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Hundreds of millions according to your guy.*Hundreds of thousands.
Hundreds of millions according to your guy.*Hundreds of thousands.
Both times you asked a question you purposely phrased them as if you thought Trump wouldn't know the answers but Biden would. When you show your bias you can't be taken seriously. I actually don't think Biden would know the answers to either one of the questions you asked and yet your role playing game acted as if you thought Biden would be able to answer them. Personally, I don't care if any nominee could answer your stupid questions. Running the country is more important than answering those two stupid questions. With everything going on in the world, those are the questions you would ask?
What's going to be truly sad is Joe "You know, that thing" Biden debating President Trump. Jill won't be there to bail him out.Sure, he is great at firing up his base. Lots of people would murder their own mother if it would make a liberal cry. So naturally they vote for the guy that the liberals like the least. He doesn't have any actual knowledge though, and if pressed for facts rather than given a platform to further fire up his base, his ignorance would be readily apparent to even more people.
Better yet, have them play a game of Jeopardy. Categories include the Constitution, US history, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, and world geography.
Your evaluation is biased. My evaluation is that neither could answer your two questions. My evaluation is also that I couldn't give a damn if either one could answer those two questions. The most important thing is the direction of our country, not how smart they are. If Albert Einstein was the Democratic nominee I would still prefer Trump to lead the country because the Democratic party is too far left.It isn't my bias. It is my evaluation. From what I have seen, Biden has a much better knowledge of the issues, the facts, the law, and the constitution.
The first question I selected because I found it frightening that President Trump, the man with the nuclear codes, didn't know what the nuclear triad was.
If you are right, and Biden still doesn't know what the nuclear triad is after serving as Vice President for 8 years, I would be equally concerned. I just don't think that is true though. I am quite certain that at some point during his 47 year political career, Joe Biden was introduced to the concept of the nuclear triad.
The second question was your selection. I was just demonstrating how it might be altered to test the candidate's knowledge, rather than just invite more rehearsed partisan talking points. I've already heard all the talking points on both sides. I want to see who actually knows their stuff.
IMO, it would be setting an elevated tone if Chris Wallace opened requesting a statement from each candidate. For instance:
In your own words, describe what democracy means to you and what you'd do as President to further it.
Ya think?
Your evaluation is biased. My evaluation is that neither could answer your two questions. My evaluation is also that I couldn't give a damn if either one could answer those two questions. The most important thing is the direction of our country, not how smart they are. If Albert Einstein was the Democratic nominee I would still prefer Trump to lead the country because the Democratic party is too far left.
No president has knowledge about everything. That's why there are so many people in administrations and government.It is just astonishing to me that you honestly don't care whether or not the Commander in Chief knows anything at all about our nuclear program beyond how big the button on his desk is. You are honestly not concerned at all about the POTUS having no knowledge of anything? You bring up the constitutional provision for Supreme Court confirmation, but have no interest in whether the President has ever even read the constitution as long as the team with the red jerseys can score a goal?
Biden might not be able to name which exact clause provided for Supreme Court nominations and confirmations. I'm pretty sure he would have know it was in Article II though. He definitely would have known the three basic components of our nuclear program, which Trump definitely didn't. If you don't care about knowledge, competence, or ability to reason in a President, then there isn't much more to discuss. I think there are traits to consider other than which team they are on.
President Trump is not all that bad a debater. To get to Hillary, he participated in debates with 20 or so other candidates, and he's the one that lives at 1600 Penn.
Or, alternatively, the debates are not that important. It's possible that most people have already made up their minds.
No president has knowledge about everything. That's why there are so many people in administrations and government.
17, I believe. Which is why I said 20 or so. I didn't want to bother to look it up.There was never a Republican debate in 2016 with 20 candidates.
17, I believe. Which is why I said 20 or so. I didn't want to bother to look it up.
It is just astonishing to me that you honestly don't care whether or not the Commander in Chief knows anything at all about our nuclear program beyond how big the button on his desk is. You are honestly not concerned at all about the POTUS having no knowledge of anything? You bring up the constitutional provision for Supreme Court confirmation, but have no interest in whether the President has ever even read the constitution as long as the team with the red jerseys can score a goal?
Biden might not be able to name which exact clause provided for Supreme Court nominations and confirmations. I'm pretty sure he would have know it was in Article II though. He definitely would have known the three basic components of our nuclear program, which Trump definitely didn't. If you don't care about knowledge, competence, or ability to reason in a President, then there isn't much more to discuss. I think there are traits to consider other than which team they are on.
Didn't say there was. 12 participated in 2. 5 in one.And there was never a debate with all 17 either.
Your evaluation is biased. My evaluation is that neither could answer your two questions. My evaluation is also that I couldn't give a damn if either one could answer those two questions. The most important thing is the direction of our country, not how smart they are. If Albert Einstein was the Democratic nominee I would still prefer Trump to lead the country because the Democratic party is too far left.
I do not know whether Trump plays chess or not. However chess is a game of strategy. Trump has clearly proven himself as an effective strategist, both domestically and internationally. If he does play chess, my bet is that he is good at it. I would not wildly assume that it's not in his skillset. Anyone can learn to play chess. Not everyone is good at it.You might want to leave it at checkers, doubt chess is in trumps skillset,
No president has knowledge about everything. That's why there are so many people in administrations and government.
My evaluation is it doesn't matter if the president knows the correct term or not. What matters is the president knows what button to push.
I didn't say that. I said it didn't matter what he called it.You are literally saying that it doesn't matter whether the President understands what will happen when he pushes the button. That it doesn't matter whether he is able to consider the consequences of pushing it, as long as knows which button to push. And there are so many of you. More than I would have thought possible. It is truly terrifying.
I didn't say that. I said it didn't matter what he called it.
Lol I’m trying to picture Joe playing chess. Without screaming at the chess pieces because he can’t remember which is which.You might want to leave it at checkers, doubt chess is in trumps skillset,
It depends of definitions. They had it on two nights, in groups chosen at random. Close enough for this sort of discussion.There was never a Republican debate in 2016 with 20 candidates.