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| | Here is a growing list of [[liberal]]s in tight races who refuse to debate their opponent, thereby depriving the public of learning their real positions on the issues: | | Here is a growing list of [[liberal]]s in tight races who refuse to debate their opponent, thereby depriving the public of learning their real positions on the issues: |
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| − | *Pro-[[abortion]] Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (California)<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0JrUhHv8kI John Dennis: Why No Debate, Nancy Pelosi?]</ref> | + | *Pro-[[abortion]] Speaker of the House [[Nancy Pelosi]] (California)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0JrUhHv8kI John Dennis: Why No Debate, Nancy Pelosi?]</ref> |
| | + | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman [[Ike Skelton]] (Missouri)<ref>http://www.pulaskicountydaily.com/news.php?viewStory=2169</ref> |
| | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Rick Boucher (Virginia) | | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Rick Boucher (Virginia) |
| − | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Peter DeFazio (Oregon) | + | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman [[Peter DeFazio]] (Oregon) |
| − | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman John Dingell (Michigan)<ref>After a poll showed him trailing, Dingell said he would debate ... shortly before [[Election Day]], which he could cancel if he improves in the polls.</ref> | + | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman [[John Dingell]] (Michigan)<ref>After a poll showed him trailing, Dingell said he would debate ... shortly before [[Election Day]], which he could cancel if he improves in the polls.</ref> |
| | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Frank Pallone (New Jersey) | | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Frank Pallone (New Jersey) |
| | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Charlie Wilson (Ohio) | | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Charlie Wilson (Ohio) |
| − | | + | *Pro-[[abortion]] congressman Dan Maffei (New York) <ref>[http://www.buerkleforcongress.com/index.php/east-and-west-maffei-ducks-debates/ East and West, Maffei Ducks Debates, buerkleforcongress.com]</ref> |
| − | *Governor and senatorial candidate Joe Manchin (West Virginia)<ref>Manchin refuses to debate his Republican opponent one-on-one, and instead agrees only to an unwieldy group debate including four candidates. [http://blogs.wvgazette.com/squawkbox/2010/10/03/did-manchin-refuse-to-debate-raese-one-on-one/]</ref> | + | *Pro-abortion congresswoman [[Betty McCollum]] (Minnesota) <ref>[http://www.collettforcongress.com/read-teresas-debate-challenge-to-betty-mccollum/ Read Teresa’s Debate Challenge to Betty McCollum, Collettforcongress.com/, August 20, 2010]</ref> |
| − | | + | *Governor and senatorial candidate [[Joe Manchin]] (West Virginia)<ref>Manchin refuses to debate his Republican opponent one-on-one, and instead agrees only to an unwieldy group debate including four candidates. [http://blogs.wvgazette.com/squawkbox/2010/10/03/did-manchin-refuse-to-debate-raese-one-on-one/]</ref> |
| − | *The [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution|evolutionist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] refuses to debate [[Creation science|creation scientists]], [[William Lane Craig]], and [[Dinesh D'Souza]].<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Instances_of_Richard_Dawkins_ducking_debates</ref> In addition, Dawkins refuses to debate Rabbi Boteach again [[Richard Dawkins and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach|after losing a video taped debate with him and then claiming the debate never took place.]] | + | *The [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[Richard Dawkins]] refuses to debate [[Creation science|creation scientists]], [[William Lane Craig]], and [[Dinesh D'Souza]].<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Instances_of_Richard_Dawkins_ducking_debates</ref> In addition, Dawkins refuses to debate Rabbi Boteach again [[Richard Dawkins and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach|after losing a video taped debate with him and then claiming the debate never took place.]] |
| − | | + | *Generally speaking, leading evolutionists no longer debate creation scientists [[Creation vs. evolution debates|as they largely lost all their debates with creation scientists in the latter part of the 20th century]]. |
| − | *Generally speaking, leading evolutionists no longer debate creation scientists [[Creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates|as they largely lost all their debates with creation scientists in the 1970s.]] | |
| | *[[Liberal]] [[evolutionist]] [[professor]] [[Richard Lenski]] has repeatedly refused to enter in to any dialogue regarding his claims to have "proven" [[Darwinism]]. | | *[[Liberal]] [[evolutionist]] [[professor]] [[Richard Lenski]] has repeatedly refused to enter in to any dialogue regarding his claims to have "proven" [[Darwinism]]. |
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| − | == See also == | + | ==See also== |
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| | * [[Liberal obfuscation]] | | * [[Liberal obfuscation]] |
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