#deb

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#candidates #debate #directly #exchange #facilitate

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#civic #commission #debates #draft #i

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#going #real

One of the problems is that everybody is used to the old-fashioned debate system, which is very controlled, and where the moderator plays a more active role. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#active role #controlled #debate #everybody #more

People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what's happened is that there are so many different avenues, there are so many different outlets, so many different ways to debate and discuss and to inquire about any given news story. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#any #avenues #debate #different #different ways

Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#any #debate #doing #head #i

The big debate right now is if Saddam is alive or dead. He's dead, then he's alive, then dead, then alive. It's just confusing. Today they showed videotape, and Saddam was speaking at his own funeral. ↗

— David Letterman

#big #confusing #dead #debate #funeral

There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers. ↗

— Steven Levy

#computers #debugging #history #never #period

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt. ↗

— Jacob Lew

#debt #deficits #economy #our #placed

I think the thing that the American people want is for the divisive debate on health care to stop. ↗

— Jacob Lew

#american people #care #debate #divisive #health