here the commander-in-chief role is really the only thing that is solely the duty of the president. vote with that in mind, and hope that luck, good conscience, check, and balance will turn out the rest for the better.
i enjoy watching debate. pres/veep debates— in my(nsfh
)opinion—don’t make for good debate, though. it's a lot of grandstanding and talking points: the candidate waits for a question that contains a word on their "campaign index card of handy dandy bulleted talking points” then they regurgitate whatever is written on the flyers we get every other day in the mail—which is to say, they don't actually
say a lot. well, not a lot of
hows anyway—and consequent rebuttal is all he said/she said.
pressie debate can sway me however, ‘cause i feel it can be a decent indicator of disposition and personality. it’s a wee bit more on-the-fly than your average photo op.
candidate debate is tedious enough; i don’t have sufficient international interest to subject myself to watching another country’s debates.
but i do think it’s very cool to hear about other countries’ debates too, neige. neat thread