“Cruz put so much weight in his oratorical skills.”
I agree. Most of his prior oratory situations have been contrived with plenty of time beforehand to prepare. In debates, nobody interrupted. In court, there were prepared scripts. Off-the-cuff statements and responses were things he hadn’t dealt with and didn’t understand. He couldn’t cope.
| So true, Mayflower. And a lot of misstatement of facts can be glossed over in a 5 or 10 minute script, so by the time your opponent gets a chance to reply, much of the rebuttal's force is gone -- or the audience can't follow the original line of thought. Perhaps the debating societies should change their rules and make scholastic debates more interactive. |