitmo, that pretty much assured me he won't get close to the nomination.

Mitt Romney - Romney is what I call a "TV President". He has a presidential look, speaks some good game, but ultimately that is what does him in. He is the John Kerry of the GOP. He made some good points explaining his "switching" of issues, but overall he has a pattern of changing positions that even I am not comfortable with.

Mike Huckabee - Huckabee had an interesting take on the IRS, put a "going out of business sign", and made mention of a fair tax. I really haven't formed an opinoin on him yet, so I don't have much to say, but I think he did OK at the debate last night.

Duncan Hunter - Hunter tried his best to come out as the "real" conservative of the canidates. He was very vocal about not leaving Iraq, putting up a border fence, and not giving up on the war on terror. That likely pleased many in the GOP base. He put on a fairly good presentation last ngiht, and I will definitely keep an eye out for him, but it's highly unlikely he will get the nomination.

Ron Paul - Paul was definitely the biggest goof of the night. His assertions that we caused Sept. 11 and his "blame America" attitude were just ridiculous, and that's pretty much the end of the line for his campaign, at least on the GOP side.

Rudy Guiliani - I have to honesty say he impressed me the most. I was never a big fan of Rudy for President as I don't care much for his more liberal social policies, but he did a great job at explaining and standing by his beliefs. He gained the most applause last night while calling out the goofball Ron Paul for his remakrs about Sept. 11. He also seemed like the only one that was comfortable on the stage last night, and actually seemed to enjoy it. I think Rudy will be the man to be for the republican nomination as of right now.

I know there several more canidates, but none of them did anything that impressed me to write about them. The big three of the debate was McCain, Romney, and Guiliani, and I think Rudy won the debate last night hands down. What was your opinion of the debate?

Comments (Page 2)

Sean Conners aka SConn1

on May 16, 2007

I did not see it. My candidate has not declared yet.

who is your candidate, guy?

Adventure-Dude

on May 16, 2007

Hey Island Dog,

Giuliani impressed me the most. In agreement with MM.
McCain to me had no life sort of reminded me of robot Gore (not sure why) other than his drunken sailors blurp.
Thompson looked flustered and disappeared in my opinion.
Romney has me concerned (Kerry like) although I have liked how he has handled Al Sharpton's remarks and looked as you said TV president
Brownback: I have a chip against him about the politicizing the tornado in KS. I thought less of him after debate.
Paul: His 9/11 comments I think booted him out of a bid.
Hunter: sounded like he lived in fantasy island.
Tancredo: I'm from Colorado but his presence was weak and far fetched ideas.
Huckabee: surprised me the most. Responded well to the tax question.
Gilmore: didn't stand out in my book.

Dr Guy

on May 16, 2007

who is your candidate, guy?

last name Thompson, and the first name is not Tommy.

Reply By: Adventure-Dude

Good to see you posting again AD!

Gideon MacLeish

on May 17, 2007

last name Thompson, and the first name is not Tommy.

Ed?

Dr Guy

on May 17, 2007

last name Thompson, and the first name is not Tommy.

Ed?

Oscar actually.

Moderateman

on May 17, 2007

Fred and Newt Might be to conservative for the nation to elect. IMO

KarmaGirl

on May 17, 2007

and i'm bettin the only reason this article got featured, after my article was published, was to drown my article out.

Nice conspiracy theory....I somehow doubt whoever featured this even read your article, or if they did, they didn't feature it because it really is only about one candidate.

Sean Conners aka SConn1

on May 17, 2007

Nice conspiracy theory....

it would be, if it were a thoery. but based on this discussion, it's obvious that my article was very well read as it is the topic of discussion here. not to mention the wave of support Paul has gotten since the 1st debate, and the continued momentum caused by his speaking truth to power.

but by all means, keep spinnin....

Gideon MacLeish

on May 17, 2007

Actually,

While Brad is not a Libertarian by any means I have found him to be very open to Libertarian ideals. MANY of my articles on the LP, including, if memory serves correctly, a few articles on the LP PLATFORM in the runup to '04 made the front page. To accuse the admin of this site of a conspiracy is a bit bizzare, IMO.

Your article was an interesting take, Sean, but as Karma said, it covered one candidate. Itt read like a press release. This article is more broad based, making it more of a general interest article.

Gideon MacLeish

on May 17, 2007

Honestly, using this summary as a guide, the one that comes off best IMO, is Huckabee.

Sean Conners aka SConn1

on May 17, 2007

Your article was an interesting take, Sean, but as Karma said, it covered one candidate. Itt read like a press release

funny how everyone ignores the great review i gave fox and their coverage.

funny how i also said huckabee had a great showing and polling reflected that.

yeah, i did talk about paul a little more...but it was THE story of the debate. and has been THE story since...and it's obvious he has the power in the GOP scared to death.

and my statements were not an accusation towards brad, or whomever featured the article. but a challenge to get other viewpoints than the GOP party line out. people can contest that if they like, as my language was strong, but that is the only intent. i had no conspiracy theory, as was suggested.

if i wanted to come up with conspiracy theories, i'd write a story about the seeming coincidence between brad's interest in beekeeping and the sudden dissappearance of millions of his childhood phobia.

and it would be under humor.

Island Dog

on May 17, 2007

t not to mention the wave of support Paul has gotten since the 1st debate, and the continued momentum caused by his speaking truth to power.

Where is this wave of support? The only people I see getting pumped up about Paul is the far left crowd.

yeah, i did talk about paul a little more...but it was THE story of the debate. and has been THE story since...and it's obvious he has the power in the GOP scared to death.

. There is absolutely no reason for the GOP to be scared of Paul. He's a "blame America" liberal-tarian who won't even get close to the nomination. Just because he is anti-war and is getting the fan support of the far left doesn't mean he's going anywhere or he's any different than any other politician.

Sean Conners aka SConn1

on May 17, 2007

time will tell,,,won't it?

and i am a very patient person

drmiler

on May 17, 2007

and i am a very patient person

All I can say is.....I hope you're very, very, VERY patient person.

Island Dog

on May 18, 2007

http://www.galluppoll.com/content/default.aspx?ci=27598

First Choice for 2008 Republican Nomination
Based on Republicans/Republican leaners
May 10-13, 2007

Rudy Giuliani	29
John McCain	23
Fred Thompson	12
Mitt Romney	8
Newt Gingrich	6
Sam Brownback	2
Tommy Thompson	1
Mike Huckabee	1
Tom Tancredo	1
George Pataki	1
Duncan Hunter	*
Jim Gilmore	*
Chuck Hagel	*
Ron Paul	0

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