Imagine Hannity or Beck or Rush or Levin or Drudge or Joe Farah or one our FRiends debating Harry Reid via web-conferencing or over the phone. And Reid has no choice in the matter. Failure to oblige would mean larger-and-larger fines and ultimately incarceration. No congressional immunity from this. And it's not asking much either — just an hour of his time while at home or ‘wherever’ each week.
Someone debating could also prepare a ‘visual aid’ website so that every time Hannity [or whoever] says “See ‘Page 9? That's a graph of our economic history. See Page 10? That's a graph of the history of Russian healthcare. Page 11 is a graph of our nation's healthcare. See? We were the top nation, far ahead of Russia's communist healthcare, and now we're plummeting.”
Each ‘visual aid’ page could link to info that confirms everything the debater claims. But that doesn't mean that Hannity is uncomfortable. He could be debating on the phone, lounging at the beach.
And Reid would probably be in a stuffed suit wanting ‘face time’ via web conferencing. Good luck with that. A ‘crease in the pants’ won't mean a blessed thing during such a debate.
And here's the kicker — Reid could be mandated to one debate every single week! Over 100 people could get their chance at him every two years. Same with Pelosi. Same with McConnell and Bone-head. No congress critter would be safe unless he or she agrees with common sense ideas.
Fair Scheduling for Fair Debates
As for the specifics of how a debate can be fair here's a quick summary:
1. Fair time.
2. No moderator.
3. Ten ‘three minute’ turns each. Microphone off during other speaker's time.
4. Regarding professors, possibly ‘pre-recorded’. People would pay $2 [or more] for the unedited version but the free version would be edited to remain ‘on topic’. [Might be the same for judges too.]
[I'm adding tedious humdrum details in a post further down, but this is mainly going to be worked out by the state legislators.]
I will be suggesting other ideas, but this needs to be out there as a ‘stand alone’ plan in case states need to act quickly and decisively on an idea that can be understood quickly.