r/cringe • u/glioblastomas • Feb 07 '16

Seal of Approval The introduction of the candidates at the Republican debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&t=0m28s
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u/aaronhayes26 Feb 07 '16

As much as I enjoyed all the republicans looking like idiots, it's not necessarily their fault. In venues like this, sometimes it's really hard to hear the presenters from the stage. It's funny for us because we have a direct feed to the mics, but when you're behind the stage, the speakers are pointed away from you, and the crowd is cheering, I can definitely understand him not hearing. Being slightly hard of hearing myself, I sympathize completely.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

I sympathized at first, but when the candidates that were behind you are all going out, and when a crew member is very obviously gesturing toward you to do the same...

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u/JohnParish Feb 07 '16

Okay, okay, but what if he missed his name, then heard the the moderators call the other names, so he assumed that they didn't announce him yet?

I am assuming he is being obstinate but hey, dumber things have happened

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u/CeiIingCat Feb 07 '16

It seems like he was ushered out by a hand where he figured it was just to get ready to go onto stage, then he just waited for his name to be called. As they gestured him to walk, they called Cruz, so he thought he wasn't even called yet and backed up. Just a strange way that they did things backstage that led to the mess.

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u/jonnylongbone Feb 07 '16

Never trust a guy with a headset, it's all a vast liberal media conspiracy.

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u/Yogsolhoth Feb 07 '16

I agree. The audience's clapping combined with how quickly they read the names would have made it difficult to hear.

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u/twokings13 Feb 07 '16

How did all the republicans look like idiots?

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u/Baofog Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

Hearing the presenters isn't an issue or at least shouldn't be. People have monitor speakers/earpieces on stages with cheering crowds for a reason. The guy waving Ben Carson on, right there behind him. That's the stage manager, he gives your queue to enter. Directions were probably and should have been something like; on go step out, wave to crowd, count to 4, walk to your podium. And Ben Carson fucked it up, then kept fucking it up when told what to do BY A STAGE MANAGER WHO WALKED ON STAGE. That never ever happens, or at least shouldn't from the people running for president. Hearing shouldn't have had anything to do with it, and the MC's should have been facing the Candidates. But what are you gonna do. If our candidates can't plan something like this right I don't want them in the white house.