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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2012, 10:45:58 pm »
Lie detectors would be a good start.
Have someone known for getting violently angry (here I'm thinking John McEnroe, but if there's anyone better, I'm listening) pacing around onstage so whenever a candidate fails to answer the question asked, Something Bad would happen.
Have a screen behind them flashing the corporate logos of big sponsors.
Have the questions for candidates written by teh other side. For example, Fox News would get to try to trip up Obama while MSNBC decides what Romney tries to weasel out of.
Lastly, better candidates.

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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2012, 10:47:44 pm »
Allowing people like us to send in questions?
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2012, 10:51:34 pm »
Give the moderator a buzzer. Every time (s)he hits the buzzer (at any old arbitrary time, naturally), the candidate who is currently speaking has to break out into a massive musical number based on the last sentence that (s)he said.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2012, 11:08:28 pm »
Quote from: rookie on September 30, 2012, 10:45:58 pm
Lie detectors would be a good start.

Be nice if they existed, too.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2012, 11:37:34 pm »
Give them problems to solve and then compare their solutions.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2012, 11:52:32 pm »
Quote from: Art Vandelay on September 30, 2012, 10:51:34 pm
Give the moderator a buzzer. Every time (s)he hits the buzzer (at any old arbitrary time, naturally), the candidate who is currently speaking has to break out into a massive musical number based on the last sentence that (s)he said.

The Whose Line Is It Anyways method.  Fantastic.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #21 on: October 01, 2012, 12:26:37 am »
Quote from: VirtualStranger on September 30, 2012, 02:56:15 pm
Step 1: Actually invite all of the goddamn candidates for once.

If a presidential candidate is on the ballot in enough states to get 270 electoral votes, then they must be allowed to attend the debates. (Right now, the Green and Libertarian party would qualify under that standard)

That's...actually quite a reasonable idea.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2012, 01:13:39 am »
Indeed.  I'd take it a step further of course.  If, by October, you're able to get on all 52 ballots as a Presidential candidate, you're invited to the debates.

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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2012, 03:04:55 am »
Personally I would just be happier if there was this loud buzzer that sounded every time the lied.
I don't mean like how they lie about promises, but how they regurgitate things they know are factually incorrect.
Oh and the buzzer should also give them an electric shock.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #24 on: October 01, 2012, 05:16:12 am »
Quote from: Sylvana on October 01, 2012, 03:04:55 am
Personally I would just be happier if there was this loud buzzer that sounded every time the lied.
I don't mean like how they lie about promises, but how they regurgitate things they know are factually incorrect.
Oh and the buzzer should also give them an electric shock.

Can we just go ahead and outfit all politicians with this device for as long as they remain in office?
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #25 on: October 01, 2012, 07:12:36 am »
I'd be interested in a separate live audio stream over the internet where you can hear what the spin doctors are feeding them into their earpieces.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #26 on: October 01, 2012, 12:25:53 pm »
Quote from: Sour Grapes on September 30, 2012, 10:47:44 pm
Allowing people like us to send in questions?

They'll do that for the second debate, which is town hall style.  They also did that during at least one of the Democratic primary debates in 2008--there were Youtube questions.

Quote from: ironbite on October 01, 2012, 01:13:39 am
Indeed.  I'd take it a step further of course.  If, by October, you're able to get on all 52 ballots as a Presidential candidate, you're invited to the debates.

Ironbite-no matter what party you are.

If you needed to be on 52 ballots, neither Obama nor Romney would be invited.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2012, 06:19:15 pm »
Explain yourself Veras.

Ironbite-cause I'm pretty sure both those men are on every ballot in the Union no matter what Kansas tries.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #28 on: October 01, 2012, 11:10:51 pm »
There are 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.  Puerto Rico and the other territories get to vote in the primaries, not the general election.

51 ballots.

EDIT:  The more I think about it, the more I'm okay with a debate in which no candidates are invited.  Get Stephen Colbert to host it, and just let him ask questions to unoccupied podiums.
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Re: How To Make The Presidential Debates Better
« Reply #29 on: October 02, 2012, 04:49:28 am »
Or have Clint Eastwood host it.
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