Here we go with the debate before THE debate. The fact that Fox chose its two most biased "objective news" hosts, Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum speaks volumes.
MacCallum to Graham: How do you get Americans to take a job instead of a handout? Graham makes it about Hillary Cinton.
MacCallum now asks Santorum about Americans becoming "too reliant" on "assistance."
3:43 Planned Parenthood question coming after the break.
3:48 MacCallum asks about Iran nuclear deal, suggesting Iran and Saudi Arabia are both bad actors in the Middle East and anti-American and asks which side we should be on.
3:48 Rick Perry says we should be on side that doesn't give Iran a nuclear bomb. Also says Carly Fiorina would be better Middle East negotiator than John Kerry.
3:49 Perry says "the first thing I will do is tear up that agreement with Iran."
3:49 Carly Fiorina says the first thing she'll do in office is call "my good friend Bibi Netanyahu."
3:49 "We have to stop the money flow" to Iran. "Iran is at the heart of most of the evil that is going on in the Midde East." Of course, nobody mentions that George W. Bush strengthened Iran by invading Iraq in the first place.
3:51 Rick Santorum gay marriage "not settled law" just like Dred Scott was not settled law to Abraham Lincoln.
3:53 Gilmore asked if a litmus test should be applied to Supreme Court nominees. Gilmore says he doesn't like litmus tests.
3:58 MacCallum says the sting videos have "shed a new light on Planned Parenthood" while asking Pataki about abortion.
3:59 "Pro choice" Pataki wants to outlaw abortion after 20 weeks.
4:00 MacCallum asks Jindal if he'd shut down the government to defund Planned Parenthood.
4:00 Jindal: "Absolutely, we need to defund Planned Parenthood." He boasted about canceling Medicaid to them in Louisiana.
4:02 Graham: "Let's take the money from Planned Parenthood and put it in women's health. ...You want to see a war on women? Come with me to (the Middle East)." Then reverts to need for "soldiers over there" and saying "you're not ready for this job" if you don't see that.
4:03 Hemmer asks candidates what their first order as president would be.
4:03 Gilmore would look at the orders that currently exist to see which should be voided.
4:04 Jindal echoes, saying, "restore the rule of law" and "get rid of these sanctuary cities" and "protecting religious liberty" to make sure Christians can discriminate against gays.
4:05 Perry says there will be a lot of white out.
4:05 Santorum reiterates on "religious liberty."
4:06 Fiorina says she'd undo "illegal amnesty."
4:08 MacCallum asks Fiorina if she can "inspire this nation."
4:08 Fiorina predictably says that "only someone who will challenge the status the quo of Washington" can lift it up.
4:09 Santorum said he came to Washington as a reformer and "for 16 years I fought the insiders and was able to get things done."
4:10 Graham says he'll do whatever it takes to defend this nation and "find a solution" for Social Security and Medicare. "I'll be the Ronald Reagan if I can find a Tip O'Neill."
4:11 Hemmer asks for "two-word answer" to describe Hillary Clinton. Answers are predictable. "Not a lot of compliments" Hemmer says, as if he had not all but asked for the insults.
4:13 Here come the closing arguments.