Anybody watching the VP debate right now?

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

before this thread takes off into several directions i would just like to compliment Martha Raddatz on her moderating of the debate tonight. she asked both candidates tough questions and probed when necessary and she cut them off and changed direction when she thought it appropriate. much much better job than mr. lehrer last week.

Well that bar was not set high, but I thought this debate was fairly unwatchable for how much she let then talk over each other. Really, I have no idea why a moderator doesn't just say "shut up Biden, wait your turn you old fart" and vice versa for Ryan, minus the old fart part.

brianlux wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

brianlux wrote:

I just watched the video and had much the same reaction.

Ryan debates well. He speaks well and presents himself well, but this is not a college debate class. With all due respect to the voice of a younger generation, I am far more comfortable having an experienced, knowledgeable VP than I would be with one who appears to me as a college level young man who speaks well but hasn't the knowledge and experience to back it. And his making a witty excuse for Romney's words regarding 47% of Americans was just flat out lame.

So it doesn't matter the actual experience, just being older is better huh?

Well shoot, man, I'm 61. Of course older is better.

No, seriously, it's the experience and knowledge that is important to me. Not only do I not care for Ryan's political views but he just doesn't come across as having the strength of experience for the job. And that doesn't just come with age. A younger candidate can show a sense of experience. In my opinion, Ryan doesn't have that.

I was just joking with you, you sounded like an old fart!

Friend posted this on Facebook, made me laugh.

" Hello 9-1-1? There's an old man beating a child on my T.V." Bill Maher

cincybearcat wrote:

I was just joking with you, you sounded like an old fart!

That I cannot deny.

it was cool when Paul Ryan said that "unelected judges" shouldn't ever decide about abortion.

A total lie, of course... Republicans have been working to get Roe V Wade to the Supreme Court for ages.

But it was still funny to see him try that shit. :fp:

Biden was annoying, disrespectful, and rambling most of the time. It was like watching Maury or Springer just annoying trying to listen to someone when someone else is talking over them. I do think Martha Raddatz should have stopped Biden from talking over Ryan so much. Seemed to me she dug at Ryan more. She never asked Biden to explain specifics as she did to Ryan. Hopefully Romney and Ryan can have a friend of there's mediate the next debate.

Not sure what debate some of you were watching but Ryan got his ass handed to him. Biden was disrespectful with the facial expressions, laughter and interruptions but, really, if Ryan can't do a better job than to keep repeating his talking points over and over again without elaboration or clarification then I would have been inclined to do the same thing. In some respects, I felt like Obama should have done the same thing to Romney but I believe that he was playing it safe. Let Biden nail these guys while Obama tries to rise above the fray. Not saying that it worked out well for him but I think that was the mentality that he had going in to the first debate. I will be interested to see the next presidential debate.

aerial wrote:

Update:
OFFICIAL INTERRUPTION COUNT: 116 times in under 40 minutes. Moderator interrupted Ryan 34 times, Biden interrupted Ryan 82 times

That's pretty disrespectful.