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Joe Cool

(989 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:37 PM 17 hrs ago

I give Kamala a B for that town hall

She wasn’t perfect but she didn’t talk about dead golfer’s genitals or give people juvenile nicknames as the rapist/felon/fraud would have done.
She also came across as normal. Trump can’t come across as normal.
There is no way Trump could have survived those same questions without coming across as completely unhinged.

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I give Kamala a B for that town hall (Original Post) Joe Cool 17 hrs ago OP
I didn't watch. Why a B and not an A? NewHendoLib 17 hrs ago #1
Interesting that so many of us have the same assessment. cilla4progress 17 hrs ago #2
Questions are always pre-screened at these candidate town halls with audience questions. LonePirate 17 hrs ago #3
I don't think she should do anymore Town Halls or sit down interviews standingtall 17 hrs ago #4
I agree Pisces 17 hrs ago #7
Abortion Jmb 4 Harris-Walz 17 hrs ago #11
shithole would have said stupid stuff... Lovie777 17 hrs ago #5
She did fantastic gab13by13 17 hrs ago #6
It was not fantastic. It was just ok. Pisces 17 hrs ago #8
I agree. madaboutharry 16 hrs ago #15
they came across like mean girls picking apart everything ecstatic 17 hrs ago #12
I don't get that. There are only two students in this class. One gets straight A's and one gets straight F's. Ferrets are Cool 17 hrs ago #9
She was kinda nervous...I could hear it in her voice a lot. Jmb 4 Harris-Walz 17 hrs ago #10
I thought she came off as compassionate and as someone who cares about the future of our country. jalan48 17 hrs ago #13
She got more credit tonight than he did. GoodRaisin 17 hrs ago #14

cilla4progress

(25,588 posts)
2. Interesting that so many of us have the same assessment.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:41 PM
17 hrs ago

She definitely didn't do herself any harm. She may have accomplished what she wanted.

The headline seems to be her unequivocal labeling of tsf as a fascist.

LonePirate

(13,835 posts)
3. Questions are always pre-screened at these candidate town halls with audience questions.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:43 PM
17 hrs ago

I doubt the audience members were pre-screened beforehand unlike that town hall Trump held on Fox last week. However, the organizations moderating these town halls aren't going to let some bizarre, off-topic question make it on air.

standingtall

(2,892 posts)
4. I don't think she should do anymore Town Halls or sit down interviews
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:45 PM
17 hrs ago

She's done enough of them. For now until election day She should only go out on the stump. Go on the offensive and stay on the offensive. The more She has to explain her policy positions is the more She's on the defensive and whatever explanation She gives is never good enough for the media anyway. So I don't see any value in them. She should go out on the campaign trail and remind people what a piece of garbage Trump is everyday.

Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(671 posts)
11. Abortion
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:15 PM
17 hrs ago

The guy with the right to life issue… unreal. So he’d rather let a woman die due to the draconian policies?

Lovie777

(14,505 posts)
5. shithole would have said stupid stuff...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:47 PM
17 hrs ago

and corporate would ignored it.

I give credit to a strong human being of color and a woman.

madaboutharry

(41,163 posts)
15. I agree.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:26 PM
16 hrs ago

I thought she did fine, but it wasn’t particularly memorable. But I am not a fan of town halls anyway, so maybe that influenced my opinion.

I do think the CNN panel was insufferable and too critical. I turned them off.

ecstatic

(34,196 posts)
12. they came across like mean girls picking apart everything
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:20 PM
17 hrs ago

I won't feel an ounce of sympathy for them if trump gets in. Abby Phillip, Dana Bash, Kaitlan, Jake Tapper.... surely they understand they're included as the enemy from within. Seriously, good luck with that.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,710 posts)
9. I don't get that. There are only two students in this class. One gets straight A's and one gets straight F's.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:10 PM
17 hrs ago

She gets an A every time she speaks.

Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(671 posts)
10. She was kinda nervous...I could hear it in her voice a lot.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:12 PM
17 hrs ago

One of the comments was when she was passionate about a topic she did great and I agree.

When she doesn’t want to answer a question she talks around the question or moves to a different topic altogether. She needs to just be more honest and get to the point of the question. One of the things that I get frustrated about is the LONG drawn out answers ESPECIALLY when she never answers the question asked in the first place.

OMG — am watching the 5 audience members and them talking about the school yard bullying. It’s like they don’t even realize the jeopardy Trump is to our country!! 🤦‍♀️

jalan48

(14,266 posts)
13. I thought she came off as compassionate and as someone who cares about the future of our country.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:20 PM
17 hrs ago

I think her tone will win over voters who have seen Trump’s, “She’s a radical leftist!” ads on TV, and now are able to see that she's really a thoughtful and reasonable woman.

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