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Who is the Greatest Conservative Debater?

Posted on 01/17/2006 6:33:21 PM PST by Jungle Fever

Can't think of any that particularly impressed me, with the exception of a few quasi-conservatives. Who really knows how to shake up the rats?


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To: Jungle Fever
William F. Buckley

Anyone who ever watched Firing Line will agree. No one shut them up and shut them down like Buckley.

121 posted on 01/17/2006 7:51:40 PM PST by Mase
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To: arasina
Buckley is brilliant, but I wouldn't say he's a great debator. His pretentious 'accent' and use of archaic language might confuse the person he's debating enough to beat them though.

His use of a language is called "English."

122 posted on 01/17/2006 7:51:43 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: Jungle Fever

I fart in your general direction


123 posted on 01/17/2006 7:52:18 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: no dems

Boy. I have heard Ann Coulter called a lot of things, but "shallow-head ditz" isn't one that I have heard before.

Would you care to step into a ring and have a debate with her? If the answer is no, and she is a "shallow-head ditz", what would that make you?

Just curious.


124 posted on 01/17/2006 7:54:56 PM PST by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: no dems
Ann Coulter is a shallow-head ditz.

Have you read her books? Have you seen her debate libs?

Then again, maybe you might prefer Ray Nagin, Al Sharpton, or Ted Kennedy.

125 posted on 01/17/2006 7:55:26 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: Richard Kimball

That graphic made me nearly spew my Pepsi on my keyboard! (particularly with the context...:)


126 posted on 01/17/2006 7:56:04 PM PST by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: Jungle Fever

127 posted on 01/17/2006 7:56:46 PM PST by John Lenin
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To: Popman

No one said "all blondes are dumb". This is what I said:

"....she just comes across as a "stereotypical 'blonde-joke-type'..."

Just a point of clarification there. We as Conservatives must not take the same mind-set as the libs and Dems i.e. defend our "heros" and "heroines" no matter what, just because we agree with their political philosophy. I agree with Pat Robertson by-and-large but he has been an embarrassement numerous times of late.


128 posted on 01/17/2006 7:56:47 PM PST by no dems ("99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name." Steven Wright)
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To: Jungle Fever
..how do you debate a liberal Ann?..."with a two by four"
129 posted on 01/17/2006 7:56:50 PM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("fake but accurate": NY Times)
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To: Cobra64
I remember listening to William F. Buckley as a teenager, I didn't always understand him,but knew his views used to unhinged others to the point where they would be screaming and squirming in their seats one moment, then laughing with him the next.
130 posted on 01/17/2006 7:56:55 PM PST by Doogle (USAF...8thAF...4077th TFW...408th MMS...Ubon Thailand..."69"..Night Line Delivery,AMMO)
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To: wolf24

Yup...I would agree. Horowitz KNOWS what makes them tick...:)


131 posted on 01/17/2006 7:58:15 PM PST by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: pollyannaish; All
Of course...we all seem to overlook the Master, The Dark Lord (to the left)...

"Big" Dick Cheney!


132 posted on 01/17/2006 8:00:55 PM PST by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: Popman
Rush is also a radio personality who preps his show with insight and analysis. My bet would be, he is not as good in a debate as one would think he would be.

I agree. Rush cannot seem to field question extemporaneously on tv interviews, as he does on his radio show.

Rush has a hugh research staff and they also prepare his talking points. I love El Rushbo, and have been listeneing to hime for 13 years. BUT, Rush would not be my #1 choice in a debate with the libs.

133 posted on 01/17/2006 8:01:32 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: Cobra64

"...They all know that he has a mind like a steel trap. Ergo, no one ever challenges his logic..."

That is well put. Notice how the Libs try to talk over everyone else, but they kind of back away when he speaks...


134 posted on 01/17/2006 8:03:13 PM PST by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: slowhand520
Yes Jack Kerouac. Became a conservative until his death in 1969.

Soooo, are you going to dig him up?

135 posted on 01/17/2006 8:04:08 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: Cobra64

Ahhhhhhm, I know, deah Cobrahhhhhh. I do hope I didn't offend you. 'tis English that Buckley speaks and he does it quite well. His thinking is profound. What I meant was he comes across as rahthah snobbish because of the difference between his intellect and that of the average politician, coupled with his slightly Shakespearian manner of speaking. One of my aunts spoke with that same East Coast uppercrust, somewhat nasal drawls and many times it would almost sound as if she were speaking a different language.

But then...I'm from the Midwest and some people would probably find MY accent annoying. :o)


136 posted on 01/17/2006 8:04:29 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: denydenydeny

"Alan Dershowitz is one of the best and smartest debaters in America. He typically disposes of his opponents with ease."

Alan Keyes demolished him.

It was a thing of beauty:

http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/speeches/00_09_27debate.htm


137 posted on 01/17/2006 8:10:41 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Always Right
Buckley uses a lot of big words...

I have the perfect answer. Sean Vannity, "I, me, my mine."

138 posted on 01/17/2006 8:11:52 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: no dems
I must take offense at your "Ann Coulter is a shallow-head ditz" comment.

Ann Coulter may offend true BushBots and RepubloBots, but her mind is as sharp as anyone's on the right ... and she's very funny, too. She's a lot of things to a lot of us on both sides, but she is ANYTHING but a "ditz".

(mwth scoffs)

139 posted on 01/17/2006 8:12:34 PM PST by manwiththehands (The only politician worse than a crooked democRat is a crooked Republican.)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

Ann looks hot in that picture. But I think it's partly because the uni gives her about 15 pounds that she badly needs.


140 posted on 01/17/2006 8:13:09 PM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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