Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread!
Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread!
Was tempted to call this "Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo" but a) A lot of Lemmy won't get the OG reference. and 2) "Boogaloo" has been co-opted and carries an unfortunate connotation these days.
Also, while it's Trump's 2nd debate of the season, it's Harris's first...
It's being run by ABC News at 9 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Pacific, I see MSNBC starts their coverage TWO HOURS EARLY. That's a lot of air time to fill, guys. Good luck!
Live updates, how and when to watch, debate rules, etc. here:
Link to the first debate thread here:
https://lemmy.world/post/16973660
That't it! Thanks for hanging with it everbody!
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"President Trump, thank you" sounds more and more like "Shut the fuck up now, bitch" every time a moderator says it.
Yeah except he keeps going.
The moderators are sadly weak and afraid of him. He's being allowed to run rampant.
I think they let him ramble just enough to really let him look like an idiot. Kamala was just laughing along.
Did they call him that? Why?
I'm not American, but I thought it was a pretty big deal that it was not a title for life, besides that just being very confusing.
Every former president tends to be called president still quite often. If you look up news articles about most former presidents you'll find a pretty solid split between just saying 'President X' and specifying 'former President X'.
It might be related to a military rule where retired officers get to keep using their rank title unless discharged in negative ways. Or maybe it's just sort of traditional.
I see! That's not how I've taken 'Prime Minister' to be used, hence my surprise. It's used to refer not just to the person, but specifically them in that role for that time period.
So to me, President Obama was a (recent) historical figure, even though Mr. Obama is still alive.