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question everything

(49,261 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2024, 10:16 AM Aug 2024

I have never watched Walz in a debate but I would think that he will stay calm

that nothing would rattle him.

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I have never watched Walz in a debate but I would think that he will stay calm (Original Post) question everything Aug 2024 OP

Here he is in 2016 against Hagedorn BeyondGeography Aug 2024 #1

Thank you. lamp_shade Aug 2024 #4

Picture a lunch room "debate" with a 16 year old arlyellowdog Aug 2024 #2

He was a high-school teacher. ChazInAz Aug 2024 #3

An experienced teacher knows how to get unruly kids back in line and I'm confident he will kick JD's ass. kimbutgar Aug 2024 #5

BeyondGeography

(40,105 posts)

1. Here he is in 2016 against Hagedorn

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2024, 10:22 AM

Aug 2024

A tight race that he ended up winning by a point (Trump won his district by 15 points that year). The living definition of calm.

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lamp_shade

(15,104 posts)

4. Thank you.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 15, 2024, 10:38 AM

Aug 2024

arlyellowdog

(1,429 posts)

2. Picture a lunch room "debate" with a 16 year old

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2024, 10:26 AM

Aug 2024

Or a coach’s debate with a teenager with testosterone in overdrive. Or a debate with a geography student who claims they submitted their assignment that the teacher must have lost it. Just like Gov. Walz aced the teleprompter on the first try, teaching high school prepares one for anything.

ChazInAz

(2,817 posts)

3. He was a high-school teacher.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2024, 10:29 AM

Aug 2024

He knows how to handle the class clown.

kimbutgar

(23,781 posts)

5. An experienced teacher knows how to get unruly kids back in line and I'm confident he will kick JD's ass.

Reply to ChazInAz (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 15, 2024, 11:34 AM

Aug 2024

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