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It really is fascinating how people's likes and dislikes color their perception. We look at the same video and you see screaming while I see a regular townhall

by blurry 18y ago

It really is fascinating how people's likes and dislikes color their perception. We look at the same video and you see screaming while I see a regular townhall meeting-type Q&A. I am not being argumentative here, I just really fail to see the screaming - he looks to be speaking loudly both before and after that question. One thing I will say is that it's unfair to allow senior citizens to ask questions, but then say that Obama is scaring them when he answers. I doubt the specific lady in question would want to be treated differently than others just based on her age. If she thinks herself fit to attend a political debate, we should respect her decision. Also, I am not sure why you presumed that I am being fed by the left wing media. Like I said, I watched the actual candidates' debates... so I really just saw them however they chose to present themselves.

electromagnetic 18y ago
I agree, it looks like any regular debate. He's talking over her, but every politician does that. She asked him what he'd do on terrorism and illegal immigrants, he went to answer and then she starts arguing in the middle of his reply. How political debates are handled in the UK where I grew up and found my interest in politics are: you stand up, ask the question you've got, they reply and, I've seen this numerous times, the questioner will stand back up and say "that's not what I asked..." I remember it with Tony Blair, he did it 3 times in a row to the same guy and it was like WTF you're showing everyone on national TV that you fully ignore people when they ask a question you don't like. I believe the question was on why we entered the Iraq war after it had come out that there weren't WMD's and that (IIRC) MI5 had declared they highly doubted the existence of any WMD's in Iraq months before the war. Tony Blair basically kept saying they did it because Saddam Hussein had WMD's. Obama in that video was asked a question, but the woman tried to stop him from answering, obviously she'd already made up her mind that whatever he said wasn't the answer she wanted because she never even listened.

by blurry 18y ago

electromagnetic 18y ago

I agree, it looks like any regular debate. He's talking over her, but every politician does that. She asked him what he'd do on terrorism and illegal immigrants, he went to answer and then she starts arguing in the middle of his reply. How political debates are handled in the UK where I grew up and found my interest in politics are: you stand up, ask the question you've got, they reply and, I've seen this numerous times, the questioner will stand back up and say "that's not what I asked..." I remember it with Tony Blair, he did it 3 times in a row to the same guy and it was like WTF you're showing everyone on national TV that you fully ignore people when they ask a question you don't like. I believe the question was on why we entered the Iraq war after it had come out that there weren't WMD's and that (IIRC) MI5 had declared they highly doubted the existence of any WMD's in Iraq months before the war. Tony Blair basically kept saying they did it because Saddam Hussein had WMD's. Obama in that video was asked a question, but the woman tried to stop him from answering, obviously she'd already made up her mind that whatever he said wasn't the answer she wanted because she never even listened.