Comments on: GOP Candidates Push Persistence In Iraq

Debate Offers Criticism Of War's Management, No Calls For Withdrawal

[dodaz-2009]

D-O-A..... Iraq dilemma has executed them(candiates) all, ....or Sticking up for li'l georgie...take your pick LOL

[keeblers69]

Look at the comment boards on MSNBC and the polls.

Ron Paul was the favorite of last nights debate. All others were just pencil suits.

[emj1962]

Ron Paul may sound good to the Democrats when he says our foreign policy is a failure and the war in Iraq is ridiculous, but the socialist Democrats will recoil in horror when they learn Ron is opposed to the communist income tax and the fraudulent Federal Reserve system. Where would the socialist Democrats be without their beloved income tax and huge government? Libertarians like Ron Paul are the spawn of Satan to government worshipping socialists. Too bad the Republican Party is so lacking in principles they don't have Ron Paul as their candidate.

[antoniof123]

I don't beleive this group of neo cons. They are trying to hide behind a moderate position yet look at how they come out in favor of a war than most of America wants out. I think that baring a dead monkey running by the Dems the Reps don't have a snowball chance in H.....

[realpatriot1]

Romney thinks that once we pull out of Iraq we'll have to go back? For what?

As usual, Guliani's position is on the fence with the post stuck up his ***.

McCain wants to stay the course until all our troops die for Haliburton.

Except for Paul they're all playing to the 30% of Bush lovers. They can kiss Reagan & Bush's ***** all they want, they aren't getting elected.

[rharrin1]

n fact most Americans would be paying less than $2.00 at the gas pumps.

Posted by Superpat1898 at 07:01 AM : May 04, 2007

You fvcking moron get your head out of your a*s Hitler worshipper.

[rharrin1]

Victory lies in the "center" in 2008......................that's where the Republican party is.

Posted by perception5 at 07:34 AM : May 04, 2007

republicans center? we have been watching how your goose stepping congress has been voting. 20 more months then they won't be voting anymore.

[rharrin1]

How many top-level positions have the Democrats filled with incompetent minorities in the last 40 years put together?

Answer: Less than this current President has.
Posted by SlipSter01 at 10:26 PM : May 03, 2007

I would say you are right.

[skyk-2009]

America is already getting tired of this 110th DO-NOTHING CONGRESS that still hasn't passed the minimum wage bill for the poor people............................... really sad indeed

Posted by perception5 at 07:34 AM : May 04, 2007
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What the HELL are you babbling about? Honestly you make the Tooth Fairly look like a REAL person with this Center Garbage. There is NOT one of these clowns that can get to a level of respect in polls of the American People EXCEPT the former Mayor of New York, who is as far form your Party's Base as one can get. Man you need a serious adjustment in the area of REALITY here. American's want a CHANGE OF DIRECTION, not more of the SAME.

[perception5]

Well we can see why Americans typically like to elect Republicans......... what a difference between this group of folks with "class" and the rag tag bunch in the "classless" Dems that Americans saw last week.

Night and day difference. The GOP is fielding very strong "moderate" candidates in 2008 while the Dems are putting forth a bunch of "hate and divide" left-wing liberals.

Victory lies in the "center" in 2008......................that's where the Republican party is.

America is already getting tired of this 110th DO-NOTHING CONGRESS that still hasn't passed the minimum wage bill for the poor people............................... really sad indeed

[rharrin1]

Giuliani said "they looked in Ronald Reagan's eyes and in two minutes they released the hostages." That was a reference to the U.S. hostages released from captivity on the day of Reagan's inauguration in 1981.

Goes to show giuliani is full of sh*t and a liar Iran said they would release them if Carter did not win.

Just more of the same old republican bullsh*t.

[rharrin1]

'm only here because they have a nice posting forum that other news sites don't have and it's fun to harass libs.
Posted by hawksprings at 11:49 AM : May 03, 2007

We know your a goose stepper.

[adian1-2009]

Well, all of the Republican candidates differ from the opinion of the majority of the American people. It could be noticed that all of them were more concerned about courting the conservative fundamentalist Republican base than about the realities of the war that we started against Iraq or the opinion of the majority of Americans. I found McCain kind of funny. To the first question, the one he never dared to answer, he reacted with a political speech. He looked like a Latin American barricade politician --politico de barricada-- using the opportunity as if he was addressing a political meeting in Macondo. And even though a few days ago he was critical of Bush's handling of the war against Iraq, this time he did not show guts. The same goes regarding the freedom of choice for women. All of them courted the fundamentalist base, though Giuliani stood his ground in this issue. Romney retreated like a chicken. It takes a lot to even think that Tancredo or any of the other two that raised their hands to signal that they do not believe in evolution could become president. Can you imagine what would happen to public education? Regarding immigration, all of them went dancing around the hot pole, but would not dare touch it! But . . . nothing. I won't be surprised that we elect one of those to be our next president!!!

[gunownerdan]

Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate who us "FOUNDING FATHER" material.
This is why you will not hear very much about him in the news.
Most Democratic and republican polititians have a very hard time obeying that oath they took to protect and defend the Constitution.

[bluestardad]

STICK A FORK IN THEM CAUSE THEY ARE DONE!

STAY THE COURSE IS NOT AN OPTION NONE OF THEIR KIDS ARE IN IRAQ!

HALLIBURTON, SAUDI ARABIA, AND ISRAEL ARE NOT AMERICAN INTEREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST!

[canyoutellme-2009]

anyone notice how there are no minorities or women running for president in the republican party? Hmmmm.. gee, i wonder why.

[canyoutellme-2009]

i am clearly a democrat, but that Dr Paul is one good guy! he speaks his mind... truly HIS mind, not the mind of the republican party speaking points... amazing.. even said the war in iraq was ridiculous...

[aljack3]

j, I didn't watch the debate because I was working, that's why I went online to read the news accounts of the event. That is my way of "paying attention." I did the same for the Democratic debate and I recall that the AP piece didn't spend a lot of time debunking candidate's statements. They just reported on the event itself. The line in the AP account that I am pointing out is clearly biased because it is not a direct or indirect quote from the event. It was clearly interjected by the reporter for the sole purpose of reducing the impact of a statement made by Giuliani.

By the way I agree that with you the Guiliani didn't always take clear positions which serves to illustrate the tightrope he is trying to walk between the conservative base of his party and independent voters he will need to win a general election. I would respect him more if he didn't dance around the most polarized issues, but it seems like the only way for a politician to get the nomination of their party and still win in November. That goes for either party by the way.

[j-whitman]

aljack3,,, Maybe you should pay a bit more attention, I did & stop complaining about media bias... They reported the story in the limited space they had... You never watched a Clinton or Obama debate have you ??? Did you even watch this debate ??

[aljack3]

Bias what bias?

The AP just can't hide their increasing pronounced leftward lean. Instead of just reporting what Guiliani said, I mean it is a news story after all not an editorial, they felt the need to deconstruct and debunk his statement on Reagan and the hostages.

"He didn't mention other hostages taken on Reagan's watch %u2014 those seized in Lebanon and kept for years."

Thanks for reporting what Rudy didn't say AP. I'd love to see them apply the same standard to everything that comes out of Clinton or Obama's mouth.