I've watched two of them and he makes no impact.

But the truth he speaks always makes an impact.

I'm proud of his efforts.

I don't think he knows how to debate or in the least deal with these whackos, and he becomes ineffective.

however, I can imagine that being a genuinely smart person having an intelligent debate with somebody like Marsha Blackburn or Ken Ham whose ideology is hostile to science and empirical research and actually considers them to be the spawn of Satan could be rather difficult, especially when I imagine that I would be struggling to avoid rolling my eyes and sighing uncontrollably at the willful ignorance of people like them.

He keeps things simple but accurate and when he hears something completely goofy his head does this little quiver thing. I haven't seen him attack anyone, he just responds with more science.

Absolutely buried him. And Christians who watched it (they are Ham's target audience) knew it, and said so.

He's never going to flip the crazies. He's trying to keep the average Christian from getting sucked into Ham and the Creationist insanity.

Send in some one more combative, and those average Christians will tune them out. Egg head know it alls. Nye explains things in an approachable and non-threatening manner. And that's why he wins with that audience. And those are the folks you don't want voting for the Creationist in the school board.

Nye does the opposite. I think he's a highly effective debater.

I think he comes off as enthusiastic and sympathetic. He tends not to impress a lot of very technical people, but honestly, we're not his target audience here. We're already convinced.

The folks who are likily to get sucked into Creationism aren't scientists. They are Christians with a rather limited knowledge of science.

Nye is non-threatening.

"And David Gregory, on those few occasions when he doesn’t have the blank-eyed and dimwitted mien of a lobotomized sock puppet, has the worst case of both-sides-do-it-ism since that affliction killed David Broder.** This is not really the person you want moderating a “debate” where one side is science and the other is profit-driven bullshit. "
Read more at http://wonkette.com/542006/bill-nye-science-guy-to-perform-his-most-dangerous-feat-yet#Dslj4kvWCL6bHcuH.99

this exercise in idiocracy demeans the science that supports climate change. shame on mtp

Bill Nye 600 words
Republican noise machine 15000 words
David Gregory 8500 words directed at Bill Nye, 200 words directed at Republican