The Secret Service said today they are going to hire Candy Crowley. Anyone who can move that fast to protect the President should be training their agents.
Furthermore, a debater may choose to speak slowly for stylistic reasons. Such as to make what he is saying sound more profound or more eloquent. So not only would such a debater potentially benefit from speaking slower, but at least according to CNN he should also be given more time to keep hammering home his points.
Strange though that Crowley didn’t inform both debaters before it started that “just to let you know, if you speak slowly, i’ll give you much more time!”
Well okay, not so strange, for it would have sounded ridiculous. For the whole thing is laughable and obviously thought up after the fact as a means to try to justify a referee doing everything she could to help one contestant while delivering low blows to his opponent.
A quick summary: more time for Obama, more interruptions for Romney, more “last words” for Obama, more stepping in and preventing Romney from landing a knockout punch. So go ahead and count all you like CNN, but everyone knows that it all adds up to four measly letters: B-I-A-S.
If they are going to base turns to speak on word count, then what’s the point of a clock?
Answer- the fix was in...
It’s sort of an affirmative action approach to debate rules. Little barry just can’t speak as fast as that other guy. So we’ll celebrate by giving barry more time.
Hell, speak real slow and Mitt doesn't even have to show up.
So how did Crowley “just happen to have” that particular quote/transcript? And more interestingly, how did obama “just happen to know” she had it? Remember, he told Crowley to read it. He KNEW she had it. Only one possible answer,,,the two of them collaborated before the debate started.
Word count???
You've got to be kidding.
People communicate with far more than words. 4 minutes more is 4 minutes more chance to communicate. These people must think America just fell off the turnip wagon.
Public communication is body language, laughing, staging, moving, pausing, emoting, you name it.