"I reject your challenge because you are no challenge!"

If there is a God in Heaven, C-SPAN will be there taping it.

Ace,

You've blown my deep cover. I feel so violated, like...Valeria Plame.

I'll see you frog-marched into Gitmo, alogside that evil Karl Rove.

Bastard.

Uh, Valerie. But you know what I mean.

This is a joke. Right? It's gotta be a joke. VDH is one of the foremost military historians and classicists of our time; Huffington is a dumb rhymes-with-punt.

I don't think its nice you calling her a runt. I've seen her and she's not that short!

What? Oh. Never mind.

Blood letting match ups like this are bad for debating - only gonna strengthen those who say it appeals to our basest instincts and wanna see the gov. come in and ban this shit.

This keeps up, in a couple years it's gonna have to move all offshore. Mark Steyn v. Susan Saradon in an octogon cage match in the Phillipines. Maybe Thailand. Mark my words, that's where it's all headed unless Debating get it's act cleaned up.

Seriously, I would pay very very good money to see this show. I'd want front row tickets, and a poncho to keep Arianna's bloodspatter off my fancy clothes.

A titan versus a titian, you mean?

This is such a dumb idea that it's actually gone all the way around the circle and become an awesome idea.

I saw something like this at the Upstate Fair in South Carolina a few years back. They had a tent where for $5, you could watch a bear fight a monkey.

Altough in that case, for a split second there was at least a little question as to whether the monkey just might pull it off.

I predict that Arianna, who probably has only the vaguest sort of notion of whom VDH is, will pick up Carnage and Culture or The Western Way of War, realize how badly outclassed she is, and come up with some mysterious ailment that will prevent her from attending the debate.

Arianna: Hanson = Nazi!!!!

I fondly remember that scene from Clash of the Titans. That was right before Clubber Lang uses Medusa's head to kick the Kraken's ass, right?

Hanson is so going to kick her @$$. God, I wanna watch.

I suggest the venue's managment invest in one of these.

I will pay $1,000 right now to see Mark Steyn v. Susan Saradon in an octogon cage match in the Phillipines - who's with me!?!?!?

Wait a minute now, this may not be such a slam dunk as we would like to think. It may be that Arianna is going to say something so mind-bogglingly ignorant and stupid (and I would say the chances of this happening are pretty good) that VDH simply won't know how to answer. He'll just stand there with his mouth open like a gutted fish.. And Arianna will win on points.

Now that I've stopped laughing long enough to type: this is going to make Dick Cheney vs. Lidsay Graha... oops, John Edwards look like an even match. And Johnny should have known better than to argue with an adult.

I heard that Huffington did belong to Oxford Debating Union. I hope Professor Hanson is not as cocky as you guys.

He won't be able to get away with saying -- ala Dan Ackroyd -- 'Arianna, you ignorant slut.'

Not that I particularly care about typos, Ace, but it's ad nauseAm. Hope that doesn't make you sick. :)

Later,
bbeck

Arianna ran for governer. I've heard her debate. She's not dumb but she is too much of a hypocrite and that's what kills her every time.

And if all else fails, all VDH has to do is mention a "swirlie."

He won't be able to get away with saying -- ala Dan Ackroyd -- 'Arianna, you ignorant slut.'

She'll handle getting that message across all by herself.

"Ariana, you stupid slut"

...er, you say that like its a bad thing.