After viewing the circus acts that were called the 1st presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate that aired earlier in the month, my expectations for the 2nd debate were not too high. Unfortunately my even my low expectations were not met and I felt as though there was not a large enough improvement during this debate to have made any difference from the first one. While we saw some improvement in terms of candidate behavior, the rest of the debate was severely lacking in substance. Questions posed by the audience were shallow, then made even more so by the follow up questions from the moderators. On the topic of moderators, there appears to be a continuing theme of their lack of effectiveness that has carried throughout all of the debates including this one. Leading up to the 2nd debate we have seen the results of having two candidates with political views on complete opposite poles and personalities to match. The events of the first debate can easily be described as throwing water into a pot of hot oil and just watching it happen. Throughout the debate we had seen Donald Trump repeatedly interrupt and attempt to interject as Hillary Clinton was speaking in an effort to defend himself. However this interruptions were more of a nuisance, especially due to most of them being composed of the words ‘no’ and ‘not true’. Fortunately for the sake of everyone watching the debate, Trump learned to better control his interruptions and was largely silent while it was
Donald trump bypasses her antics by bringing up the story about her email scandal in the debate. In the debate trump looked like he was disrespecting Hillary Clinton, especially when she was talking. Trump’s arrogance showed a lot at the debate from watching his facial expressions and his tone. Both Clinton and Trump have problems with some of the ethos challenges. Like trump has been caught lying a lot during his time speaking.
Let’s get the most prominent and most talked about candidate out of the way, Donald Trump. I should first say that I am not a fan by any means. With this being said, I tried to watch the debates with an open mind and tried to look solely at his leadership style. I found Trump to be very defensive, childish, inappropriate, and all over the place. During the debates he loved to talk about how great he is; mentioning four times about his endorsements, about his great friends, and his wealth. Needless to say, he was not able to sway me. I will admit, Trump has extreme confidence. This is a great quality. However, he might just be too confident. It comes off as arrogant. Confidence is great to a certain degree, but it can also get you in trouble. He feels he is the best and everyone would listen to him because he is “Donald Trump”. He is so egotistical. There was one question asked about how Trump would order the military to target families of suspected terrorist after the military testifying the expansive use of torture is inexcusable and will refuse orders because they are illegal. His response: “They won’t refuse; they won’t refuse, believe me”.
As the running mates to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took the stage to further their platform and earn voters, millions tuned in hopes of further solidifying their choice for President of the United States of America. The Vice-Presidential debate was moderated by Elaine Quijano, CBSN anchor and former CNN journalist, who Dan Gainor of FOX claims to have been left from the very beginning (“Another Debate”, 2016). According to numerous articles as well as commentary by FOX news affiliates, Mike Pence was viewed as the winner of the Vice-Presidential debate over Tim Kaine by this Conservative news outlet. The focus of much discussion was the numerous interruptions that occurred throughout the debate resulting in Quijano herself, being spoken over on multiple occasions. An unofficial Fox News count identified Pence as being interrupted by Tim Kaine over 39 times where as Kaine was interrupted around 19times by Pence (“Pence Trumps”, 2016). Elaine Quijano drew criticism from the conservative identifiers for allowing the debate format to get out of hand. From the onset of the debate, Tim Kaine stepped into the role of the aggressor by going after Pence on the hot topics relative to the Trump campaign on items such as the release of Donald Trump’s taxes. FOX news claims that with a factor of 8-1,” Quijano peppered Pence with tough question after tough question and reserved one for Kaine”. Dan Gainor identifies the debate as being
In the effort to secure their own appointments to the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas squared off in a series of seven debates in 1858. In the 1850s, America was facing a political crisis, and slavery was threatening to tear the nation apart. There were seven debates that took place between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. The two candidates for Senate challenged the other's ideas about many topics but the most import was, slavery and its future in the United States. Before the first debate took place, Abraham Lincoln addressed a crowd in Chicago, which is known famously as the House Divided Speech. In his speech, Lincoln attacked the doctrine of popular sovereignty. He said that it had clearly failed in its goal of ending
I donnot agree that Trump stood out in this debate, he did not show the same strength and toughness than in previous debates. Trump seemed confident since he leads the national polls. That is why the mogul did not strike back at the attack of his opponents, he probably did not want to say anything that could damage his position of front-runner, and he just let his opponents fighting
I am a former 8th grade student from Greendale Middle School. After three years of seeing the old firehouse/police station, I came up with a renovation idea for the historic building. Since the High School already has a theater that is optimal for shows, I think that Greendale needs to have a theater that could be utilized for music. Greendale is involved in music and I think we need somewhere where we can enjoy music to its fullest extent. I know that the project would cost thousands of dollars, but this space could be rented to groups like MYSO or other groups that have a big musical influence and it could be used to generate funds. Since the High School theater is not big enough to sit all the supporting families of the Greendale band and
The second presidential debate demonstrates an indecisive clash between opposite personalities; the rehearsed demeanor of Hillary Clinton juxtaposes the raw audacity of Donald Trump. Despite their dissimilar appearance, the candidates employ like strategies – they deflect accusations and criticize their adversary. Clinton suffers to succeed in this format. Neither knowledge of policy nor experience in office effectively counter accusations against personal character. This observation is nonetheless irreverent. Although Trump dominates the debate format, he alienates the electorate.
What do I think? After reading NPRs fact check of the third presidential debate I maintain a different mindset than when I first endured the debate of our two presidential candidates. Although seeing the debate on tv might cause some voters to sway towards one candidate rather than the other it is apparent to me now that we are not always getting the full story. I am not as thoroughly educated as some of my peers or voters I do have an opinion on who I would vote for if I could and if I hadn't read this article my decision would have been made under false pretenses under the debate itself not the tangible evidence. This is a well known problem for americans voting without true understanding for the issues or for the suggested solutions, I didn't
The second presidential debate was held at St. Louis, Missouri on a Sunday Evening, October 9th, 2016 at 9:00PM. The debate lasted until 10:30PM. The debate involved presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Just like the First Presidential Debate, this debate mainly focused on the candidates and their plans for the future. That night, there was a lot of opposition in opinion on both sides. It was a heated battle. Both Trump and Clinton battled it out with facts, some of which were both very strong and very weak.
The debate I am choosing to watch is the Republican Presidential Debate, and my focus would be on examining Donald Trump’s portions. The debate of course, is about Republican candidates who are running for president (intended for the next four years) debating to the public on who is a better choice to vote for. In the broad sense, Republicans takes on conservative stand on issues. They believe the federal government shouldn’t play a big role in the citizen’s lives. Most Republican wants lower taxes in addition to less government spending on social programs such as healthcare, food Stamps and education. The portions that I am looking at would be the part where Trump talks about building a border wall and also where he speak of immigration. It
In my opinion, on the first 2016 Presidential Debate, Donald Trump and Secretary Hillary Clinton did have a fair debate about topics of the host’s, Lester Holt, choice. Hillary Clinton did, in fact, win. I think this for many reason but some in particular stand out to me.
What topics are labeled important enough to be talked about during presidential debates? Topics such as terrorism and national security; the economy; jobs and employment; and the Affordable Care Act and Healthcare all managed to be the center of attention during all debates. What topics were almost entirely ignored? Topics such as gun policy; social issues like LGBT rights and abortion; and the environment and climate change were put to the side to instead talk about Hillary Clinton’s email scandal or the sexual assault charges brought up against Donald Trump. While terrorism and national security; the economy; jobs and employment; and the Affordable Care Act and Healthcare are all very important topics, but one topic that was ignored and should have been at the forefront of the debate was climate change.
The vice presidential debate turned out to be more of tennis match of insults. Both side hit backhands at each other all night long. Instead of focusing on real issues, the candidates had a yelling match at each other all night. I believe this is the wrong way to have debates. All the time we have been in school, since kindergarten, we have been taught to raise our hands when we want to speak and be respectful to others. The vice presidents seem to have skipped all 12 years of schooling. No respect was shown towards anyone during the debate. Instead of Dekalb High School students doing Olweus, The vice presidents should take time and learn how to not bully one
Another four years another presidential debate. Before I go on to the current debates let me state a few facts about past ones. The Lincoln and Douglas debate was in important because it started Lincoln presidential career. The Debates lasted from August 21 -- October 15. There where seven of them, with two days to two weeks in between. Each debate lasted three hours; first candidate spoke for one hour; the second for one and a half hours; the first replying for a half hour. Candidates alternated going first. The topics involved where primarily slavery and the Union. Other important debates were the '48 and '57. They were the only debates before 1960; there were no presidential debates between 1960 and 1976. In
\There is a substantial amount of Americans today who have attained the American Dream, such as Oprah Winfrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Steve Jobs, but does any American still have a chance at the American Dream? The authentic American Dream is known as owning land and having riches, opportunity and promise Today, Americans do not have a chance at the American Dream due to the lack of effort in the majority of America’s people, where an Americans' home is affecting that person’s chance for opportunity, and the large gap between a prosperous community and a distressed community in America.