Classic Stossel: How Debates Are Won

A good or bad debate can make or break a campaign.

We take a look at current and historical Presidential debates and then ask the question, how would STOSSEL do in a Presidential debate?

A Classic Stossel from 2012.

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[cpcupcake]

I wish the debates were actually debates, not press events.

[trixiemcfly]

Wish John Stossel could be the debate moderator.

[benriley]

“One brain freeze can end your campaign”

Or it can make you the nominee for the democrats

[MrFarnanonical]

Man.. those Reagan one-liners. I'm not surprised he won like 98 percent of the electoral college votes.

[ronjones]

This shows that Americans don’t elect the best person for president, they elect the one with the best campaign.

[RyanSpringer]

"College is stupid." - John Stossel 2020

[justinjones]

He got the debate practice in now. When will Stossel run? I would 100% vote for him

[QuanNguyen-mojv]

Political debates are jokes, but a bigger joke is the fact that voters believe politicians can solve problems for them.

[billybobjohnadamjoe]

That Anti-Stossel ad was amazing. The contrast between the harsh narrator and Stossel talking was priceless.

[trevorowens]

I don’t care if he thinks college is stupid, I’m STILL voting for Stossel!!

[thevillageofnod]

I'm using this for my classes, political science and American government

[learnmore]

0:18 "There's just two of em"

Chris Wallace: "Are you sure about that?"

[glenn.]

"Confidence wins, not the guy with the better answer"

[jjramos]

Debates show the preparedness and coolness. The toughest thing is standing and delivering.

[jimm.]

There is a pretty good movie that shines a little light on a candidate as he goes through the whole process of getting elected. not surprising, the movie is called _The Candidate_ . It is a movie now almost 50 years old starring a young Robert Redford. There is a scene where he and his campaign manager are arguing over which color necktie would serve him best during an upcoming debate.

[TheWizardGamez]

John Stossel has gotta be the most neutral person ever. He should be the moderator.

[SSingh-nrqz]

My problem with debates is they are OBSOLETE in it's current format of 2 minute answers. Try talking about solutions for race relations that have been going on for 50+ years and compressing it down to 2 minutes. We give more time to social media than we do actual debate answers. That's why I liked the idea of a Joe Rogan style debate that would last 3 hours. Give each person 10 minutes and deep dive into some of the most important issues that impact all of of. I can't even beat off to satisfaction in 2 minutes. These issues need more time to be explained than over simplified sound bites and Gotya moments.

[freesk]

This is all so true. I was running as a Libertarian for US Senate in WA State in 2006. We managed to get in to the statewide televised debates. My campaign committee got a really good debate coach for me. It really helped! I didn't win the election, but some of the papers reported that I had won the debate.

[afngary]

I find the debate topics tonight to be trivial and pointless, except security and leadership (which are still pretty vague topics).

I would have preferred Healthcare, The economy, Immigration, Gun policy, Taxes, Foreign affairs, Supreme Court packing, and Investigation into Biden's Russian/China involvement/discussion.

[bruhmoment]

Instructions unclear, challenged my opponent to trial by combat