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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 06:10 PM Aug 2015

'Debate Questions We Want To Hear'

Some of these are pretty 'yikes,' but funny.
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The modern presidential debate has virtually nothing to with how a potential candidate will govern or as a forum that allows a candidate to express his or her deep down core beliefs. While it is ostensibly about hitting all the right notes that will hopefully resonate with the base and pick up a smattering of converts, it really is about getting off the stage without shitting yourself so that you can live to visit Iowa another day.

As if that is some kind of reward — which it is not, regardless of the butter cow.

Usually during the debate a “fun question” is asked to lighten the mood and clear the room of the smell of fear, failure, and despair after a candidate failed to stick the landing. We’re talking about you Rick Perry, who didn’t make the cut and will be working as a valet parking cars with Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum outside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland this evening.

MTV lowered or possibly raised the bar years ago with “Boxers or briefs?” but we can anticipate some kind of softball from the Fox moderators tonight, with Marco Rubio a’wishin’ and a’hopin’ it will be “Biggie or Tupac?” because he can totally nail that one.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/debatequestionswewanttohear-are-you-the-father-of-bristol-palins-baby

Samples:

'Are you the father of Bristol Palin’s baby?'

'A black guy rolls past a stop sign. Another black guy jaywalks. Who should the police execute first and why?'

'Can each of you tell the audience about your college experience? Scott -- you are exempt from this question.'

'If you had a soul, how much would you sell it for?'

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'Debate Questions We Want To Hear' (Original Post) onehandle Aug 2015 OP
A black guy in a cadillac is at a four way stop, a black woman in a prius, AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 #1
R#1 & K n/ UTUSN Aug 2015 #2

AllFieldsRequired

(489 posts)
1. A black guy in a cadillac is at a four way stop, a black woman in a prius,
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 06:20 PM
Aug 2015

a black teenager in a dodge challenger, and you.

Who needs to genuflect to you first?

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