Kevin!
He actually won on a technicality - Trig was supposed to refer to the name of Sarah Palin's Down's syndrome-y baby, but according to the rules we decided on, any of the words could be said in any context. So, Gwen Ifill cost me my debate win when she said:
Governor, on another issue, interventionism, nuclear weapons. What
should be the trigger, or should there be a trigger, when nuclear
weapons use is ever put into play?
Curse you Gwen Ifill! Here is my losing card:
Oh, wait, you thought I was going to declare a winner between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin? Well, I would have,
if they actually debated each other.As
I understand the rules of a debate, a moderator poses a question to
each person, who then takes some previously defined amount of time to
answer. Apparently, Sarah Palin and I understand the rules of a
debate differently:
"I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to
hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let
them know my track record also."
Really? You aren't going to answer the questions?
Then why are we here? What is the point of debating when you don't actually debate?
And
I'm not saying that Joe Biden won the debate, or even that he did a
good job. I'm saying he meant the minimum requirements of a debate:
he attempted to have a fucking debate.
Joe Biden answered the questions of the moderator in ways that could be
rebutted. Agree with Joe Biden or disagree, but say this much for Joe
Biden: Joe Biden seems to know the definition of the word "debate."
Joe Biden.
