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2016 Postmortem

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Thu Oct 15, 2015, 01:15 PM Oct 2015

Why do we care who "won"?

Isn't the purpose of a debate to convince people to switch which candidate they support? I know the early debates also serve the purpose of introducing the masses to a candidate and their message. I discovered that I really don't like Jim Webb nor Lincoln Chaffee, so I guess the debate served that purpose.

Did anyone here change whom they supported because of the debate?

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Why do we care who "won"? (Original Post) NightWatcher Oct 2015 OP

"We" don't but the mainstream media sure do tularetom Oct 2015 #1

Nope. In matters of conscience the law of majority has no place. Gandhi Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #2

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

1. "We" don't but the mainstream media sure do

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 02:16 PM

Oct 2015

They could barely wait until the debate was finished to inform us how one particular candidate simply crushed all opposition. In nauseatingly glowing terms, too.

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

2. Nope. In matters of conscience the law of majority has no place. Gandhi

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 02:21 PM

Oct 2015

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