This thread suggested by a loyal reader (not sure yet if he wants the credit) and starts the reasons:
10. I have to wax all 13 cars that night.
9. I found a set of house keys, and I have to try them out in each of my 8 to 12 houses.
8. 9/11
7. Taller candidate usually wins and these podiums don’t let me hide my orange crate
6. Debate Commission disallowed use of the phrase “My Friends”
5. Lobbyists don’t work past 6 on Fridays, so he has no staff available.
You know you have more — count them down in the comments!
Finally a reason to get out of it “My country needs me”……
Holding out for lime green background.
Nick at Nite is running a Golden Girls marathon on Friday night.
I was a POW
Since my days at Annapolis, I have never tested well.
Rick Davis told me not to and he scares me. My friends, have you ever noticed he looks like Jeffrey Dahmer?
#1 Di-wee dinky-dau number ten !
It’s poker night with the Keating Five.
Ouch! Joanne! That was a good one.
Thank you–can we make that #1?
I vote for Joanne’s being #1. Too clever.
Debate sponor refuses to make the lecturn wide enough to accomodate J. Sarah McPalin.
I vote Joanne #1!
McCain 2000 destroyed McCain 2008 in pre-debate practice sessions.
It’s the Mavericky thing to do.
Debates are overly regulated.
The 1992 Presidential Debates with Ross Perot were not dull. His warnings have now come true. Replace John McCain with Ron Paul. Add Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney. Barack Obama must earn his victory, not win by default.
True D
“Ross Perot was not dull. ” by now we have all heard the whooooshing soud he talked about with jobs travelinfg overseas
Pick one:
“I tried to have this debate in 2005, but Chris Dodd, Chuck Shumer and Barney Frank blocked it.”
“I can’t seem to get my briefing notes out of my e-mail.”
‘Already scheduled to appear on Letterman’.
High Definition Television & my record.