November 30, 2007

Shocker: Abortion Debate Turns Angry

Some group called OurVoice 2008, which hopes to mobilize young voters (ha ha, good luck), began a monthly debate series at Penn yesterday. Did they pick an issue where speakers could make strong political points and attempt to convince those in attendance of their point?

Ha ha, of course not, they had a debate about abortion.

An abortion debate hosted yesterday by OurVoice 2008, a group that aims to mobilize young voters, repeatedly broke down into a single vitriolic exchange between the pro-choice and pro-life debaters. [...]

But neither side made much effort to restrict their remarks to the subject at hand. Comfort, acting as moderator, frequently interceded to keep the debaters on topic. Audience members often broke into incredulous laughter, and personal accusations briefly flew between the participants.

Ooh, I hope gay marriage is next! And then capital punishment! Hmm, what else?

OurVoice 2008 hosts abortion debate [Daily Pennsylvanian]

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December 27, 2006

Americans Deprived Of Exciting Carter-Ford Debate In Typical Philadelphia Turn Of Events

Now that President Ford has passed away, KYW 1060 reminds us of the famous Gerald Ford-Jimmy Carter debate held at the Walnut Street Theater. In the debate -- at least according to Wikipedia -- Ford cost himself the presidency by saying Eastern Europe was not under domination of the Soviet Union.

Of course, since the debate took place in Philly, it also featured a bit of a glitch. At the end of the broadcast, moderator Edwin Newman apologized:

Ahh - we much regret the technical failure that caused a twenty-eight-minute delay in the broadcast of the debate.

But, really, who needs full coverage of a debate?

Remembering the Ford-Carter Debate in Philadelphia [KYW 1060]
Earlier: Only The Good Presidents Die Young

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