the granholm/devos gubernatorial debate

11 Comments

1. Holden
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 9:15 am | Permalink

   Hey Mark-

   Saw this info on the WKAR website: “Beginning Tuesday, October 3, the television special will be available for online viewing at WKAR.org, and the MPRN radio coverage will be available as a downloadable podcast.”

   Was a great debate. As expected, Granholm presented a real, specific plan for Michigan, and DeVos avoided answering any real questions. Great article in the DFP this morning.

2. egpenet
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 11:02 am | Permalink

   Jennifer = 1 of 3
   Dick = 0 of 3

   True … At the end of his first kindergarten day, a small boy pointed for his father to another child and said quite clearly in a loud and anxious whisper, “His name is Dick! Dad, why would parents name him Dick?”

3. Ted Glass
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 11:55 am | Permalink

   You could have cut the sexual tension with a knife!

4. ol' e cross
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 12:32 pm | Permalink

   Feel the sexual tension of the rich and powerful LIVE in Ypsi on Oct. 14!

   http://www.emich.edu/healthforum/

5. Kate
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

   Listening to WWJ.AM this morning, I heard a woman being interviewed on her reaction to the debate. She acknowledged that DeVos hadn’t said anything specific, then added that she was voting for him anyway. Made me want to spit up.

6. Tony Buttons Esq.
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 3:29 pm | Permalink

   DeVos failed miserably.

   Of course Bush failed miserably in his debates and still won.

7. egpenet
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 6:21 pm | Permalink

   Question now is what do we do about Debbie, whose lame response to why she voted with Bush & the Republicans on the trials-of-a-sort for “terrorists,” plus all the rest of the garbage in the bill, shocked me. No principles? Shame.

   (Like I complained in high school … it’s the principal of the thing.)

8. mark
   Posted October 3, 2006 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

   Thanks for the link, Holden. Good stuff.

9. murph
   Posted October 4, 2006 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

   I hear ya, egpenet – it’s that classic maneuver where Debbie figures her “base” will vote for her regardless of how far she strays. What are we going to do, though? Vote for Bouchard?

   Actually, it looks like the Dear Dems, Please Find a Better Candidate Party (aka The Green Party) has a horse in this race. (As do the US Taxpayers and Libertarians.) Currently, “Liberal Debbie” is polling 8-10% ahead of Bouchard. I’ll probably put off doing the electoral calculus (vote for a torture-approver, or vote against a Democrat?) until election day, and see what the spread is then.

10. Ted Glass
    Posted October 4, 2006 at 4:09 pm | Permalink

    If Debbie is up by 10 points in the polls, then why in the fuck did she do this? It’s inexcusable regardless, but at least I could understand it if she were behind.

    She hasn’t responded to my letter yet.

    Have any of you heard from her?

11. mark
    Posted October 4, 2006 at 11:30 pm | Permalink

    I’m working on a post about Debbie… Hopefully, it will be done soon.