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In reply to the discussion: Seeing numerous DUers try to spin the debate [View all]Big Blue Marble
(5,075 posts)Of course, we did not think Obama did that badly. I have watched
every debate going back to Kennedy/Nixon and I always think my candidate won.
I had to accept that I am not a good judge of what I am biased toward. It
is always hard to be objective almost no one is. You and I are entitled to our opinions.
But we are not the ones who will determine this election. It is the low-information voters
who are easily persuaded by what they hear. They do not watch the debate. They only
hear the background buzz post debate. Therefore the problem in
these debates is reality does not matter only the post-debate perceptions count.
That is why the Reagan team invented the "Spin Room" in the first place,
to make sure that the media and the public perceived the debate the way they
wanted it perceived.
I also agree with you on John Edwards. I,too, saw him as untrustworthy. Even
my daughter was his supporter. There was something about him that did not
connect with me.
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