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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:30 PM Original message |
Can anyone explain why we don't have real 'college style' debates? |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm with you |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good idea...n/t |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Pablum for the dull witted, or for those too lazy to think for themselves. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. The only logical explanation I can conjure up |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. well, my theory is |
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sazemisery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. I ask this question all the time! k&r n/t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hear, hear! K&R. nt |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sound bites. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Issue discussion requires thought and time |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Hey, those geezers stole my slogan...LOL |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. If we could force the Dems to do it in the primaries |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because it's the candidates who decide the format... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because we aren't the leader of the Free World anymore. |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Victims of catch-22 |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's exactly like lawyers not letting their client take the stand. |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. In defense of the candidates |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Why defend the candidates? They are part of the problem. |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. They signed on to it |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Some people think that |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Presidential debates are political advertisements, |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because most of the candidates would get their clocks cleaned in short order |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Ding, ding, ding... We have a winnah.. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Today, I got an email from a dem strategist |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. you are justified in your fear. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. Because then they'd have to answer real 'college style' questions? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
25. america just loves the reality 'gotcha' bullshit that passes for debate |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wondered that for a long time |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. Big ol' k&r from me. . . . .n/t |
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