Max Cleland to debate Karl Rove at Regent U. on 10/26

Pick two pairs of debaters. Put former U.S. senator Max Cleland and retired Army general Barry McCaffery on one side. Set up ex-White House guru Karl Rove and former Florida governor Jeb Bush opposite them.

Toss in a question: "Should America bring democracy to the world?"

Then let the feathers fly, leaving the preservation of civilization to a single moderator, PBS journalist Charlie Rose.

Let's go in the wayback machine as to what was done to Max Cleland, for which Karl Rove was involved:

Of course, the ad was as despicable as it was misleading (Max voted for the DHS but with the workers allowed to be in a union).  What makes this debate even more enticing is the fact that they've never met:

So far as we know, this will be the first time Rove and Cleland have met. Many supporters of Cleland believe that Rove - during Cleland's unsuccessful re-election campaign - was behind the TV ad that paired the triple-amputeed, Vietnam veteran with an image of Osama bin Laden.

Of course, Karl Rove denied being involved with it.  I'll let Max Cleland respond to that one:

The bad blood between Bush political adviser Karl Rove and former Democratic Senator Max Cleland hasn't eased over the years. On CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Cleland responded to an attack by Rove with one statement: "You know he's lying when his lips are moving."

At the price of $40, you can watch Max say that to Karl Rove's face.

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