Posted on 10/08/2010 10:05:23 AM PDT by grassboots.org
(In case you missed it and don’t have time to read the complete transcript.)
Moderator: Welcome to the Coe College Gubernatorial Debate. Opening jabs, gentlemen.
Chet Culver: Coe College is the best college in Iowa, except for the others.
Terry Branstad: President what’s-his-name is best college president ever.
Culver: Cedar Rapids has the best mayor in the Northern Hemisphere.
Culver: Iowa was the 3rd best managed state in the US yesterday.
Branstad: Was not!
Culver: Was too!
Moderator: Will you raise taxes or lower taxes?
Branstad: Yes
Culver: No, you won’t. (I was the 3rd best manager in the state somebody told me yesterday)
Branstad: Yes, I will. I’ll lower unemployment, too.
Culver: You didn’t before.
Branstad: No, you didn’t.
Culver: I didn’t say you did. I am for hard-working Iowans.
Branstad: You didn’t say you didn’t either.
Branstad: Unemployment went down when I was governor.
Culver: I created more jobs for hard-working Iowans and Illinoisans and West Virginians, the three best states in the Union so far.
Branstad: Government doesn’t create jobs for hard-working Iowans. You didn’t either, except for the Illinois part.
Culver: Did too.
Branstad: Did....
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Resembling a playground dust-up more than a debate, I wasn’t impressed. Most people have neither the time nor the inclination to get the details of unemployment figures and tax policies and record for each candidate. Both seem to be statists at heart, willing to plunder the people’s money whenever it suits them. Branstad, for his part, spent unprecedented money on social services and education when he was governor. Culver is worse. But then, I’m starting to talk like the candidates. It’s time to get back to work. I’m one of the hard-working Iowans each candidate keeps trying to flatter, when they aren’t trying to flatter college students and college presidents. Or take and spend my hard-earned money.
Bump.
Thank you for the bump.
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