Conflict Debater Gifts

Israel debates.

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

Dialogue

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

"The best part is that we got hell to pay for it."

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"Now that's a win."

Changing Minds

'It's a senior management position. We need someone who can listen politely, and then say no.'

"That's six 'noes' and one 'aye', the ayes have it"

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

"Defense budget... Do you have any idea how much catnip $700 billion would buy?"

Netanyahu versus Gantz

'I know it's controversial, but my calculations prove beyond doubt that a nod is BETTER than a wink.'

"I don't think Dawson understands the concept behind the 'Talking Stick.'"

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

War 2023

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

"An Iraq attack is one thing, but I'm not sure about a Persian incursion."

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

"Our intelligence shows that everybody loves us."

"In this one, references to everything have been deleted."

"If I vote my conscience, it's Sanders. If I vote my pocketbook, it's Trump. If I vote my emotions, it's Hillary. If I vote my anger, it's Cruz..."

Crooked Hillary... Pig... Sad!... Not a Ten!...

Like Minded

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

You're on "Ask Sadie." What's your problem?! Super delegates. A candidate could win the most votes in the primaries but lose anyway of the superdelegates want someone else! Can you believe that? Oh stop yer sniveling. In my day, the parties chose candidates in smoke-filled backrooms without even pretending the people get a vote. At least this charade gets you out of the house. Gets the blood pumping. I guess.

The Clinton Campaign, post-mid-September

"How do I know God is not real? For the same reason I know people on TV can't see me."

And now, for a rebuttal.

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

The last word.