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former9thward

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10. True but no one really avoids them.

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 10:02 PM

Apr 2022

People said Trump would not debate and he did. They way the debates are presently structured they are not debates at all. They are simply dueling press conferences. I would like to see a Lincoln-Douglass format. Candidate A speaks for 1/2 hour. Candidate B speaks and asks questions of A for a 1/2 hour. Then A does the same and so on. No need for a panel or "moderator".

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Shouldn't the presidential candidate be the one to decide whether they will do debates [View all] LiberalFighter Apr 2022 OP

They are kowtowing to traitor and they will do more of that in Nov Eliot Rosewater Apr 2022 #1

Exactly zipplewrath Apr 2022 #8

Yup. I'm not optimistic. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #9

I think they are concerned they will be called out for their hypocrisy and pro- JohnSJ Apr 2022 #2

Why don't they go back to the league of women voters who used to run the debates MacKasey Apr 2022 #3

They mainly talked about the issues. SmallFry Apr 2022 #4

Both parties did not want the League to do it. former9thward Apr 2022 #5

Yep it is a corporation designed to protect the status quo TheProle Apr 2022 #11

Because the RNC basically hates women? thecrow Apr 2022 #12

The nominated candidates will decide. former9thward Apr 2022 #6

Yup zipplewrath Apr 2022 #7

True but no one really avoids them. former9thward Apr 2022 #10