bush couldn't make it through a debate now, he'd just explode or melt

[mopaul]

he's ready to just blow up at any suggestion of him lying about iraq.
this morning in africa, a reporter asked him point blank about the lies in the state of the union address 6 months ago, and he dodged the question and spinned it around and acted EXTREMELY defensive and pissed off. man o man, his demeanour and bad attitude are really coming to the surface of his thin skin.

he's ready to blow, and i think he will be a coward and dodge any and all debates, for fear of looking like a big idiot and crook and murderer.

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. The late date chosen...

....for the GOP Convention is part of a strategy to dodge debates.

After six weeks of haggling over details -- now it's mid-October -- the GOP will announce it's too late, the candidate's schedule is set, there's inadequate time to prep, yadda, yadda, and bingo, no debates.

[nostamj]

4. the dem should go ahead and debate an empty chair...

it couldn't make LESS sense then letting * speak.

and it would ridicule * for cowardice. (and, as dumb as we like to paint *, it's the cowardice that will really get under his thin thin skin

[Ekaterina]

2. only wish

there was an effective and assertive media in the US to KEEP hounding him until the meltdown (and then catch THAT for broadcast).....we're so close to revealing the freak behind the ugly mask......now he'll hightail it back to DC where he's safely hidden behind the spinmeisters and not challenged in the slightest by the media whoremongers.

[Dimsdale]

3. A meeting with Mandela?

I know Mandela would never agree to meet with him, but just think about it. Chimpboy stops in South Africa and gets humiliated by Mandela in front of the cameras. That would send Our Boy into a shitfit, for sure. Yeah, and his handlers would never allow it. One can dream...

[Wickster]

5. He doesn't have to

answer questions! Remember? People answer to him - not the other way around! (sarcasm permanently in place).

[AnnabelLee]

6. Well, I think it depends

on what new medicinal cocktails Rove has up his sleeve. After the goodpuppy press gets done letting Rove dictate where the debate will be held, how long it will be, what questions are asked, the time limit on replies, the camera angles, etc., all that's left will be to pump the smirk full of tranks. Then we can all prepare ourselves for the fawning coverage assuring us the smirky won the debate.