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SATURDAY: GOP Thanksgiving Family Forum – Frank Luntz Moderating

By: Paula Bolyard (Diary)  |  November 19th, 2011 at 02:27 PM  | 

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A Family Discussion with Republican Presidential Candidates

Sponsored by The Family Leader, Citizen Link, and The National Organization for Marriage.

5:00 EST in Des Moines, IA, moderated by pollster Frank Luntz.

Presidential Candidates:
Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum (confirmed); and Mitt Romney (wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole) (invited).

Webcast at Citizen Link will begin at 4:30 EST.

PDF list of radio stations carrying the forum live.

““I promise this won’t be like anything you’ve ever seen. No gotcha questions by the panel. No spin by the politicians. Just an authentic discussion among the people who seek to lead this great nation. It has the potential to be the most important forum of the primary presidential campaign.” ~ Frank Luntz

What to look for:

  • A rehash of Perry’s Gardisil problem (if I were a betting person I’d suggest a wager on whether Bachmann, Santorum, or Paul brings it up)
  • A Rick Perry who is much better prepared to handle this question than the one we saw at the first debate.
  • Bachmann and Santorum trying to out-cred each other (is being a foster parent more noble than having a handicapped child?)
  • Whichever candidate is most desperate will bring up Newt’s love of weddings (ahem).
  • If Rick Santorum doesn’t have ninja-quick reflexes, someone will steal his great line about marriage and families being at the heart of our economic woes.
  • Someone, at some point, will tell Ron Paul he’s crazy.
  • We will find out who is more concerned with being Romney’s VP than being president. Will anyone lay a hand on Mitt’s empty seat or will they all ignore the fact that he didn’t have the courage to face this forum?

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  • westcoastpatriette

    Thanks for the link, Paula. I will definitely watch.

  • redmymind

    Will be crackin’ out the chips and half-frozen coke “a la pttx333″!

  • cheetah2

    ;

    • changeforrickperry

      Huntsman provides much comedy ;)
      ______________________________________________________________
      “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”–Winston Churchill

      www.changeforrickperry.org

  • Xasteius

    • Xasteius

      excepting the fact we haven’t filled the position yet:

  • http://boldcolor.blogspot.com/ Paula

    Makes a deal that he can have the mic for 2 minutes if he will not interrupt the forum. Wow.

    • http://boldcolor.blogspot.com/ Paula

      After his 2 minute diatribe about the Fed and the banks and props to Ron Paul, the audience politely applauds and he walks away.

  • http://boldcolor.blogspot.com/ Paula

    nt

    • changeforrickperry

      And I mean that in all sincerity. It ought to make the femi-Nazis writhe in agony.
      ______________________________________________________________
      “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”–Winston Churchill

      www.changeforrickperry.org

      • http://boldcolor.blogspot.com/ Paula

        As any good mother would say. : )

        • cheetah2

          After the break, he was the only candidate who remanned standing until after Michelle Bachmann sat down. Also he laid a consoling hand on Cain’s shoulder when he was choked up talking about his struggle with cancer. Details are very telling in judging character!

        • cheetah2

          After the break, he was the only candidate who remained standing until after Michelle Bachmann sat down. Also he laid a consoling hand on Cain’s shoulder when he was choked up talking about his struggle with cancer. Details are very telling in judging character!

          • conservativeparrothead

            That makes him such a great retail politician from what Ive seen on CSPAN and other stop highlights is that he is genuinely a good guy and it comes across that way and he knows what to say and what to do to make those around him feel at ease and feel that he understands what they are going through.