Presidential+Debate+Prep+2008

=EARTH/FIRE-You better read this whole gosh-darn thing before starting your prep debate with 8-1, I recommend you do this in pairs. No more than five people per issue= For whichever Presidential Candidate that you are supporting pick one of the following issues:
 * 1) Healthcare
 * 2) Foreign Affairs(anything dealing with issues outside of USA)
 * 3) Domestic Policies(Any policy that deals with an issue inside the United States)
 * 4) War on Terrorism(Iraq/Afghanistan)
 * 5) Economy/Taxes

Go to the candidates website and place the following on a new wiki page(do 2 issues):
 * 1) Identify what issue you are doing
 * 2) What are five facts about the issue(you might have to go to another website)
 * 3) When you "add" up the facts about the issue, summarize what the real problem facing the country is with this issue
 * 4) Identify three solutions the candidate is offering to fix the problem
 * 5) Give three or more details for each solution

Details are everything. In the debate you want to identify the problem and be able to give evidence why it is a problem. You will then propose solutions and give details for those solutions. Lame fluffy opinions and weak little wanna-be facts will mean you will embarrass yourself in front of 100 people. Think about it...and dudes and dudettes...what you write you better understand. The problem, evidence, the solution, details...Build your argument with bricks. By the way--team 8-1 has a Ralph Nader team. I need five volunteers who would be doing Obama to join together and be Nader for the debate. Same directions as above. His website is http://www.votenader.org/issues/

When you are done with getting the information on your candidate get the info on your opposition and then prepare a rebuttal.

In the debate you will get 60 seconds to state your opinion, and a 30 second rebuttal.