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To: ManyMoose who wrote (270118)	9/25/2008 12:27:36 AM
From: goldworldnet	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793970

Obama/Palin debate... This idea is bouncing around the internet. Here's a couple of threads talking about it. facebook.com blogs.tnr.com Here also are some stray comments I found ============= Palin to debate Obama in McCain's place September 24, 2008 at 5:02 PM but could you imagine the ramifications. So its a made up headline - It would be the most watched debate in history - She could win the debate and the election on the very same night thenextright.com ============= Let Sarah Palin stand in for McCain. That's what a VP is supposed to do. Posted by: esmeralda dangerfield \| September 24, 2008 at 04:21 PM +++++ HELLO EVERYONE! i'd like to propose a vote in this comments section... this for everyone regardless of political orientation... Who is for...? A. Switching the VP debate to take the presidential debates place on Friday B. Letting Palin stand in for McCain on friday C. Re-schedule D. None of the above (submit another idea..) Posted by: Young but not naive \| September 24, 2008 at 04:42 PM +++++ If John McCain is not available to debate, he should send his VP, Sarah Palin, to debate for him. To keep things fair, Obama can send Joe Biden. Posted by: PerfectSolution \| September 24, 2008 at 04:50 PM latimesblogs.latimes.com ============= If Obama insists, great idea to let him debate Palin, after all, they are peers in experience etc. Sad though, to miss out one of only a few showcases, since Obama is such a weak debater. Posted by: Robert Arvanitis \| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 04:59 PM +++++ Oh, shoot. McCain should drag out the negotiations so he that Obama thinks he'll be debating an Empty Chair and all of a sudden Palin shows up with the Baby in her arms. Super Bowl ratings. Super Bowl, I tell ya! Best, Chris Posted by: section9 \| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 05:00 PM +++++ I second the notion of sending Mr. McCain's running-mate. The job of the VP is to stand in for the President and it would demonstrate her readiness to serve in this capacity. The debate topic, Foreign Policy, is supposed to be Mrs. Palin's weak point, and unless Charlie Gibson can bowdlerize her answers, the nation will see the cut of her jib in this venue. Given the fact that Mr. Obama turns into Uh-uh-uh-bama when handed an unscripted moment he'll need three days to have all possible witty rejoinders programmed into him. Thus he must either accept Mrs. Palin's challenge or reschedule his days of debate prep or forgo debate. His decision tree looks like this: If he believes the WaPo/ABC polls, he'll use this as an excuse to forgo debate. If he has reason to believe otherwise, he'll want debates: If he is confident in his prowess as a debater, he'll beat up on Mrs. Palin like he beat up on Mrs. Clinton. (Perhaps he could scratch his face with his middle finger and say that she's like-able enough.) Conversely, if he's as bad at thinking on his feet in a pressure situation as I think he is, he'll have to reschedule his three days of programming/debate prep to a time less convenient to all involved closer to the election. The paragraph above presumes that Mrs. Palin is the woman we think she is: relishing the limelight and rising to the occasion. McCain shows the daring and balls of a fighter-jock when he's at war, and I hope nobody will talk him out of sending Mrs. Palin. Besides, the best place for Mr. McCain to be during the debate about the Freddie/Fanny bailout is at the scene of the crime on the floor of the Senate. What better place to say, "I told you so." Posted by: Steve Poling \| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 06:03 PM riehlworldview.com * * *