National high school debate team give Hillary 'A' Bernie gets 'B'

[wyldwolf]

No one understands the technique and skill involved in debating better than the students selected for the USA Debate Team. We asked them to give their verdict on Tuesday’s first Democratic debate.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/14/national-high-school-debaters-review-democratic-debate

[brooklynite]

1. Damned corporatist debate teams...

[wyldwolf]

3. Lousy Millennials!

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Debate teams look at style, presentation, etc. Hillary has many years of perfecting that being.

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Up until recently, Sanders never had much of a need to 'sell himself' to an audience.

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[Renew Deal]

4. Like everyone said... Hillary was polished, prepared, etc.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. They have no dog in this fight. That, to me, makes their verdict credible.

eom

[brooklynite]

6. But they didn't even vote in an internet poll!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I am trying to stay above the fray....

Those young men and women had no reason to give anything but their unvarnished opinions based on the rules of debate.

[Bread and Circus]

16. basically they agree with your point of view...

I am sure that makes them credible enough for you.

/sigh

That said Hillary did have a good performance last night. A very very good performance. But that's about all it was.

I have to agree with Will Pitt on this, Hillary Clinton is a consumate bullshit artist.

Money quote:

Will you expand social security?

Hillary: I will enhance it...

And that was house the night mostly went. A bunch of polished and rehearsed non answers that you cant really pin down what she actually means or what she truly believes in.

Now she did have a couple of oh wow moments where I really like what she was saying but a lot of it was gloss and no substance.

I can see why certain elements liked her debate style though.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. All our candidates acquitted themselves with aplomb.

It is my dispassionate observation that all our candidates acquitted themselves with aplomb and provided a vivid contrast with their Republican opponents. If you demur from that assessment there is nothing I can do to disabuse you of that notion.

[Persondem]

8. Young folks liking Clinton. Nice. K & R. nt

[TBF]

9. I'm glad the Harvard-Westlake

"independent coeducational college preparatory day school" likes Hillary

Did you ask any public schools or just focus on the privates?

[GeorgeGist]

12. 1% focused ...

Tuition & Fees

For 2015-2016

Tuition $34,700
New Student Fee $2,000
Bus Service (optional) $2,300-2,400*
Other Costs $2,500-$3,500**

[HerbChestnut]

10. Coming from a debate team, they're probably right.

But they're looking at things like posture, voice, assertiveness, etc. They aren't judging based on political viewpoints.

[wyldwolf]

13. ... and command of the subject matter.

[HerbChestnut]

15. Sure.

Those are all things that trained debaters notice. But it might be that for this election people don't care about debate technique.

[Justyce]

11. That wasn't a debate. Instead of

the same question being posed to all candidates to actually debate, they were all asked individual personalized questions, some that seemed really intentionally skewed. That was a CNN interview, not a debate...

[kelliekat44]

14. That's because they understand debating and have no skin in the game. nt

[oasis]

18. Kick