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US Presidential Debate Rules

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Thursday September 30, 2004 17:33

by redjade

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and they call this a debate....

RULES OF THE DEBATE:
Download at
http://www.usamnesia.com/resources/debate.pdf

info found at
http://www.usamnesia.com/2004/09/debates.html

Section 6(a)
There shall be no audience participation in the September 30 and October 13 debates.

Section 7(f)
"The moderator shall ensure that an equal number of "soft" Bush supporters and "soft" Kerry supporters pose questions to the candidates."

Section 5(f)
The candidates may not ask each other direct questions but may ask rhetorical questions.

Section 5(k)
The candidates shall not address each other with proposed pledges.

Section 9
When a candidate is speaking either in answering a question or making his closing statement, TV coverage will be limited to the candidate speaking. There will be no TV cut-aways to any candidate who is not responding to a question while another candidate is answering a question…

Section 9(b)
No candidate shall be permitted to use risers or any other device to create an impression of elevated height, and no candidates shall be permitted to use chairs, stools, or other seating devices during the debate.

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Comments (29 of 29)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Is it really a debate?	redjade	Thu Sep 30, 2004 17:55
2	Fox News are supplying the pool feed of debate	poolfeedjunkieinwithdrawalshocker	Thu Sep 30, 2004 18:15
3	impressed. beat me to it.	square eyes.	Thu Sep 30, 2004 18:19
4	the Debate about the Non-Debate....	redjade	Thu Sep 30, 2004 20:32
5	wag the dog	Tom	Thu Sep 30, 2004 22:50
6	Tom	Spieling	Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:58
7	Bush voters more likely to be... ummm.... misinformed, shall we say?	redjade	Fri Oct 01, 2004 13:19
8	Commission on Presidential Debates is corrupt	votenader	Fri Oct 01, 2004 13:33
9	oh yes.	iosaf	Fri Oct 01, 2004 13:47
10	Joshua Marshall on the Debates....	redjade	Fri Oct 01, 2004 14:06
11	Even the right-wingers say Bush got his Texan ass kicked...	redjade	Fri Oct 01, 2004 14:28
12	Full Transcript...	redjade	Fri Oct 01, 2004 14:41
13	links to video and comments and predebate NYC indy-round up.	iosaf	Fri Oct 01, 2004 15:38
14	Paul Krugman on Bush & the Debate	redjade	Sat Oct 02, 2004 17:57
15	Comedy Network: Daily Show with Jon Stewart	redjade	Sat Oct 02, 2004 19:17
16	refreshing...	Tom	Sat Oct 02, 2004 19:36
17	another funny video	redjade	Sun Oct 03, 2004 15:21
18	a study of body language: bush vs kerry	redjade	Sun Oct 03, 2004 15:41
19	RNC: the rhetoric of ruling by fear	redjade	Sun Oct 03, 2004 16:40
20	words words words	more words	Sun Oct 03, 2004 19:17
21	Comedian Bill Maher's take on Fox News and the Debate	redjade	Mon Oct 04, 2004 13:08
22	This Tuesday: Cheney vs Edwards	redjade	Mon Oct 04, 2004 19:03
23	Preempting Voter Supression: Kerry Speech - 10/3/2004	redjade	Mon Oct 04, 2004 19:15
24	Preempting Voter Supression: Bullies at the Voting Booth	redjade	Mon Oct 04, 2004 19:22
25	Different effing planet	Chekov	Mon Oct 04, 2004 19:23
26	Preempting Voter Supression: How It Works....	redjade	Mon Oct 04, 2004 19:26
27	one of those light-bulb Jokes....	redjade	Mon Oct 04, 2004 19:50
28	Bush: 'he forgot Poland!'	redjade	Mon Oct 04, 2004 20:34
29	http://p214.ezboard.com/bProIsraelforum	http://p214.ezboard.com/bProIsraelforum	Mon Oct 04, 2004 23:32

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