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karynnj

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6. Ok, except the Obama moment in the debate was something planned out when Obama was practicing for
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:12 PM
Jul 2015

the debate. It was his idea, but not something on the spot.

I watched the clips on the Chris Hayes show. I understand the importance of #blacklivesmatter, but I honestly don't think the comparison of the debates is in the least bit fair. It is also not fair to invite people to an event and then have a PLANNED demonstration that it seemed many there understood. It was beyond rude to the two nominees that showed up.

Not to mention, they weren't there to REALLY have a serious discussion. If they were, they would simply have participated in a discussion on the very issues that they wanted answers to. Better yet, THEY could have had a panel discussion (or another format) where they spoke of problems and what they deemed to be solutions -- and invited the candidates AS AUDIENCE. It would have been interesting to see if both or either would have showed up.

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