I was going to ask in the hangout, but I know it will turn into an argument eventually, so here goes. When are the Bush/Kerry debates going to happen, or are they going to debate at all?
First presidential debate: Thursday, September 30 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL Vice presidential debate: Tuesday, October 5 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Second presidential debate: Friday, October 8 Washington University in St. Louis Third presidential debate: Wednesday, October 13 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ I believe that Kerry has agreed to the terms and dates. No word yet from BUsh.
Wow. Florida, Ohio, and Missouri are battleground states, and hosting three of the debates. Most Arizonans I've met are fairly staunch Republicans, but still, obviously these stats were not chosen by accident.
Man, it seems like Washington University always gets a debate... The dates and locations are not important. What is important are the terms of the debate. For instance, if they are all restricted to 2 minute answers/1 minute rebuttals, that favors Bush because he just has to memorize enough stuff on each general topic to make it through the alloted time. (Not to mention the fact that Kerry seems to have trouble when he has to communicate complex topics quickly.) I woulod like to see at least one where the candidates ask each other questions with enough time for a good give and take on each topic, but I doubt that will happen. My prediction... 1 debate where you have a moderator and three members of the media with a 2/1 minute restriction 1 debate where you have the audience asking questions with a 2/1 minute restriction 1 debate where you have one moderator who asks the questions with a 3/2 minute restriction
Format The candidates will be seated at a table with the moderator in the first and third presidential debates and in the vice presidential debate. The second presidential debate will use the town meeting format in which undecided voters, selected by the Gallup Organization, will question the candidates. Each debate will last for ninety minutes, start at 9:00 p.m. ET, and take place before a live audience. The first presidential debate will focus primarily on domestic policy, and the third presidential debate will focus primarily on foreign policy. The town meeting debate and the vice presidential debate will be open to all topics. Moderators Each debate will have a different single moderator to be selected by the CPD. The four moderators will be announced no later than September 10. The moderators job in the first and third presidential debates and the vice presidential debate will be to introduce and change topics, to ensure that the participants have equal time, and to encourage some direct exchange among the candidates. The moderators will select all topics and questions. In the town meeting debate, the town meeting participants will pose their questions to the candidates. The town meeting participants will review their questions with the moderator before the debate for the sole purpose of avoiding duplicate questions. The moderators will have discretion to ask follow-up questions in all debates.
Well if Bob Dylan can ask it, why not some idiot? Oh my name it is nothin' My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I's taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side. Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries charged The Indians fell The cavalries charged The Indians died Oh the country was young With God on its side. Oh the Spanish-American War had its day And the Civil War too Was soon laid away And the names of the heroes I's made to memorize With guns in their hands And God on their side. Oh the First World War, boys It closed out its fate The reason for fighting I never got straight But I learned to accept it Accept it with pride For you don't count the dead When God's on your side. When the Second World War Came to an end We forgave the Germans And we were friends Though they murdered six million In the ovens they fried The Germans now too Have God on their side. I've learned to hate Russians All through my whole life If another war starts It's them we must fight To hate them and fear them To run and to hide And accept it all bravely With God on my side. But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side. In a many dark hour I've been thinkin' about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can't think for you You'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side. So now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as Hell The confusion I'm feelin' Ain't no tongue can tell The words fill my head And fall to the floor If God's on our side He'll stop the next war.
They need the 18-26 year old demographic to participate so we can the pertinent questions like " Mr. President where's my stuff!!" and "when do I get my stuff ?!!"
