It’s a good thing she’s talking about a debate or you guys might have been getting a little nauseous there, wouldn’t ya?

“So he said no, he wouldn’t do it, and I know his supporters say, well they did like the last debate in Philadelphia, the questions were kind of mean and they were sort of tough,” she said. “You know, I’ve got to say, tough questions in a debate is nothing like the tough decisions you’ve got to make in the White House. I think that this state deserves a debate. So here’s what I’m offering. How about this — no moderators just the two of us on a stage for 90 minutes asking each other questions, talking about whatever’s on our minds, just like the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and I think, you know, we could even do it on the back of a flatbed truck, doesn’t even have to be in a fancy studio somewhere. You can tell I’m having so much fun in this campaign.”

“Come into my web,” said the spider to the fly. I would think that not having a moderator would be even worse for Obama because Clinton would throw everything she has at him. No, if Obama were smart he would propose a debate with Olbermann and Matthews moderating it. They are such Obama toadies that they wouldn’t even think to ask a tough question. And Clinton would be getting questions like, “So why don’t you get out of the race, you don’t have a chance to win” and “Why should the delegates of Florida and Michigan be seated, you agreed to the rules?
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