Dems want to scrap presidential debates!

[Shortfuze]

source: https://nypost.com/2020/08/03/sudden...al-debates-ha/

Get this: Democrats want to scrap this year’s presidential debates. It’s not hard to guess why.

“Whatever you do,” CNN’s Joe Lockhart, who served as President Bill Clinton’s press secretary, advised Joe Biden last week, “don’t debate” President Trump.

Dem strategist Zac Petkanas argues: “This is not a normal presidential election, and Trump is not a legitimate candidate” and so doesn’t deserve a debate. (Never mind that Trump won an overwhelming majority of electoral votes.)

At The New York Times, Elizabeth Drew says debates aren’t substantive. She discounts the “relevance” of the “carefully prepared one-liner” that sways viewers.

Just how dumb do they think Americans are? The real reasons Dems don’t want Uncle Joe in a live, unscripted square-off couldn’t be clearer: They’re absolutely terrified he’ll be a disaster.

Of course, Biden backers are right to be worried about unleashing the presumed nominee. Drew claims he’s “done just fine” in debates, but she was likely on Mars during the primaries.

Recall how in one debate answer on segregation, Biden meandered through a reply that mentioned his wife and former wife; said we must “make sure that every single child does, does in fact, have 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds go to school [sic]”; and insisted social workers help parents raise kids.

He added: “Play the radio. Make sure the television — excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night.” He ended with a discussion of Venezuela.

Look, the 77-year-old Biden is famous for his gaffes, incoherent sentences, contradictions and non-sequiturs. It’s why his cognitive state has become an issue.

Fact is, Dems would never call for scrapping debates if their nominee were a gifted orator. Yet if Biden can’t be trusted in front of a TV camera, how on earth can he be trusted to run the country?

[chaunce54]

I thought this has been obvious for weeks.

[metroins]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

[kusok]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

Translation:


I know Trump would get the better of Biden in debates on record and policy, and that Biden isn’t sharp enough anymore to be President, so I will make excuses and perform mental gymnastics to lie to myself thou I know nobody is buying my bullsheit.

[jeffl1980]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

“One of the things, the important aspects of this race, is role modeling what good families should look like. And my view, if you can’t run your own house, you certainly can’t run the White House. Can’t do it.”

Who said this? Towards who? But yet Clinton was endorsed by Michelle and Obama........

Stop pretending like Trump is the only one who slings mud during a debate. There are voters who would like to hear Bidens thoughts on current events and policies.

[Procta]

Dems are so fukn shady .... they attack and then go run and hide...just like ANTIFA

They know Biden will get bodied by Trump after the first question

[yeshli2nuts]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

So Trump can get insulted by the media for 3+ years but the potential nominee can't get insulted by someone else for 3 hours? hmm....

[1fast1]

Translation:


I know Trump would get the better of Biden in debates on record and policy, and that Biden isn’t sharp enough anymore to be President, so I will make excuses and perform mental gymnastics to lie to myself thou I know nobody is buying my bullsheit.

lol exactly what I thought when I read that comment

[iabs]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

You get caught up in the words. Listen to what the word salad that you seem to love from your professional liars (politicians) actually mean. Biden NEEDS to debate Trump to propose and defend his policies.

[Tha big kahoona]

Biden isn’t sharp enough anymore to be President

I think the bar is Mariana Trench levels of low

The last questions are much more difficult, like a memory question. It’s, like, you’ll go: Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. So they’ll say, ‘Could you repeat that?’ So I said, ‘Yeah. So it’s: Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ If you get it in order you get extra points

[BFast55]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

Definitely has nothing to do with the fact that Biden is a disaster on camera, right?

[Jayarbie]

Biden needs to debate. I'm on the fence right now. Trump is obviously incompetent and an embarrassing disaster for the country, but Hillary didn't clear the bar for the minimum standard of acceptability for a President, so I voted for Gary Johnson. Biden needs to show me that he has the mental acuity to competently handle off script questioning before I will consider voting for him. Once again, the Libertarian candidate is far and away the best person in the race, and I have no problem at all voting for her if neither major party candidate passes a bare minimum of acceptability to be President.

If he fails in the debate, I won't vote for him. If he doesn't debate at all, I will take that as an admission that his people know he is not capable of doing it.

[elterrible987]

"Trump is not a legitimate candidate"

hes the incumbent. These people are insane.

[cptamerica59]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

lol I guess Ted got on his knees like Trump said he would.

[420691337]

dems are the most honorable party rite

[wake_me]

More and more of these articles have been popping up in the last few weeks or so.

Seems like they're trying to plant the seed in people's minds that debates arent needed ahead of an official push to cancel them.

[Mark1T]

I don't feel like watching Donald Trump insult somebody for 3 hours.

I think presidential debates are important but Trump treats them like a wrestling match. A lot of people enjoy that type of style, I think it makes trump look inadequate.

Whether they hold them or not, I won't be watching.

PS. Trump insulted Ted Cruzs wife and father, then Ted Cruz endorsed him. Ted Cruz should be banished from politics and manhood.

So, you were out to lunch during those debates.

[vickissick07]

Trump should hold the debate regardless. Let them no show on national television. Put a tv where Biden would be and play clips of his stances on things and just body them for 3 hours

[wickedman]

I wish Trump would have made his delaying election tweet more along the lines of, "As long as we feel comfortable having the debates, we should feel comfortable having elections as scheduled!"

It's hard to believe that they will let senile Uncle Joe get put on display for hours at a time. His whole campaign is... not being seen or speaking more than once a week for less than 30 seconds.

[BunkerBoy]

The smart thing to do is not debate when you have a large lead, regardless of who the opponent is.

However, that is a bitch ass move and I dont respect it.

I want to see debates.

[Dude.Jon]

Dem strategist Zac Petkanas argues: “This is not a normal presidential election, and Trump is not a legitimate candidate”

This tells us all we need to know. They will not accept Trump as the winner in Nov. They will use the media to convince as many as possible that Trump lost, no matter what. Then they will push for violence, at the very least condone it, all while trying to get rid of police departments.

Welcome to the end of the Republic.

[ohiostate124]

Thats funny because i just read an article yesterday that said the debates shouldn’t happen because they do sway voters. Either way, these people are terrified of Biden getting on stage with Trump.

[Jayarbie]

The smart thing to do is not debate when you have a large lead, regardless of who the opponent is.

However, that is a bitch ass move and I dont respect it.

I want to see debates.

That depends on the risk of debating. If you back out of debates, you will lose support and your lead will shrink. That is a guarantee. If there is very little risk that you will bomb the debates, then it's best, even with a lead, to agree to the debates. The fact that this is a question is a sign that there is a significant risk that Biden will bomb the debates.

[miscinbro]

That depends on the risk of debating. If you back out of debates, you will lose support and your lead will shrink. That is a guarantee. If there is very little risk that you will bomb the debates, then it's best, even with a lead, to agree to the debates. The fact that this is a question is a sign that there is a significant risk that Biden will bomb the debates.

Look at the article, there s no reason to think it’s a question. Two people with no connection to the Biden campaign made statements they shouldn’t have. Big deal.

[leafs43]

Dems told the world that they are nothing but a bunch of punk bishes.

[Mark1T]

Dems are chicken shiit. Like a professional boxer turning down a fight because he's afraid of getting KTFO.

[Motiviert]

I don't like Biden or trump and Its crazy that Joe Biden is the best the Dems could do. No wonder that party is the butt of every joke in politics.


Not a trump fan either but Trump will figuratively Batista bomb Biden in a debate

[nkiritsis13]

Because this is the face of a man who looks like he's forgotten where he was, can't remember how he got there, and is preoccupied with an internal debate over whether he may or may not have just sh*t himself.


^It looks like Biden's soul just left his body, and he's trying to find it in his speech notes.

[Motiviert]

Biden needs to debate. I'm on the fence right now. Trump is obviously incompetent and an embarrassing disaster for the country, but Hillary didn't clear the bar for the minimum standard of acceptability for a President, so I voted for Gary Johnson. Biden needs to show me that he has the mental acuity to competently handle off script questioning before I will consider voting for him. Once again, the Libertarian candidate is far and away the best person in the race, and I have no problem at all voting for her if neither major party candidate passes a bare minimum of acceptability to be President.

If he fails in the debate, I won't vote for him. If he doesn't debate at all, I will take that as an admission that his people know he is not capable of doing it.

That's actually a really logical outlook. Srs

[lsiberian]

They would be stupid to have debates. The best thing they can do is have Biden say nothing. The silent strategy is working. Trump doesn't have hated Hilary to steal votes from and he has a bad economy. His back is definitely against the wall IMO. The Supreme Court is secured now too.