2008 Woodie Awards
SectionsHuckabee: the 'hands down' winner from latest Republican debate
Geoff Pickle
Issue date: 11/30/07 Section: Opinion
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I just watched the CNN/Youtube Republican debate, read and watched all the ancillary material and coverage and looked up the candidates I didn't know a lot about. (Did security know Tancredo was on the stage?) And, I'll be the first to admit I'm not so great at divining politics - I was for McCain back in 2000, for example, and ABB in 2004. But, I'll tell you, the whole show made me pretty happy.
There are a few things about the debate I found disappointing, of course, chiefly, the candidates positions on gays in the military. Every one of them stood in front of a retired, openly gay, military veteran and told him gay men and women in the Army harmed "unit cohesion." Totally. The same arguments were made against women and minorities in the armed services, too, and look how they've ruined our military. Learn your lesson, American people.
On immigration, too, I felt they slipped. Especially Duncan Hunter, who pledged unequivocally to build the border fence everyone loves to laugh at. Don't you know all it takes is a double fence with a road in the middle to eliminate the social, economic and military conditions that force people to leave their homelands? And at only $800 million, what a steal! We need to stop worrying about that silly "soaring national debt," or whatever, and start investing in massive projects that are guaranteed to fail.
But, overall, I found the debate uplifting. See, I'm not exactly a Democrat, but I'm vehemently anti-Republican. I mean, I guess they're cool, save for the being completely evil thing, but I saw maybe two people on the stage who could give Hillary Clinton a worthwhile fight. Assuming, as the debaters seemed to, she wins her party's nomination.
I think Mitt Romney, for instance, would be eviscerated by Clinton. If you disagree, I have two words: John Kerry. Romney has flip-flopped on some of the most fundamental issues of this campaign, like abortion, immigration, even gays in the military. He has the chin, sure, and his hair is dyed to perfection, but if the two went toe-to-toe, I think he'd be a goner.
There are a few things about the debate I found disappointing, of course, chiefly, the candidates positions on gays in the military. Every one of them stood in front of a retired, openly gay, military veteran and told him gay men and women in the Army harmed "unit cohesion." Totally. The same arguments were made against women and minorities in the armed services, too, and look how they've ruined our military. Learn your lesson, American people.
On immigration, too, I felt they slipped. Especially Duncan Hunter, who pledged unequivocally to build the border fence everyone loves to laugh at. Don't you know all it takes is a double fence with a road in the middle to eliminate the social, economic and military conditions that force people to leave their homelands? And at only $800 million, what a steal! We need to stop worrying about that silly "soaring national debt," or whatever, and start investing in massive projects that are guaranteed to fail.
But, overall, I found the debate uplifting. See, I'm not exactly a Democrat, but I'm vehemently anti-Republican. I mean, I guess they're cool, save for the being completely evil thing, but I saw maybe two people on the stage who could give Hillary Clinton a worthwhile fight. Assuming, as the debaters seemed to, she wins her party's nomination.
I think Mitt Romney, for instance, would be eviscerated by Clinton. If you disagree, I have two words: John Kerry. Romney has flip-flopped on some of the most fundamental issues of this campaign, like abortion, immigration, even gays in the military. He has the chin, sure, and his hair is dyed to perfection, but if the two went toe-to-toe, I think he'd be a goner.
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Foreign Born Patriot
posted 12/03/07 @ 11:11 PM CST
Polkitical debates are like chameleons, they change with the background. That is also why they are so dangerous because people vote for them when they are at their "prettiest" and then are disappointed when they don't turn out like they promised us. (Continued…)
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