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Op donderdag 8 oktober 2020 06:30 schreef Jabberwocky het volgende:[..]
En dan bij die supreme court vraag (die ze inderdaad ontweek) zeggen "I want the record to show she didn't answer the question".
Terwijl hij zelf iedere keer als de moderator iets vraagt over iets compleet anders begon.

Klopt, hij doet dat wel heel geraffineerd.
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About halfway through Wednesday’s debate, Vice President Mike Pence — a seasoned and sly veteran of high-stakes political theater — was asked whether President Trump had a plan to protect patients with pre-existing conditions if he succeeded in killing the Affordable Care Act.
His response was a master class in evasive rhetorical jujitsu: First, the vice president ignored the question (the White House has not, in fact, come up with a plan), then launched into a long defense of his anti-abortion views and, for his dismount, demanded that Senator Kamala Harris say if she supported a plan to “pack” the Supreme Court.
“I couldn’t be more proud to serve as vice president to a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. I’m pro-life, I don’t apologize for it,” he began, ending with: “Are you and Joe Biden going to pack the court if Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed?”
Time and again, Mr. Pence, whose deliberate Midwestern delivery masks a switchblade-quick political mind, seamlessly changed the subject when cornered by an inconvenient query.
It began a few minutes into the debate when he was asked to defend his administration’s failures in managing the coronavirus crisis. He briefly offered his defense, then declared that Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s plan for fighting the pandemic was so similar to the president’s that Mr. Biden was guilty of plagiarism — a reference to the scandal that sunk the Democratic nominee’s 1988 campaign.
And here is how he answered an inquiry from the moderator, Susan Page, into why White House doctors have not been providing detailed information on the president’s health since he tested positive for the coronavirus:
“Let me say on behalf of the president and the first lady, how moved we’ve all been by the outpouring of prayers and concern for the president,” Mr. Pence said. “The transparency that they’ve practiced all along the way will continue. The American people have a right to know about the health and well-being of their president and we’ll continue to do that. But I’m just extremely grateful and was more than a little moved by the broad and bipartisan support. Senator, I want to thank you and Joe Biden for your expressions and genuine concern. And I want to congratulate you, as I did on the phone call, on the historic nature of your nomination.”
Ms. Harris responded with a smile — after all, it was a nice thing to say — and replied, “Thank you.”
But his most consequential almost-answer came near the end of the evening, when Ms. Page asked him directly what his “role” would be if Mr. Trump refused a “peaceful transfer of power” by accepting the results of the election if he was defeated.
“Senator Harris, you and your colleagues in the Congress tried to impeach the president of the United States over a phone call. And now Hillary Clinton has actually said to Joe Biden, in her words, under no circumstances should he concede the election,” he said.
“I think we’re going to win this election,” he added. “If we have a free and fair election, we know we’re going to have confidence in it. And I know and believe in all my heart that President Donald Trump will be re-elected for four more years.”
Ms. Page did not ask a follow-up question.
En dat afgezien van de vele leugens.
Deze moderator liet dat ook gewoon toe. Bij het debat Kelly/McSally gisteren grepen de moderators wel onmiddelijk in als dat gebeurde. Een stuk prettiger.
[ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door Kijkertje op 08-10-2020 07:27:21 ]
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell