On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:19:50 -0400, Mike Coslo
wrote:
Dunno if you heard the debate between Howard Dean and Ralphie boy. Now
THAT is what a debate is supposed to be. Dean was pretty civil for the
first part, and Nadar actually wasn't boring. But when Dean brought up
Ralph's dubious buddies, it turned really exciting!

Hi Mike,

That is like watching grannies mud wrestle yawn

My best view of a debate was during the '68 election cycle, CBS news,
Democratic Convention, ringside color commentators by Bill Buckley and
Gore Vidal.

On network TV, coast to coast all day coverage (or maybe it only felt
like it), limited channels (the only game on the tube) and if looks
could kill, the space between them would have run redder than Cambodia
swimming in blood (waiting for Kissinger to spring that genocide).

They parried back and forth in verbal jousts and Gore upped the ante
by calling Bill a Crypto-Fascist. Bill sprang across the coffee table
between them and tried to throttle him. The moderator was so
surprised he watched them struggle on the floor. A quick knee to the
groin would have settled it post-haste, but neither had anything to
lose.

Today we get candy-asses like Buchasneer and Limabean who couldn't
fight a swish with his limp wrists tied behind his back. :-)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC