Bodecea
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Well, there you have itâŚ
Bodecea
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Iâve been reading comments from parents who let their mid-range children watch the debates and wish they hadnâtâŚit was such a bad example on how an adult should behaveâŚfrom the so-called President of the United States.
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sikofit
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Yes. I see Biden as wanting a normal debate. Trump doesnât
WuWei
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Hereâs a mistaken concept about accountability - that a person can be âheld accountableâ by someone else.
One holds oneâs self accountable, it has to come from inside. Itâs basically taking ownership of the process.
âHolding accountableâ is actually holding responsible for anotherâs performance. Thatâs why being able to fire somebody is so important.
You canât give somebody responsibility without authority, then try to âhold them accountableâ.
Of course in politics, we throw all that out the window.
JayJay
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Remember in 1992 when the conservativesâ slogan was that character mattered?
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Bodecea
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Youâd think that would be self-explanatoryâŚin America.
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WuWei
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Too bad for Biden. Trump isnât ânormalâ. You debate the enemy, not who you want to debate.
WuWei
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Hillary Clinton was âhonorableâ?
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sikofit
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Which is why I said I donât think Trump will agree. I also donât think it will serve him any better in the 2nd debate than it did last night.
Câmon man. It was a throwaway joke.
WuWei
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Jokes are only jokes when they are funny and rarely when they have to be explained.
It kinda did. He baited Biden into either getting peevish, or allowing Trump to set the terms.
Sknyluv
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And who exactly did this ingratiate to Trump? Moderates? Undecided voters? Clearly his base wants him to act like a troll, but ⌠who else saw his behavior last night and thought, âYep, thatâs the person I want as President.â
Itâs not designed to ingratiate him with undecideds. Itâs designed to make those people wonder whether Biden is as weak or senile as Republicans are painting him to be.
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GWH
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Youâre right. A lot of people walked away from last night feeling sympathy for Joe after Trump made him look weak and ineffective. Good luck getting people to vote for weak and ineffective.
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Sknyluv
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It clearly didnât do that.
Sknyluv
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I donât think that happened either. Very little conversation today is about Bidenâs performance. Which was fine, if not forgettable. Itâs all about Trump being a bully during the debate. If Trump wanted to make Biden look weak and ineffective, he failed. Horribly.
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