# Who should replace McCain tonight's debate?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-mccain-tonights-debate/465306 "2008-09-26T09:29:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-mccain-tonights-debate/465306/21 "2008-09-26T15:57:02Z")

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McCain’s going to be there. But if we really needed a replacement I would’ve suggested Wilford Brimley.

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-mccain-tonights-debate/465306/22 "2008-09-26T15:59:50Z")

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One of my cats is hard core Republican and has all the talking points down. I’d send her.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-mccain-tonights-debate/465306/23 "2008-09-26T16:05:20Z")

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> [@OttoDaFe](#):
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> Was that ascending or descending order of aptitude? Could go either way (though I kind of lean toward descending).

Descending of course.

now that i think of it, i have done a disservice to my Guinea Pigs, they shoudl be ahead of the list, Palin is still last of course.

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-mccain-tonights-debate/465306/24 "2008-09-26T16:08:49Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> McCain’s going to be there. But if we really needed a replacement I would’ve suggested Wilford Brimley.

Thanks, now I have a mental image of Wilford Brimley chasing Barack Obama around the stage with a lancet and an Accucheck meter shouting “Get back here goddammit, I need to check your sugar!”.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-mccain-tonights-debate/465306/25 "2008-09-26T16:27:57Z")

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> [@Bearflag70](#):
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> One of my cats is hard core Republican and has all the talking points down. I’d send her.

Whoa! You own Bucky?

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