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[–] [email protected] 256 points 2 months ago (11 children)

She needs to still show up as scheduled, say that just because trump won't make time for the American people doesn't mean she will ignore them

Either he takes the bait and shows up, or she dominates the news cycle now, before the debate, during the debate, and after it

The whole time trump won't be able to talk about anything besides the debate and how it's not "fair".

It's the common sense move, so I'll be surprised to see it, but I hope they do.

[–] [email protected] 123 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Make it a town hall. We really do need to hear questions and answers of serious topics now that the clown has left the big top.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is a far better option. Holding a debate without the other candidate is fodder for Trump to do the same on ONN or Fox News. But holding a town hall and inviting Trump as an optional attendee would create engagement, and either Trump will ignore it, join the same one, or hold his own and most likely screw up his own.

Win, win, win.

[–] Mouselemming 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He'd hold his own to a "town" of handpicked shills.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

"Mr. Trump, people are saying immigrants are flooding across our borders to eat our pets before receiving sexual reassignment surgery in prison. Do you have a concept of a plan how to deal with this?"

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The moderator should also ask the empty podium the same question they just asked Harris, with a brief pause to emphasize that he is a no-show.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

it's not like the filming of empty podiums is ahistorical.

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[–] [email protected] 190 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reminder.

Back before the 2016 Conventions Trump challenged Bernie Sanders to a debate. Bernie jumped at the chance and Cadet Bonespurs had to run away from his own challenge.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/no-show-trump-now-says-debate-sanders-would-be-inappropriate-n581826

[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Trump is on tape telling people in the room that the only person he's afraid of is Sanders.

Fast forward to now and he's apparently added Harris to that list. It's beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bernie can control a room on power of pure charisma, force of personality and personal authority in a way few people are capable of. Just watch his Fox News town hall.

[–] ayyy 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s a weird way to spell “objectively good policy.”

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago

His policies are obviously great, we all know this. But you can't go into a hostile environment like a Fox News Town Hall and completely dominate proceedings on policy alone.

[–] [email protected] 142 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Brave Sir Donald ran away. Bravely ran away away!

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When danger reared its ugly head, he cravenly turned his tail and fled

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about and gallantly, he chickened out.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Rejects"

Retreats in fear

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I get use this image nearly daily.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago (2 children)

with Harris’ team unsuccessfully pushing for both candidates’ microphones to stay on even when it was not their turn to answer.

Wait a minute, Harris' team was the one pushing for always-on mics? That's actually such a flex lol.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not really. It was always her tactic to make him go nuts. Provoking him into shouting over her would have gone along with that and just made him look bad.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it would have been a smart choice. The rationale behind muting was trying to force both parties to having a nice, civil discussion, to force decorum upon the proceedings that formerly was just a given, but generally not respected by Trump, by his nature.

However one part of the first debate was that the muting might have saved Trump from his own worst impulses. To be sure, Biden made his own problems that were far far worse, but part of Trump looking relatively reasonable in his conduct that night was being forced only to speak in turn.

Slam dunk is if you let him put his unhinged nature and unreasonable behavior on full display, while also managing to manage him so that you are still heard.

I would not be surprised if a career in the courtroom dealing with all manner of hard to deal with people is the best prep anyone could ask for to deal with a personality like Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago (14 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why are you sending us a cock pic?

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Calling it now:

Since there’s not enough time left for him to recover from this brutal ego bruise, I predict he’ll only do rallies from now on, or appearances on far-right media, because he’ll retreat to his snowglobe for reassurance for a while. He’ll avoid addressing Kamala directly, but he’ll ramp up his own network and rile up his mob. His team will struggle to rein him in, and some appearances might be cancelled.

e: once he gets tired of being reassured, he’ll double-down on the unhinged scale

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This would be a good time for Kamala to keep asking for a debate and challenging him. Maybe even agree to do it on Fox to show how weak he is. Even if he accepted, I don’t think Fox would save him from another bad performance. We’ll see how polling works out I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cha-chee cha-chee cha-chee

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Has any of you ever SEEN a chicken?

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No surprise, she played him like a fiddle.

[–] Corkyskog 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He also has a habit of rewatching things like that, and I suspect it has made him bitter. Well, more bitter.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

Trump’s campaign manager, using Trump’s phone: “yes this is definitely Donald Trump bigly president please cancel my appointment of debate thank you bye”

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago

I see why he misses Biden so much. He got cooked in that debate.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Someone needs to build a huge projection screen outside his rat infested shithole in Florida, and every night he's there, replay the debate for him.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump's advisors were reaching for any reason to convince him he won, because they know how disastrous another debate would be.

Not to worry, we will be entertained by the Walz-Vance faceoff, though I'll admit giving TFG the talking to he's deserved since forever ago was immensely gratifying.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

He went from orange to yellow.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Couldn't even commit to the "concepts of a plan" for a second debate

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

cowards gonna cowar

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Well, as he said, he certainly won the first one. I don't know why he wouldn't wanna keep racking up wins. Unless, maybe he's embarrassed to have been manipulated right… the fuck over… by… a… woman.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nothing says, "normal" and, "sane" like typing up a long rant in ALL CAPS declaring, "I WON!" while your opponent holds the gold.

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