Post by unlawflcombatnt on Sept 8, 2007 3:13:07 GMT -6
NH Republican Debate Offers a Sneak Peek
by Michelle Oddis
9/06/2007
"Previous debates have been defined and referenced by one impassioned or even comical moment and last night's Republican presidential primary debate had the best one yet....
This spirited exchange began when Fox News moderator Chris Wallace challenged Congressman Ron Paul’s stance on an immediate troop withdraw from Iraq, and ended with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Paul actively arguing the issue.
Paul: “I would leave completely -- why leave the troops in the region?..They don’t want us on the Arabian peninsula.”...
Wallace shot back “You’re basically saying that we should take our marching orders from al-Qaeda?”...
Paul’s response (was) that we should “take our marching orders from the Constitution.”....
Huckabee addressed Paul directly. “Congressman, whether or not we should have gone to Iraq is a discussion the historians can have, but we’re there. We bought it because we broke it. We’ve got a responsibility to the honor of this country and to the honor of every man and woman who has served in Iraq and ever served in our military to not leave them with anything less than the honor that they deserve,” Huckabee said.
Paul then responded: “The American people didn’t go in. A few people advising this administration, a small number of people called the neoconservatives hijacked our foreign policy. They’re responsible, not the American people.”
Huckabee rejoined that the United States is one nation. “We can’t be divided. We have to be one nation, under God. That means if we make a mistake, we make it as a single country -- the United States of America -- not the divided states of America,” he said.
Paul: “No, when we make a mistake, it is the obligation of the people, through their representatives, to correct the mistake, not to continue the mistake...."
by Michelle Oddis
9/06/2007
"Previous debates have been defined and referenced by one impassioned or even comical moment and last night's Republican presidential primary debate had the best one yet....
This spirited exchange began when Fox News moderator Chris Wallace challenged Congressman Ron Paul’s stance on an immediate troop withdraw from Iraq, and ended with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Paul actively arguing the issue.
Paul: “I would leave completely -- why leave the troops in the region?..They don’t want us on the Arabian peninsula.”...
Wallace shot back “You’re basically saying that we should take our marching orders from al-Qaeda?”...
Paul’s response (was) that we should “take our marching orders from the Constitution.”....
Huckabee addressed Paul directly. “Congressman, whether or not we should have gone to Iraq is a discussion the historians can have, but we’re there. We bought it because we broke it. We’ve got a responsibility to the honor of this country and to the honor of every man and woman who has served in Iraq and ever served in our military to not leave them with anything less than the honor that they deserve,” Huckabee said.
Paul then responded: “The American people didn’t go in. A few people advising this administration, a small number of people called the neoconservatives hijacked our foreign policy. They’re responsible, not the American people.”
Huckabee rejoined that the United States is one nation. “We can’t be divided. We have to be one nation, under God. That means if we make a mistake, we make it as a single country -- the United States of America -- not the divided states of America,” he said.
Paul: “No, when we make a mistake, it is the obligation of the people, through their representatives, to correct the mistake, not to continue the mistake...."