Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. - Commission on Presidential Debates | The Daily Show
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Published 2024-05-20
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All Comments (21)
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We all know it, we knew it four years ago even. Jon Stewart needs to host the debates. It would change everything.
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Frank is older than both Trump and Biden and he's more quick witted and lucid than either of them.
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Not only is the mute button important but there should be a little bar on the bottom with live fact checking during the debates
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Stewart should be the debate moderator. He wouldn't let either side obfuscate.
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The debates should NOT have audiences. I agree with the format of the currently planned debate.
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No audience is best. Never, ever should there be an audience. Only press.
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When the timer goes off, so should the microphone. When it's not Trump's turn to speak, let his microphone be silenced.
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Interesting that the Commission introduced a mute button 4 years ago. I don't recall them having actually used it.... Let's hope they automatically activate it when each ones time is up.
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Jon is basically doing the Office Space "What would you say it is... you do here?" bit and this guy has nothing but a jump-to-conclusions mat.
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“It was non-partisan, not bi-partisan, NON-partisan”, he stresses, while explaining that the chair of the DNC and himself the chair of the RNC formed the commission. Edit: the previous debates were awful. Trump was able to talk over Biden, they didn’t cut his mic. I like Biden’s requests: no in-house crowds.
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Only having ONE microphone on at a time is a must.
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I shout at the debate every time why don’t they put a mute button on him? If he wasn’t stopping I don’t know why they haven’t used it.
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"You have this sort of system set up for tradition, but the media has changed so drastically. It's so polarized. It's so sensationalized. They're not looking to accomplish what may be what the commission is looking to accomplish and is that not what's at odds?" - Jon @ 4:55. Why does this feel like Jon's point on Crossfire 20ish years ago, all over again? 😂
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Okay, I gotta say something here. As a past co-president of my local League of Women Voters, we ALWAYS ran NONpartisan debates. The GOP wasn't the most liked for their methods, like gerrymandering and Supreme Court justice partisan nominations. They took over the once neutral, now comical presidential debate. This guy is here to excuse what the Commission did in favor of pets politics and, well, profit for the media. Bless his heart. Turn the debates back to the League of Women Voters, who for one hundred years, pursued just politics on both sides. Look it up.
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Modern debates are little more than reality tv soundbite generators.
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Put the two candidates in soundproof booths. Ask them the same questions simultaneously. Let them answer for 2 minutes with a 15 second warning. Segment 2: Have each candidate identify the 5 questions they would ask their opponent. Segment 3, have them answer the questions. Stitch together the content.
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lol. thanks for coming back, Jon. Please stick around at least another decade or 3
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Why should Biden submit to a drug test if rumper doesn't?!? How is THAT fair?
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I learned a lot during the debates, particularly between Trump & Hillary: she had actual policies, could speak in an educated manner and was knowledgeable. Trump, on the other hand, was NONE of those things.
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It's impossible to claim non-partisan when no third parties are allowed.