Buford
May-6th-2011, 07:01 AM
I've only seen clips from last night. So, figured its easier just posting online articles from the 3 main cable news sources.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/06/gop-debate-overshadowed-by-bin-laden-killing-lack-of-top-candidates/
Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) – The handful of Republican presidential candidates who showed up in South Carolina on Thursday for the first presidential debate of the 2012 election praised President Obama for hunting down Osama bin Laden, but they quickly took sharp aim at the rest of foreign policy record.
“I do congratulate President Obama for the fine job that he did in making the tough call and being decisive as it related to finding and killing Osama bin Laden,” said former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, considered by many GOP insiders the only top tier candidate among the five who appeared in the debate, which was sponsored by Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party.
“I tip my cap to him in that moment,” Pawlenty said of Obama’s decision to send a team of Navy SEALs into Pakistan to target bin Laden. “But that moment is not the sum total of America's foreign policy. He's made a number of other decisions relating to our security here and around the world that I don't agree with.”
With leading Republican figures like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich passing on the debate, Pawlenty shared the stage with a quartet of candidates who face long odds at capturing the GOP nomination.More from the link.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/05/gop-contenders-look-seize-moment-presidential-debate/
Republican presidential hopefuls on Thursday night (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/05/gop-contenders-look-seize-moment-presidential-debate/#) didn't allow President Obama's widely-praised operation that killed Usama bin Laden this week to deter them from attacking his foreign policy or blaming his domestic policies for high gas prices and the fragile economy recovery.
During the first debate of the 2012 election season, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/tim-pawlenty.htm#r_src=ramp) congratulated Obama for capturing the world's most wanted terrorist nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"I tip my cap to him in that moment," he said. "But that moment is not the sum total of America's foreign policy. He's made a number of other decisions relating to our security here and around the world that I don't agree with."
Pawlenty cited Libya as one example, saying he didn't agree with Obama's decision to defer to the United Nations on how to deal with Muammar Qaddafi's violent crackdown on rebels.
Former Pennsylvania (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/05/gop-contenders-look-seize-moment-presidential-debate/#) Sen. Rick Santorum (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/rick-santorum.htm#r_src=ramp) said the only thing Obama has done right in his foreign policy is continue President George W. Bush's policies.
http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/156/88/Five%20GOP%20Candidates%20Before%20Debate.jpg
"The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision," he said. "It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President Bush to go after him. What President Obama has done on his watch, the issues that have come up while he's been president, he's gotten it wrong strategically every single time."More from the link
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42925272/ns/politics-decision_2012/
GREENVILLE, S.C. (http://ezurl.co/1424471)— A handful of lesser-
known Republican presidential candidates
touted their conservative credentials and vied
for a brief shot at the political spotlight
Thursday at a sparsely attended first debate of
the 2012 White House campaign.
With the party's most high-profile contenders
skipping the proceedings, the five participants
used the nationally televised forum to slam
President Barack Obama's leadership and
attack what they called his misguided policies
on the economy, healthcare and foreign
affairs.
"The issues that have come up while he's been
president, he's gotten them wrong strategically
every single time," former Minnesota Gov. Tim
Pawlenty, the lone top-tier candidate at the
debate, said of Obama's foreign policy.
Along with Pawlenty, the debate featured four
long-shot contenders -- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul,
former Sen. Rick Santorum, former New
Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former pizza
executive Herman Cain.
More after the link
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/06/gop-debate-overshadowed-by-bin-laden-killing-lack-of-top-candidates/
Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) – The handful of Republican presidential candidates who showed up in South Carolina on Thursday for the first presidential debate of the 2012 election praised President Obama for hunting down Osama bin Laden, but they quickly took sharp aim at the rest of foreign policy record.
“I do congratulate President Obama for the fine job that he did in making the tough call and being decisive as it related to finding and killing Osama bin Laden,” said former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, considered by many GOP insiders the only top tier candidate among the five who appeared in the debate, which was sponsored by Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party.
“I tip my cap to him in that moment,” Pawlenty said of Obama’s decision to send a team of Navy SEALs into Pakistan to target bin Laden. “But that moment is not the sum total of America's foreign policy. He's made a number of other decisions relating to our security here and around the world that I don't agree with.”
With leading Republican figures like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich passing on the debate, Pawlenty shared the stage with a quartet of candidates who face long odds at capturing the GOP nomination.More from the link.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/05/gop-contenders-look-seize-moment-presidential-debate/
Republican presidential hopefuls on Thursday night (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/05/gop-contenders-look-seize-moment-presidential-debate/#) didn't allow President Obama's widely-praised operation that killed Usama bin Laden this week to deter them from attacking his foreign policy or blaming his domestic policies for high gas prices and the fragile economy recovery.
During the first debate of the 2012 election season, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/tim-pawlenty.htm#r_src=ramp) congratulated Obama for capturing the world's most wanted terrorist nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"I tip my cap to him in that moment," he said. "But that moment is not the sum total of America's foreign policy. He's made a number of other decisions relating to our security here and around the world that I don't agree with."
Pawlenty cited Libya as one example, saying he didn't agree with Obama's decision to defer to the United Nations on how to deal with Muammar Qaddafi's violent crackdown on rebels.
Former Pennsylvania (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/05/gop-contenders-look-seize-moment-presidential-debate/#) Sen. Rick Santorum (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/rick-santorum.htm#r_src=ramp) said the only thing Obama has done right in his foreign policy is continue President George W. Bush's policies.
http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/156/88/Five%20GOP%20Candidates%20Before%20Debate.jpg
"The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision," he said. "It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President Bush to go after him. What President Obama has done on his watch, the issues that have come up while he's been president, he's gotten it wrong strategically every single time."More from the link
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42925272/ns/politics-decision_2012/
GREENVILLE, S.C. (http://ezurl.co/1424471)— A handful of lesser-
known Republican presidential candidates
touted their conservative credentials and vied
for a brief shot at the political spotlight
Thursday at a sparsely attended first debate of
the 2012 White House campaign.
With the party's most high-profile contenders
skipping the proceedings, the five participants
used the nationally televised forum to slam
President Barack Obama's leadership and
attack what they called his misguided policies
on the economy, healthcare and foreign
affairs.
"The issues that have come up while he's been
president, he's gotten them wrong strategically
every single time," former Minnesota Gov. Tim
Pawlenty, the lone top-tier candidate at the
debate, said of Obama's foreign policy.
Along with Pawlenty, the debate featured four
long-shot contenders -- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul,
former Sen. Rick Santorum, former New
Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former pizza
executive Herman Cain.
More after the link