November 22, 2000-The Cobain-Hitchens debate is held. Hitchens reiterates many of his same points in the articles, not just on Cobain, but on his views of President Clinton and Vice President Gore. When Hitchens refers to Clinton as a sexual predator and calls Monica Lewinsky "a victim", Cobain reiterates that the affair was consensual, Lewinsky was 22, and that elements like the "cigar incident" could not be verified as true. He also states "I don't see you going after Ted Nugent for adopting a girl just so he could marry and then fuck her." Hitchens states that "well, Mr. Nugent isn't running for office now, is he?" Cobain vehemently denies attacking Frances, and points out all the things that he has done for her, especially after Love was committed. Frances ends up even talking on her father's behalf, to which Hitchens simply asserts that she's under her father's spell. Cobain responds "Just because she's an 8-year-old girl means she can't make up her own mind?" Hitchens tries to win points in going back to his attacks on Mother Teresa and the problems with the Abrahamic God. Cobain asserts, "You're switching the topic, we didn't come to talk about this." Lastly, Cobain mentions the Sidney Blumenthal incident, and how Hitchens betrayed their friendship. "For a man who talks about reason and conscience, you don't seem to have either."