Max Cleland Set To Debate Karl Rove

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This should make for some good theatrics: According to Political Wire, Karl Rove and Max Cleland, the triple amputee vet who was knocked out of the Senate partly by a nasty GOP ad campaign linking him to Osama Bin Laden, are set to debate one another at Pat Robertson's Regent University on Oct. 26. The topic: Whether American Democracy should be exported to the world.

They've apparently never met. It'll be interesting to see if Cleland asks the question directly of Rove that so many people have asked since his 2002 loss: "Sir, were you behind those ads tying a veteran who sacrificed three limbs for his country to a terrorist mass murder of thousands of Americans?" Stay tuned.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/max_cleland_set_to_debate_karl_rove.php

The original article is from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Pick two pairs of debaters. Put former U.S. senator Max Cleland and retired Army general Barry McCaffery on one side. Set up ex-White House guru Karl Rove and former Florida governor Jeb Bush opposite them.

Toss in a question: “Should America bring democracy to the world?”

Then let the feathers fly, leaving the preservation of civilization to a single moderator, PBS journalist Charlie Rose.

This will happen on Oct. 26. Witnesses will be charged $40. Splatter sheets will be provided to occupants of the first three rows.

So far as we know, this will be the first time Rove and Cleland have met. Many supporters of Cleland believe that Rove — during Cleland’s unsuccessful re-election campaign — was behind the TV ad that paired the triple-amputeed, Vietnam veteran with an image of Osama bin Laden.

Go get him, Senator Cleland!

[daninthemoon]

1. Gonna be an exceedingly hostile audience, but I hope Cleland

flayes him. Just rips his evil guts right out there on the stage. Makes him cry in front of all his friends.

[Coexist]

2. that is my fondest wish.

I could not have stated it so well.

[hisownpetard]

4. That's my wish, as well. Go, Max!!!!!!!

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[lpbk2713]

6. I'd like to see that debate

But the fact that it will be held on Robertson's home turf makes me tend to think Turdblossom and the Jebster might start off with an advantage. And BigHead Jeb appearing in a political debate makes me think he would like a spot as someone's running mate as a stepping stone to 2012.

[Kurovski]

7. K&R.

:thumbsup: :-)

[babylonsister]

8. Mr. Cleland, the VET who gave so much, is lowering himself,

but I'd tune in. Thanks!

[Bozita]

9. That's a poisonous venue.

I don't like this at all.

Anywhere else, OK. Just not there.