Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 9
Evidently the sticking point for the presidential debate is a mute button. Now if I told you one sde wants a mute button but the other side does not, which would be which?
Well, the Trump campaign is arguing there SHOULD BE a mute button while the Harris camp is insisting there SHOULD NOT BE a mute button.
Now ain't that a kick in the head for the free speech republican folks?
The Harris camp is betting that DonOLD does not have the impulse control to shut his orange mouth for two minutes and the Trump campaign seems to agree, therefore they want the moderators to keep him from spouting the crazy like water from a firehose while Harris is speaking.
From a statement by the Harris-Walz campaign:
"We have told ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible October debate that we believe both candidates’ mics should be live throughout the full broadcast. Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own. We suspect Trump’s team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don’t think he can handle himself against Vice President Harris without the benefit of a mute button..."
No. of Recommendations: 2
Well, the Trump campaign is arguing there SHOULD BE a mute button while the Harris camp is insisting there SHOULD NOT BE a mute button.
Now ain't that a kick in the head for the free speech republican folks?
Yes, I wonder how they'll spin it. I hope it's inventive - so we can have a laugh.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Evidently the sticking point for the presidential debate is a mute button. Now if I told you one sde wants a mute button but the other side does not, which would be which?
Well, the Trump campaign is arguing there SHOULD BE a mute button while the Harris camp is insisting there SHOULD NOT BE a mute button.
Now ain't that a kick in the head for the free speech republican folks?I don't think Democrats can get on
too high horse about this one. The "mute button" demand originated with
the Biden campaign when they set up the original debate terms:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/...They, of course, would not have characterized the purpose of that request as Joe Biden's team being embarrassed that Biden can't handle himself against Trump without the benefit of a mute button. They would have instead framed it as a way to make sure the debate didn't degenerate into crosstalk, because Trump has no self-control.
The strategic considerations regarding the mute button have changed with the change in nominee....but I don't think the Democrats can paint themselves as
too noble on this point....
No. of Recommendations: 2
I probably won't bother with the debates. I already know I'm voting against the convict. So I don't really need to watch the debates. It would be different with primary debates, but we've already got our candidate whom is opposing the convict.
However, as a matter of principle, I think the only live mike should be the speaker whose turn it is. The other mike should be cut. I don't want to hear candidates trying to talk over one another. I want to hear what they have to say, unfettered. No "strategy" here. Since I never buy their books, I want/need to hear what they have to say. Then I can evaluate them.
If one is talking over the other, and interrupting unendingly, one cannot expect to get anything useful from the "debate".
I'd also prefer it if they used proper debate format, which I learned all the way back in junior high school. But it doesn't seem any politician wants to do that.
No. of Recommendations: 3
albaby1: I don't think Democrats can get on too high horse about this one.
High horse? No, just mildly amusing. DonOLD was just asked about the issue earlier today and he said he didn't care but probably prefers no mute button. So the Trump campaign should be folding pretty fast now on that issue.
No. of Recommendations: 1
I've said well before this started- mute button favors Trump.. As usual the Sheeple only now catch up :)
No. of Recommendations: 2
I've said well before this started- mute button favors Trump.. As usual the Sheeple only now catch up :)
Kamala used the GirlBoss technique of "I'm speaking" on Pence, who was too much of a gentlemen to tell her to shove it. Now she won't be able to.
No. of Recommendations: 8
Kamala used the GirlBoss technique of "I'm speaking" on Pence, who was too much of a gentlemen to tell her to shove it
That's some hard core cult misogyny right there. 'Nuff said.
