Winning the Debate (over who has the best Press Release)
By E M Barner | Friday, April 10th, 2009 | PoliticsAt 9:06 pm last night, I received a press release from Dave Foster entitled:
Press Release – Foster Wins Debate
He touted a “jobs pledge.”
At 10:02 pm, I received a press release from John Brownlee entitled:
Another Debate, Another Win for John Brownlee
He used the word “prosecutor” (or some variation thereof) no less than 5 times.
At 1:00 am, I received a Cuccinelli Compass entitled:
Cuccinelli Laments Not Getting his Debate Victory Claim Out First
Here’s what he said – I couldn’t resist posting
Centreville, Va. — Senator Cuccinelli today complimented Dave Foster for coming in first place in the debate press release contest. Said Senator Cuccinelli, “I have to admit, when it comes to getting out a claim of victory fast, I just can’t keep up with these guys.” Shortly after Dave Foster got out his claim of debate victory, John Brownlee followed suit. “I just couldn’t believe it,” said Cuccinelli, “John got his claim of victory out in about 15 minutes, but Dave still beat him! Amazing.” Cuccinelli speculated that this may be an indicator of which candidate will come in second and which one will come in third in the balloting on May 30th.
Cuccinelli said that this lightening performance demonstrates what a competitive field of candidates he is in. “How am I supposed to compete with two guys that can participate in a debate while typing press releases on their blackberrys at the same time? This really is a tough race.”
Cuccinelli said that he thinks that surviving such tough competition will better prepare him to take on Delegate Steve Shannon, the Democrats’ nominee for Attorney General. “After I come through the hellfire of the lightening-fast debate victory claims that I’ve been contending with in this nomination contest, there’s no way Steve is going to beat our campaign to the punch in claiming victory in our general election debates.”
“These guys even had quotes from other people the moment the debate ended,” commented a clearly astonished Senator Cuccinelli as he shook his head in amazement. “They must have been text messaging while drafting their press releases on their blackberrys while debating! Incredible! This is almost unfair.”
I just couldn’t not post that 
It made me laugh.
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E M Barner, the blogger formerly known as DCH / De Civitate Hominis (“concerning the city of man”), writes from a Northern Virginia perspective. Barner has been active in Republican politics and policy since 1994 – as a grassroots volunteer, party leader, and professional.
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5 Responses to "Winning the Debate (over who has the best Press Release)"
i laughed at that too when i got it. Its even more funny because they have all been doing this “x wins another debate” thing for months now. Cuccinelli completely called them on it.
It was a pathetic debate, actually. Only one candidate showed up to answer questions, albeit late, and that was Ken. Completely lopsided.
I was so sick of Brownlee’s ‘prosecutor’ tirade. Foster called him on it at the end, staying that the AG doesn’t prosecute criminal cases. Brownlee, having the sole credential he runs on swept out from under him, then proceeded to fall flat on his face in response.
I think Cooch is about ready to lose it. This race is really starting to get to him. Can you say “paranoid?”
I thought Cuccinelli was pretty darn funny when he called them on that.
Well, I’ll give John Brownlee one thing. He sure knows how to play hardball:
http://johnlbrownlee.com/news/6/81/Rule-48-and-the-5th-Ammendment/
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