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jberryhill

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6. Yes, but for the wrong reasons

Reply to octothorpe (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:57 PM

Feb 2012

It's like watching NASCAR for the crashes.

Ever since Reagan said, "There you go again..." to President Carter, campaigns have been looking for the knockout zinger of some kind.

Lloyd Bensen's "I knew Jack Kennedy..." speech was another example, as was Palin's miserably flat, "Say it ain't so, Joe..." for which she awkwardly had to first ask permission to call him Joe, and which was skewered in the SNL sendup of that debate.

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Do debates really matter? [View all] octothorpe Feb 2012 OP

For an undecided casual voter, it might change your mind. Jennicut Feb 2012 #1

I wonder how many of those people exist octothorpe Feb 2012 #8

Debates definitely have an impact particularly on undecided voters. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #2

Ask Rick Parry OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #3

+1 Good point! Little Star Feb 2012 #4

Yeah, I get it for the primaries octothorpe Feb 2012 #5

I can give you three reasons why they matter... n/t DefenseLawyer Feb 2012 #13

Yes, but for the wrong reasons jberryhill Feb 2012 #6

+1, unfortunately its about soundbites, and bumper stickers. Not concrete policy discussion. n/t Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2012 #12

Yes, I have. hfojvt Feb 2012 #7

Were you pretty politically aware back then? octothorpe Feb 2012 #9

as aware as a kid could be hfojvt Feb 2012 #10

What I've noticed is that gopiscrap Feb 2012 #11

They absolutely matter RZM Feb 2012 #14