Saturday, March 13, 2004
Kerry challenges Bush to monthly debates
And as long as Bush gets to wear his earpiece, I'm sure he'll be fine.
Of course, if Bush's behavior on 9/11 itself is any guide, he'll run and hide.
Kerry, already engaged in a running exchange of negative ads with Bush eight months before the November election, planned to deliver the challenge at the site of the historic Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debates in Quincy, Illinois.
That series of 1858 senatorial debates between Douglas and Lincoln, who lost the Senate election but won the presidency two years later, is legendary in U.S. political history for elevating crucial issues like slavery and states' rights to the front of the U.S. political agenda.
"Surely, if the attack ads can start now at least we can agree to start a real discussion about America's future," Kerry said in remarks prepared for delivery in Quincy, Illinois, later on Saturday.
(via Reuters)
Of course, if Bush's behavior on 9/11 itself is any guide, he'll run and hide.