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Here's a transcript of the reader chat that accompanied the May 23 debate among candidates in Arizona's 8th Congressional District: Democrat Ron Barber, Republican Jesse Kelly, and Green Charlie Manolakis.

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Majority of people want it repealed.

by dhallstrom 5/24/2012 2:56:54 AM
Can the comments please be based on the discussion, not on character assassination--or don't you people understand the questions?

by E. Kathy Suagee 5/24/2012 2:57:19 AM
Better plan is to allow healthcare insurers to sell across state lines.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 2:57:22 AM
what is insurance? i learned that it was a risk-based proposition, not an entitlement.

by querey 5/24/2012 2:57:25 AM
Manolakis says he would support a single-payer system "if necessary" because he wants "comprehensive, universal health care for all."

by Norma Coile, Arizona Daily... 5/24/2012 2:57:30 AM
Ron Barber all you did was carried Gabby's luggage, you are unqualified to represent me.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 2:58:01 AM
Repeal Obamacare, no where in the US Constitution does government have the power to mandate we buy insurance for ourselves.

by dandlac 5/24/2012 2:58:05 AM
I'm for camels and pepper spray! Seriously? We have a right to bear arms!!

by Aaron M. 5/24/2012 2:58:14 AM
Yes, Pam. I feel they are afraid that the Rich people would not get special treatment on waiting lists and they would not be elite when it comes to best doctors

by Steve 5/24/2012 2:58:18 AM
Leave my guns alone.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 2:58:20 AM
What Jesse Kelly wants is a well-paying job rubber stamping what John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, and the 1% want.

by Pamela 5/24/2012 2:58:37 AM
I have to wonder what @MoatGator thinks about Manolakis's idea of using camels on the border. #AZ08

by BeckyPallack via twitter 5/24/2012 2:59:21 AM
Manolakis: Camels and pepper spray! Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo #AZ08

by AZ_Wraith via twitter 5/24/2012 2:59:36 AM
Ron Barber representing the Second Amendment hogwash!

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 2:59:46 AM
Kelly wants to take the chicken from every pot and make them buy a gun

by kblanch 5/24/2012 2:59:58 AM
mr barber, you did not protect my rep. why should i believe you'll protect my rights?

by querey 5/24/2012 3:00:02 AM
Ron Barber is a Pelosi rubber stamp.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 3:00:07 AM
...he had to bring up the January 8th, playing sympathy.

by Jdawg Saturno 5/24/2012 3:00:10 AM
Gun law changes? "Pepper spray is a better weapon often than a gun," Manolakis says. But he says he also supports gun rights because pepper spray won't always be enough.

by Norma Coile, Arizona Daily... 5/24/2012 3:00:14 AM
Obamacare is not in the Constitutuion but neither is free-market capitalism.

by Pamela 5/24/2012 3:00:20 AM
Kelly on gun rights: "The government has no right to take away your ability to protect yourself."

by Norma Coile, Arizona Daily... 5/24/2012 3:01:00 AM
mr barber is a wee bit too focused on ptsd. methinks he doth protest...

by querey 5/24/2012 3:01:17 AM
Ron Barber citing January 8th . . . so what.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 3:01:24 AM
Keep Government out of healthcare and everything else. Too much government and regulation.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 3:01:42 AM
Can they start talking about camels again? #AZ08

by Josh Brodesky via twitter 5/24/2012 3:01:45 AM
The 2nd amendment is good. The gun lobby (Kelly ) is not

by kblanch 5/24/2012 3:02:12 AM
Fix SS and Medicare is to stop the phoney Obama payroll tax cuts.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 3:02:44 AM
Barber: "I had an experience with a gun not too long ago." Says he supports the 2nd amendment." "I want to change how we restrict access to guns for people who shouldn't have them." Enforce laws, have better background checks.

by Norma Coile, Arizona Daily... 5/24/2012 3:02:49 AM
Fraud is a pittance compared to the structural issues with entitlements. Barber has NO ideas.

by justsaynotobho 5/24/2012 3:03:20 AM
Barber to kelly: why did you flip flop on social security? #AZ08

by Josh Brodesky via twitter 5/24/2012 3:03:23 AM
Free market capitalism is what made Americans the wealthiest most successful country in the history of the world. Socialism has eroded it year after year and created a large population of those who beleive they are entitled to others wealth.

by dandlac 5/24/2012 3:03:24 AM
Nothing could be more relevant on the subject of gun control than the January 8th shooting in our city. Anyone who does not sympathize with the victims (including Ron Barber) is not human

by The Man 5/24/2012 3:03:29 AM
What fun. Candidates get to ask each other a question.

by Pamela 5/24/2012 3:03:31 AM
Ron Barber knows more about the issues than anyone on the ballot -- probably anyone in the state. Speaking of changing position and telling "lies" ---- Kelly? Who has had no job outside of your father's firm, and no higher education. ?????

by ArizonaVoter 5/24/2012 3:03:41 AM
Well the moderator won't ask the tough questions

by kblanch 5/24/2012 3:04:23 AM
you will pry my guns from my cold dead hands... we have the second amendment to protect us from a tyrannical government like the one we have now!

by dandlac 5/24/2012 3:04:52 AM
Kelly: barber has been misleading. Says he has talked about how important preserving senior benefits and choices for future gens #AZ08

by Josh Brodesky via twitter 5/24/2012 3:04:59 AM
Barber now ask Kelly a question. Ron, Jesse has not changed his position on SS and Medicare. Ron you are a phoney and will lose.

by AZ Greg 5/24/2012 3:05:03 AM
it's ridiculous to say the government is tyrannical

by kblanch 5/24/2012 3:06:11 AM
I swear that when I first met Jesse Kelly back before Gabby was ever shot I asked Jesse about Social Security and he told me then that he did NOT plan on taking Social Security away from those of us who paid in. BARBER IS LYING - I AM A WITNESS TO THAT!

by Diane Clor 5/24/2012 3:06:25 AM
@VoteJesseKelly Perfect, this is exactly what Jesse needed to say. That was the worst question Ron Barber could have asked.

by JonJustice via twitter 5/24/2012 3:06:32 AM
Mitt Romney endorses Jesse Kelly. nuf said.

by monkeyface 5/24/2012 3:06:34 AM
Mr. Barber, as director of the association for 'civility', what do you have to say about Axelrod calling Republicans "contract killers"?

by justsaynotobho 5/24/2012 3:06:38 AM
Did Kelly just say he has based his campaign on lying to Seniors?

by E. Kathy Suagee 5/24/2012 3:06:53 AM
@VoteJesseKelly gives awesome answer in response to @RonBarberAZ distortions. #AZ08

by Scarpinato via twitter 5/24/2012 3:06:56 AM