My 12-YO daughter has just come up with a suggestion.

[FlyingSquirrel]

She says we should hook the candidates up to a lie detector during the debates.

Smart kid, huh?

:patriot:

[liberalmuse]

1. God, kids are so awesome.

But then we wouldn't have any candidates!

[NV Whino]

2. Your daughter for Pres!

[Bluzmann57]

3. Yeah. Except that lie detectors can be beaten by liars

But there is no doubt that your daughter has the right idea.

[Quantess]

6. And honest people can fail for being nervous

But I like the idea too.

[fenriswolf]

4. why dont we?

thats actually a good question.

[treestar]

5. They are not really reliable

Liars who believe their own lies pass, for instance, * and Cheney would pass.

They are investigative tools only. It's tempting to think we can read minds, but we can't.

[Xenotime]

7. They don't work on future questions like..

Will you pull troops out of Iraq?

[elizfeelinggreat]

8. very smart kid

If we can't have lie detectors I say we should frisk them for hidden ear mics, etc. ... only because we can't, as someone else said in response to this in another thread, have them debate naked ;)

Seriously though, after the hump in Bush's suit, why wouldn't we demand they have no hidden audio assistance?

[opihimoimoi]

9. All Candidates should be required to attend a Leadership academy

for 3 or 4 years before applying for the position.

[Bigmack]

10. How about one of those electric...

dog shock collars instead. Every bullshit line gets a sustained zap!

Your daughter is clever, but - at her age - the sweet thing lacks the red-meat hostility necessary in the "current" political climate. (pun intended)

[Jack Rabbit]

11. Pathological liars aren't phased by lie detectors

It won't work. I'm sorry.

[FlyingSquirrel]

14. I know. Just thought it was funny that she had caught on already

to the game.

[tuckessee]

12. Lie detectors are bunk.

Better check the chicken bones.

[Skittles]

13. she is smart

alas, it would not work on sociopathic repukes who lie as easily as they breathe :o

[JVS]

15. OMG we'd lose any chance at winning in the GE

[radfringe]

16. Plus and Minus to that proposal

Minus: it would overload the machines and cause them to explode :rofl: :evilgrin:

plus: exploding lie detector machines would make for good TV :rofl: :evilgrin:

[MiniMe]

17. The only thing is that these jerks actually believe what they are saying

So it wouldn't register on the lie detector.