File this under "when pigs fly." Through sheer persistence, Republican congressional candidate Steve Beren has forced Jim McDermott into a debate. It's happening tomorrow night, the 5th, at 8:30 pm at the Shoreline Conference Center. More details are available on Beren's website: Beren and McDermott at October 5 Candidates Forum.
Beren has been challenging McDermott to debate all year. At first, McDermott wouldn't reply. But the more Beren put his issues on the table, the more McDermott is forced to respond. And now they'll meet head to head.
Beren and McDermott disagree about everything. For example, compare their answers to the Vote Smart questionaire. Given Beren's skill at presenting issues, the debate should be enlightening and entertaining.
Posted by Andy MacDonald at October 04, 2006 09:15 PM | Email ThisDare to imagine, Stefan.
Posted by: Bruce on October 4, 2006 10:32 PMBAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Bruce you silly savage...re-read what you wrote.
You even dare to suggest McDimwit would do the right thing??????
I guess there is a first time for everything...but I doubt it.
Look at McDimwit's history.
He worked overtime to hide property from a civil judgment.
McDimwit is worse that what Bruce claims to despise!
McDermott could take a long nap though the next month and coast easily to election.
My Hunch is that McDermott is doing this for fun and to remind Seattle why we love him so much. Watching Beren defend the Iraq War in shoreline should be good for a laugh.
Posted by: Giffy on October 5, 2006 07:43 AMGiffy #7: That attitude is the arrogance that leads to downfall.
Jiggy's right--he keeps getting re-elected, and that's the sad fact.
Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on October 5, 2006 10:47 AMCan you get any audio from this exchange ? It could be fun to listen to this, although the pinko lemmings in the 7th District will vote for this buffoon and probably reelect him.
The odd thing is that these pinheads that vote for him repeatedly actually believe that they have the moral high ground, because for one thing; the UN sides with them.
How do can one convince these misguided pinheads that they are frauds and are only helping the terrorists ? Maybe Berens could have a slogan - A vote for McDermott is a vote for the Islamists in the war on terrorism... What a schmuck !
Posted by: KS on October 5, 2006 07:32 PM"An urgently needed national debate on Iraq policy has been reduced, in the 2006 election campaign, to Vietnam-era sound bites. 'Cut and run' is vintage Lyndon Johnson. The Republican National Committee snarls at 'Defeatocrats.'
"At a candidates' night at Shoreline [Conference Center] last week, bookend positions were defined. Amazingly, its sponsors -- the League of Women Voters and Shoreline Chamber of Commerce -- did not direct a single Iraq question at candidates.
"'This is a war of necessity, not a war of choice,' said Steve Beren, a Seattle businessman and GOP challenger to Congressman-for-life Jim McDermott.
"Beren, who protested the Vietnam War, displays a convert's zealotry toward the Iraq conflict. He sees America's mission as 'spreading freedom and fighting terrorism.'
"McDermott wants out of Iraq. 'We started out on 9/11 with the whole world with us,' he told about 50 listeners. 'We have come to the point where most of the world is against us.'"
Posted by: Steve Beren on October 9, 2006 07:18 AM