The Great Debater Mugs

'That was a long winded conversation...I thought he'd never stop listening.'

"Why is it that yours are 'Aha!' moments, but mine are always 'No duh?'"

"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."

'Think how all that chatting is affecting global warming.'

Changing Minds

'It wasn't long before Larry realized his calling as a lawyer whisperer...'

"Now that's a win."

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

'HA Ha! One good idea doesn't make a genius!'

"Ok, Ok! The ball wasn't out!"

"Do you think the flat earth society has members round the globe?"

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

Netanyahu versus Gantz

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

"You can't offend me. I never mix religion or politics with reality."

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

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

'I'm terribly worried, Doctor - he doesn't talk back to Bill O'Reilly any more.'

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

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

"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!...

The Clinton Campaign, post-mid-September

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.

Science Snobs

Frankly, it’s too grim for a comedy, and too silly for a tragedy.

Like Minded

'Yeah? -- Well, there's a thin line between being a strict constructionist and being a stupid jerk!'

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

"If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we admit that the moon landing was a big conspiracy?"

Approved Debate Questions