Muted microphones at debate
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 12:05 last edited by
What bothers me is the fact that the
CommissarsCommission decided to change the rules to which both parties agreed.If I were a candidate, I would back out saying that this is not the format to which I agreed, and you can go piss up a rope.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 12:08 last edited by
The Commission is biased and should be abolished.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 12:09 last edited by
I understand that point, but then again it’s really just implementing a mechanism to enforce the rules the campaigns originally agreed to.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 12:17 last edited by
This isn't rocket surgery. Give each candidate twenty minutes to speak, and then let them have at each other for thirty minutes.
Wash, rinse and repeat for two or three more debates.
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I understand that point, but then again it’s really just implementing a mechanism to enforce the rules the campaigns originally agreed to.
wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 01:16 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Muted microphones at debate:
I understand that point, but then again it’s really just implementing a mechanism to enforce the rules the campaigns originally agreed to.
Yup.
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wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 01:18 last edited by
Do people want a repeat of the last debate?
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wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 01:19 last edited by
I don’t think anyone found it edifying
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wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 01:37 last edited by
Muting the mics is just another bit of changing the rules to favor the challenger.
Every time that is done it makes Mr. Trump stronger.
Go ahead, mute them.
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I understand that point, but then again it’s really just implementing a mechanism to enforce the rules the campaigns originally agreed to.
wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 15:08 last edited by taiwan_girl@jon-nyc said in Muted microphones at debate:
I understand that point, but then again it’s really just implementing a mechanism to enforce the rules the campaigns originally agreed to.
Exactly. From what I read, the rules called for a person to make a statement, and the opponent 2 minutes to respond. BOTH sides agreed to this.
I dont think that the Debate Commission is "changing the rules".
If the rules said that during the 2 minute response, the opponent can talk over and interrupt, then yes, they are changing the rules. But that is not the case here.
And anyway, why does President Trump feel this is such a bad thing? If he is so concerned that VP Biden will talk weird and disconnected, I think he would be happy to allow VP Biden to speak.
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wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 15:29 last edited by
The rule was that the rules would not be enforced.
That changed.
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wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 15:32 last edited by