Selected Highlights of the GOP Debate
Via Think Progress, who live blogged it, I’m pulling out some selected quotes for your entertainment:
9:43: Romney says we should bring our troops home from Afghanistan when generals tell him we can hand the country off to the “Taliban military.” Then corrects himself, “Afghan military.”
9:40: Pawlenty finally shows some of the decisiveness that everyone has been waiting for. Unfortunately, it comes in response to the question “Coke or Pepsi?”
9:32: Herman Cain comes out for repealing birthright citizenship in direct violation of the 14th Amendment. When asked whether he thinks the children of illegal immigrants who are born in America should be citizens, he said, “I don’t think so.”
9:24: Rick Santorum says, “I’ve taken the bullets” on the abortion issue. Probably not the best turn of phrase.
9:16: Romney auditions for sportscaster role, announces Boston Bruins are winning 4-0.
9:08: Cain gets asked about he’d appoint a Muslims, a question first asked by ThinkProgress in late March. He says the question was about feeling “comfortable” with a Muslim in his cabinet. Here is the transcript, where he is clearly asked by TP’s Scott Keyes about appointing Muslim Americans:
KEYES: You came under a bit of controversy this week for some of the comments made about Muslims in general. Would you be comfortable appointing a Muslim, either in your cabinet or as a federal judge?CAIN: No, I will not.
8:41: After claiming credit for the successful auto industry bailout, Romney now says “the bailout program was not a success because [it] wasted a lot of money.”
8:41: Romney won’t admit that he was wrong when he wrote in 2008 that, if the American automakers were rescued by the government, you can “kiss the American automotive industry goodbye.”
8:30: Bachmann attacks the EPA and says it should be renamed the “job killing organization of America.”
8:30 Pawlenty calls a backpack a “back sack.”
8:01: Sen. Rick Santorum starts by citing his “substantial executive experience.” Santorum was never a governor.
Enjoy!