McCain, Obama agree on fall debates

[cyberpj]

Source: Yahoo News

WASHINGTON - John McCain and Barack Obama say they are agreeing to hold three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate this fall.

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The first will be at the University of Mississippi on September 26th. It will focus on foreign policy and national security.

Another will be a town-hall style debate on October 7th at Belmont University. The last will be on domestic and economic policy on October 15th at Hofstra University.

Vice presidential contenders will meet October 2nd at Washington University in St. Louis.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_debates

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This is where Obama regains a substantial lead, I think. Can't wait.

[MercutioATC]

1. All at universities...nice :)

The higher percentage of young people in the crowd, the better.

[bunkerbuster1]

2. Pretty sure fogeys are allowed admission as well.

Just sayin'.

[MercutioATC]

3. Oh, I'm sure it's open admission...but being on a campus gives easy access

to younger people.

[happygoluckytoyou]

4. "please end debate by 8 p.m. bedtime....my name is John BUSH JR McCain and I forgot my message

[liberal N proud]

5. Does Johnny boy get the questions ahead of time?

You know at his age, he will need some advantage to keep up with the younger Obama.

[DCKit]

6. A Republic is a Republic, no matter the age.

Their mental agility is limited by self-delusion, willful ignorance and hubris.

My concern is how many wingers McCain is going to be allowed to have bussed in from all corners of the Freeper universe.

[robcon]

7. Obama will have a big lead after the convention

He'll get a much bigger bump than McCain will from his convention. He'll be in a comfortable lead in September.

[liberal1973]

8. Belmont?

Belmont Isn't that a private religious school?

[cyberpj]

9. "Belmont University is a student-centered Christian community"...

(Not that there's anything wrong with that...)

Our Values
As a student-centered Christian community with a rich Baptist heritage, Belmont University upholds the following core values as essential to intellectual, spiritual, personal and corporate life:
Integrity
Inquiry
Collaboration
Service
Humility

(Uh-huh...)

It's just interesting, to me, that this is the one site picked for the town-hall type setting.


Mission Statement
Belmont University is a student-centered Christian community providing an academically challenging education that empowers men and women of diverse backgrounds to engage and transform the world with disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.

Belmont University is student-centered. The university provides an environment for students to develop intellectually, spiritually, socially, and physically through experiences of learning and research, leading and serving, success and failure, and consideration and choice. Faculty, administration and staff commit themselves to guide and challenge students to develop their full potential in order to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Belmont University is a Christian community. The University faculty, administration and staff uphold Jesus as the Christ and as the measure of all things. Students encounter Christian values relevant to personal growth and spiritual maturity and are expected to commit themselves to high moral standards.

Belmont University is academically challenging. The university offers rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs emphasizing knowledge and discernment , intellectual discourse and debate, and humble engagement of cultural and social perspectiveswithin the framework of ethical and moral reflection. All learning contexts stress the skills and dispositions necessary for lifelong learning and the sustaining value of higher education in each person's professional and personal life.

Belmont University welcomes men and women from diverse backgrounds. The university upholds the dignity of all and fosters an atmosphere of respect for the civil expression of divergent perspectives that enables students to learn, to live, to work, and to play together.

Belmont University empowers men and women to engage and transform the world. The university prepares students to use their intellectual skills, creativity, and faith to meet the challenges and opportunities that face the human community.

http://www.belmont.edu/oc/mission/index.html

[ladjf]

10. Please no more "Jesus" forums.

A politician's comments about the role of Jesus in their life are irrelevant to his/her qualifications to be President.

[cyberpj]

11. Amen to that!

LOL