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jalan48

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14. They are more like Q and A sessions. I would like to see debates where candidates actually debate
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 10:25 AM
Aug 2018

one another as in ask each other questions on the specific topic and speak with time limits.

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We don't have real Presidential debates anymore allowing candidates to really confront each other hlthe2b Aug 2018 #1
They are more like Q and A sessions. I would like to see debates where candidates actually debate jalan48 Aug 2018 #14
Michael Avenatti is RIGHT..... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2018 #2
I have no doubt that's true, but the bar is very low. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #3
I think Avenatti is baiting Trump to finally say something lunatica Aug 2018 #17
Well, Hillary mopped the floor with him in their debates, but it didn't matter in the end. MANative Aug 2018 #4
Yes, I remember that NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #12
She was brilliant! When he attempted intimidate her by ominously shadowing RestoreAmerica2020 Aug 2018 #16
Once upon a time scientists went to debate Creationists... Girard442 Aug 2018 #5
Sadly, that is what it has boiled down to in the US. A spectator sport. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2018 #7
Nah. You must have not watched Avenatti against Dershowitz. And trump is no Dershowitz. brush Aug 2018 #13
I'm not really in favor of Avenatti running for President, but there is nothing I would like smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #6
He debated Hillary Clinton multiple times and looked like a complete idiot and it didn't matter oberliner Aug 2018 #8
If he runs again mainstreetonce Aug 2018 #9
Anybody who'd paid attention in their high school civics class The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #10
Hillary embarassed Trump Jspur Aug 2018 #11
Sounds like a gauntlet throw down to me. Kablooie Aug 2018 #15
HRC won all three debates Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2018 #18
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