Sodrel/Hill/Schansberg: Who’s Telling the Truth
Now here’s a different concept.
9th District Republican Party Chairman Larry Shickles has really an interesting idea. He sent a letter today to Mike Jones, 9th District Democrat Party Chairman proposing a debate between Congressman Sodrel and Congressman Hill and Eric Schansberg.
Not that much a big idea right?
Wrong.
Shickles is proposing a debate where the candidates are hooked to a lie detector. Now there’s a concept.
An excerpt of that letter follows:
“As you know this is the fourth matchup between Baron Hill and Mike Sodrel. Voters that I have talked to are tired of the same negative ads, the annoying phone calls, and having their mailboxes stuffed with mail pieces saying the candidates want to actually raise the price of gas or cut veterans’ benefits. Voters deserve the truth in order to make an informed decision on election day.
Therefore, I propose that we as 9th District Chairmen organize one debate in which Hill, Sodrel and Libertarian Candidate Eric Schansberg are allowed to ask a pre-determined number of questions of the other two candidates while connected to a polygraph lie detector. I will contact Sodrel’s and Schansberg’s campaign and I ask that you contact Hill’s campaign. If the candidates agree to this format, the 9th District Republican Party will pay all the costs associated with securing and running the lie detectors.
While this format may be unusual, I feel strongly that voters need to be able to make a clear decision without all the usual spin. If the candidates agree to this we can look forward to a fun and informative debate. In the event that scheduling another debate is an issue, I propose we use the lie detector equipment during the Jasper debate on October 21 and release the results afterwards.”
I’d watch this one.
But… I can hear Eric Schansberg (and Eric this is only because you are a Libertrian…) say that lie detectors are not 100% accurate… and Baron Hill will say something along the lines of being afraid of needles…
C’mon Eric… try something different. I think this debate would do you ALL some good. Plus imagine the press you could get…
Anyone want to put money down on that Mike Jones will NOT reply to this invite/request?
Too bad. This might be the only way to actually get some truths out of Baron Hill for a change.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I almost like this idea! The only problem is that a candidate who actually believes (first they would have to know what it is I guess) in Keynesian economics or who is just plain an idiot might not know he was lying on some of the questions.
Of course, Baron Hill doesn’t even want to be recorded by bloggers so I agree that he is very unlikely to agree to a lie detector. I wonder, do those things have a “red line” ???
October 10th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
This got a mention in the AP and was picked up on Drudge:
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5joHtxv3BnoM919g4otwIkVi9msLQD93MIGGO0
October 11th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Of course this story got on drudge- it’s ridiculous.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Political affiliation aside, you’re saying you wouldn’t want to see politicians hooked up to a lie detector?
When more than half the nation would sooner vote for their neighbor for congress than their current congressman, hooking these guys up to a lie detector to see who is telling the truth doesn’t sound like a half baked idea.
Granted, it will more than likely never happen.