See a comment above. The firehouse of lies and nonsequitors Trump spewed is a deliberate tactic meant to keep your opponent from answering/challenging. Sure Biden could have gotten a few more punches in, but that was the point of Trump’s barrage.
First, you point out that is the technique being used and why Trump is using it.
Second, you don't refute all lies, but you thoroughly refute a couple of the big ones.
I was fairly horrified when Biden started talking about his own golf handicap. The obvious response is that it wasn't a president's job to golf. The biggest frustration of that night is that Trump was completely unhinged and easily refuted, but Biden just couldn't do it.
Right! Where was this line? “I’m running for President because I want to make life better for the American people, to support Democracy around the world and defend our allied against aggression from foreign actors. My opponent is running for President to stay out of jail.”
Try doing his travel/event schedule he did prior to the debates, add in debate prep, oh, and throw in a cold or the flu on top of that and see how well you would do.
Most presidents running for re-election handle that triple-play fine. If Biden had a cold or flu, he should have said so before the debate and had it rescheduled. Since he said nothing, the absence of medical information allowed the world to see him as senile rather than, perhaps, hit hard by a cold or flu.
Plus, if his cold was really that bad, why was he in NC the next day, mingling with supporters. Yes, his remarks were better, but he was reading from the teleprompter.
How is he doing with off the cuff remarks? Can he do interviews?
Yeah, problem is, he didn't respond to the lying bully at all.
But then he'd be pilloried for not being "presidential." No matter what, this was going to be spun as bad news for Biden.
See a comment above. The firehouse of lies and nonsequitors Trump spewed is a deliberate tactic meant to keep your opponent from answering/challenging. Sure Biden could have gotten a few more punches in, but that was the point of Trump’s barrage.
There are ways to deal with a Gish Gallop.
First, you point out that is the technique being used and why Trump is using it.
Second, you don't refute all lies, but you thoroughly refute a couple of the big ones.
I was fairly horrified when Biden started talking about his own golf handicap. The obvious response is that it wasn't a president's job to golf. The biggest frustration of that night is that Trump was completely unhinged and easily refuted, but Biden just couldn't do it.
Right! Where was this line? “I’m running for President because I want to make life better for the American people, to support Democracy around the world and defend our allied against aggression from foreign actors. My opponent is running for President to stay out of jail.”
Instead, we got mumbling about golf handicaps.
Try doing his travel/event schedule he did prior to the debates, add in debate prep, oh, and throw in a cold or the flu on top of that and see how well you would do.
Most presidents running for re-election handle that triple-play fine. If Biden had a cold or flu, he should have said so before the debate and had it rescheduled. Since he said nothing, the absence of medical information allowed the world to see him as senile rather than, perhaps, hit hard by a cold or flu.
Plus, if his cold was really that bad, why was he in NC the next day, mingling with supporters. Yes, his remarks were better, but he was reading from the teleprompter.
How is he doing with off the cuff remarks? Can he do interviews?
I think I’d do fine. Might be tired, but I’d be coherent. He needed a C- performance. He turned in an F.