nat4900
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Well, I did a poor job explaining the parameters. Public Opinion is important but as to āwho won the debateāā¦itās meaningless. The goal of the debate is to simply nail down your side of the ledger and basically turn it into a scenario where you ādebate yourselfā. Youāre open to one-liners which the GOP basically salivates over (if not masturbates over) and that will be replayed 600 times on the 24 hour news channels.
With that explanation, I then would agree......But debates DO place a candidate on a spot to back up an assertion that may only get big cheers from a friendly audience like in political rallies.....Here's an example from a recent, unscripted interview between Trump and Lester Holt (who will be one of the moderators in one of the upcoming debates):
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Holt flummoxed Trump by asking how he could say for certain that Clinton's private email server was hacked.
HOLT: But is there any evidence it was hacked other than routine phishing?
TRUMP: I think I read that, and I heard it, and somebody also gave me that information.
HOLT: Where?
TRUMP: I will report back to you. I will give it to you.
HOLT: You said it with such certainty yesterday.
TRUMP: I don't know if certainty. Probably she was hacked.