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Look, I know we're not a big fan, he's a Fox boy, but he's more fair than most of the Fox crowd. He did the best anyone could do to corral Trump and his temper tantrums & tirades. Trump's antics have never been seen in a public before, it was so outside the norm of civility and decency.
Sometimes you play the bad hand you're dealt in the best way you can.
JoeOtterbein
(7,699 posts)...worthless!
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)... and decided not to.
Fuck that
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Wallace is not his father.
yardwork
(61,539 posts)SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)consider_this
(2,203 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,296 posts)Biden was self-controlled.
Tarc
(10,472 posts)As Nicole Wallace said just now, this was an assault on the senses. An assault on the process.
What can you expect a debate moderator to do?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,296 posts)Trump would never accept her, though.
Renew Deal
(81,847 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,296 posts)People can witness it.
Renew Deal
(81,847 posts)And what would they do?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,296 posts)Lars39
(26,107 posts)I almost felt sorry for him when his voice would shake
liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)durablend
(7,455 posts)aquamarina
(1,865 posts)Jspur
(578 posts)Chris Wallace was fine. The problem is Trump is going to steamroll any moderator. We can have progressive moderator the next debate and that person will get steamrolled by Trump the same way Wallace was. The only way to stop it is to give moderators the power to cut off his mike.
Tom Traubert
(117 posts)He was completely inept and essentially tag-teamed Biden at times.
womanofthehills
(8,661 posts)Definitely not in charge
I will not entirely VILLIFY Wallace because I don't think anyone, in any organization, thought Dump was going to come out like a pure poo-flinging orangutan. But, you plan for the worst case scenario. That means they should have had *some* planning for how to regain control. They failed. Wallace failed.
I enjoyed a few moments of Wallace hitting back at Dump, but that is not the same as regaining control or making a credible attempt at it. He got run over, and he should be drinking and thinking over not only an apology to viewers, but how he's going to deal with the aftermath including suggestions to the next organizers based on what was actually agreed to and what happened behind the scenes going into the debacle.
That was for shit.
Imagine your job is to stack fruit. Every time you start stacking, some asshole comes along and knocks it over. You do little except to say please don't do that. Then you stack more fruit and he knocks it over, again and again. Are you doing your job or not? If you aren't sure, got back to the first sentence in this paragraph.
58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)Renew Deal
(81,847 posts)I don't think anyone could have done better. That's fair enough.
DemsIn2020
(81 posts)I will give Wallace some slack.. Debates are hard, and this was the first one.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)truth and forcefulness.
Really.
I saw gishgallup and spewing of bullshit without any facts backing up his silly allegations, but some will see strength.
There's a guy on CNN saying the Proud Boys are celebrating online tonight saying they have the go-ahead from Trump.
ornotna
(10,795 posts)that he didn't jump on stage and drop a deuce.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)The moderators for the next two debates will be much more effective. They have tonight to learn from.
Sunsky
(1,737 posts)Feeding us Republican spin/questions or allowing Trump to control the debate? Biden could not get a word out for most of the debate.
awesomerwb1
(4,265 posts)Wow. I have no idea how your thread is even mildly serious. Wow
calimary
(81,125 posts)He let trump walk all over him.
choie
(4,107 posts)He was completely impotent.
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Piasladic
(1,160 posts)he tried to placate. He was rolled over, and I don't even think he could have cut that monster off even if he wished to.
So NO... I do not think he should be appreciated. I even doubt he should be pitied.