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What a concept: a Designated Hitter!!!! I love it.<div>Andrea</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 29, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Wes Rolley wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> This is great. I would love to see what will never be. The author used to be a staffer for Sen. Nelson (FK) and is currently with the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Studies at Duke Univ.<br> <br> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/09/i_want_to_debate_sarah_palin.php#commentsArea">http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/09/i_want_to_debate_sarah_palin.php#commentsArea</a><br> <br> <h2><a id="a089154" href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/09/i_want_to_debate_sarah_palin.php">I Want To Debate Sarah Palin</a></h2><p class="categories">Category: <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/culture/">Culture</a><br> Posted on: September 29, 2008 9:24 AM, by <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/09/i_want_to_debate_sarah_palin.php#commentsArea">Sheril R. Kirshenbaum</a></p> <div class="entry" id="entry-89154"><!--proximic_content_on--><p>Really.</p><p>Everyone's worried that no matter what Biden says on Thursday, Republicans will cry '<em>sexism</em>'. Well <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/07/the_chicken_the_egg_the_woman.php">I'm a woman too</a>. <em>So why not? </em> No I'm not on any ticket, but consider: I've got more <a href="http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/blogs/skirshenbaum.html">experience in Washington</a> than <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/09/sarah_palin_does_not_speak_for.php">the governor</a> and arguably better ideas on <a href="http://sciencedebate2008.com/vote/?p=61">energy</a>, <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNulPSqaP1eyysv8ENJWhk0ZSrPgD92VJ0D00">foreign policy</a>, the <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/17/palin-calls-obamas-economy-attacks-unfair/">economy</a>, and <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/afarensis/2008/09/28/mccain_retracts_pallins_commen/?utm_source=sbhomepage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink"> homeland security</a>.</p><p><span><sarahdebate.png></span><span><sherildebate.jpg></span></p><p><em>Please oh please?</em> </p><p>There's more... Sarah's <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palinreligion28-2008sep28,0,1440865.story">not so into</a> natural history, I worked at the Museum of Natural History. She was mayor of a small northern town, and I lived in Old Town, Maine. She supports oil drilling, <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/07/offshore_oil_drilling_a_terrib.php">I don't</a>. I'm pro-choice, Sarah's not. I've had my <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/09/sarah-palin-tel.html">passport longer</a> and you bet <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2007/10/ending_the_war_on_science.php">I love our troops</a> and <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/09/catch_a_piece_of_maine_with_sh.php">the fishing industry</a> too. She did the sports anchor thing, I did pop radio. She played basketball and went by '<em>barracuda</em>' and I played soccer and have a strong affinity for <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2007/10/sea_cucumbers_stem_cells_of_th.php">sea cucumbers</a>. Fuzzy logic, you say? Americans love <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E2DF143CF935A35753C1A9669C8B63">fuzzy logic</a> on the campaign trail. </p><p>But seriously folks, you want a real debate? I'll give America one...<em>old school</em>. None of this Jim Lehrer '<em>conversation</em>' where we never make eye contact and spend two hours talking past each other. It's not a cordial tea party, they're called <em><strong>debates</strong></em> for a reason.</p><p>Because I've got some real serious questions for the individual who might one day be president. Someone's got to step up and make it clear that we're not going to settle for sound bytes on script while tiptoeing around issues that matter. This is the United States and it's our duty as citizens of this great nation to demand better.</p><p><strong>Please let me debate Governor Palin.</strong></p> </div> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="80">--
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