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Cheering at Debates

What do you think of cheering or jeering during debates

  • Participation by the audience is good

    Votes: 11 50.0%

  • Participation by the audience is takes away from the debate.

    Votes: 11 50.0%
  • Total voters
    22
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I've seen some criticisms of the Republicans cheering at the Primary debates. As you can see by my leaning...I'm not a huge fan of what they are cheering for, but I do like to see participation by the voters at these debates. I don't like the idea of a moderator and Presidential canidates with us just silent viewers. The people should be able to show their thoughts and the canidates should play to the crowd in my view.
 
I don't know, at all.
All in all, these clowns have yet to truly debate..
Its mostly pandering and campaigning.
Very little debating...
Romney has exposed himself to be a first class holier than thou , better than thou individual.
No wonder so many dislike him !
The November election for POTUS is Obama's to lose.. and he is smart enough to avert this.
 
During last night's debate the issue of abortion came up and all of the candidates answered....except Paul. The moderator made a move to present the next question and the audience immediately responded by shouting "Let Paul speak!". This kind of participation is fine, IMO. Where the line is crossed, I think, is when audience members become rabid psychopaths, cheering for the blatantly disrespectful commentary or actions. For example, Santorum was the king of smarm last night, making untrue and rude comments towards the other candidates...and he was cheered at least a few times for it. That, to me, is lowbrow.
 
Yeah, I wasn't too impressed by the rowdy audience at the debate. Debates are supposed to be about hearing the views of various candidates about issues, not drowning some out with boos and holding the responses of others with wild cheers. The people in that audience weren't the only ones wanting to hear the candidates. It was televised for a reason. They were too raucus and adolescent for my taste.
 
Last nights debate wasn't too bad, given previous ones. However, is this is what we are bound for when dealing with debates, we are in they are loud, obnoxious, and poorly behaved. I can't imagine if this continues into the general election.
 
tessaesque said:
During last night's debate the issue of abortion came up and all of the candidates answered....except Paul. The moderator made a move to present the next question and the audience immediately responded by shouting "Let Paul speak!". This kind of participation is fine, IMO. Where the line is crossed, I think, is when audience members become rabid psychopaths, cheering for the blatantly disrespectful commentary or actions. For example, Santorum was the king of smarm last night, making untrue and rude comments towards the other candidates...and he was cheered at least a few times for it. That, to me, is lowbrow.
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This, this, and this.

To me they aren't really debates anyway, but rather a series of mini-speeches.
 
I read the title as "Cheering at diabetes", and thought people were cheering at Paula Dean having diabetes. :lol:
 
I think it's mainly good and normal for an audience to react to whatever they see onstage.
 
liblady said:
Disagree, it's not a sporting event!
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It's a competition. I think audience participation (within reason) is perfectly normal and acceptable even if it really annoys me sometimes.
 
liblady said:
Disagree, it's not a sporting event!
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Funny you mention that. Santorum reminded me of a UFC fighter before a big bout, talkin' trash about his opponent with no regard for fact or his own ****ty position.
 
I don't have a problem with the crowd cheering and getting involved. I just don't want it to get to the point where it gets to the point where the candidates can't deliver their message over the crowd, but that's usually not a problem.
 
Cheering should be performed through applause. Jeering should be performed through silence. Vocal sounds should be reserved for wrestling matches.
 
Josie said:
It's a competition. I think audience participation (within reason) is perfectly normal and acceptable even if it really annoys me sometimes.
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Well yes it is a competition, but only insofar as its a competition to see who can say the most lies about other candidates or who can most pandor to the audience.
 
I think the audience reaction at these Republican debates has been more enlightening than the debates themselves. What do the partisans get super excited about?

Raucus applause for:

-- torture
-- execution
-- letting poor sick people die
-- blaming poor people for being poor
-- killing our enemies
-- bashing the media

Angry booing for:

-- suggesting that bin Laden was reacting to U.S. foreign policy (as opposed to, presumably, just hating our freedom)
-- gay soldiers
-- the golden rule.

What Makes A GOP Debate Audience Cheer? Or Jeer? | The New Republic

Sure makes me glad to be a Democrat.
 
iliveonramen said:
I've seen some criticisms of the Republicans cheering at the Primary debates. As you can see by my leaning...I'm not a huge fan of what they are cheering for, but I do like to see participation by the voters at these debates. I don't like the idea of a moderator and Presidential canidates with us just silent viewers. The people should be able to show their thoughts and the canidates should play to the crowd in my view.
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All things in moderation. But do appreciate hearing the emotion/reaction of the audience.

Voted 'yes'.....
 
AdamT said:
I think the audience reaction at these Republican debates has been more enlightening than the debates themselves. What do the partisans get super excited about?

Raucus applause for:

-- torture
-- execution
-- letting poor sick people die
-- blaming poor people for being poor
-- killing our enemies
-- bashing the media

Angry booing for:

-- suggesting that bin Laden was reacting to U.S. foreign policy (as opposed to, presumably, just hating our freedom)
-- gay soldiers
-- the golden rule.

What Makes A GOP Debate Audience Cheer? Or Jeer? | The New Republic

Sure makes me glad to be a Democrat.
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Total distortion of reality. But you already know that, eh....??
 
It really makes no difference. These debates are free commercials and soundbite generators. Nothing more.
 
Cole said:
Total distortion of reality. But you already know that, eh....??
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No, it actually was not a distortion at all. Clips at the link above. Don't blame you for being embarrassed, though. I'd be horrified if I was in that camp.
 
tessaesque said:
During last night's debate the issue of abortion came up and all of the candidates answered....except Paul. The moderator made a move to present the next question and the audience immediately responded by shouting "Let Paul speak!". This kind of participation is fine, IMO. Where the line is crossed, I think, is when audience members become rabid psychopaths, cheering for the blatantly disrespectful commentary or actions. For example, Santorum was the king of smarm last night, making untrue and rude comments towards the other candidates...and he was cheered at least a few times for it. That, to me, is lowbrow.
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DiAnna said:
Yeah, I wasn't too impressed by the rowdy audience at the debate. Debates are supposed to be about hearing the views of various candidates about issues, not drowning some out with boos and holding the responses of others with wild cheers. The people in that audience weren't the only ones wanting to hear the candidates. It was televised for a reason. They were too raucus and adolescent for my taste.
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These.

I don't mind clapping for a well made point, but cheering disrespectful comments crosses the line. The debate last Saturday sounded like they were in a bar. It was intrusive to the TV viewing audience. I would have been equally annoyed to have been sitting there too.

*I'm not voting because some participation is good, but not all.
 
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AdamT said:
No, it actually was not a distortion at all. Clips at the link above. Don't blame you for being embarrassed, though. I'd be horrified if I was in that camp.
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Actually, it is. You are trying to paint it a raucus applause, when in most of the clips you can tell barely half the room is clapping.
 
soccerboy22 said:
Actually, it is. You are trying to paint it a raucus applause, when in most of the clips you can tell barely half the room is clapping.
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And the motivation for those audience responses was not what some on the Left dishonestly try to label it.


But such is politics....
 
soccerboy22 said:
Actually, it is. You are trying to paint it a raucus applause, when in most of the clips you can tell barely half the room is clapping.
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I think someone is wearing his partisan ear muffs. These were all among the biggest, if not THE biggest applause lines of their respective debates.
 
AdamT said:
I think someone is wearing his partisan ear muffs. These were all among the biggest, if not THE biggest applause lines of their respective debates.
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And it isn't me. Let us take the Let him die one for example. The crowd cheered when Paul said the kid if taking a risk to not get medicial insurance should not rely on the government to pay his bills if he does take that risk. THEN after that a gentleman said let him die and another said yeah. Something very different as to what you are trying to portray.
 
Cole said:
And the motivation for those audience responses was not what some on the Left dishonestly try to label it.


But such is politics....
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Eh. Some of the were cheering at things AdamT was saying, but other times it was more dishonest than that.
 
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