Top 10 Infamous Moments From The Republican Presidential Debates
October 12, 2011
By Robert Sobel

The Republican debates have given us a lot to talk about lately, so below are ten of the many infamous moments.

1. We all know the Republican stance on civil rights for members of the LGBT community, but even the harshest critics of the radicals on the right were surprised by what happened at this GOP Debate. A question came from a soldier in Iraq appearing on the video wall. The soldier was proud to announce that he had served in the army for 11 years and could finally come out as a homosexual. He asked Presidential candidate Rick Santorum what he would do about the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Before Santorum went on a rant, about how he would bring back the policy, the Tea Party crowd decided to boo the solider just because he was gay. The other candidates just stood on the stage and never acknowledged the bigoted act by the crowd.
2. Ron Paul has been known for years for hating any type of regulation and demonizing government action at every turn. A question was asked to Paul about what society and government should do if a 30-year-old man without insurance was in a coma. After dancing around the question, the moderator asked if they should just let him die. The Tea Party crowd once again showed us their “class”, and cheered the idea of the uninsured dying.
3. Rick Perry was thought to be the Tea Party favorite to battle it out with the more traditional Republican, Mitt Romney, but things have been somewhat difficult for the Texas Governor. However, one of the things that Tea Party members like about Perry is his love for the death penalty. Over the last decade, Texas has executed 234 people. When asked whether he ever felt any guilt about the possibility of killing an innocent man, Perry said he had no guilt at all. The conservatives in the crowd erupted at the idea of killing people, even if they might have been innocent.
4. One of the many downfalls of Rick Perry has been his policies on immigration. As governor of Texas, Perry actually did a good thing. Perry gave children who were born in the US, but whose parents weren’t legal citizens, instate tuition for school. The crowd booed Perry for helping children get an education and the Republican candidates fired back at him for being un-American.
5. One of the key topics that Republicans like to criticize President Obama for is his overhaul of the health care system, known to Republicans as “Obamacare”. President Obama actually shaped parts of his health care plan after Mitt Romney’s plan while he was Governor of Massachusetts. Massachusetts has one of the best health care systems in the country and covers 95% of its residents. Republican candidates hit Romney hard for getting people healthcare, and the conservative crowd stood by the other candidates in being critical of the fact that Romney wanted to help people get healthy.


6. Michele Bachmann has said some wild things in the past and the Republican debates are no different. While claiming she spent her entire life in the private sector, she forgets to mention her years in congress and working for the IRS as a tax collector, oops!
7. The time for people to take Newt Gingrich seriously seems to be coming to an end, so it’s not surprising that he has said things that make no sense at all and appeal to the radical right of the Republican Party. Gingrich stated that people shouldn’t be asking to put executives of the big banks who crashed economy in jail, but rather Chris Dodd and Barney Frank. Frank and Dodd came together and put together the Wall Street reform and consumer protection bill, so of course punishing the people who want to help save the financial industry from further destruction would make conservatives smile.
8. Herman Cain is a Tea Party favorite, so the idea that his destructive “9-9-9″ economic plan appeals to them is no surprise. After many economists noted that the “9-9-9″ plan would cut taxes for the rich and place a huge burden on the low and middle class, Cain continued to defend it. His GOP opponents fired back at Cain, with the most notable criticism coming from Michele Bachmann. Bachmann said that Cain’s “9-9-9″ plan was dangerous because if you turn it upside down it reads “6-6-6″. It might sound delusional to any sane person, but to the evangelical members of the Republican party, it makes perfect sense.
9. Ron Paul’s fake eyebrow begins to fall off during the round table debate.
10. There isn’t one moment, but rather a group of them. After being crowned the “true conservative” by Tea Party members, watching Rick Perry continue to fail and stumble and show the country that the last thing it needs is another Governor from Texas running the country.

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Sad displays of American representation.

IN all fairness, cause I am NOT a tea party fan at all

its hard to assume why people applaud or boo someone or their statement,,,

Thus the name calling begins. Are you really so afraid you will lose your president? Oh wait... you probably are. I would consider voting dem if you gave me a better candidate than our current president. As that wont happen I will probably vote for anyone else.

I didn't watch the last one, they have really started to bore me.
The eyebrow thing would have helped, I should have kept watching!

No fear here.

I already know there is no competition for president this time.

I don't remember any name calling in the article though.

I do however remember the sad and ridiculousness of the debate though.

Now that is entertainment and bit crazy too, who wears fake eyebrows?

I mean I know of the drawn on ones but the kind that fall off?

isnt this a self contradictory statement



one sentence implies you want a BETTER candidate

the other implies that ANY candidate will do

any candidate won't do for Obama is a formidable opponent, it is going to be a very interesting 2012. I'm not going to make any predictions though, I am not that foolish

Fake eyebrows? This would be an issue if it were true? Perhaps we should ban all cosmetics and reconstructive surguries next for those who wish to enhance their appearance (I do admit.... some fail poorly in that department... as in Tammy Faye Baker )

LAKE JACKSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a new Harris Poll, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul beats President Obama 51 percent to 49 percent in a general election race.

“This is yet another poll that clearly proves how competitive Ron Paul is against the sitting President,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton. “Dr. Paul is making strides, affirming that the American people are looking for conviction instead of the typical status quo rhetoric being offered by establishment candidates.”


These results come just a few weeks after a Reuters/Ipsos survey showed Ron Paul polling within striking distance of President Obama among registered voters. Furthermore, a late August Rasmussen poll showed him within 1 percent of President Obama in a head-to-head matchup.


Another recent Gallup survey, conducted August 17-18, shows Paul only 2 percentage points behind Obama in a general election match-up. In a similar head-to-head survey from last year done by Rasmussen, Dr. Paul drew a statistical dead heat with the President. And earlier this year in a survey by CNN, he did the best out of the other Republicans put up against Obama in a head-to-head poll.
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On the Dem side...... Dennis Kucinich has a few points in his favor but he is a liberal, and that usually spells conflict to many key issues. Unlike Dr Paul (Rep-TX), he has at times been known to "flip-flop" in favor of party choices, but has stood firm on most issues of great importance concerning constitutional values.

No I am saying I would consider voteing Democrat if there was a better Democrat than Obama. Then I say but there wont be so I will vote for any of these Republicans because they are not him.

obviously, if you just want someone NOT OBama, whether they are better than OBama doesnt really matter,,

Yes it does. Because say there was a different Dem candidate that wasn't Obama and he wasn't better than him either. Than I would still vote republican this election. Thus my statement if there was a different Democratic candidate that was better than Obama I would consider voting for him depending on who the republican candidate is.

As far as politics go ever current republican candidate is closer to my ideas than Obama. This, however, does not mean all republicans are closer to my ideas than all democrats. Thus my statement and that is why I am independent.

That being said I don't want "Just not Obama." That is a stupid view to have. I want better (in my own political opinion of course) than Obama.

that is a different statement than the previous

' As that wont happen I will probably vote for ANYONE else'

No it isn't different. You just didnt understand it. Read it again.

I would consider voting dem if you gave me a better candidate than our current president. As that wont happen I will probably vote for anyone else.

Notice the "as that wont happen I will probably" The anyone else being the Reb nominee.

Probably is an uncertain term. With your lack of understanding of my point I just further explained it by stating that the current people running for teh reb nomination are closer to my political views than the president. Yea I like some more than others but they are all closer. They are the "anyone' from which I can chose. All I did was explain it more. I never changed the statement.

for the dems , you need a better candidate
but for the repubs, ANY candidate would do

that was how the fist statement read,,, not because they are better but because they are 'not him'

Yes because they are better in my mind. You can't assume what my statement meant. That is why I explained it. I know who is running for the nominees. I can easily look up their political views and watch debates. I know I support all their views more than his.

a more logical explanation, ty

still much better than 'beause they are not him'

Yes because if they were him they would have the same political views. The point was to make the case that in the worst case scenario I would be voting on what I consider the lesser of 2 evils. Thus with this pool of candidates Obama is at the very bottom of my list thus I will vote for any of these candidates that are not him. This is purely based on politics. I like Obama as a person just not his politics.

This all being said if I really don't like the Reb candidate I might vote 3rd party.

This isn't news, this is a clearly left slanted article. I mean who really cares if his eyebrow was coming off?