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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   moviepig wrote:   
   > On 10/24/2024 2:59 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >> On Oct 24, 2024 at 11:24:55 AM PDT, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>> On 10/24/2024 12:01 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>> "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>>>>  On 10/23/2024 8:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>>  "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>  On 10/23/2024 3:05 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>  Ubiquitous  wrote:   
      
   >>>>>>>>> Vice President Kamala Harris held an event in Michigan on Monday   
   that was   
   >>>>>>>>> billed as a "town hall"-- but when attendees asked if their   
   questions were   
   >>>>>>>>> going to be answered, host Maria Shriver admitted that all of the   
   >>>>>>>>> questions had already been pre-determined.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> What was the audience even there for? If it's not really a town hall   
   >>>>>>>> format and no one gets to ask questions, Shriver could have just done   
   an   
   >>>>>>>> in-studio interview with Kammie and left it at that. But no, instead   
   Kammie's   
   >>>>>>>> people go to all the trouble to bring in an audience under the ruse   
   of it   
   >>>>>>>> being a town hall when all they really wanted was a room full of   
   people   
   >>>>>>>> to act as background props for her campaign.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>  'Ruse'? You think the audience showed up to ask questions?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sounds like at least some of them did.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Seems it was a live interview conducted before an audience   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yes, but that's not what a town hall is.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Please cite your definitive definition.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  No, I'm not playing your games. Everyone knows the difference between a   
   town   
   >>>>  hall event and a press interview.   
   >>>   
   >>> And I'm not playing the "everyone knows" game.   
   >>   
   >> Fine. But I'm not parsing the definitions of common and commonly understood   
   >> terms in the English language so that you can obfuscate Kammie's political   
   >> games.   
   >>   
   >>> The issue here (pretty clearly) is how/whether a 'town hall' must include   
   >>> audience questions.   
   >>   
   >> That's what a town hall has always been.   
   >   
   >I don't know that that's true.  E.g., while some town halls might invite   
   >dialogue directly with attendees, others might have questions submitted   
   >on index cards to be selected from ...and the latter instance seems to   
   >me little different or more impromptu than the present one.   
      
   Give it up. You do this _every_ time you've lost a debate!   
   Frankly, it's beyond tedious.   
      
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   Let's go Brandon!   
      
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