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Who won the Republican debate?

rightwingnews.com — RightWingNews has posted a good round-up, that I suspect will keep growing, on the reaction to the first Republican Presidential debate to feature Fred Thompson. He also has the results of his poll about who won or lost the debate. Its early days but things are getting interesting now that Fred's in.

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  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Who won the debate?

    Sam Brownback: 0%
    Tom Tancredo: 2%
    Mike Huckabee: 3%
    John McCain: 5%
    Duncan Hunter: 6%
    Mitt Romney: 12%
    Rudy Giuliani: 13%
    I didn't watch it: 19%
    Fred Thompson: 40%

    Who lost the debate?

    Duncan Hunter: 1%
    Sam Brownback: 2%
    Mike Huckabee: 2%
    John McCain: 3%
    Tom Tancredo: 3%
    Mitt Romney: 5%
    Fred Thompson: 9%
    Rudy Giuliani: 9%
    I didn't watch it: 12%
    Ron Paul: 55%

    So, Paul wasn't included in the poll but he's shown as the loser? Or was he the winner and they switched him to loser?

    What's the story behind this? It looks fishy to me.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Wow I actually agree with Xuvios on something.

    Like all Internet polls, this one is *****. Leaving out a candidates name is just one of the biases that plagues online opinion polls..
  • Hortnon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3From the comments:
    "Paul is a crank, and sounds like an incredulous old codger on every question. He makes the occasional point, but really can't be taken seriously. He busted out the old military-industrial complex boogeyman on the first question."
  • Hortnon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3That is kind of odd, I couldn't find an explanation myself...
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5From the article linked to
    Special Bonus: The results of two polls of RWN's readers yesterday,


    Who won the debate?

    Sam Brownback: 0%
    Tom Tancredo: 2%
    Mike Huckabee: 3%
    John McCain: 5%
    Duncan Hunter: 6%
    Mitt Romney: 12%
    Rudy Giuliani: 13%
    I didn't watch it: 19%
    Fred Thompson: 40%


    notice something?
    They didn't even offer Ron Paul as a choice.
    Buried as inaccurate.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Ron Paul won the debate by a long way.
    he didn't have half answers that were focus grouped and polled to death and I think Fred should bow out of the race and go back to acting.
  • LuaPron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'd rather have a crank than a warmonger in power. Also, there are quite a few people that are connected to the oil and defense industries that either lobby for or use political power to push for war in the middle east. The military-industrial complex is still alive and well. Pretending it isn't a threat or an influence doesn't make the problem go away.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The military-industrial complex has been around a long time. But it was Eisenhower who coined the term in his farewell address to the Nation:

    "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

    "We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."

    The military industrial complex is no boogeyman.
  • jimmyjay, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Who would bother to vote in this poll?

    Ron Paul's name only appears on one side of the voting???

    Stunts like this only serve to strengthen Dr. Paul's position as the best choice in the 08 election!
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4It looks more than fishy to me, it appears to have been created out of thin air by wishful thinking big government lackeys.

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