Check out Michael Totten’s take on a possible Hussein/Bush debate:
Dan Rather has interviewed Saddam Hussein, and Saddam challenges George Bush to a TV debate.
The idea is, of course, ridiculous. Bush won’t dignify Saddam with a response. If Bush agreed, Saddam would send a surgically-modified double.
and:
I’d love to see a post-debate opinion poll from France that looked like this.
Who won the debate?
Saddam – 85 percent
Bush – 9 percent
Undecided – 6 percent
It would be a clarifying moment. The US could stop pretending the French matter. Everyone else could stop pretending they’re smart and sophisticated.
Now go read the bilge from the Democratic Underground, or this thread, titled “Hussein Challenges Bush to Debate – which facist speaks better english… ”
Atrios, get your loons under control.
Mason
Oh, damn you. You made me go and look at Democratic Underground after I’d sworn it off for the sake of my sanity.
Sarah
Gaaaaaaaaah. My eyes, they burn. Seriously, the unabashed admiration for Hussein on that site is horrendous. Do these people have ANY sense of perspective at all?
John Cole
No, they don’t.