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« Screamers | Main | Ooby Doobie » November 19, 2007No DebateCongratulations to Belmont University for landing one of the three presidential debates in 2008. It's a huge deal for the university and the city of Nashville and I was thrilled to be sitting on the front row today at the press conference where Belmont announced it had been selected. Sitting to my right, Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Robin Smith. To my left: Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Gray Sasser. The debates are a bi-partisan event. Elected officials and political people from both parties helped Belmont land the debate. That's why the downer of the press conference was, without a doubt, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, whose ad-libbed comments were rather partisan in tone (and rather rude to Vanderbilt University too). Congratulations, again, to Belmont. I know and have a lot of respect for many people who work there and I know how hard they worked to get this because I saw how hard they worked four years ago, only to come up just a bit short. They deserve this, and Nashville does too. Posted in Campaign Season
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Because when I think of Jim Cooper, I think rabid partisan. Posted by: Sean Braisted at November 20, 2007 8:24 AMInteresting. I wonder if Belmont would still be getting the debate if it hadn't been announced recently that the Baptists were going to be evicted from the campus. It sure seems as if one was a prerequisite to the other. Coincidence, I'm sure. Posted by: Ed Garrard at November 20, 2007 10:24 AMPost a comment
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