Thanks!
"Hiroshima" notwithstanding, LOL!--I blanked like that once during a dissertation rehearsal, so I know how that feels :)
Just damn! I hated that! I kicked myself all the way home over that one!
when you drove the Japan analogy into Barron's court--I think this was perhaps the strongest point of your presentation
My younger brother is a political fence-sitter who was truly impressed by me last night. He's probably the best Constitutional scholar that I know (rivaling many doctoral candidates, IMO); and volunteered to help coach me on some of those points. He was truly impressed with the Japanese infrastructure concept, and said it made Barron look like a total lunatic.
Colmes came across as a tougher debating opponent than Barron
Agreed. Colmes was able to drive the conversation and take the wheel from me -- and had to, lest his buddy Barron get beaten completely into submision. By going to Iraq, where I was unprepared to go, he rattled my cage (and I WAS rattled, even if it didn't show).
however you were able to capitalize on that by getting him to concede Jackson's comments were over the line, so you countered that effectively. In that exchange you scored a point on Colmes himself, so I'd definitely say you held your own, IMO.
That was something I hadn't thought about. Thanks!
Just damn! I hated that! I kicked myself all the way home over that one
LOL! I know how that goes :) But really, it wasn't a big deal, because Barron wasn't sharp enough to capitalize on it. Instead his counter criticized you for bringing up Nagasaki (or Hiroshima--now I forget which it was myself, LOL!), so the focus didn't stay on your "blanking" for very long. It probably felt longer than it was :)
My younger brother is a political fence-sitter who was truly impressed by me last night. He's probably the best Constitutional scholar that I know (rivaling many doctoral candidates, IMO); and volunteered to help coach me on some of those points.
Very cool. Is he in Constitutional law or history or something like that?
He was truly impressed with the Japanese infrastructure concept, and said it made Barron look like a total lunatic.
Barron got very defensive when you brought it up--it looked like it caught him off-guard. I found myself wishing you had a chance to elaborate on it. I've always looked at Iraq reconstruction on analogy with Japan, too, and I wish there was a way to bring that point across to a wider audience. Maybe if you can get on a show where they give you more chance to talk--Dennis Miller does a pretty good job of keeping his panel discussions civil, maybe that's a possible forum where you might get a little more opportunity to express your views.
Colmes was able to drive the conversation and take the wheel from me -- and had to, lest his buddy Barron get beaten completely into submision. By going to Iraq, where I was unprepared to go, he rattled my cage (and I WAS rattled, even if it didn't show).
I noticed it a little when he ambushed you by calling you an "apologist" for the administration; but you rolled with the punch and stayed on your feet. Of course Colmes gets to practice sparring with Hannity every day so you'd expect he's going to get a few shots in the first time you appear on his show. But the fact that on your first time out you scored a point back on him showed your potential to compete in that type of arena. I think if you made some more appearances like that and perhaps wrote some articles you could have a real future in that type of thing if it's something that interests you.