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11. Biden ran circles around Ryan in the 2012 VP debates and actually...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 11:18 AM
Aug 2020

show President Obama how it was done as it was staged after the first presidential debate in which Romney had pulled off a gish gallop against President Obama, a flummoxing technique that left many aghast at the effectiveness of it's sheer, unrelenting and staccato volume of words which monopolized all the space in the room.

Joe's performance showed how one had to take command of the debate by showing the ridiculousness of one's opponents arguments—thus the "please proceed, governor" phrase.

Biden was also extremely effective against the hackneyed, anti-democratic establishment arguments presented by Bernie Sanders in their debate during the Dem primaries this presidential cycle.

Joe will do fine, if any debates actually happened. And it's guaranteed he won't stand for trump invading his space on the podium.

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