I like you idea Ed but on suggestion how about a Jeopardy format?

GatewayMac on October 8, 2008 at 9:36 AM

McCain actually appeared on Jeopardy in the ’60s. He won his first game, and lost the second on a Final Jeopardy. The correct answer was “What is Wuthering Heights?”

She thinks Obama’s health care plan will pay for her new (blank).

Why high-school debate teams don’t have cheerleaders — or crowds

The consensus after last night’s debate, in both the blogosphere and
the commentariat, formed quickly and rather inexplicably that it failed
because it was too dull. …..

Being able to say “we told you so” during the Obama Reign will be small consolation, if, indeed, we are even able to voice opposition after he is sworn in.

MrScribbler on October 8, 2008 at 11:10 AM

If I had my way, you wouldn’t.

But the real problem is that this race is between a man and a manufactured mirage. Our side rightly questions its own candidate, recognizes his flaws and is loud with disagreements.

The “other side” accepts each word, each pause, each “ummm…” from their candidate as if they are Holy Writ. No one questions his lies, his history, or even his beliefs.

I don’t think the numbers supporting Osama Obama are markedly higher than those on McCain’s side, but they include the nation’s “information sources” — the MSM — and they will speak no ill of their Chosen One.

In a contest between a human and a demigod, the deck is stacked. We can’t win. Unless, by some miracle, we can make the other side question their choice. And that is damn unlikely.

No one else could win with traitors/terrorists, felons and vile race-hustlers behind him. Indeed, those would cause instant meltdown.

Being able to say “we told you so” during the Obama Reign will be small consolation, if, indeed, we are even able to voice opposition after he is sworn in.

I agree that he regurgitates the question and throws in fear mongering for extra measure, but what I DON’T understand is how in the world do these focus groups and polls people think that his answers were much more concise and clear??

The Messiah has a pattern, when answering a question, of spending a lot of time rephrasing the question, saying what a dangerous or important situation we have, how great this is or that is, blah, blah, blah! The man speaks in vague terms and comes across as blithering.

It’s like reading the final exam answers from an undergraduate student who rarely attended class and doesn’t know the answers, but is still trying to bluff their way into a good grade. Any college instructor would recognize the pattern.

Sorry, Mr. Obama, but you should have spent more time in class before attempting the final.

Each of the candidates ads should be aired during the debates, those mentioned in the ads should be brought forward to explain their positions at the time until the issues are mush. Let’s talk about the subprime lending, Freddie and Fannie, William Ayers, etc. It’s a freaking presidential election.

Canadian debates have been neutered also it seems. Multiple parties went at it, interupting was common, they really went at it to discuss the issues. Why would anyone watch a documentary with animals tearing each other apart when the debates were on?

Ever watch Deal or No Deal? Why not have each audience member submit their question on a 3×5 card. Then, randonly pick the top 20 or so and place each card in a silver attache case. Then, and here’s the good part, standing next to each case on stage is a beautiful, scantily-clad model.

Obama and McCain go for the coin toss. Winner picks one of the attaches and the model opens it, reads the question, and identifies the audience member who wrote it.

Now here’s the best part. With this format, you don’t need Tom “Cotton-mouth” Brokaw to host this show. Get a real entertainer to loosen up the candidates AND the crowd.

Wouldn’t this be fun…?

1. Both men ramble and don’t try hard to stay on distinct points. Obama is even worse than McCain, but Mav still does it too.

2. I would love to see them in a formal policy debate format moderated by a judge from the National Forensic League. Four debates with each man taking two turns on affirmative and two turns on negative.

3. As it stands now, I could probably beat either one if I was still in my prime.

McCain laid out what he would do and the boring part was listening to the process he’d undertake in order to achieve is goals.

There is nothing more burdensome and overwhelmingly frustrating than the legislative process on Capitol Hill.

McCain has proven, to conservative chagrin, his ability to perform bipartisan “miracles” passing legislation through that burdensome and overwhelmingly frustrating process.

Obama has proven, to conservative chagrin, his inability and unwillingness to even consider valuing anything conservative as he bulldozes alongside Pelosi and Reid all things conservative. There is not a shred of bipartisanship to Obama, a radical authoritarian Marxist who plays Pinocchio to Bill Ayers his master.

There is nothing boring about genocide, and the Democrats are committing ideological genocide eliminating tolerance for contrast in America via “racist” tagline.

DEFY THE APPLICATION OF THEIR “bitch” TAG ON YOUR FOREHEAD!
The Democrat Progressive Leftists are the racists and the class warfare movement in America.

COUNT HOW MANY TIMES LAST NIGHT ALONE THAT OBAMA USED THE PHRASE AGAINST “THOSE LIVING HIGH ON THE HOG” as in those who are not on welfare.

Regarding Obama’s “taxation net spending cut” it is impossible to cut 95% of Americans’ taxes when 15% of Americans pay no taxes.

So long as Obama has his lines memorized (which he now has down pat) the annoyance rests during his long aaaaaaaaaaaaands.

His message’s lack of content remains within those memorized lines. Promises, empty promises. So many unreal promises, like his readiness to get and kill bin Laden in Pakistan when Pakistan refuses American access within Pakistan.

Libya’s Qhadafi explained Obama to the world better than anyone. We are undergoing Obama’s Egyptian Clearance Sale: promise whatever lies it takes to win the election; THEN laugh at any stupid enough to have believed any of the promises/lies.

Frustrating and dangerous times we face!

Team Obama created a well rehearsed tissue of lies.

very good…less than paper thin tissue.
I remember that analogy discussion.
Definitely a point to renew!

I do NOT believe that Obama ever sent Paulson a letter 2 years ago UNLESS he and Paulson, being on the same Democrat team, actually did plot together, not adjacent to each other but ACTUALLY TOGETHER, to culminate this fiasco exactly one month before the election in order to insure a Republican loss.

So, Paulson, go ahead and produce the alleged Obama 2-year-old letter. And let’s all read the bloody details of the plot for Obama’s coup d’état.

THAT makes sense, finding Paulson in the massive DNC net, tracing Obama’s history through the who’s who of his past 1st-job-out-of-college global-financier liaisons and Marxist power players who made the Obama image emblazoned across the world today.

Producing the so-called Obama letter would reveal that Obama is a maniac.

Is it really too much to ask for both?

The problem with the debates isn’t that there are no gladiatorial matches. The problem last night as with any of them present or past, is all of them by the candidates define the WHAT of their proposals. But none of them define the HOW they will achieve it.

The People have gotten wise to the Pols and realize that HOW one attempts to achieve an end is vitally important. “I will end the war!” Nice goal. Both Pols agree that is their aim. But one wants to achieve it by nuking every square inch of the country. The other wishes to perform COIN operations for the next 20 years. Either answer acceptable? The People don’t know because the HOW is never proffered to sufficient detail for the electorate to chew on it. That of course is the core problems in the debates. There is insufficient time to get to that level of detail. Nor do their websites do much better on that score.

The folks want not only the aim but the means of achieving what the two candidates propose to do. Devil is in the detail and the electorate wants to see the dance before they pays their money in votes. I think it is a reasonable expectation.

TB Pickens is doing better selling his energy plan than the two candidates are as to why we should have them for President. The parties should take notes.

it was too dull Dole.

Fixed it.

Remember when McCain was positioned next to Fred Thompson, and how Fred! and John interacted (much to peanut gallery critics’ chagrin) MAKING MCCAIN LOOK INTERESTING.

McCain’s solo demeanor in debate w/Obama withstood the test that Obama tried undermining this week, namely, “erratic behavior” under duress. Obama sounds stupid using that accusation, as well as so many other accusations that have no merit vs. his opponents. Again, the one suffering a vice, Obama, is the one accusing everyone else of that vice. If anyone is erratic, it’s Obama with his inability to make a decision and vote yes or no, falling back on “PRESENT” the overwhelming tally of his Senatorial votes.

The only erratic candidate is the ever malleable Obama whose only platform is radical authoritarianism. “I could no more disassociate myself from Rev. Wright” vs. “that’s not the reverend I thought I knew,” “that’s not the Rezco I thought I knew,” “the racial slurs from my white grandmother’s lips,” “Bill Ayers, my political godfather, DREAMS OF,” etc.

At least McCain has the right friends and alliances with Thompson, Romney, Giuliani, Huckabee; even if his fan club includes a larger base representing interests at odds with conservatives. But we proved our hand on that count, and know full well we can force our hand on that immigration count AGAIN, so it’s a sore but not a mortal wound.

What good is conserving a commodity if kept forever under lock and key, never to see the light of day to be useful in life, WAITING for perfection before participating with support?

GET OUT AND VOTE! And those of us who rant online but not outside our own homes, prepare your conversational talking points AND INTERACT EFFECTIVELY with your voice outside. You can remain insulated yet still reach out via the RNC phone calls online: “drivers wanted”.