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Should Hillary be allowed to wear an ear piece that will allow others to feed her responses during the debates?
People have written the debate commission and they have thus far refused to answer.
I say no.
I have no clue whether either of the candidates has a hearing problem, but given their ages, it's very possible.
If either of them must wear a hearing aid in order to hear what the other is saying (or what the moderator says to them), then it should be checked ahead of time (by audiologists on each team) to ensure that's what it is, and if passes muster and it cannot receive incoming communication, yes, either of them should be permitted to wear a hearing aid.
They wouldn't be the first:
"Hearing loss in particular has affected many presidents, and several of our more recent leaders have worn hearing aids, including Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter."
Two presidents began wearing hearing aids in office, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan.
"Bill Clinton was another well-known hearing aid user, first fitted for hearing aids in 1997 during his second term. These first hearing aids were similar to the ones Reagan had chosen 14 years earlier—small, discrete, in-canal hearing aids that helped with hearing high frequency sound."
Last edited by SFBayBoomer; 09-25-2016 at 09:38 PM..
Fact-checking must be done and the most efficient way is to have it scroll on the bottom of the screen, and if the error is YUGE, then the candidate who got caught lying must be called on it.
Truth matters.
Well, I certainly agree with that but our esteemed, loyal opposition seems to continuously make the case that truth should not be an issue in the debates.
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Originally Posted by SFBayBoomer
No, honestly I did not notice that.
That isn't a hearing aid, so it should definitely not be allowed in any debate!
The candidates (both of them) must be able to handle a debate on their own, without help from their teams.
It wasn't worn during any debate. Trump did wear an earpiece at a campaign event in Arizona, which is probably where your picture was taken. Wearing an earpiece during campaign events is allowed and many candidates do wear them during those events.
Snopes isn't reliable. Sorry to be the one to tell you that. If you'll look at them more often in a variety of "truths", you'll find they are shady.
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Originally Posted by NewbieHere
No ear piece. No depends.
Ah, she is wearing the trimline Depends now and since that would fall under a need for a "disability", I would allow that. An ear piece where she can be fed because she is too mentally incompetent to answer questions, NO!
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Originally Posted by SFBayBoomer
I have no clue whether either of the candidates has a hearing problem, but given their ages, it's very possible.
If either of them must wear a hearing aid in order to hear what the other is saying (or what the moderator says to them), then it should be checked ahead of time (by audiologists on each team) to ensure that's what it is, and if passes muster and it cannot receive incoming communication, yes, either of them should be permitted to wear a hearing aid.
They wouldn't be the first:
"Hearing loss in particular has affected many presidents, and several of our more recent leaders have worn hearing aids, including Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter."
Two presidents began wearing hearing aids in office, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan.
"Bill Clinton was another well-known hearing aid user, first fitted for hearing aids in 1997 during his second term. These first hearing aids were similar to the ones Reagan had chosen 14 years earlier—small, discrete, in-canal hearing aids that helped with hearing high frequency sound."
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Originally Posted by saltine
How bout that ben wa ball thing that fell outta her pantsuit leg? Will she be sporting that? And does it vibrate?
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Originally Posted by AZLiam
How can you claim something is a conspiracy theory when you cannot prove whether or not it is a conspiracy to begin with?
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Originally Posted by SFBayBoomer
Fact-checking must be done and the most efficient way is to have it scroll on the bottom of the screen, and if the error is YUGE, then the candidate who got caught lying must be called on it.
Truth matters.
We are not talking about a hearing problem. We are talking about mental incompetence. It has been obvious that Hillary was listening for answers coming from "afar" in the past and that she sometimes needs encouragement from her handler who will not be on stage to continue talking. We are talking about cheating, hey, maybe that is how she passed her bar exam on the 2nd try! Cheating is SO Hillary though.
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Originally Posted by mohawkx
Well, I certainly agree with that but our esteemed, loyal opposition seems to continuously make the case that truth should not be an issue in the debates.
In the debates? Gee, with Hillary and her supporters, truth NEVER matters! Well, cheating is to be expected when it comes to Hillary but to try to cover her incompetence when it comes to POTUS, whole new ball game and no, absolutely a debate between TWO individuals and not Trump and Hillary & Company.
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Originally Posted by berdee
It wasn't worn during any debate. Trump did wear an earpiece at a campaign event in Arizona, which is probably where your picture was taken. Wearing an earpiece during campaign events is allowed and many candidates do wear them during those events.
Facts? Now, you know that facts and Hillary/Hillary's supporters don't mix! They'll have to deflect now to talking about Trump being orange or Ivanka being an illegal alien, sad.
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Originally Posted by wall st kid
The 'ear piece' might be a medical device and not a communication device.
Of which there is a world of difference. I would think that in any debate of any kind any where in the world that being fed answers/comments would be illegal as it should be. Can you imagine a high school or college debater being fed answers/comments through a earpiece? If that were wrong simply having to do with a school or individual earning a title, how wrong would it be for a candidate for POTUS?
The 'ear piece' might be a medical device and not a communication device.
It was proven to be photo-shopped. I'm surprised Trumpettes are still pedaling this stupid conspiracy. They have no low too low to go.
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