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To: stremba

That is about the stupidest post I have ever read. The moderators are there to ask the candidates questions and the candidates answer and reply to the questions.


20 posted on 10/19/2016 8:38:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Really? Moderators are needed? Study your history. One of the most informative, substantive, and best regarded political debates in our country’s history (actually a series of debates) was the Lincoln/Douglas Illinois Senate debates. Who exactly moderated those?

The candidates spoke about the main issues of the day, most notably slavery and the status of that institution in the territories that were not yet admitted as states. They made their speeches, questioned each other directly, and responded to each other, all wothout the need for some pseudo-journalist to guide the proceedings. Why could that not work today? Do we really need media types to have a political discourse?


22 posted on 10/19/2016 12:23:23 PM PDT by stremba
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