Reply #18: They are TRAINED..SCHOOLED..in the techniques [View All]

[SoCalDem]

ALL the talking-head repubes know how to burn the clock. They use 500 words for a 50 word point. They know that as long as THEY are talking, the democrat is NOT.. Dems are loathe to interrupt, or do so politely. The repube always get the FIRST crack at whatever the issue is, and the dem has to hurry through their ideas because "it's almost time for a station break"...

Repubes also KNOW our points, so just as the speaker is about to get to IT, they interrupt and throw the speaker off point..and then it's time for a commercial..

They learned this from talk radio for the last 35 years.. Take ALL the time for YOUR message, and there's no time for any other..ONE message becomes THE message..

These shows need a point-counterpoint format with a dump button for interrupters.