Good. Dems should engage hostile media more, Pete Buttigieg gives masterclasses on how to do it. Not everyone can be that good but shining a light in the darkness is important. Ignoring it just lets it fester.
Fuck the centrist media that considers that debate a flub - he did excellent.
On the other hand, the lower the expectations are kept, the better he will look if he slam dunks on Fox, which I think he likely will.
He certainly seemed awkward in the first couple minutes, but I’m not sure what the big deal would be outside of that.
That thing about when he was in China was a shitshow from top to bottom. I had never even heard of the “controversy” so it was probably some bullshit the moderators threw in to appease the conspiracy lunatics and appear balanced. Then his answer was a bunch of nothing and flailing around. I don’t think he even answered it. The closest he got was “that’s what I said” and didn’t address the accuracy of the statement or an explanation in his answer. And then he stopped with a few seconds left in his allotted time and froze up and stammered for the rest of it.
Tim Walz is, by all appearances, a stand up guy and smart as a tack. But that isn’t really what drives these debates. If they were won and lost on the merits, no Republican would have been elected in my lifetime. But they’re not about substance and by pretty much every measure that answer and interaction was a doozy of a loser.
But that was the only answer that he flubbed like that, so the night wasn’t a total disaster for Walz. It just wasn’t a win.
The fact that you got downvotes for this just shows how out of touch so many Lemmy users are. This is like the third time I’ve seen comments like yours take a hit because of the aversion to truth around here.
Coming up as 3 downvotes on my client. I wouldn’t say that’s 'so many Lemmy users ’ or am I missing something?
It’s early. And because I’ve seen this same sentiment across several threads.
https://lemmy.world/comment/12670800
https://lemmy.world/comment/12677683
https://lemmy.world/comment/12671241
This guy in particular was in the negative 60s and higher when I first came through. They’re still negative but less so.
Emotions run high around politics right now. Can’t I say I blame people for that. Shits fucked. And there is friendly fire from time to time when people feel like saying or acknowledging anything bad about “your side” is strengthening “the other side”. And hell maybe they’re right I don’t know. It’s all very subjective.
I would say Lemmy is very heavy on emotions. Not a diss on Lemmy. I think it’s a great platform but my god! It’s like being stuck in an elevator with the angriest hormonal teens on the planet. Everyone, jeesus, please just chill and have a convo. My god.
The icebreaker question being “How can we fix the middle east” was fucking crazy and they both fumbled with it.
“I don’t know that we can. But the first step is to stop pouring proverbial kerosene on the fire.”
And didn’t lie constantly.
the Democratic vice presidential nominee’s first solo on-air conversation since becoming Kamala Harris’ running mate.
Pretty sure he’s had plenty of solo conversations before this.
Honestly, if they can’t even get the basics right in the first paragraph I’m not going to continue reading.
Yes, before this:
since becoming Kamala Harris’ running mate.
Could they not have found a pun for fox?
I mean, Foxes Den doesn’t exactly sound intimidating. Actually foxes by and large are lovely creatures and that awful network doesn’t deserve that name.
