For a moment there, a few days back I was excited for a presidential debate. I thought President Biden, Former President Trump, and independent candidate Bobby Kennedy Jr. were going duke it out on stage in front of a live studio audience.
I envisioned a trainwreck in front of 10s of millions of people showing how weird the state of American politics. Well, I might still get that part. But no audience and no Bobby Kennedy Jr…
“I think it’ll make it a cleaner, purer experience,” said CNN’s Chris Wallace who has moderated presidential debates. “But in terms of the candidates, I don’t think it makes much difference because you are so focused on what you’re saying and what the other guy is about to say and what the moderator is going to ask, that you’re not sitting there playing to the crowd like it’s a rally.”
He’s right and wrong.
Yes, it’s a cleaner experience because an audience isn’t necessary for a debate, and I could argue they could distract but this debate format isn’t purer.
I’m not planning on voting but roughly 10 percent of American who expect to, are telling pollsters that they’re willing to vote for Bobby Kennedy Jr... Whatever you think of his opinions, it is wrong to box him AND the voices of those Americans out of the debates.
And if you think he’s wrong, shouldn’t President Biden for former President Trump be capable of telling him that to his face?
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