McCain's chief debate coach is Brett O'Donnell, who molded [Rev. Jerry] Falwell's Liberty University debate team into a powerhouse national champion. O'Donnell, according to a March 2006 New York Times profile of Liberty's debate team, is "an intensely competitive man."...
Falwell chose O'Donnell to make his school's debate team the best in the country to produce "champions for Christ." He may not be turning McCain into a champion for Christ, but he will try to create a champion nevertheless, just as he did with President Bush during the 2004 presidential debates.
McCain also has a stand-in for Barack Obama to help him simulate real-life debate scenarios. And the man playing Obama?
Sit down, now; it's a shocker...
Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele!
Steele, despite having only won a single term on the underside of a governor's ticket, is clearly the most popular black Republican not to have played professionalfootball. He gets paraded around like a P.T. Barnum freak any time the Republicans see a TV camera, so it only makes sense that he'd get to play Black Guy #1 in the McCain debate prep session.
And on that note, it's a good thing for McCain that Cynthia McKinney wasn't invited to the debate.
Condoleeza Rice has been preoccupied with Russian affairs all week.
LAST COMMENT:
Yup, I almost never watch Fox news.... but tonight it's an evil pleasure to watch them squirm.