10-23-2020, 01:19 PM
(10-23-2020, 09:20 AM)PhilHos Wrote: My thoughts on the debate:
Both candidates performed well but I don't think either side won or lost the debate. They both had their good moments and bad moments but nothing major to the point that one won/lost.
I thought the moderator was overall pretty fair. There was still some left-leaning biases but for the most part, she treated each candidate fairly, gave them both ample time to respond to each other, didn't interrupt, fact check, nor debate the candidates. Probably the best Trump could've asked for from a non-conservative moderator.
Trump spread a great deal of COVID-19 disinformation and claimed Biden had received millions from Moscow.
Biden addressed Red and Blue states. Both Biden and the moderator fought to keep the debate on policies and actual problems, and away from conspiracy theories. (Left-leaning bias?) Trump blamed Democrat states for their COVID numbers and addressed a Fox audience that knew all about the laptop Rudy Giuliani gave to the New York Post. (Right-leaning bias?)
Why would we want a president who cannot separate data and knowledge needed to manage pandemic from conspiracy theories, one who is ignorant of how science works, angry, aggrieved, undisciplined and unfocused? If Biden is focused on informing and leading all Americans, listening to medical scientists and not disinforming, why is it difficult to declare him the winner, irrespective of whether one agrees with his policies?
Or what are the criteria for winning and losing a presidential debate?
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