Billy Long Is Fed Up With Heat From Reneging On Debates, Promises Counterproposal By Tomorrow
Billy Long is apparently fed up with all of the questions about why he won't debate Scott Eckersley and Kevin Craig before the November elections. Speaking earlier this week with the Busplunge's Jim Lee, Long said he would finally present his debate counterproposal by "the end of the week."
LONG: Give me until the end of the week, we’re working on it,
LEE: You gotta debate him.
LONG: We should have a schedule announced.
Of course, Long promised KSGF listeners two weeks ago that he'd be outlining his own debate proposal in short order, and that hasn't happened yet.
The 7th District debate wrangling continues to be interesting, and somewhat different than the back-and-forth we regularly see from frontrunners and challengers. Long didn't have to accept Eckersley's proposal, but his campaign most certainly did while he was in Las Vegas, and then Long lied about this fact. To recap, here's what Long told KSGF on August 26:
This is my interpretation of what happened. They've said we want to do these debates, challenged you to a series of ten courthouse debates. We said -- and you check the record -- you won’t see anywhere where we agreed to it.
A spokesperson for the Billy Long Campaign, Royce Reding, told KSMU on August 4 and August 17 that Long would participate in the 10 courthouse debates.
Anyhow, I'm optimistic that Long will follow through on his latest promise so we can hear what he, Eckersley and Craig have to say.
