• @[email protected]
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    28 hours ago

    Why do people hold Biden to such a high standard when the guy next to him is a complete moron. I’m not going to shit on Biden because he didn’t live up to this idea in my head. If he makes a better case than the other guy that’s enough. From the debate I think he walked circles around trump on every single issue.

    • @jordanlundM
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      17 hours ago

      Debates aren’t entirely about issues, it’s about appearances. We learned that in 1960 with the first televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon. The people who heard it on the radio were convinced Nixon won. The people who watched it on television thought Nixon came across shifty, sweaty, and deceitful, handing it to Kennedy.

      https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/history/debate/kennedynixon/kennedynixonscholarly.html

      Largely because Nixon refused the makeup required for television. Nixon lost the election.

      If you appear weak, you are weak, and the inverse is equally true. Trump is /r/confidentlywrong personified, but all the people care about is the confident part, not the wrong part

      • @[email protected]
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        23 hours ago

        I know that and I never said or implied they were entirely about issues. Im just trying to find out why so many people who seem more intelligent than the average person ended up judging the debate of rhetoric with zero regard for each candiates answers.

        Biden overestimated the american population and should have just called Trump a fat cunt every time he was asked a question.

        • @jordanlundM
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          13 hours ago

          “Short fingered vulgarian”. LOL. Would have gone a long way.