CNN Jacksonville, FL Debate (1/26/12) 8p ET - Official Thread!

[Varin]

Honestly, I think Erickson is reachable. He was awful to us four years ago, but he came around and supported Rand against Trey, and he's hellbent against SOPA. It may just be that he's starting to warm up to Ron too.

You haven´t read redstate in a while I take it.

 

[MsDoodahs]

Erick Erickson said the 2 winners were Santorum and Paul.. He said something positive about Paul..??

I hate Erick Erickson, he is a lying sack of dog poop.

 

[donnay]

"Ron Paul was funny." Fleischer is rather condescending.

Ari Fleischer's opinions mean nothing. Ari is funny looking. Egg head.

 

[Mini-Me]

awesome. surge santorum. surge gingrich. They are both unelectable.

No, surge Paul. We need Gingrich and Santorum OUT.

 

[cdw]

Santorum's mom is a total MILF

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[AllAboard]

The other candidates for the most part could only agree with Ron on almost every issue. So if Ron Paul is so agreeable, doesn't that say something to the republican electorate?

 

[Mckarnin]

No, it was very good that Ron didn't talk about that. Those are the kind of issues where Ron usually gets bood by the audience.

I suppose that's true. Would probably raise more questions than he has time to answer.

 

[Dianne]

so i guess santorum won according to CNN. (not-srs)

they want ron paul to finish last in FL so badly

Doesn't matter if Ron finishes 30th... we're in for the long haul.... Ron not going anywhere, that's our job

 

[Mini-Me]

You haven´t read redstate in a while I take it.

Point taken, but here's hoping tonight is a turning point.

 

[RonPaul101.com]

Glad you're being authoritarian and telling me that I'm not Christian! I'm Mormon, I'm a Christian (someone who believes in Christ!!), I love RP, and NOBP. Geez . . . please do some research.

Eh, If he's not an authority in the field...

The reason Mormonism is not Christian is because it denies one or more of the essential doctrines of Christianity. Of the essential doctrines (that there is only one God in all existence, Jesus is divine, God in flesh, forgiveness of sins is by grace alone (Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 4:1-5), and Jesus rose from the dead physically (1 John 2:19; Luke 24:39), the gospel being the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, 1 Cor. 15:1-4), Mormonism denies three of them: how many gods there are, the God of Christianity, and His work of salvation.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Honestly, I think Erickson is reachable. He was awful to us four years ago, but he came around and supported Rand against Trey, and he's hellbent against SOPA. It may just be that he's starting to warm up to Ron too.

I doubt it, hatred that deep is hard to overcome, it clouds the reason and prevents critical thinking. However, the only real objection (with most Republican, actually) is foreign policy. MOST Republicans if they actually understood Paul's FP they'd vote for him. Erikson is a hard-core interventionist though, so even if he understood Paul's FP he'd hate it.

 

[EBounding]

Raul Castro: HELLO THIS IS RAUL CASTRO CALLING YOU ON THE TELEPHONE
President Paul: ....well...whadya want?

 

[randpaul2016]

Doesn't matter if Ron finishes 30th... we're in for the long haul.... Ron not going anywhere, that's our job

Santorum never gonna drop out though lol

 

[Just Flossin']

Ron Paul KILLED IT tonight! Funny, intelligent, just great. Sure he could have spoken slower and made points easier to understand to the average voter, but he really did great.

Kudos to CNN for these debates. Anderson and Wolf have been much fairer than others to RP during the debates.

 

[crh88]

The other candidates for the most part could only agree with Ron on almost every issue. So if Ron Paul is so agreeable, doesn't that say something to the republican electorate?

I hope so. Maybe all the respect that they're giving him will cause others to give him a second look.

 

[everlasticity]

Ron Paul had some zinger's tonight. I think my favorite was his answer to the Raul Castro question. When asked what he would say to Raul Castro on the phone, he answered "I'd ask him why he called first".

 

[opinionatedfool]

One of the better moderated debates.
I loathe Gingrich - LOATHE HIM! - but when he admitted that He did not balance the budget as Ron Paul challenged him - that was almost statesmanlike.

Amen to that! He should probably be in prison for some of the stuff he's done.

 

[SisCyn]

hahaha!

 

[liveandletlive]

Santorum was very forceful tonight, though he's full of BS in what he says, that's what the public and MSM respond too, style not substance

 

[MsDoodahs]

Doesn't matter if Ron finishes 30th... we're in for the long haul.... Ron not going anywhere, that's our job

Oh, yeah!