GOP DEBATE: FOX VIEWERS SAY RON PAUL WON LARRY FESTER
USA Daily
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Oct 22 2007
The Fox News Republican Presidential debate in Orlando Florida revealed
that the GOP nomination is still up for grabs. According to Fox News
Viewers text voting after the debate, Ron Paul won with 34%, Huckabee
came in second with 27%, and Giuliani third with 11%.
The Republican debate also revealed that the Republican contenders
think America is going bankrupt if spending policies are not changed.
Debate Highlights:
Fred Thompson touted his "100% pro life voting record" and said
"Our basic rights come from God not government". Thompson tagged
Rudy Giuliani for supporting "Sanctuary Cities" and "federal funding
for abortion" and he "sides with Hillary Clinton" speaking of when
Giuliani was New York City Mayor.
Thompson hit on a theme that all of the Republicans seemed to agree
on and that is that out of control spending is bankrupting America,
‘We’re spending the money of our grand kids and kids yet to be born".
Thompson said,
Warning about Democrats raising taxes Thompson joked, "To the
Democrats, everybody that works for a living is rich".
Thompson also promoted indexing govt. benefits to costs.
Giuliani accused Fred Thompson of being the "biggest obstacle to tort
reform". Giuliani touted his record as New York City Mayor, said,
"I brought down crime 60%", and called for school choice.
Giuliani took some shots at Hillary Clinton saying, "America can’t
afford you".
On Foreign policy, Giuliani said that we should engage Russia but
consider expanding NATO to include Australia, Japan, and Eastern
Europe.
Referring to Iran Giuliani said, "We will not allow them to go
nuclear".
Mitt Romney said he "supports a constitutional defense of marriage
amendment". Romney promoted a market approach to healthcare, "I don’t
want the guys that did the clean up for Katrina running healthcare".
Romney said, "We’re not going to keep Hillary Clinton out of the
White House by acting like Hillary Clinton".
Regarding healthcare Ron Paul said that "managed care isn’t working"
and that "drug companies lobby for managed care". Paul said, "We could
take care of these poor people if we weren’t trying to maintain an
empire overseas".
Ron Paul hit on his theme of military non-interventionism, "70% of
Americans want war over with and are sick and tired of big government
at home and overseas". They want their "civil liberties and not allow
government to spend endlessly and bankrupt us".
Ron Paul said "the founders advised non interventionism, the war is
spreading, the war is likely to spread into Iran. We don’t need to
go looking for trouble; we don’t need another cold war". Paul was
referring to increased tensions with Russia.
Paul said that, "government is not very good at central economic
planning". Paul said he would allow young people to opt out of the
social security system.
Ron Paul an opponent of the Federal Reserve said that "a dollar
today is worth 4 cents compared to a dollar in 1913 when the Federal
Reserve got in," stating that was a main reason why the country is
going bankrupt.
Paul said, "If we don’t believe in the Constitution and personal
liberty we lose".
Mike Huckabee defended the "sanctity of human life, it is one
of the defining issues of our culture" and on healthcare promoted
"personalization not privatization. We do not have healthcare system
we have a maze. It’s a healthcare crisis".
Huckabee also brought up sovereignty and the Law of the Sea Treaty,
warning that Hillary Clinton is a danger to U.S. sovereignty.
Duncan Hunter pushed for a "mirror trade policy", warned that there is
an "800 billion dollar trade deficit", and connected trade deficits
to Social Security problems. Hunter pointed out that $75,000 a year
jobs are being lost and replaced with $20,000 a year jobs where people
pay much less into the Social Security system as a result.
John McCain spoke against wasteful spending and took issue with Mitt
Romney saying, "You’ve been spending the last year trying to fool
people about your record, I don’t want you to fool people aboutmine".
McCain promoted his military experience and said, "I’ve been involved
with every national crisis since Beirut". When asked if the war in
Iraq was a winning issue McCain answered, "I don’t know and I can’t
be concerned. I would much rather lose a campaign than a war". He
continued, "I lead, I don’t manage for profit, I lead for patriotism.
McCain said he supported a missile defense system.
Tom Tancredo said that he had the "highest conservative rating" among
all the candidates running. He promoted market reforms in healthcare
and said the Federal government should not be involved. Regarding
Social Security benefits, Tancredo supported Health Savings accounts
and said, "People should be able to control their own money like in
a 401k".
Tancredo lamented, "There’s a plan to give social security benefits
to illegal aliens," stating that illegal immigration is draining
infrastructure. Tancredo said that he supported importing cheaper
drugs from Canada.
Tancredo had harsh words for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
He said the "Armenian genocide bill inflamed problems with Turkey"
and Kurds in Iraq. Tancredo said that Pelosi was a terrible House
speaker but would make a worse Secretary of state. (Discuss the
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