Dissent Debater Gifts

'He became a dissident Dissident in protest at the Dissidents.'

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

Dialogue

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

Gun laws US

"Now that's a win."

Changing Minds

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

'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?"

"How come you always take Amnesty International's side?"

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

Netanyahu versus Gantz

'We're a democracy here, as long as everyone votes in favour of what I want!'

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

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

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

"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?"

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

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

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

"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..."

Reagacentennial

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.

The Clinton Campaign, post-mid-September

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.

Like Minded

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

Verbal Orders

And now, for a rebuttal.

Minister rubbishes private sector hospital initiative.

Global warming debate.