Comments on: Obama vs. Ron Paul

By: Avery Knapp

Avery Knapp — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:36:36 +0000

Purge the neocons. They’re not moderate in the spectrum of coercers.

The world needs more of the people in that VP list (most of them anyway)

By: Ken Silber

Ken Silber — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:14:41 +0000

Yes, I was arguing they’re a logical pair, on not just immigration but also conspiracy theorizing and having no chance to win. And no, nobody wants to see this debate. But I’ll let you know if I think of any other topics.

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:08:57 +0000

You know, it didn’t even cross my mind that this means _your_ old boss (Dobbs) is fighting with _my_ old boss (Stossel).

Our Dec. 2 and Jan. 6 debate slots are indeed open (with things more carefully advance-planned for Feb., March, and Apr., I promise) — but are you offering to argue against open-borders immigration or merely proposing that Dobbs-Paul makes a logical pair? The latter, I’m sure you’d agree, may be too obscure and narrow a subject.

(And when can we have tickets whose two members differ only on the question of whether _spending cuts_ is a higher priority than _deregulation_ or vice versa? That’s a range of opinion I could tolerate in the interests of coalition-building. All else is a distraction fit only to mesmerize the smelly masses.)

By: Ken Silber

Ken Silber — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:57:24 +0000

How about a debate on whether Lou Dobbs should be Ron Paul's running mate? So far, only 2 percent at this poll say yes, but I'm ready to defend the proposition.