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Now Let's Have an Obama-Palin Debate
The Washington Post ^
| 2/1/10
| E. J. Dionne
Posted on 02/01/2010 9:39:44 AM PST by steve-b
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:39:44 AM PST
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
Yeah...let’s.....BAAAWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:43:14 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(VOTE Democrat........KILL America)
To: steve-b
Zero wouldn’t have the balls to debate Palin, even if Michelle lent him hers.
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:43:49 AM PST
by
jla
To: steve-b
No written speeches. All questions must be answered and not go off on a tangent. A true debate, not a political BS session. No questions given to the debators prior to the debate. Have Glenn Beck be the monitor, not the media.
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:43:55 AM PST
by
RC2
To: steve-b
Chris Matthews comments are worth what ?
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:44:26 AM PST
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: steve-b
The Q&A was a smash success...I hadn't heard of this event. Was it a "smashing success"?
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:44:27 AM PST
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: steve-b
....or how about a debate on Constitutional Law with Justice Alito?
Maybe a debate on Foriegn Policy with Condi Rice or Dick Cheney?
A debate on American History with Richard Brookhiser.
Or a debate on any topic with Charles Krauthammer...............
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:44:43 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: steve-b
The only question is whether the meeting steeled the resolve of the Republicans or caused them to cower and capitulate?
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:45:06 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(:: The government will do for health care what it did for real estate. ::)
To: steve-b
Hey, that's not fair - it would be unfair for Palin to take down such a palpably unarmed opponent.
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:46:06 AM PST
by
Oceander
(The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
To: steve-b
Bring it on. That Q&A firmed up both bases and the independents dislike Obama even more. It’s the same thing that happened in MA. The left saw the Q&A as a victory for Obama, the right saw it as a victory for the House GOP with a a clueless Obama.
And yes, if you watch it on MSNBC with Olberdouche and Mr. Maddow, you would think Obama was brilliant. Luckily, MSNBC has no audience. Meaningless talk will firm the base but do nothing for unemployment and higher taxes.
And yes, Q&A only, with no 30 minutes upfront lecture by Obama to let him pretend he is a leader.
To: steve-b
You have to be a serious kool aid drinker to think that Obama did himself any favors by meeting with the Republicans. He looked like an angry, lying, confused politician. Didn’t look like a leader at all.
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:47:02 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
To: steve-b
It's pretty sad we don't have real political debates in the country. What a novel idea. ;-)
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:47:09 AM PST
by
red tie
To: steve-b
“Debating” is easy for the Kenyan who confidently lies...
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:47:13 AM PST
by
roses of sharon
(I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
To: steve-b
I’m sure she’ll be waiting in 2012, and I look forward to it. For now, I’m fine to let Obama continue to trip over his own feet.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:48:14 AM PST
by
SnakeDoctor
(Life is tough; it's tougher if you're stupid. -- John Wayne)
To: steve-b; GOP_Lady; Bokababe
Too many problems with this idea. O won’t go for it, neither would Palin. Romney would love it and it would make him look like the nominee far too ahead of time.
This obsession with 2012 is not healthy. A current elected Republican leader needed to debate Obama instead of that retreat format, like Senator McConnell or John A. Boehner or a conservative that works for them. (How about Jim DeMint? That would be FUN!)
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:48:19 AM PST
by
sickoflibs
( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
To: randog
from what I read on FR, it’s questionable as to whether the Q&A was a smashing success. Obama seemed visibly angry and lying through his teeth.
To: steve-b
Lets have Obama do the same kind of session with the Senate Republicans. Won't happen. Obama ambushed the GOP once and is reaping the rewards for it. The Republicans would be far more prepared at any future meeting, and Obama wouldn't be able to score as many easy points. So he won't take the chance again.
To: midnightcat
Obama seemed visibly angry and lying through his teeth.That's what I was thinking--he probably made promises he never intends to keep or are impossible to keep...?
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:52:26 AM PST
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: ClearCase_guy
You have to be a serious kool aid drinker to think that Obama did himself any favors by meeting with the Republicans. He looked like an angry, lying, confused politician. Didnt look like a leader at all. What you said.
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:52:57 AM PST
by
freespirited
(Congratulations Senator Brown. One down, 59 to go.)
To: steve-b
The president was treated too respectfully by the Republicans. They should have allowed for the questioner to follow up. They should have told him NOT to cut off the questioner. As he was a guest at a Republican function, he should do more listening than lecturing. After all, his numbers have declined precipitously as rthe Republican congresses have increased.
The fact remains that those who like Obama liked the show. Those of us who do not like him, saw him for the stuttering stumble bum liar that he is.
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posted on
02/01/2010 9:53:18 AM PST
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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