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TwilightZone

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3. It's not that simple.

Reply to planetc (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2024, 03:43 PM

Jul 2024

Politics can be an emotional game and appearances are often much more important to the masses than content.

If presidential races were solely about substance and ideas, Trump would have been laughed off the stage in 2015. Alas, they are not, and we are all poorer for it.

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I don't know what all the fuss is about: Biden won the debate. [View all] planetc Jul 2024 OP

50 million watched the debate Fiendish Thingy Jul 2024 #1

How large a number, and what differences do they see? planetc Jul 2024 #10

I think a major problem for Biden was the laryngitis. madaboutharry Jul 2024 #2

91% of democrats still support Biden, but when Meadowoak Jul 2024 #4

It's not that simple. TwilightZone Jul 2024 #3

Of course he did. valleyrogue Jul 2024 #5

Tfg lied over 30 times duncang Jul 2024 #6

Seth Abramson counted 602 lies in 40 minutes valleyrogue Jul 2024 #7

That should be the lead. duncang Jul 2024 #11

Biden lacked oomph, but the transcript tells a different tale LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2024 #8

No one scores it as an actual debate. It's a TV appearance LeftInTX Jul 2024 #9

Just to return to a point I made earlier, that Biden's debate is being viewed as a "performance" ... planetc Jul 2024 #14

All these discussions about Biden's debate performance inevitably always circle back to the perception thing. sop Jul 2024 #12

I didn't watch it because Dump is so nauseating. Talitha Jul 2024 #13

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