FNC NH Debate: More reviews…
The Street.com’s John Fout writes about the FNC New Hampshire Debate…
The fifth debate sponsored by the New Hampshire State Republican Party and Fox News was by far the liveliest yet. Fox News looked for every hot button and pushed them fast and furiously.
The opening push was aimed at the candidate not present: Thompson. The lumbering Tennessee politico/actor chose to skip the debate to announce his candidacy on NBC’s Tonight Show With Jay Leno, but that didn’t stop his fellow candidates from ripping into him. Indeed, Fox, apparently miffed at being upstaged, dangled the Thompson candidacy before them like a bagful of kittens before a pit bull. “Maybe we’re up past his bedtime,” sniped Sen. John McCain.
It seems Fox News read about Mitt Romney skewering Rudy Giuliani on immigration. Chris Wallace asked Giuliani about his sanctuary policy, and Giuliani was prepared. He dodged the sanctuary issue, but he did point out that the Immigration and Naturalization Service refused to respond to law enforcement requests when he was mayor. What could Giuliani do but create policies to deal with a problem he didn’t invent that was perpetuated by the federal government?
My impudent comments about the candidates:
tired of the imperious Rudy’s “what I did for New York” comments;
tired of the self-effacing Huckabee’s “aw, shucks” shtick;
tired of waiting for the studied Romney to tighten up his message;
tired of Ron Paul’s belligerent hate America rants;
tired of the distracted Tancredo’s verbal bumbling;
proud of the methodical Duncan Hunter;
proud of the unflinching McCain’s snap back to life;
and Fred who???
But what’s a lady to do? I haven’t picked a candidate yet.
Comment by Cella — September 8, 2007 @ 1:04 pm