Local Candidate Debates Switch to New Thunderdome Format

 

7B Wire - After watching the first presidential debate, the leadership of both the Bonner County Democrats and Republicans have decided to shake things up locally. Concerned with the lack of views considering the importance of the election, the county caucuses have agreed to a new Thunderdome Debate format to garner more local attention and interest in the county’s elections.

Both county caucuses agreed that the Trump / Biden debate could have been more entertaining and informative. While both Trump and Biden made efforts to talk over each other as well as the moderator, both could have done more to be rude and obnoxious. County election leaders felt that if Trump and Biden had truly been allowed to take their gloves off, then viewership would have greatly increased resulting in a more informed electorate.

The Thunderdome Debate format will consist of the candidates being locked into a ‘combat cage’, that will be lined with tools of mayhem in keeping with the county’s traditions. Chainsaws will be used to represent area logging, and flamethrowers to symbolize area wildland firefighters making back burns. Scythes will be present harkening back to old hay harvest methods, and various sledgehammers will remind area residents of our railroading past.

At each debate, two candidates will enter Thunderdome and be asked a question pertinent to the office that they are seeking. The candidates will then have five minutes to find and use a tool of mayhem to make their points against each other. The winning candidate will greatly narrow down the voter’s options, and the losing candidate will get a free trip to the morgue. Besides having half of their elector pool eliminated simplifying voting options, voters will also have the benefit of making official bets on the candidate’s survivability on the issues thirty minutes before each debate.

To ensure fairness two Thunderdome debates will be held, each at a different location of each party's choosing. The Democrats have decided to host their Thunderdome by the rainbow dumpsters at Matchwood Brewing on October 10th. The Republicans have chosen Laughing Dog brewery as the site of their Thunderdome Debate on October 24th, due in part to its proximity to Waste Management for easier cleanup of the carcasses. Both debates will begin at 7PM. Beer Gardens open at 10AM both days.