Western Republican Presidential Debate-Firsts

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• First to ask if his microphone was on: Anderson Cooper just
• prior to the debate
• First on stage: Bachmann
• First to dress like a sailor: Bachmann

• First purple tie: Cooper
• First candidate purple tie: Gingrich
• First thumbs up: Perry
• First candidate to shake everyone’s hand: Perry
• First candidate to clap for Ron Paul: Romney
• First to shake his hand: Cain
• First to introduce himself: Santorum
• First to tell his daughter that he loves her: Santorum
• First to wear a suit coat too big for him: Paul
• First to say ‘business’ twice in his introduction: Cain
• First to say ‘fun’ twice in his introduction: Romney
• First to attack Romney: Perry in his introduction

• First to have hair that matches her jacket buttons: Bachmann
• First to display shallow wit by playing off the cheesy ‘happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’ line: Bachman
• First to suggest a liberal president would raise taxes to 90%: Bachmann
• First to wear a yellow tie at each debate: Cain
• First to wear a blue tie at each debate: Romney
• First to say that government encourages people to have children: Santorum
• First to raise her hand to ask to be called upon: Bachmann
• First to say “Herman I love you brother”: Perry
• First to talk about fruit: Cain

• First to say that apples and oranges don’t mix: Cain
• First to say that loafs of bread have invisible taxes: Cain
• First to say he likes that some people don’t pay taxes: Paul
• First debate where every candidate appears to have received a recent haircut except Gingrich: This one
• First to call state sales tax an apple: Cain
• First to ask another candidate a question: Romney to Cain
• First to say Cain’s plan is a bussel basket: Romney
• First debate where Perry appears lean: This one
• First to exhume Ronald Reagan: Bachmann

• First to promote her website: Bachmann
• First to ramble aimlessly in sentence fragments: Perry
• First to say that Perry is absolutely right: Romney
• First to say ‘income mobility’ is a new term: Santorum
• First blue shirt: Santorum
• First to say Romney has no credibility on repealing Obamacare: Santorum
• First to say he doesn’t know how many debates they’ve had: Romney
• First argument: Santorum vs. Romney
• First to compare Romney to Obama: Santorum
• First to sniff: Paul
• First to mention that Ron Paul is a doctor: Romney
• First to say the word ‘lavish’: Gingrich
• First to say that what Romney says isn’t true: Gingrich
• First frumpy face: Paul

• First to count on his fingers: Cain
• First to touch another candidate: Romney
• First to say it’s been a tough couple of debates for Perry: Romney
• First to say that Perry has a problem letting other people speak: Romney
• First to suggest using Predator Drones on illegal immigrants: Perry
• First to mention Iran: Perry
• First to say she’ll build a border fence along the entire length of the southern United States: Bachmann
• First to say securing the border isn’t that hard: Romney
• First to compare Perry to a failed college sports coach: Romney
• First to say Romney hit the nail on the head (twice): Perry
• First to say the audience agrees with him: Romney
• First to say that a border fence isn’t the answer: Paul
• First to scratch his right eye: Cain
• First to correct Perry’s grammar: Cooper (“Actually that’s a response not an answer”)
• First to lick his lips on camera: Perry
• First to say rights don’t come in bunches: Paul
• First to say he’s not a scientist: Gingrich
• First to say he was for TARP before he was against it: Cain
• First to say that everyday she’s somewhere in America: Bachmann
• First to directly reach for the mom-vote: Bachmann
• First to say that ‘Occupy Wall Street’-ers are victims: Paul
• First to talk while waving a pen: Paul
• First to physically lean right while speaking: Romney

• First to say President Obama does not have a jobs plan, even though congressional Republicans blocked a vote on the president’s jobs plan last week : Romney
• First to take a drink of water: Gingrich
• First to talk about religious salvation: Santorum
• First to bring up the Northwest ordinance of 1787: Gingrich
• First to say the president of Iran is a genocidal maniac: Bachmann
• First to address the moderator by his first name: Bachmann
• First to talk about shooting ourselves in the head and cutting off our arms two debates in a row: Gingrich
• First to say ‘I’m a hawk but a cheap hawk’: Gingrich
• First to say U.S. government supports German’s socialist system: Paul

• First to say cutting the defense budget is a wise thing to do: Paul
• First to say America is an empire: Paul
• First to say he would not negotiate with terrorists but would have to evaluate individual situations where he might negotiate with terrorists: Cain
• First to make hand quote gestures: Santorum
• First to mention suicide: Gingrich
• First to say we have enough weapons to blow up the world twenty times: Paul
• First to suggest defunding the United Nations: Perry

• First candidate to defend foreign aid: Romney
• First to laugh when he misspeaks: Romney (and only Romney)
• First to say he’d cut aid to Israel: Paul
• First to say that Cain is naive: Bachmann
• First to mention that Ronald Reagan negotiated for hostages: Paul
• First to uselessly argue with Paul: Santorum
• First to pick his pen up off the floor: Perry
• First person to think with his finger on his nose: This audience guy

• First to say ‘I should be president’: Cain
• First to say he’s cleaned a parking lot: Cain
• First to count on his fingers starting with his pinky: Romney
• First to say ‘the cake is baked’: Bachmann
• First to mention pastels: Bachmann
• First to say he wants to debate Obama for three straight hours without a moderator: Gingrich