Scrap the debates
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wrote on 3 Aug 2020, 21:50 last edited by
It's never been a big issue with me, but I wouldn't miss them. They're so orchestrated and managed to the nth degree, everybody is so unperturbed. It's all theatrics . . . you don't really learn much that is useful.
But there's the ratings, you dig. How much advertising do they attract?
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wrote on 3 Aug 2020, 21:53 last edited by
This, by the way, isn’t written out of any concern that Donald Trump will prevail over Joe Biden in the debates
I wonder if this is intentionally dishonest of the writer, or if she really has deluded herself into believing it. I also wonder if there's any real difference, human psychology being what it is.
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wrote on 3 Aug 2020, 22:00 last edited by
If you asked the average American what was the biggest event in our elections don’t you think the number 1 answer would be the debates?
Could you imagine a Democrat president on the ropes and the NYT carrying this op-Ed?
If so isn’t the perspective of the author of this piece fear of the outcome?
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If you asked the average American what was the biggest event in our elections don’t you think the number 1 answer would be the debates?
Could you imagine a Democrat president on the ropes and the NYT carrying this op-Ed?
If so isn’t the perspective of the author of this piece fear of the outcome?
wrote on 3 Aug 2020, 22:17 last edited by@Loki said in Scrap the debates:
If you asked the average American what was the biggest event in our elections don’t you think the number 1 answer would be the debates?
I'd think it was what happens on Election Night.
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@Loki said in Scrap the debates:
If you asked the average American what was the biggest event in our elections don’t you think the number 1 answer would be the debates?
I'd think it was what happens on Election Night.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 13:26 last edited by
Speaking of cynical...
This is CNN:
This is also CNN:
Yeah, Joe Lockhart from the WRWEC.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 13:31 last edited by
I would be totally against no debates.
This would be the moral equivalent of not releasing tax returns as far as respecting the norms of the process.
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I would be totally against no debates.
This would be the moral equivalent of not releasing tax returns as far as respecting the norms of the process.
wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 13:40 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Scrap the debates:
I would be totally against no debates.
This would be the moral equivalent of not releasing tax returns as far as respecting the norms of the process.
Historically speaking that's a pretty recent "norm" particularly in the context of candidates' debates. A quick look shows that releasing taxes began with (cough) Nixon who, in 1974, released records from 1969 through 1972. Ford didn't release his. And since 1977 every president's taxes are audited by IRS.
And, of course, don't forget that the Speaker of the House has refused as well, because "she's not running for President."
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 13:52 last edited by jon-nyc 8 Apr 2020, 13:52
Debates predate that by what, 8 years?
Basically the same age
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 13:55 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Scrap the debates:
Debates predate that by what, 8 years?
Basically the same age
Presidential debates, more (1960?). Wilke challenged FDR in 1940.
Other candidates, much older.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 14:05 last edited by
There's a long of history of master debaters being elected to high office.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 14:49 last edited by
This is a fun topic because stealthily it lets you know whether any given Biden supporter or Trump hater is secretly afraid of what Trump would do to Biden in those debates.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 15:36 last edited by
Biden's campaign manager's advice to Joe about debating Trump...
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This is a fun topic because stealthily it lets you know whether any given Biden supporter or Trump hater is secretly afraid of what Trump would do to Biden in those debates.
wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 15:39 last edited by@Horace said in Scrap the debates:
This is a fun topic because stealthily it lets you know whether any given Biden supporter or Trump hater is secretly afraid of what Trump would do to Biden in those debates.
Haha excellent point!
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 16:21 last edited by
If Biden cannot hold his own in debates he sure as hell can’t handle the presidency.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 16:24 last edited by
Trump should come on the stage at the first debate and ask Biden, “Can I call ya sleepy joe?”
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Trump should come on the stage at the first debate and ask Biden, “Can I call ya sleepy joe?”
wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 16:32 last edited by@89th said in Scrap the debates:
Trump should come on the stage at the first debate and ask Biden, “Can I call ya sleepy joe?”
And Biden can say, "Sure, and I'll call you Loser Trump."
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@89th said in Scrap the debates:
Trump should come on the stage at the first debate and ask Biden, “Can I call ya sleepy joe?”
And Biden can say, "Sure, and I'll call you Loser Trump."
wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 16:36 last edited by@Catseye3 said in Scrap the debates:
@89th said in Scrap the debates:
Trump should come on the stage at the first debate and ask Biden, “Can I call ya sleepy joe?”
And Biden can say, "Sure, and I'll call you Loser Trump."
He can't think that fast.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:00 last edited by
Which is better for Mr. Biden?
The possibility that he is impaired?
Or the certainty that he is impaired?
