Why are all these people in the debate hall?

[NorthOf270]

This is so fucking stupid.

The Biden/Bernie debate had no one in the gallery and it was fine.

[madaboutharry]

1. I don't get it.

Why would anyone even travel to be there?

[NorthOf270]

3. Political people love kissing ass I guess

Regardless of a pandemic.

[brush]

5. It's a townhall format. They take questions from the audience.

[madaboutharry]

7. Are you sure?

I thought that was the presidential debate next week that was a town hall.

[brush]

8. You're right. I'm getting ahead of myself.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Michael Beschloss said that even JFK/Nixon had virtual debates, they were on separate coasts

And he mentioned that the technology is much better now...

[ekelly]

2. I saw an elderly gentleman

yawning in the front row of the upper gallery, with his mask pulled down.

[BlueNProud]

4. it's nuts. Normally I support the debate commission but they are bizarrely out of tune

this time around

[Enterstageleft]

9. It's Utah

Lived there almost 70 years.

Other than SLC, Park City & Moab they are right wing, religious fools. I blame the Mormon church for most of the bass-ackward thinking.

I left 6 years ago, & while I'm here now to see siblings & daughters, grand kids & great, it is always a relief to get out of this regressive, foolish state.

It is so wonderful to get to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California, Oregon & Washington, where they treat you like an ADULT, not some misguided child.

Just try & tell them something that their "prophets" have railed against. It's worse than beating you head against a wall.

I'm glad to be gone.

P.S.
Live in a motorhome, all over the map constantly.