Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors, civvies and non-wusses, the time has come for the final question of the Vice Presidential Debates. As you know, we are coming to the close of a hard-fought campaign that has included bare-knuckled smear tactics, questionable polling methods and even a brazen attempt by the sitting president to inject her own candidate Col. Tigh– who has remained deathly silent since our arrival here on Earth– into the race. How this will all add up on election day is anyone’s guess (although mine is 6).
In the context of this state of disarray the response to this final question may be all the more important. Candidates, as you know, you will each be given a chance to respond to this question, and then to give a final, closing statement to the Fleet. You are also free to inject sighs, scoffs, hiccups, and non-lethal gunfire into your opponents’ answers.
Without further ado, I present you with the final question.
Humans and Cylons are now living together here on Earth (and, as it turns out, having been living together for awhile). However, over the past few decades we have seen increasing polarization between these two parties, as indicated by the harsh tone of discussions, partisan decisionmaking, and various attempts at genocide. How, as vice president, would you work to shrink this gap of polarization which has sprung up between these two races, which you each have previously spoken about in these debates?
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