On January 10, 2008, Fox News sponsored a Republican Presidential Debate at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which aired on national TV. Held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, with an audience of some 3,000 people, it was called the “First in the South: The South Carolina Republican Presidential Candidates Debate.”
The debate was officially sponsored by Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party and was broadcast on the Fox News Channel, Fox News Radio, and FoxNews.com.
The candidates who participated included former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, Senator John McCain of Arizona, former Mayor Rudy Giuiliani of New York City, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, and former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee. Fox News moderators included Brit Hume, Chris Wallace, Carl Cameron, and Wendell Goler.
Here is a full-length video of the Fox News Debate at Myrtle Beach, SC (posted on You Decide 2008.)
http://www.youdecide2008.com/2008/01/11/video-fox-news-republican-debate-from-myrtle-beach-sc/
Also the Fox News transcript of the debate was posted on TheState.com (Columbia, SC newspaper) [The preliminaries are not included in this transcript.]
http://www.thestate.com/presidential-politics/story/281821.html
Regarding Ron Paul’s part in the debate, a number of things could be said. One of his responses reportedly was removed from all re-airings and was also removed from YouTube 12 hours after being uploaded.
On YouTube, the debate has roughly been divided into 10-minute intervals. I will make note of the portions and time intervals that include questions relating to Dr. Ron Paul (although it seems like he was given the toughest questions to answer and the least amount of time to respond).
1 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[No questions relating to Dr. Paul]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuu-ElI56Mw
2 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[Chris Wallace asks Dr. Paul about government programs intended to stimulate the economy. 4:18 – 6:08 (1:50 mins.)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PMm14Bb8V4
3 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[Carl Cameron asks about Ron Paul supporters and the belief in a possible conspiracy related to 9/11 (These are supposed supporters—not Ron Paul himself!). (9:52 – 9:55, continues onto part 4 (0:03 mins.)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2AGzlDkzyE
4 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[Carl Cameron asks about certain Ron Paul supporters who believe in a possible conspiracy related to 9/11 (continued from part 3). 0:01 – 2:19 (2:18 mins.)][Brit Hume asks Ron Paul about possible future naval attacks in the Middle East. 8:50-9:55, continued in part 5 (1:05 mins.)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uq3QeStZp8
5 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[Ron Paul responds about possible future naval attacks in the Middle East (continued from part 4). 0:01-1:00 (1:00 mins.)—*note: includes defamatory comment afterwards by Mitt Romney reporting that Paul may be reading press releases of [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad.][Wendell Goler asks Ron Paul regarding his views on U.S. involvement in the Middle East. 6:40-9:50 (3:10 mins.)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sebRjHAHM
6 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[After Mike Huckabee talks about the U.S. role in the Middle East, Brit Hume asks Ron Paul his views and Paul mentions the importance of assisting Israel. 06:10 – 08:10. (Paul only speaks for approx. 30 seconds. of this segment)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O9QqrraRWQ
7 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[No questions relating to Dr. Paul]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdoQYV2DxDw
8 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[Carl Cameron has the audacity to ask if Ron Paul has any electability. 4:17 – 6:24 (2:07 mins.) This is the question which reportedly was removed from all re-airings of the Republican Presidential debate and reportedly also was removed from YouTube 12 hours after being uploaded, etc.][After John McCain gives his views on securing the borders and dealing with illegal immigrants, Mitt Romney reports that all of the candidates on stage want to secure the borders — except for Ron Paul (absolutely not true!). 8:58 – 9:27 (0:29 mins.)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3T84Ve5SSs
9 of 9 – Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (7:29 mins.)[Wendel Goler asks a ludicrous question of Dr. Paul as to whether the Republicans should concede the Hispanic vote to the Democrats because reportedly Republicans want to deny citizenship to illegal aliens. 2:11 – 3:31 (1:20 mins.)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyh8dPm54rM
Here are some related articles:
Ron Paul wins SC Republican Debate, Sean Hannity eats Boloney Sandwich
http://www.point-spreads.com/politics/011108-ron-paul-wins-sc-republican-debate-sean-hannity-eats-bologna-san.html
The Ron Paul Knockout in South Carolina
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-011208.html
Ron Paul at the South Carolina Debate 1-10-08
http://disinter.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/ron-paul-at-the-south-carolina-debate-1-10-08/
One Night in South Carolina / by Scott Kauzlarich
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/kauzlarich5.html
Mitt Romney gets booed for attacking Ron Paul (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovuN46nmTYI
Mitt Romney references on No World System
http://noworldsystem.com/category/mitt-romney/
http://glenngohr.wordpress.com
Hmmmm… Why would they remove segments and only segments of Ron Paul? Interesting enough without all the spin eh?
“Fox News South Carolina Republican Debate 1/10/08 (9:55 mins.)[Carl Cameron has the audacity to ask if Ron Paul has any electability. 4:17 – 6:24 (2:07 mins.) This is the question which reportedly was removed from all re-airings of the Republican Presidential debate and reportedly also was removed from YouTube 12 hours after being uploaded, etc.”
I imagine they pulled that question for the following reasons:
– their bias is clearly obvious;
– they didn’t expect Ron Paul to answer that question as well as he did; and,
– Carl Cameron comes off looking like a nasty, arrogant attack dog.
In other words, blowback. That question backfired on them and makes Fox look bad.
I know it’s not very libertarian of me, but I’d like to see Fox News lose their FCC license.