In the debate opening scene, we have the introductions; each contestant/candidate was introduced one at a time, the crowd cheers as each name was announced, they walked briskly out onto the stage and took their place at their designated podium. The whole introduction, was remarkably reminiscent, and similar to how basketball players or teams are announced over the PA at a sporting event, then they come running out onto the court, sometimes busting through a team banner, sadly there were no CNN or GOP banners for the contestants/candidates to run through.
Once all seven were introduced, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the moderator of the debate, stood towards the audience and cameras and said, “ Ladies and Gentlemen, the Republican candidates for president of the United States.”
Then Cooper asked everyone to stand for the singing of our national anthem, which was sung by Tony award-winner Anthony Crivello, who stars as the Phantom in “Phantom Las Vegas”. At that moment as Cooper was introducing the name of the singer, some disappointed sighs could be heard, as the hopes of Hank Williams Jr. appearing to sing our national anthem were lost.
After the song, each contestant/candidate was given 30 seconds to say a little something about themselves.
Then, a loose debate took place.
Herman Cain, showed that he was not Able, to explain his 9-9-9 plan as the other contestant/candidates each took their turn at highlighting the various ways it increases taxes. At the last debate when Cain spoke about his 9-9-9 plan it was all described in the broadest of generalizations and nothing of substance. At this debate, he just told everyone your comparing oranges to apples. Cain has fine tuned his generalizations to produce.
Everyone attacked Romney for his “Romneycare” program that he signed into Law when he was Governor of Massachusetts, saying it was the blueprint for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which republicans and lazy pundits call “Obamacare”.
Rick Perry and Mitt Romney looked like they were about to come to blows, as each attacked the other on immigration and jobs.
Michele Bachmann, well, if you have ever seen Michele Bachmann respond to any question, you know that she simply ignores it, then goes off into a rant against President Obama.
Ron Paul, he still wants to bring our troops home (God bless him for that) from every country and base around the world, not just in Afghanistan and Iraq. We do have hundreds of bases in foreign nations, and closing many of them and bringing our troops home plays well with the majority of Americans. But not so much with defense contractors and the politicians whose districts they do business in.
Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, they pretty much attacked everyone when they had a chance to speak, Rick whined about everything and Gingrich looked like he was ready to tell everyone to get off of his lawn.
After a debate of this type, the pundits, the so called experts, the talking heads, try to explain to you, the viewing audience, what was said and what the words really meant by those who said it. It is their job after all, they get paid to explain to you. Not a bad job either, they (media owners) assume that you, the viewing audience, are incapable of drawing your own conclusions. Many of you generation Xer’s may not realize it, but there was a time when news stations actually just gave you the news and it was left up to you to decide from there.
We were blind, but now we can see…
Below are links to a transcript of the debate, and a link to a video (11 parts on YouTube) so you can see for yourselves what the pundits are talking about if you didn’t see the debate, or if you simply want to refresh your memory. I recommend reading the transcript, which will give you a different perspective.
Transcript of the entire debate, click here. Video of the debate, click here.
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