# GOP Presidential Debate
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [May 4, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691 "2007-05-04T00:13:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/1 "2007-05-04T00:13:47Z")
What if they held a debate and nobody came?
I made it 6 minutes before I couldn’t take it anymore. Anyone watching? Anything worth talking about?
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### Author:  [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/2 "2007-05-04T00:38:29Z")
Kinda fun watching Rudy squirm on abortion.
But yea, say what you will about the Dems, their debates are far more entertaining.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/3 "2007-05-04T00:44:03Z")
I thought it was supposed to be on Fox News?
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/4 "2007-05-04T00:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=Malodorous]
Do they get a dollar everytime they say Reagan?
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```
Ronald Reagan President Bush The Reagan Library
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Giuliani 4 0 0
McCain 0 0 0
Romney 2 1 0
Brownback 1 0 0
Paul 0 0 0
Tancredo 1 0 0
Thompson 0 0 0
Gilmore 1 1 1
Huckabee 1 1 0
Hunter 1 0 0
From [CNN.com](http://CNN.com)’s ticker.
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/5 "2007-05-04T00:53:36Z")
MSNBC.
I can’t believe how much time they’re spending on abortion. The Politico questioners were SOOOOOO not interested in abortion.
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/6 "2007-05-04T01:01:17Z")
McCain said ‘yes’ to federal funding for embryonic stem cell research! Color me surprised.
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### Author:  [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/7 "2007-05-04T01:05:34Z")
If I was an alien from Mars and my only knowledge of US politics was from watching this debate, I would conclude that human cloning is the single most important issue facing the country.
> [@Aholibah](#):
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> McCain said ‘yes’ to federal funding for embryonic stem cell research! Color me surprised.
Guy is 70+. Hell with social conservatism, he’s going to need those stem cells to keep him alive pretty soon.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/8 "2007-05-04T01:09:19Z")
[QUOTE=Aholibah]
MSNBC.
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For some reason, it’s not coming in here. I’ll have to ask Comcast what’s up with that.
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/9 "2007-05-04T01:10:17Z")
This does seem profoundly disconnected from anything that matters to me. Guess that’s why I’m a democrat.
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/10 "2007-05-04T01:13:53Z")
What happened to questions about _habeus corpus_, torture, campaign finances, gun control, the Fairness Doctrine?
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### Author:  [@gatorman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorman)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/11 "2007-05-04T01:15:18Z")
Wow, NOT A SINGLE one of them have what I’m looking for in the next president, no wonders independents like me are going democratic.
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### Author:  [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/12 "2007-05-04T01:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=Aholibah]
This does seem profoundly disconnected from anything that matters to me. Guess that’s why I’m a democrat.
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The difference in questions between the MSNBC debates for the two different parties is interesting.
The questions for the Dems were a lot more “wonkish”. The Republican ones verge on theological.
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/13 "2007-05-04T01:24:40Z")
OK, so here’s what the Republicans care about: abortion (bad), embryonic stem cell research (bad), immigration (bad), taxes (bad). Ronald Reagan (good), optimism (good), American people (good).
Now, why the hell are we asking questions about Scooter Libby and Terry Schiavo?
Great, and Bill Clinton.
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### Author:  [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/14 "2007-05-04T01:28:59Z")
Was it really necessary to ask if the Republican candidates think it would be a good thing if Hillary is elected?
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/15 "2007-05-04T01:29:26Z")
Oops, forgot – family (good).
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### Author:  [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/16 "2007-05-04T01:33:11Z")
I’ve heard that the candidates were asked which of them believe in evolution. Does anyone happen to know which candidates responded “no”?
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### Author:  [@gatorman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorman)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/17 "2007-05-04T01:34:14Z")
Gotta love the Nancy Reagan ass kissing in the end
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/18 "2007-05-04T01:34:30Z")
Nobody. But McCain, having simply said “yes” then asked to amend his answer to add “But whenever I’m hiking in the Grand Canyon and see a sunset, I see the hand of God.” Thanks for clearing that up for us, John.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/19 "2007-05-04T01:34:41Z")
Well that was a waste of time. What a gutless bunch of questions. What a bunch of scumbags.
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### Author:  [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-debate/402691/20 "2007-05-04T01:37:49Z")
As bf just pointed out, Republicans appear to want a government big enough to legislate the Terry Schiavo case, but not big enough to do anything about universal health coverage.
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