ah, what a great way to spend the last hour at work!

Zzzzzzzzzz.

Will is sexy AND a fast typist!

i suggest we all buy will a drink this friday during the debate that I hope follows through.

Will, you are amazing

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Nice idea, but yawn.

yo fuck you guys, this sucks! you never approve any of my comments. maybe they aren't getting through cuz my internet sucks, but i'm gonna go ahead and blame you

I know I said this on the previous thread but especially given today's news, Larry should be given major underdawg rep.

Palin doesn't need qualifications, she's popular.

I have to say that Larry was a pretty weak McCain supporter (Roe v. Wade and Sarah Palin, for example) and also not as technically savvy as Will. Next time, get a young republican who can keep up with things...

But Larry was a nice guy. He'll probably vote Obama by the time the election rolls around.

John McCain is no longer ready to be President. Simply put, he's a weak old man who is in failing health, and knows it. He just wants this last chance at immortality. It's really quite sad, when you think about it.

Sarah Palin, on the other hand, lacks the intellectual capacity to be President, or even Vice-President. It would be like making me Vice-President.

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Next time bring the crazy. Reasonable people make for a boring debate.

Wait. I said that Ugly Betty was on tonight. I'm totally a day off.

This looks like it was a steel-cage pillowfight.

Hey, thanks for everything guys. I wanted to get into a more in-depth debate, but poor Larry just couldn't keep up. If we do a steel cage match again, and the republicans want a rematch... I'll defend the title TO THE DEATH!

@10 - yes, the deck was stacked **chortle**

It's weird that the example screenshot for the widget has text that's all in Latin.

Two men enter. One man leave. Them's the rules of Thunderdome.

Extend the cage match to over an hour, don't allow comments for at least the first 30 minutes so the cagers can get some statements across, and then find a republican who has something to say about mccain...

Good job Homo Will! And I will vote Obama, not just because he's better..but so that you and your partner can acually have some civil rights.

Larry, be a dear, and really look to your conscience. Obama's experience can be made up for with a good cabinet and VP (which he has). Also, he has proven to have good judgement. McCain's bigotry cannot be negated in any way, and is only exacerbated by Palin as a VP choice.

Larry, vote for civil rights! Please, do it for me, and my female friends, do it for our gay friends. Damnit, don't be a fool!

@18,

That looks like Lorum Ipsum to me. It's placeholder text.

I really really doubt McCain feels that strongly about his parties dogma ... it's mostly to get him elected and past the party hardliners.

Still, doesn't mean I trust him ... McCain claims to have been trying to change the direction of the party since he entered politics. I MIGHT give him some credit for it, what the hell do we know. McCain is old, has been around forever has gone through the conflicts and changes of a typical life, who really knows if he truely is a "good guy". However, if he is or was being sincere, I got the feeling that his party is using him to squeeze the last cent out of the piggy bank with respect to this country, and that is really sad.

The country deserves better than that.

this was a good idea, and Larry is a good sport for agreeing to it... but... it was boring. I know plenty of Republicans that would fight like a dog in a debate like this, which is I think what this needed to be interesting.

Everyone,
Whoa! That first "Steel Cage Match" was intense. First of all, thanks to Will and Eli. Whew! Just glad to make it out of there alive. I felt like a fucking fly on wallpaper. First swatted and then painted over. Will "won" free and clear. But, I think the real purpose of debate is to learn. I learned something that's for sure. I need to type quicker and prepare to be assaulted by several questions all at once. I have to admit THAT distracted me more than anything else. Wow. Intense.

Lark, darling - I thought you did a very nice job, but I think your ultimate defense - Obama is not ready - is at best a flawed argument.

We've had what - Forty-three presidents? None of them were ready. All of them would doubtless admit that in hindsight.

Perhaps McCain was ready, at one time in his own mind, but no longer: He's too old and too tired, and trying too hard. For evidence, consider Sarah Palin: Her selection was probably the most desperate move any candidate has made in the life of the republic. And look where it got him.

Sorry, McCain/Palin just doesn't cut it.

On behalf of all Wills, I thought Homo Will did a great job!

Kudos for slaughtering the Socialist Republican!

and I'll buy you a drink at the 43rd District Dems debate watch party at Spitfire this Friday, Homo Will!

Nicely done, Will! But note to SLOG: It seems Larry is more of a moderate than a conservative. Maybe there should be a litmus test for Steel Cage combatants. ;)

I agree, Larry was a terrible choice. You should have made sure that both combatants were competant in the format. Made for a boring, one-sided debate.

i think many mccain supporters are moderates. mccain had to draft palin and change some of stances just to appeal to the right-wing conservative christians. but i think he still has fairly strong moderate appeal. good luck finding a non-moderate, literate person in the seattle area willing to submit to a debate on slog. unless, of course, all you wanted was a straw man republican stereotype to debate against.

Thanks for the comments everyone, @ 27 I won't be in town this friday, but I'll make sure to come to the next Slog Happy