Iowa Debate Moderator: We like talk on issues: No fistfights required

[Herman Munster]

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071215/OPINION01/712150313/1036/OPINION

Well, now I know why George Bush doesn't read newspapers and Hillary Clinton bragged about her asbestos pantsuit (just kidding, sort of!).

My friends told me to quit reading the Web Wednesday afternoon, after moderating the Register's Republican debate. I learned that I was - and this is the nice stuff - boring, school marmish, Nurse Ratchet (the battle-ax nurse from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") and had a "caboose." (Ouch! And I've been working out so religiously.)

My experience was a little different, but then I love to talk about issues. We spent 90 minutes on trade, debt, taxes, global warming and energy, education and leadership.