tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post4474871808983630625..comments2023-10-31T03:58:32.056-07:00Comments on Empathic Rationalist: Tuesday Night's DebateDaniel Spirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-17977432288396609812015-10-25T16:57:28.586-07:002015-10-25T16:57:28.586-07:00You can't do the job of being a President unle...You can't do the job of being a President unless you're willing to be a fighter. Also, the beauty of debates is that they allow candidates to submit their ideas to scrutiny by their opponents, which provides accountability. It is one thing to be a principled person, but unless you're willing to fight for your principles and unless you have sufficient confidence in your principles that you're willing to submit them to scrutiny in a free marketplace of ideas, I don't see how you have demonstrated that you can be an effective President in this world.Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-595807554009834692015-10-25T16:20:03.395-07:002015-10-25T16:20:03.395-07:00So -- fighting for a nomination is, in your view, ...So -- fighting for a nomination is, in your view, more important than fighting for a principle? Well, so goes the world so far, just not a world I wish for. Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043860015232125483noreply@blogger.com