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Thursday, October 11, 2012
2012 Vice President Debate
Another majorly event. The Vice Presidential debate. We the People only get to see these debates once in every 4 years. In any case, whether the Democrats want to say Biden crushed Ryan or the Republicans want to say Ryan crushed Biden, I'm just going to say that out of everything that was going on, I was most distracted by the mannerisms that were being displayed. In short, I don't care what the Democrats are voting for, I didn't like Biden in this debate. And I know I am not the only one that notices this; Biden just came off rather snide and rude. There are a lot of things to snicker about, but to do so in a serious debate of all places, and in public, is completely unprofessional. I don't care how good or bad the content may be. Body language and expression speaks louder than words. I also notice the mention of fact checking as both candidates may have skewered some facts every now and then. Although I'd sympathize a little for a rookie speaker to go through 90 minutes without stumbling, I can't quite hold the same sympathy for people who are suppose to be expert speakers running for a national office.
I agree with you 100% Matt. Biden's condescending attitude was annoying and down right disrespectful. Did you know that he actually interrupted Ryan 82 times. He's probably already arrogant as most politicians are but he also knew he had to do everything in his power to dominate Ryan in this debate to make up for Obama taking such a whippin from Romney last week. I think it's safe to say Ryan held his own though.
Yeah, I think Ryan may even have done better than Romney in this debate. Regardless of how the media may think of his position, he took the debate with as much professionalism as he could and you could tell the significant difference between these 2 VPs. The first thing people connect with is personality before jumping into what a person has to say. If the personality has no appeal, who will care about the content? You could have the IQ higher than Einstein, but if your personality sucks, no one will want anything to do with you. That being said, I think Biden has done more harm for the Obama team than Obama himself.
I agree with you 100% Matt. Biden's condescending attitude was annoying and down right disrespectful. Did you know that he actually interrupted Ryan 82 times. He's probably already arrogant as most politicians are but he also knew he had to do everything in his power to dominate Ryan in this debate to make up for Obama taking such a whippin from Romney last week. I think it's safe to say Ryan held his own though.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think Ryan may even have done better than Romney in this debate. Regardless of how the media may think of his position, he took the debate with as much professionalism as he could and you could tell the significant difference between these 2 VPs. The first thing people connect with is personality before jumping into what a person has to say. If the personality has no appeal, who will care about the content? You could have the IQ higher than Einstein, but if your personality sucks, no one will want anything to do with you. That being said, I think Biden has done more harm for the Obama team than Obama himself.
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