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   Amadi Lovelace (amaditalks@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 06:04:56 JST Amadi Lovelace

   We do not ever need to have another presidential debate. Not in this cycle or any other.

   We need to have the candidates in two separate rooms. Black box, no window dressing, plain podium, candidate, microphone.

   No live moderator, just an automated voice over a PA system. Questions written by subject matter experts and specialty journalists.

   Candidates alternate who speaks first, but they can’t see or hear each other. No rebuttals, no follow ups, just identical questions & their answers.

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     Amadi Lovelace (amaditalks@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 06:04:50 JST Amadi Lovelace

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     But a president does need to have a broad base of knowledge, a clear understanding and a clear plan of address on many topics and issues, and they should be able to demonstrate to the people that they have those things by answering questions for us about them.

     It doesn’t need to be a performance.

     More like a dissertation defense.

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     Amadi Lovelace (amaditalks@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 06:04:54 JST Amadi Lovelace

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     Debate skills aren’t a presidential job qualification, and the format of our presidential debates, especially now, aren’t really about debate skills anyway. There’s never a time when a president has to argue with somebody in front of an audience, especially not somebody who’s telling lies or is permitted to distract them while they are speaking.

     Great oratorical skills aren’t a job requirement either. Delivering a rousing speech is great, but it isn’t a part of governing.

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.