• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I gotta hand it to her. She started off like a boring milk toast politician with that first answer, then she gave a debate performance that debate teams will study for years.

    This debate will be THE textbook example of how to counter a machine gun barrage of lies and how to get your opponent talking about your issues.

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        2 months ago

        This made me curious so I looked a bit into it. Seems that milquetoast as an insult originates from an old comic character of the same name, and it’s at least feasible (and perhaps likely) that said character was named after milk toast.

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      2 months ago

      It really helped that the mics were muted. She would have done well if they weren’t I think, but he’d have been interrupting her nonstop.

      OR he is actually mentally declining and/or aging and he doesn’t have the stamina to over talk his opponents for two hours anymore.