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GOP Debate: Fox Viewers Say Ron Paul Won

The Fox News Republican Presidential debate in Orlando Florida revealed that the GOP nomination is still up for grabs. According to Fox News Viewers text voting after the debate, Ron Paul won with 34%, Huckabee came in second with 27%, and Giuliani third with 11%.

The Republican debate also revealed that the Republican contenders think America is going bankrupt if spending policies are not changed.

Debate Highlights:

Fred Thompson touted his “100% pro life voting record” and said “Our basic rights come from God not government”. Thompson tagged Rudy Giuliani for supporting “Sanctuary Cities” and “federal funding for abortion” and he “sides with Hillary Clinton” when he was New York City Mayor.

Thompson hit on a theme that all of the Republicans seemed to agree on and that is that out of control spending is bankrupting America, ‘We’re spending the money of our grand kids and kids yet to be born”. Thompson said,

Warning about Democrats raising taxes Thompson joked, “To the Democrats, everybody that works for a living is rich”.

Thompson also promoted govt. indexing benefits to costs.

Giuliani accused Fred Thompson of being the “biggest obstacle to tort reform”. Giuliani touted his record as New York City Mayor, said, “I brought down crime 60%”, and called for school choice.

Giuliani took some shots at Hillary Clinton saying, “America can’t afford you”.

On Foreign policy, Giuliani said that we should engage Russia but consider expanding NATO to include Australia, Japan, and Eastern Europe.

Referring to Iran Giuliani said, “We will not allow hem to o nuclear”.

Mitt Romney said he “supports a constitutional defense of marriage amendment”. Romney promoted a market approach to healthcare, “I don’t want the guys that did the clean up for Katrina running healthcare”.

Romney said, “We’re not going to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House by acting like Hillary Clinton”.

Regarding healthcare Ron Paul said that “managed care isn’t working” and that “drug companies lobby for managed care”. Paul said, “We could take care of these poor people if we weren’t trying to maintain an empire overseas”.

Ron Paul hit on his theme of military non-interventionism, “70% of Americans want war over with and are sick and tired of big government at home and overseas”. They want their “civil liberties and not allow government to spend endlessly and bankrupt us”.

Ron Paul said “the founders advised non interventionism, the war is spreading, the war is likely to spread into Iran. We don’t need to go looking for trouble; we don’t need another cold war”. Paul was referring to increased tensions with Russia.

Paul said that, “government is not very good at central economic planning”. Paul said he would allow young people to opt out of the social security system.

Ron Paul an opponent of the Federal Reserve said that “a dollar today is worth 4 cents compared to a dollar in 1913 when the Federal Reserve got in,” stating that was a main reason why the country is going bankrupt.

Paul said, “If we don’t believe in the Constitution and personal liberty we lose”.

Mike Huckabee defended the “sanctity of human life, it is one of the defining issues of our culture” and on healthcare promoted “personalization not privatization. We do not have healthcare system we have a maze. It’s a healthcare crisis”.

Huckabee also brought up sovereignty and the Law of the Sea Treaty, warning that Hillary Clinton is a danger to U.S. sovereignty.

Duncan Hunter pushed for a “mirror trade policy”, warned that there is an “800 billion dollar trade deficit”, and connected trade deficits to Social Security problems. Hunter pointed out that $75,000 a year jobs are being lost and replaced with $20,000 a year jobs where people pay much less into the Social Security system as a result.

John McCain spoke against wasteful spending and took issue with Mitt Romney saying, “You’ve been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record, I don’t want you to fool people aboutmine”.


McCain promoted his military experience and said, “I’ve been involved with every national crisis since Beirut”. When asked if the war in Iraq was a winning issue McCain answered, “I don’t know and I can’t be concerned. I would much rather lose a campaign than a war”. He continued, “I lead, I don’t manage for profit, I lead for patriotism.

McCain said he supported a missile defense system.

Tom Tancredo said that he had the “highest conservative rating” among all the candidates running. He promoted market reforms in healthcare and said the Federal government should not be involved. Regarding Social Security benefits, Tancredo supported Health Savings accounts and said, “People should be able to control their own money like in a 401k”.

Tancredo lamented, “There’s a plan to give social security benefits to illegal aliens,” stating that illegal immigration is draining infrastructure. Tancredo said that he supported importing cheaper drugs from Canada.

Tancredo had harsh words for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He said the “Armenian genocide bill inflamed problems with Turkey” and Kurds in Iraq. Tancredo said that Pelosi was a terrible House speaker but would make a worse Secretary of state.

Original article posted here.