At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers said. There will also be much less opportunity for free-wheeling, direct exchanges between the running mates.
McCain advisers said they had been concerned that a loose format could leave Ms. Palin, a relatively inexperienced debater, at a disadvantage and largely on the defensive.
This is from the New York Times, not, as you might have assumed, The Onion.
I'm almost at a loss for words. It's not Palin's debate experience that has McCain advisers concerned -- that reason is complete bullshit -- it's her lack of any knowledge about anything whatsoever. A debate that (godforbid) allowed the candidates to have a little breathing room with their answers and exchanges would leave her exposed as the identity-politics fraud she is. That was their concern. And to that we should all say: you fucking kidding me? This is a sad day for American democracy.
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