2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHRC should suggest MORE moderators at debates!
A fact checker. Sitting beside the stage fact checking in real time. A "pants on fire" graphic, etc.
Of course T rump would never go for it but it would make him look pretty lame if she proposed it. T rump could never agree to that, no how no way. It would take the fact checking heat off the chosen moderators too.
metroins
(2,550 posts)When I talk to people on the other side, we usually are cordial and end up agreeing on some topics.
A moderator is looking for sound bites and trying to compact complex topics into 2 minutes.
Today's debates are not debates.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,155 posts)....and throw out rumors, lies, innuendos in the hope anything would stick.
Do you know anything about Donald Trump at all?
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)That would be crazy, no moderators? Whoa, that would be crazy.
metroins
(2,550 posts)Our current debates suck, let the candidates show themselves.
Hillary can hold her own.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,155 posts)We're not dealing with two people of two equal minds and equally stable personalities.
Trump would literally attempt to talk the entire two hours non-stop. And yet have absolutely nothing to say.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)metroins
(2,550 posts)And our current debates are only sound bites.
A healthy discussion is better. There's no moderators in real life.