(October 8, 2020 at 1:44 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote:(October 8, 2020 at 8:44 am)Brian37 Wrote: I am reading a lot of opinions about how Susan Page did last night. I am surprised at how many are calling her weak. I didn't see here doing anything differently than Chris Wallace did in the first Presidential debate. It can be said that Trump threw a gigantic tantrum vs Pence who was still rude, and interrupted but acted like a robot.
But I don't get the criticism of Susan Page last night as mod of the VP debate. I think she, like Wallace, were treating Trump/Pence, respectively, like that bratty kid in the checkout isle when you refuse to buy candy for them. Sometimes a parent gets to the point, "yea yea yea yea, ok ok ok, ignore them, let them throw their tantrum, and eventually they calm down."
Her repeated, "Thank you, thank you, thank you", to nudge Pence to move on, I didn't see as weak, I saw it, like I said, like a parent letting the kid throw the fit to wear himself out. And her repetition, I could see the frustration in Pence's face in that he lost the moment because of it.
The response times of 30 seconds or sometimes 15 seconds are ridiculous. You can't really say much of anything in 15 or 30 seconds. Like Bernie said, this is no way to have a debate/discussion. The moderator was annoying, but I guess that's more on the debate format.
I don't get the focus on the moderator.
Think about it. Even in a family board game, like monopoly, or twister, or Simon, there are rules, and when you spend time with family playing those games, rules get contested. I get that, but this isn't a board game, or pick up game on a field.
I don't know what everyone expected Page to do. I think Page handled Pence like the bratty child he was acting like. I think she was very effective in letting him drone on and wearing himself out, like the fucking brat at the checkout isle when you wont buy them candy.
