Reasonable people can disagree about the value of televised presidential debates, but what happened last night has no relevance to that discussion. That was not a debate, because one of the three (the two candidates and the moderator) refused to participate in the debate. Trump violated every norm and value related to this process. You can’t debate a muddy pig without getting dirty, but I thought Biden did as well as could be expected. I don’t blame Wallace; short of walking out (which maybe he should have done) it’s not clear what else he or anyone else could do.
Trump made clear that he expects to lose the election, and that his plan is to invalidate the process and count on his newly packed SCOTUS to back him up. At that point, comparisons to 1933 Germany will be complete. The Commission needs to inform both candidates that the moderators of remaining “events” will have the power to enforce the rules both campaigns agreed to, including turning off microphones when the other side has the floor, when time has expired, or when candidates ignore the direction of the moderator. If they don’t want to accept that they should not show up. On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 9:38 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m willing to entertain those still of the opinion that the debates are > useful for undecided voters, or that they help raise awareness of issues or > policy ideas. But I endured the entire debate tonight, so I’ve got to tell > you, if you’re going to defend debates after tonight, you’d better come > loaded for bear. Because whatever that goatf*ck was, it served no purpose; > it wasn’t even good theater. It was like watching The View, if after > watching The View I was then forced to vote for either Joy Behar or Maghan > McCain. -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BFJ8JxG9HOWiwFBQ13pu0fbrAwBUGm5682a4%2Bu%3DnZpOQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BFJ8JxG9HOWiwFBQ13pu0fbrAwBUGm5682a4%2Bu%3DnZpOQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B0KWQ3YTkogY41RW5JMiWtZNswkxyYxRVbrwt4COM1Cw%40mail.gmail.com.
