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10 Things To Know About The Upcoming Debates

Posted by timothy on from the unconscionable-fraud dept.

jSpectre writes "Connie Rice writes an interesting article about the 'Presidential Debates' found on NPR's web site. Did you know it's illegal for the candidates to debate anywhere other than CPD ('Cloaking-device for Party Deception') officially santioned debates? Read on for her 'Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates.'" Read more CPD criticism at Open Debates.

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  1. Re:Reform is necessary... by hopemafia · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Think of the people!"

    I did...and I still don't like them.

    --
    If God had had a computer it would have taken him 7 months to create the earth...if he even bothered to do it at all.
  2. The best debate should include 7yolds by Chemisor · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a really good grilling the candidates should field questions from first grade kids, and be required to answer each one. Let's see how well they stand up under the constant stream of "Why?", "I don't get it", "Is this some grownup thing?", "Why?", "What's a 'recovery'?", "Why?", etc. Especially if "because I said so" is not considered to be an acceptable answer.