If only. More likely, the debate format will include the host and panel wearing hand puppets that will ask questions like:
Do you believe the Bible is the literal Word of God? If so, can you explain how a man can live for three days in a whale's stomach?
Do you believe that a 12-year-old girl who is pregnant as the result of incest should be put in jail for terminating her pregnancy?
Do you prefer coke, or pepsi?
When did you quit beating your wife (or husband)?
Do you believe homosexuality is a mental disorder? If so, should homosexuals be involuntarily committed and administered electroshock therapy?
Unfortunately, probably pretty close. The liberal moderator will have two primary goals in mind, 1) ask questions crafted to make the candidates look extreme, and 2) steer the candidates into attacking each other. More specifically make Perry look bad, steer other candidates into attacking Perry.
After Bachmann was asked about the weather as method of God's communication on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, I've wondered if she'll be asked whether the Texas wildfires are God's way of telling Perry to drop out.
They need a little more red on that stage:
