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Hopefully and this of course is just being hopeful, I will get to see Rudy, Daddy and Baby Bush, Hillary, Kerry, Gore, Edwards, Thompson and all the other globalist elitist crime families in prison in my lifetime. And hopefully it is at the same time all Council on Foreign Relations members are deported to the countries that they have destroyed. Go Ron Paul ! This message has been reviewed by Ted Turner and deemed appropriate.

Wonder why the media likes Rudy Guliani so much? Its almost as if the media, including a respectable journalist franchise like CNN, has made the decision for us. To most people Guliani is a pretty close clone of George Bush, only less arrogant. If we don't like Bush, why would we care about Guliani? Can you please focus on any of the other candidates besides Rudy McRomney?

Giuliani should be on stage at the Democrat debates.

As far as Romney and McCain I would care less if they didn't show up to the next debates.
They will never get my vote.

As a Conservative, Ron Paul is the frontrunner for the Republican Party IMO, that is if it still considers itself the Conservative Party.

How can anyone see it as anything less than amazing. Wolf Blitzer asks the most religiously laden question with references to Pilate, Jesus, crucifixion, spinelessness (rudy's and pilate's - it true that pilate didn't crucify Jesus, he just abdicated his responsibility to save Him from crucifixion - he had the power to stop it but didn't – and lightning strikes and turns off the politically correct gibberish response. Rudy g. is too smoothe to be trusted. when he said "i'm all alone" I said "I don't want what I see standing there alone." If God is resisting you, I sure as heck don't want to found standing with you. If I was him, I would repent and revise my pro-abortion views for true pro-life views. this type of thing won't happen on a democratic debate because that party is so far from God that it wouldn't make a difference. but with the republicans there is still some hope so a lightening strike that says (Shut up already) might generate some repentance and fear of God in the GOP.

Who cares? Instead of worrying about this, CNN needs to be more concerned about their poor and inadequate prime-time coverage of the GOP Debates. What I found interesting was that the whole GOP Debate was conducted under false pre-tenses. Fair and Adequate time was Not given to each of the GOP Presidential Hopefuls. McCain, Giuliani, and Romney were given 10 extra minutes each. I thought Debates were supposed to give all the candidates equal time to answer every question. Clearly, CNN needs to learn how to better conduct a debate than the hodge-podge mess they threw together last night. All the Producers and Executives in charge of last night’s show should be ashamed of themselves, including Wolf Blitzer. The questions he chose to ask the Candidates, were for the most part, ridiculous. For example, he asked, “How do you feel about the Military’s Don’t ask, don’t tell policy about homosexuals serving in the Armed Forces?”. There are far more important questions to asked of the Presidential Hopefuls than that….How about fixing or proposing an alternative solution to Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid? How would they fix the public school system in america? How about increasing the Minimum Wage enough so that it can keep pace with inflation?. Most importantly, I would ask these candidates when are the Troops going to come home?

People that try to legislate religion are insane. Look, it is okay to think abortion is wrong, it is also okay not to bring life into this world only for it to be miserable. If the mother has no way to care for a child, why burden the child with a poverty or misery ridden life? And for those of you who say adoption, how many children grow up in orphanages because no one will adopt them. What about all of those children in Africa that need homes? Why do people insist on sentencing a child to a life of mysery to prove an unprevable point? Laura in Hillsborough, how many future killers and psycos were aborted? I don't know, and you don't know how many geniuses were either. Stop trying to FORCE people to think like you.

I voted for Bush Twice but today I'm disgruntled with my party. However, I am excited with Ron Paul and believe he has the ability to bring back what the REAL Republicans are all about. Paul has the ability to appeal to both far left and far right – and that's what it'll take to win the 2008 election.

Cameron-look in any Biology book and it will tell you that human life begins as a single cell Zygote. That means at conception. YOU started your life that same way. If you had been aborted there would never have been nor would there EVER BE another Cameron. Because everyone’s DNA is unique. The world would never have known you and all you bring to it. That is what happens every time an unborn child is aborted. A REAL PERSON is never given the chance to live. How many great people have been aborted that the world needed? They cannot be replaced. Human life is not expendible. Think about it!

Love how Ron Paul is leading in almost all the categories on the CNN voting page on the debate. Now we now what Ron Paul is doing instead of raising money and giving speeches.

Pilate also said "Do I not have the power to release you or to crucify you" Abortion IS murder Cameron! A babies life starts in the womb and it is the mother's and father's job to protect it not kill it. What about the babies rights? Who will protect her/his rights? If you would study a little biology you would figure that out. Check out an ultra-sound sometime and low and behold there is a baby in the womb. The government has the right to enact laws to protect its citizens, born and unborn and it does matter whether or not a politician is pro-life or pro-choice. Are we a bunch of cattle to be killed at randon? Who will be next? those with disabilities, too old, too sick. Isn't this what Hiltler did? Kill all the people that are unwanted or make me have to sacrifice a little more to serve them. It's all about me, right? It is a poverty that a child has to die so that you may live as you wish. (M.T.)

It's obvious the media is making a big push for the big 3 candidates and Fred Thompson. It's sickening that they want to cover up that Ron Paul seems to be fan favorite right now. I hope his popularity continues to grow. Even Democrats like this guy. It's astounding that the Republican Party doesn't have the intelligence to rally behind Ron Paul. Approximately 70% of all Americans are anti-war right now. This indicates that a big amount of Republican voters are also anti-war. Yet they keep trying to push for the pro-war candidates! How silly is that!

Finally there is a candidate that is sincere about giving us voters what we want, which is a President that thinks America first,desires to stay out of foreign affairs, and doesn't want to police the world.

I think after this whole Bush Administration disaster that America needs a Time Out for herself away from the world's trouble so we can better ourselves and restore the greatness in this country.

Ron Paul speaks of these things which is why I like him. As much as I would like to see a Democrat (preferably Al Gore)take the office, I would consider voting for Ron Paul if he wins the primary.

Is it just me or is CNN only covering Rudy McRomney and not giving any coverage to the second tier candidates. That shows a tremendous bias in the media. I barely heard any of the pundints mention Ron Paul's name.

I watched the Republican Presidential debate. I believe the lightning strike was due less in part to Mayor Giuliani's abortion beliefs and more to do with the fact he is a Yankees fan in the heart of Red Sox Nation.

Bird excretions on the President's shoulder, lightning for Rudy McRomney, do people not get the picture? DR. RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2008. Our nation NEEDS a doctor and everyone who has an ounce of patriotism left in them will know this in their heart. God Bless.

All I can say is that ideas are more powerful than propaganda. It is not Ron Paul himself that is winning in these internet polls it's his ideas. These ideas are winning the hearts and minds of the most of the American people who still are rational. Those who respond to fear and think the USA can dominate the world with a strong military will eventually awaken but for now they think Rudy, Mitt and McCain are front runners when they are pushing the fall of America through these backward policies. Ron Paul said the biggest ethical problem at this time is the Neocon idea that we must use war of aggression as an option and even the use of nuclear weapons to enforce our agenda of our freedom with the barrel of a gun. Become Real Republicans and Vote Ron Paul and restore the Constitution. Richard

Giuliani promotes and supports federal funding for abortion in total contradiction to his "let's keep the governement out of this" position. But, if you want to keep the govenment out of abortion, then how do you reconcile forcibly taxing citizens to fund it? If it's a "private matter" why is Planned Parenthood tax exempt? No one excpet Ron Paul has any consistent philosophy of government up there. Everyone else just tries to play as many angles as they can at once to mazimize votes.

Amazing! We live in the 21st century with all of technological advances, and god still speaks to us through lightning. Either god needs to catch up on the times, or you fools need to come to your senses.

I am not a supporter of Rudy, but I commend him on the stand that he's taken in separating his religious beliefs and his platform for the presidency. I don't want the religious right hijacking the elections in '08 as they did in '00 and '04. You see where that got us? It's funny but the two Bush campaigns were genius in the fact that they took advantage of the religious simpletons and made the elections about losing religion. The problem is that we are starting to see how much substance existed under that veil of deceit.

Why is Giuliani considered the tough on terror candidate?

Just months after 9/11, the people of NYC happily replaced Giuliani with Bloomberg. Bloomberg had to clean up all of RG's messes, and if we must have a NYC Republican in this race, it should be him.

Draft Bloomberg '08

To the person who said "Pilate didn't condemn Jesus": Don't you see that is exactly the point of the criticism toward Rudy?! Pilate stood by and let it happen while maintaining he didn't agree with it. That certainly doesn't absolve him of (co)responsibility for what happened, and that certainly isn't leadership. If anything, the Bible paints Pilate as a coward, not as a hero.

IF you believe abortion is wrong, and IF you believe it's not supported by the Constitution, how can you possibly be unwilling to say it would be a "good" day if Roe vs Wade was overturned?

I understand Rudy's point that he has to uphold the laws as they currently are written, but that does not prevent him from voicing support for CHANGING those laws. He's choosing not to, and I'm afraid THAT is what will cost him the nomination of his party...

Why should an innocent child die to uphold a law? Why should an innocent die to advance medicine? There are solutions other than abortion and embryonic destruction to our social ills. Please advance the moral highground supported by your faith and your convictions.

It was interesting how Giuliani basically illustrated his "neoconservative"bend by stating that what Iraq needed was an orderly society created by United States military occupation for there to be a friendly, free Iraq.

How dim does one have to be to see that this hasn't been, and can't work. Rudy and most of the other candidates seem to think government messes everything up at home, but somehow can recreate a thriving free society over seas.

How sad. These candidates would have been thrown off the stage of

For all you people who think that god was somehow speaking out with the lightning event last night...How do you know that he wasn't speaking to you on 9/11? How do you know that the terrorists weren't "doing his will?" See where this is going? Makes about as much sense. It cracks me up when people try to read into god supposedly speaking to you. We have this thing called language. Don't you think that if god had something to say that he would just come out and say it without all the confusion, so that he could make sure that people clearly understood the message? Truly laughable!

Enough with the Bible thumping about the lightening "in response" to Giuliani's comment on abortion. The fact of the matter is that we are all mere mortals who are sinners in our own right. Show me someone who is not and I will show you a liar. None of us can profess to be the right hand of God and we need to STOP behaving as though we are.

I knew when I read the headline, that the believers in the great fairy in the sky would be posting about how the lightning was somehow god speaking. Would you people please stop this madness?! If you believe so much that god makes all of your decisions for you, then from now on just let him do it. Next time you have a physical ailment, then show me your true faith and let god heal you instead of going to the doctor. Truly put the matter in god's hands. Let's see how far faith takes you then. Your responses to this lightning thing are truly laughable!

Now, can we please get back to the real issues in this country that are in great need of fixing?

The volume of anti-Rudy comments posted on this site demonstrate that Mr. Giuliani is the candidate that the ultra-left fears most. Ditto for Democrat supporters in general.His positions are completely consistent with logic and common sense. It's clear that Rudy is the one! He will get my vote.

Why not ask the only Doctor on the stage about abortion? Mr. Paul.

I love that Rudy Giuliani speaks teh truth on abortion. Just because he is a republican does not mean he has to be so conservative. Presidents have no business dealing with womens reproductive issue's, they should be focusing on issues that effect the country and stay out of peoples personal lives.
Way to go Rudy! Don't back down, this is why you will be president!

If I hear one more Republican candidate mention Ronald Reagan or "Reaganism," I'm going to scream. Get over it! The Reagan era is gone–never to return. It's not the same country or world any more.

Obviously Rudy is extremely religious. He has honored his marriage vows–one wife at a time.
He should not claim any link to Catholicism. He should not hold himself up as anything but the self-interested b_____d he is.
That lightening was NOT an accident.
God.

Last night was the most scripted and deliberately misfocused debate so far. It was clearly custom-made for Rudy Giuliani to have every opportunity to feed his views while offering very little speaking time to most other candidates. Wolf Blitzer has no concept of "fair and balanced" reporting, nor has he any business impartially moderating an event like a presidential debate. He was clearly instructed to disinclude certain candidates and was clearly fulfilling some master's agenda. And lightning striking during Rudy's fluff was probably no coincidence.

Giuliani's view on abortion makes absolutely no sense and demonstrates perfectly how that topic has become so political. You would never hear him say, “My view on using cocaine is that it’s wrong but that ultimately, government should not be enforcing that decision on anyone.”

“My view on abortion is that it’s wrong but that ultimately, government should not be enforcing that decision on a woman.”

Stealing and murder is also wrong (and each are included in the Ten Commandments) so what will be next? Not enforcing these decisions on people either?

Get used to hearing Ron Paul. He's not going away. That's because he is the only one with the guts to tell it like it is and we honest folks like that. I agree with another poster, The Powers That Be were sending Rudy a message. LOL

I remember seeing a movie called Jesus School – follows evangelical Christians around. In one part they pray for the microphones to work and not fail. I don't think they will be voting for Rudy simply because it will be a sign from God on a hot topic issue like abortion.

Question for GIULIANI:

Why running on President Reagan legacy? And why not as “ with the so called” Hero of September 11 attack?

But a real hero would not let three thousand innocent people die when he knew about the pre-911 intelligence, and he has failed to protect the State - Was that because GIULIANI was too busy cross-dressing, and getting married for the third time as 911 happened on his watch?

Finally, what kind of message he is trying to convey to our young Americans? that is OK to be a cross-dresser, get married three times, and be president of the United States of America.

Question for Mitt Romney:

If he were to be president of the United Sates – he certainly can’t provide safety or peace of mind here in AMERICA because those airplanes were taking right on his watch while he was Governor of Massachusetts – was that because he was too busy defending his Faith?

But Faith should not be the cause for three thousand people to die when he also knew about the pre-911 intelligence.

RON PAUL!!! THE CONSTITUTIONAL CANDIDATE!!!

I was intrigued that Ron Paul didn't get a single word in when health care came up. He's an obstetrician who's delivered over 4,000 babies. Meanwhile, the other candidates offered boilerplate rhetoric and attacked the Demo nominees. Stay in Iraq, drill for more oil, pump that gas, all options are on the table...life is sacred. Hallelujah, Amen. Nuclear power is the answer to pollution, evolution is just a theory after all, and the only man who respects the Constitution is a voice in the wilderness. The dissolution will not be televised. Praise be to God.

I didn't care for the CNN format. They implanted the notion that the debate was Rudy McRomney (1, 2, 3 from the left) vs. the other seven guys. They got all the questions and the rest of them fed on the scraps. I wouldn't vote for any of those three blister-packaged, media-selected NeoCons. Dr. Paul looks like the only real choice for the GOP.

Abortion and murder are NOT the same thing. Abortion is ending a life BEFORE it begins. There's a reason your birthday is the day you came out of the womb and not the day you were concieved. Life hasn't begun for you yet. I'm only in favor of first-trimester abortions (only in favor of government assistance for abortions for people who get welfare) but we need to preserve lives of people who are already living, who have the mental capacity to appreciate life feel pain. People that already have bonds and places in society before you let a baby who will have to live a life of struggle, pain and never be given a shot from the Republicans that work so hard to save their lives...isn't that ironic?

Jon Steward is loving this

What issue is Giuliani straddling the fence on I can't think of one. I don't think it's necessarily a good thing when you ask a candidate a question if they can say yes or no. It's much more sensible that they do what they know is right for the country and they tell us why they think so. Like McCain, Paul and Giuliani did tonight and what Obama and Biden did on Sunday.

For one thing, Pontius Pilate did not condemn Jesus. If people actualy read the bible for a change, Pontius Pilate found no fault with Jesus. Pilate offers the Jews the choice of an insurrectionist named Barabbas or Jesus. The crowd wanted Jesus to be crucified, and so Pilate handed him over.

Now, I agree that the government should not be enforcing the abortion decision. I think abortion should be handled on a case by case basis, based on the circumstances with each individual. For example, DOWN syndrome if caught early in the pregnancy should be allowed the option to carry or abort. Also, a 12 year old girl raped by a man and is pregnant should have the option of abortion. For a girl that young to go full term could have even more physcological effects on her than the rape itself. The 18 year old pregnant because she broke up with her boyfriend should go full term and then give up the baby for adoption. Anyone who is having sex willfuly should be able to handle the consequences of childbirth and adoption.

I don't like abortion either, but there are certain circumstances where it should be looked at on the state level.

oops cancel that prior comment I feel stupid. just saw you had debate video on video section. I feel even worse as I didn't know and I missed the democratic debate. I'll definitely be back to good ole CNN

Maybe a laughing matter to pro abortionist but the lighting is definately JEHOVA, THE MOST HIGH GOD's reaction to proabortion. The bible speaks of God talking through lightning in several cases throughout the Scriptures.

Just for the record I am pro-choice but that statement is asinine. If he thinks abortion is murder than could he say,“My view on murder is that it’s wrong but that ultimately, government should not be enforcing that decision on a woman.”

I realize some people were getting pretty upset as it appeared that the Ron Paul supporters are spamming. Funny thing is that out of the millions of people that could have posted a blog on who won, when I posted a couple of hours ago there were 179 comments for Ron (and now there are only 23) and I could count on one had how many were for someone else. Notice how when you removed all the Ron Paul posts that you have squat left? I realize that this is something none of us has seen before. What I think is happening is several million people actualy did some research on u-tube and Google (obviously not the main stream media) and listened to the many hours of jaw dropping stuff that he has to say. It may well be true that Ron didn't win the debate tonight but for those that know him (like me) would take a bullet for him when everyone else is just now trying to figure out who is pandering most. By removing all the posts you are playing into what we all know is going on already. You get paid millions of dollars by the top 3 candidates and make it look like everyone likes them when in reality it is rigged, and you just proved it by removing at least 150 Ron Paul supporters. How blind do you think we are?

Rudy's idea of rescuing first responders was to shovel them into dump-trucks with the rest of the debris from the buildings for machines to sort out later. He is a monster and should be jailed, not elected.

The American people are still waiting for Giuliani to do his homework and read the 9/11 Report which documents the blowback resulting in WTC crashes.

One interesting fact. If you watch the episode of Family Guy that aired just days before the 2nd debate, one of the characters runs for political office on the exact same platform as Giuliani. Giuliani took direct quotes from that character and used them in both the 2nd debate and tonight's debate.

The lightning was obviously a sign from God that Giuliani is a sinner and a liar – haha maybe not but it's always possible.
Honestly, Giuliani, Romney, and McCain all have no chance of beating Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in 2008. The American people are sick of war and they are not going to nominate a pro-war candidate. Ron Paul seems like the only Republican who would have any real chance of winning against the democrats.

Giuliani told Peter Jennings the towers would fall on 9/11, but did not stop the rescue efforts of firefighters and police officers. He could have saved their lives...

http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=112179

"I–I went down to the scene and we set up headquarters at 75 Barkley Street, which was right there with the police commissioner, the fire commissioner, the head of emergency management, and we were operating out of there when we were told that the World Trade Center was going to collapse. And it did collapse before we could actually get out of the building, so we were trapped in the building for 10, 15 minutes, and finally found an exit and got out, walked north, and took a lot of people with us."- Giuliani

that's why God was throwing lightning bolts...

The government making decisions for us? Whoever decided the government, with all the wisdom and money, has the right to choose what I can do or not do? It seems that every day, some bill is passed that tells me what I can and cannot do. Is this a socialistic or communistic society? America is founded on the principle and idea that the rest of the world controlled the lives of the people way too much. Abortion, smoking, drinking, how to wear clothes, etc... To prevent me from killing or injuring my neighbor is appropriate, but to say I cannot sit in my home and drink alcohol or drive my car without my seatbelt hurts no one but me. The list goes on and on. I should have the choice…..

“My view on abortion is that it’s wrong but that ultimately, government should not be enforcing that decision on a woman.” Government should not be legitimizing that decision either.

This is the only reasonable approach to the abortion issue that I've heard from a candidate. Government intrusion is the problem...not a woman's right to chose.

Rudy Guliani doesn't have yes or no answers to any policy. Rudy wants to straddle the fence by saying yes we should have something, but then go on to say how he would regulate the daylights out of it to appease those against that position. Frankly I am against any more new superflous laws. We have enough laws that aren't enforced now. Pick a side Rudy....

Ron Paul- thank you for talking sense for not wanting to drop the Atom bomb on Iran. I'm sorry CNN was so unfair to you. I'm glad there are still goodhearted people in the world who run for president...

Nine eleven. Nine eleven. NINE ELEVEN!!!! TERRORISM!

Thank you. (Thunderous applause)

Who cares about that gun grabbing liberal.

Given Rudy's comments about making decisions in "a country like ours" regarding abortion, I think he needs to find another a country.

I hate Ron Paul...his name is showing up everywhere on the Web. Will you Ron Paul fanatics go away and leave the American people alone. I'm tired of hearing that Ron Paul has added 10,000 YouTube subscribers in under 3 weeks! That means he's added more than 2x the number of subscribers of all the GOP candidates combined! There must be some kind of internet conspiracy going on here – is it possible that these people are some form of Islamic terrorist who've figured out how to manipulate text message polls, internet polls, and the like? Yeah...that's it...that's the ticket...IT'S TERRORISM!

The lightening strike during Rudy's speech was enough to convince me that he is eveil through and through as I have read and heard many times.

As a Democrat, I recognize that occasionally, even such misguided Republicans as McCain and Giuliani who astonishingly still believe the Iraq debacle was justifiable and should be perpetuated are capable of demonstrating a genuine sense of humor, unlike the truly frightening Duncan Hunters, James Gilmores, Ron Pauls, and Tom Tancredos. If we are so unfortunate as to end up with another Republican in the White House, a presidential sense of humor would give me at least a slight basis for continued hope for our country, the planet, and for humanity.

Needless to say, electing a Democrat, preferably Al Gore, would be a better solution.

The bridge to nowhere, that is what the GOP is going; absolutely nowhere. Let’s burry the nuclear waste in their GOP's backyards; take a vacation to Chernobyl. Bush "apres office"...send him Dafar. Invoking or conjuring-up Abe Lincoln, who freed the slaves; not give big business opportunity a profit on $1.00 per hour illegal. Devaluating the job for American citizens to earn a $5.25 per hour pay. What bad drugs did Giuliani smoke…emphasizing national security, when he was repeated told not to put the NYC office of security in the WTC, reflecting on 1993 attack. The GOP is sending a bad message to our “enemies…who want to do us harm.” We’re idiots!

This is a debate, equal timing is important to the voters, yet you give the top corporate owned running candidates at least 20-30 minutes each in a 2 hour debate. It's a sad time in America when the media can't provide this to the people and the candidates that actually stand out of this, what I like to call a political circus show.

Maybe mother nature 'attacked' Giuliani because she hates our freedom, too! GMAB!! At least the message of Dr. Paul comes through loud and clear!!!!

RON PAUL ROCKS!

Right Mr. Giuliani, government should not be enforcing abortion decisions on a woman. It should also stay out of giving financial aid to women who want an abortion. My tax money is not to be used for abortions, but right now in America, it is.

Wonder why there isn't a "Who Won the debate section" or an online poll??

Could it be the Media is afraid to find out the answer?

Even though they did not give everyone fair coverage, Paul get his message out in his characteristic style of telling the plain unvarnished truth.

Ron Paul, smacking the elite upside the head, wins again.

Go Paul!

Rudy answered the healthcare question right on, but his arrogance bubbles through on every answer. I don't think he understands the constitution or the role of the President.

that was no "coincidence"

Ron Paul clearly won this debate. He hit on all the issues.

Cnn and Wolf were so biased for McCain, Rommney and Rudy it made me sick! The only one who made any since was Dr. Ron Paul! Secure our borders get us out of Iraq and restore the Constitution!

...If Rudy was a Democratic Candidate he might actually have a chance. (The lightning made me go LOL!)

Go away Rudy, be scared somewhere else.

No, they have a few more questions they need to ask Rudy.

Just now, Lets all limit our question and lets start with......

Guess who???? Rudy.

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, is there an agenda here?

I am sick and tired with all the talk about religion... No one should have to be wasting time defending their religious beliefs or lack of them if that is the case. They are not running for the Pope, they are running for the president of the United States.

I think that Giuliani basically said what Edwards said yesterday during the Faith and Politics Forum. Edwards, while discussing same-sex marriage said, "There is a difference between my belief system and what the responsibilities of the President of the United States are." Religion is about having a personal relationship with ones God. Giuliani essentially stated that while religion is important in his life, it is personal, and a President must make decisions not on ones personal convictions but on what is best for the country.

First the shocking noises disturbing the debates, now the sound keeps cutting out! What the heck is going on with the sound? This doesn't look good for CNN. If another debator comments on the unfairness of the questions it'll become a scandal. Just admit Ron Paul's the winner and please end our misery soon.