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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 03:58 PM Original message |
Are Debates Overrated? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. First: These little sound-bite shows aren't debates. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Sorry, didn't read your post before i wrote same thing. nm |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Real debates are not overrated. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'll echo what others have already said... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I Have Been In Debates And Watched Debates |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes, and... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But Obviously It Didn't Win Him The Election Or Give Him A Margin So Large They Couldn't Steal It.. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I agree with you. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Most voters vote on impressions and personality |
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Stop Cornyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Facts versus marketing-driven perception is generally overrated; the overrating of debates is just a |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. The debates certainly have an impact |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Bush Won By Three Percent And 3,000,000 Votes... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. I believe the debates are important, even vital, but only so far as the media treats them. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. What we now call debates are BS....bunch of canned scripted jibberish. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. We have "sound bite" exchanges, not debates. nm |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You beat me to it by 2 minutes. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. The debates we see aren't really debates... |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yep. Obama's been doing great, but Hillary gets the bump |
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