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New republican trend: no debates

The always-excellent Buffalo Pundit makes an interesting observation: the republican opponent of Alice Kryzan in the 26th Congressional district is refusing to debate her. Now, in case you think you've heard that story before, you have: (R) challenger Dennis Delano is refusing to debate Senator Bill Stachowski, with the refreshingly stupid argument that “Debates are what career politicians do, and I’m not a career politician."

These reactions to, gasp, debates, are like something out of a seventies horror flick, with republicans playing the role of the unclean thing threatened with a bottle of holy water. You'd think, as someone of average intelligence, that debating is a useful skill for a legislator. Apparently, for our most worthy opponents, it's not a skill they'd like you to either observe or test.

On the web: Alice Kryzan for Congress

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Submitted by Bouldin on 3 November 2008 - 7:27am.
Alice Kryzan | Bill Stachowski | Chris Lee | Dennis Delano

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