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The lack of an audience for the Biden and Harris speeches... (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2020 OP
Caring for America. . . Iliyah Aug 2020 #1
Thank you for giving me an alternate way to view this. Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #2
Consider that an Oval Office speech never has a cheering audience... brooklynite Aug 2020 #5
Chump's doesn't deserve one, so I don't have expectation of cheering. Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #7
tRump didn't manage to get his claque in there? marybourg Aug 2020 #8
Agreed. Great point. BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #3
good point. It removes some of the circus atmosphere that sometimes occurs still_one Aug 2020 #4
I didn't even miss it! They were energized and able to connect emotionally soothsayer Aug 2020 #6
My husband made the same observation about the feeling... MANative Aug 2020 #9
I thought it worked well mcar Aug 2020 #10
They were both senators and used to making speeches without applause Walleye Aug 2020 #11
heck! they're used to making speeches without others in Senate chamber SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #13
I think a Senate style conversation between Biden and Harris JI7 Aug 2020 #14
Good idea. I think they call it a colloquy. I like it. Walleye Aug 2020 #15
I wouldn't mind if they spoke direct to camera. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #12
Nobody cares about crowd sizes anymore, lol Baclava Aug 2020 #16
I liked it a lot n/t hibbing Aug 2020 #17
Well, I love Joe, and Kamala's speech was riveting! Greybnk48 Aug 2020 #18
Heard the same thing from several others. radius777 Aug 2020 #19
When you peel away the pomp and circumstance and pageantry from politics it's easier see who has diva77 Aug 2020 #20

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
2. Thank you for giving me an alternate way to view this.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 08:10 PM
Aug 2020

I was really missing the applause during their appearance.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
7. Chump's doesn't deserve one, so I don't have expectation of cheering.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 08:20 PM
Aug 2020

It seems like forever since a better man sat in that chair.

I'm still adjusting to COVID silence in presentations such as this.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
9. My husband made the same observation about the feeling...
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 08:31 PM
Aug 2020

Of gravitas without an audience. Said it felt more comforting.

Walleye

(31,008 posts)
11. They were both senators and used to making speeches without applause
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 08:37 PM
Aug 2020

trump can’t do it,that’s why he had to have an audience and his Mar-a-Lago EO signing.

JI7

(89,247 posts)
14. I think a Senate style conversation between Biden and Harris
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:40 PM
Aug 2020

would be interesting to watch.

They can be spaced apart and you would have a back and forth discussion about different issues. We often see it on the Senate floor when those on the same side will ask each other questions they probably know the answer to but it's more to offer an understanding to the public.

C_U_L8R

(44,997 posts)
12. I wouldn't mind if they spoke direct to camera.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 08:53 PM
Aug 2020

I'd be happy if it was more like a Zoom call. No need to set it up like an auditorium. We're all here on the other side of the glass. It could be intimate and effective. And something Trump wouldn't dare do.

 

Baclava

(12,047 posts)
16. Nobody cares about crowd sizes anymore, lol
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:41 PM
Aug 2020

Get out the vote!.

2018 showed what high Dem turnout did to the GOP, they got slaughtered in the House, this will be the same, nobody will show up to vote FOR Trump, like they voted AGAINST Clinton. Voter apathy will hit Trump hard, nobody will risk their health to stand in the rain in Nov to vote FOR him, and no rallies means his show is over, its all about appearance with him, anyway.

Plunging support amongst the independents and voter apathy in the suburbs will turn all the swing states blue, ayep, there's not a gun left on the shelves, they already wiped out the nation's ammo supply, so surburbia says it will take care of itself, they don't need the tweeting idiot to save them now, lol

Greybnk48

(10,167 posts)
18. Well, I love Joe, and Kamala's speech was riveting!
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 12:22 AM
Aug 2020

I really didn't notice the absence of an audience in any distracting way.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
19. Heard the same thing from several others.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 04:20 AM
Aug 2020

These are serious times and the Dem ticket presents two very qualified and determined people who will get it done.

The masks, the distancing, etc - all showed how much they take the pandemic (and thus the lives of the American people) seriously.

And both speeches were great - not too long but covered all the bases.

diva77

(7,639 posts)
20. When you peel away the pomp and circumstance and pageantry from politics it's easier see who has
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 04:27 AM
Aug 2020

real substance.

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