The “Nine” Debate-Firsts

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And then there were nine.

Gary Johnson joins the brood for more ridiculous debate-firsts!

Let the live-blogging begin.

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9/22/11 Republican Primary Debate Firsts

• First on the screen: Moderator Brett Baier
• First website mentioned: Google
• Second website mentioned: YouTube
• First candidate introduced: Perry
• First thumbs up: Perry
• First leaning candidate: Gingrich
• First yellow tie: Paul
• First real smile: Santorum
• First question: How can you help small businesses hire?

• First candidate called on: Perry
• First stutter: Perry
• First “uh…”: Perry
• First number spoken: 59
• First failed microphone: Romney’s
• First to mention president Obama: Romney
• First thrown elbow: Romney stating he’s had a job (implying Perry has not)
• First to call China “cheaters”: Romney
• First to avoid answering a question: Romney on “What does rich mean to you?”

• First to say that you should get to keep every dollar you earn: Bachmann
• First to say that government isn’t a genius: Bachmann
• First hesitant audience response for: Bachmann
• First to say his wife is the greatest human being: Huntsman
• First to say that renewable resources makes sense…later on: Huntsman
• First moustache: Cain
• First candidate to only gesture with one hand during an answer: Romney
• First hat: This guy

• First candidate not to use all of his answer time limit: Paul
• First to claim he has vetoed more bills than all of the other governors combined: Johnson
• First bald politician: Rick Scott, Florida Governor
• First to call another candidate wrong: Perry of Romney
• First to call Perry double-faced: Romney
• First to mention socialism: Kelly, moderator
• First to sound presidential: Romney
• First to count on his fingers: Romney
• First to joke about not using drugs: Romney (“I didn’t inhale”)
• First to mention Ronald Reagan: Huntsman

• First to say the Environmental Protection Agency has “gone wild”: Cain
• First to mention the country of Chile in every debate: Cain
• First to rehash his “Contract with America”: Gingrich
• First to promise to abolish the Department of Education: Johnson
• First to use another candidate’s full name: Santorum on Gary Johnson
• First to say “Nice try” to an attack: Romney to Perry
• First shakey camera: On Romney
• First candidate to mispronounce the word “bus”: Romney
• First to use “shockingly” and “chillingly” in the same sentence: Cain
• First audience boo: Santorum for babbling about Pakistan
• First to admit he supports foreign aid: Gingrich
• First to use a “you know”: Johnson
• First to butt-in and interrupt the moderators: Bachmann
• First candidate to take on…Santorum?!: Huntsman on foreign policy
• First to attempt to quote Thomas Jefferson: Bachmann
• First homophobe to say “sex is not an issue”: Santorum
• First to mention George W. Bush: Kelly (did she really have to?)

• First to say he annually calls George W. Bush to wish him a happy birthday: Perry
• First to mention his daughter’s disease: Huntsman
• First to mention France: Huntsman
• First to wear a ribbon: Bachmann
• First unintelligible answer: Perry on why Texas is great
• First to gesture his right hand as if he was sprinkling fairy dust: Romney
• First to use a pen on screen: Perry
• First to actually say “we need to reach for the brass ring of liberty”: Bachmann
• First to say we’re the only country who place their hands over their hearts during their national anthem: Romney
• First to say “bubbles” four times in five seconds: Paul
• First to compare President Obama to King George III: Santorum
• First to mention his next door neighbor’s two dogs’ poop: Johnson
• First place for biggest audience laugh: Johnson
• First to suggest combining Gingrich and Cain into a super vice presidental candidate: Perry
• First to complement Cain’s necktie selection: Huntsman
• First to shake another candidate’s hand: Huntsman
• Best part of the debate: Applause for Herman Cain’s triumph over colon cancer