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October 24, 2002
Doug Forrester, master of his own domain New Jersey Republican senate candidate Doug Forrester went on a supposed radio debate against an empty chair representing the absent Democrat candidate Frank Lautenberg, supposedly highlighting that Forrester was willing to debate but that Lautenberg wasn't.
Forrester wasn't about to let Lautenberg off the hook, so he took matters into his own hands. Yup, Forrester was holding the sausage hostage. Slammin' the salmon, slappin' the salami LIVE for radio listeners! Dougie was slappin' high fives with Yul Brynner, yes indeed.
Forrester didn't really want to have a debate, he wanted a stunt. If he wanted to debate issues rather than jack off in public, there are multiple other candidates. He could have had them on. Lautenberg has agreed to two other debates, he just wasn't interested in doing so with this radio station, considering them heavily biased against him. Their willingness to stage this little gimmick for Forrester gives significant creedence to his claim.
Forrester wants to debate Lautenberg, and only Lautenberg. Lautenberg prefers to include the other candidates. No doubt the preferences come from self-interested motivations on both sides. Nonetheless, Lautenberg holds the more tenable position on this count. Forrester certainly has no legitimate cause for whining about not getting to debate Lautenberg as much as he wants whenever and wherever he wants while he attempts to exclude all the other candidates.
One of the debates that Lautenberg has agreed to will feature an interesting compromise setup. They plan to have all six candidates on the ballot on for an hour, then a half hour with just the Republican and Democrat. This strikes me as a reasonable compromise. All qualified candidates for office should get some decent chance to confront their opponents and say their piece. On the other hand, six people debating at once does start to get unwieldy. This way, all the candidates get some shot, but then the two likely candidates get to go head to head. Fair enough even to me as a third party advocate and candidate.
