Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Do you plan on watching them this year? What, if any, impact do you think they will have on how you, and the rest of the country, votes?
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Presidential Debates
- Thread starter Green Gaia
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Ardhanariswar
I'm back!
nah. mostly the candidates make the rules. so its like, they cant speak to each other, and its dumb. i want confrontation! i want an actual debate!... unless if they cahnged it. sigh. bush has never answered questions from the common people. hes soo dumb. i hate him. bahg.
Ceridwen018
Well-Known Member
Yes!! If they are still on....I heard a rumor that Bush is dropping out.....
Feathers in Hair
World's Tallest Hobbit
I think I will... if nothing else, I hope to hear another version of 'misunderestimated.' *prays to the English-language gods that this will happen*
Mr Spinkles
Mr
I think, though I'm not 100% positive on this, that we learned in political science class that historically, the debates have very little effect on swaying voters.
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Except, perhaps for the Nixon-Kennedy debate, where Nixon was sweating like a dog and looked very white and nervous, while Kennedy was tanned and confident. If I recall reading correctly (before my time), this made a big impact on how people viewed these two.
Mr Spinkles
Mr
The interesting thing about that particular debate is I remember learning that the majority of people who saw it on TV thought Kennedy won, and the majority of people who listened to it on the radio thought Nixon won.
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Such is the power of the televison set.
Ardhanariswar
I'm back!
i feel the same engyo.
"Except, perhaps for the Nixon-Kennedy debate, where Nixon was sweating like a dog and looked very white and nervous, while Kennedy was tanned and confident. If I recall reading correctly (before my time), this made a big impact on how people viewed these two. "
its all in the tan. did we ever have good looking presidents? some people called bush sexy as a cowboy. i laughed. hes a coward. he cant even ride a horse, let alone a plane (which he first failed his exams and then sugar coated it). this bush, our president, smoked pot in college. yale at that! says a lot.
Anyways, people say that kerry isnt involved witht he public because hes very very rich. well on VH1, it reported that the richer candidate was Bush! and in all of his speeches, Bush has never answered questions of the commom middleclass people. he only shakes hands with em. he only answeres questions of his little social group ppl. bagh. it makes me soo mad. argh.
"Except, perhaps for the Nixon-Kennedy debate, where Nixon was sweating like a dog and looked very white and nervous, while Kennedy was tanned and confident. If I recall reading correctly (before my time), this made a big impact on how people viewed these two. "
its all in the tan. did we ever have good looking presidents? some people called bush sexy as a cowboy. i laughed. hes a coward. he cant even ride a horse, let alone a plane (which he first failed his exams and then sugar coated it). this bush, our president, smoked pot in college. yale at that! says a lot.
Anyways, people say that kerry isnt involved witht he public because hes very very rich. well on VH1, it reported that the richer candidate was Bush! and in all of his speeches, Bush has never answered questions of the commom middleclass people. he only shakes hands with em. he only answeres questions of his little social group ppl. bagh. it makes me soo mad. argh.
civilcynic
Member
Engyo said:
I agree but I would go further and say that I am very disappointed in our 2 political parties. both the Republican and Democratic Parties are more interested in getting the "one upmanship" over the other party than they are in serving the American people. Politics have become so partisan and nasty that it doesn't matter if one candidate or the other has a good idea or solution to a problem...it will be opposed by the other party.