r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 6d ago

'Chill The F**k Out': John Fetterman Urges Democrats To Stick With Joe Biden | The Pennsylvania senator reminded panicked Democrats on Friday that he too had a bad debate once, yet he went on to win his Senate seat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-debate-john-fetterman_n_667ea850e4b0415858d6a2f1
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u/BLF402 6d ago

If you go back and watch the debate last night Biden was more on point when it comes to the platform whereas trump was just spewing nonsense lies and self congratulatory rhetoric.

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u/jmcgit Connecticut 6d ago

Sure, but that’s not going to help him. You don’t win debates by being right, you win them by being persuasive.

Nobody expected Trump to go out there and tell the truth, but they hoped Biden would be able to expose his lies to a national audience and make him look like the clown that he is. If Biden can’t do that, it’d be nice if the candidate was someone who can.

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u/snorin 6d ago

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. How is Trump saying the same thing over again no matter the question persuasive. He just repeats I'm the best, no one has seen someone as great as me before. Biden is bad. He had nothing to say the entire time. I don't get how that is persuasive.

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u/Useless 6d ago

Trump leaves an impression in peoples minds which contrasts with the impression of Biden. Some people recall numbers, people, places when they remember, some people recall feelings. Trump said not much of anything in a confident and assertive manner, which is what the feelings folks remember as the content of his speech fades, and most likely was not critically evaluated in anything but the most superficial manner. Much of human reasoning throughout history has been people having feelings then justifying them. And those people still vote.

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u/snorin 6d ago

I can understand that I think