Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread!
Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread!
Was tempted to call this "Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo" but a) A lot of Lemmy won't get the OG reference. and 2) "Boogaloo" has been co-opted and carries an unfortunate connotation these days.
Also, while it's Trump's 2nd debate of the season, it's Harris's first...
It's being run by ABC News at 9 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Pacific, I see MSNBC starts their coverage TWO HOURS EARLY. That's a lot of air time to fill, guys. Good luck!
Live updates, how and when to watch, debate rules, etc. here:
Link to the first debate thread here:
https://lemmy.world/post/16973660
That't it! Thanks for hanging with it everbody!
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One thing I'm trying to be mentally prepared for: Trump doing reasonably well. He's not a good debater, and he's not even going to debate, he's going to try to put on a show. But while the man has very few actual skills, brainless spectacle is one of them. So I'm trying to be prepared for that.
I think the time limits will work in his favor, he won't have the time to ramble and go off the rails.
That's definitely a concern.
I don't think there's any doubt that Harris herself will do well, I just think it's a good idea to recognize that the format does indeed play to Trump's strengths and puts band-aids over his (very deep) deficiencies.
Well. At least we didn't have to worry about that.