On “The Cowboy State Daily Morning Show With Jake” last Monday, Secretary of State Gray accepted my months-long challenge to a debate (see below).
Needless to say, my nostrils flared and my pupils dilated with anticipation.
I immediately called my editor, Jimmy Orr (or as Gray addresses him, “Mr. Jimmy”), and suggested that the wheels be put in motion. I trust him and the crack staff of Cowboy State Daily to arrange a barn-burner of a debate.
In mind’s eye, I can visualize Li’l Chucky taking the stage to the strains of “Seven Nation Army”, riding on one of his 2000 mules. He will have been debate-prepped to a finely-honed edge by Oral Eathorne, the Rubinos and Matt Gaetz.
I’ll rely my own team, the Cookie and the Campfire Cowboy Cabal, to sharpen my forensic rhetorical skills. I haven’t decided on my theme music yet, but I’m leaning toward Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust.” I’ll be riding a good horse, bred in Wyoming before my opponent came to the Cowboy State, instead of a mule.
I look forward to a lively discussion! My druthers are that the debate questions are kept secret from us both, so that we have to show the audience we can think on our feet. But I’ll debate any topic with Li’l Chucky, from global warming to the designated hitter rule. My hunch is he favors both.
And I don’t think we’ll need fact-checkers. I have confidence in Wyomingites’ bullshit detectors to smell the difference between snake oil and cowboy wisdom.
Once the details are hammered out, they’ll be announced in the pages of CSD, or on Jake’s morning show. Keep your eyes peeled, and your ear to the trail. And bring popcorn, this is gonna be fun!
Rod Miller can be reached at: RodsMillerWyo@yahoo.com
