But avoiding debate about it might be counterproductive.
Had all the flak he'd been taking from the other candidates about avoiding debates driven the movie star off the deep end?
When James Baker threw the long bomb at the end of Sept. by having George Bush, who had been avoiding debates, suddenly call for four of them, he caught the Clinton campaign in mid-ambivalence.
Politicians and administrators who see schooling only as a way of passing on knowledge, promoting the standards agenda and the development of a skilled workforce, while avoiding debate on how schools tackle life's fundamental questions will get into difficulty.
The New Yorker, October 19 , 1992P. 48 When James Baker threw the long bomb at the end of Sept. by having George Bush, who had been avoiding debates, suddenly call for four of them, he caught the Clinton campaign in mid-ambivalence.
Senator Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat who stands constant guard over Congressional prerogatives, chided his colleagues today for avoiding debate on serious issues in what he called an excessive effort to seem united after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Thus time, rather than nationalism, was a convenient way of avoiding debates on principles that form the basis of western democratic social interaction: women's rights, respect for sexual diversity, removal of the church from the public sphere.
Huffington Post recently published an article about candidates for this upcoming mid-term election that are avoiding debates.
Throughout her career, King has been regarded as loyal, capable and low key, avoiding debates over policy and able to steer clear of political divisions inside and outside the school system.
He has avoided debating her as well.
