Debates Will Be Biden’s Undoing
American Spectator,
by
David Catron
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
8/11/2020 4:26:25 AM
It should by now be clear to the meanest intelligence that key advisers to former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, are terrified of allowing him to stand next to President Trump on a debate stage. Consequently, they have deployed various Biden-friendly pundits to denounce presidential debates in general as meaningless exercises in empty showmanship. Elizabeth Drew, for example, advises the readers of the New York Times that these quadrennial contests more closely resemble wrestling matches than genuine debates about important issues. They reward “snappy comebacks and one-liners” rather than substantive discussions of serious issues. In the end she inadvertently refutes her own claim.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 8/11/2020 4:48:31 AM (No. 505905)
Catron is wrong. No way Gaff-Prone Joe Biden will get on the debate floor with President Trump. He will use Covid-19 as the excuse.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
PChristopher 8/11/2020 5:06:25 AM (No. 505915)
If he does agree to debate Trump, it will be sad to watch him spaz out from all of the amphetamines they'll pump him full of.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Pearson365 8/11/2020 7:07:52 AM (No. 505966)
Don’t fall for Joe can’t debate. While he is surely in mental decline, he may have enough left for at least one debate so that the other two planned sessions can be canceled. Think back to March, when Biden had enough mental stamina to debate Bernie Sanders. And if Biden can hold up reasonably well against Trump, he’ll be declared the winner by the MSM and every RINO no matter how ridiculous his answers. Meanwhile, Trump will be called mean, calloua, a failure and unworthy by the same leftist press.
And if anyone thinks that the moderators will be fair and honest, don’t count on it. I don’t know who they are, but they will viciously question Trump, interrupt his answers and “claim back their time” to prevent the President from answering. Biden just has to answer polite questions about all the successes of the Obama-Biden years.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
rytwng 8/11/2020 7:36:34 AM (No. 505982)
All President Trump has to do is is make Obiden mad. He will come unglued.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 8/11/2020 7:42:47 AM (No. 505986)
Biden will not debate. The risk of Biden imploding during a debate are too great. No medicine will protect Biden for a debate hour. For weeks the Democrats have been laying the foundation to later announce that he will not debate. His team is busy pondering their list of best excuses that will do the least damage to Biden's campaign. Besides Biden has peaked and it's downhill from here for him, phony polls notwithstanding. No VP will save his downfall. He'll be a three-time loser.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/11/2020 7:44:27 AM (No. 505988)
Biden's handlers are counting on training him with pat answers to leaked questions. Then the Media in unison will declare him the winner. What they are not realizing is that the opponent will be Trump. He will draw the worst out of Joe in the most unexpected place and manner causing an unmitigated disaster for the 'Rats.
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Gotta keep Slo Jo and his diminished capabilities hidden. Maybe we can have a Stunt-Biden???
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/11/2020 8:34:16 AM (No. 506040)
Not sad, #2. It will be a well-deserved comeuppance.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/11/2020 8:39:50 AM (No. 506046)
BTW, a “lengthy period to explain what your position is” would also destroy Biden as he can barely get two coherent sentences out before wandering into lies, fake memories or confused silence, even with a teleprompter.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
navybrat 8/11/2020 9:18:26 AM (No. 506089)
The left and media (redundant, I know) will continue to cover for Joe. They will have a hundred flimflam excuses as to why Joe will not debate. They will keep him safe in his basement except for the occasional bicycle ride and outing which they claim is proof of his sharp mental state.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/11/2020 9:18:38 AM (No. 506090)
Biden has already undone himself, they just don't know it yet. As a parody to Abraham Lincoln's famous quote, he can stay in his basement and be thought a fool or he can step on the stage with Donald Trump and remove all doubt.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
snakeoil 8/11/2020 9:26:44 AM (No. 506104)
Much as I despise demoncraps in general and Quid Pro Joe in particular the debates are over rated. George W. Bush was horrible in every debate he was ever in. But he beat The Gorbot and Horseface. If every voter made their decision based on logic rather than emotion PT would win in a landslide. The fundamental question is who is more likely to solve the serious problems this country and world has. PT who has a track record of accomplishments or the Gray Groper who couldn't find merde in an outhouse with a bloodhound.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rama41 8/11/2020 9:48:43 AM (No. 506134)
I hope there are debates, but I hope Trump doesn't take it lightly. The press will declare Biden the victor just for showing up. And Trump being Trump, he'll give the MSM enough out-of-context quotes to steal the headlines. Plus, who's going to ask the questions? Imagine it's "Chuck" Wallace. Wallace: "Mr. Vice-President, are all Republicans racist?" Biden: "No." Wallace: "Mr. President, why are so many Republicans racist?"
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bad-hair 8/11/2020 9:59:34 AM (No. 506144)
Can you undo something that's already undone ?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mc squared 8/11/2020 12:08:09 PM (No. 506268)
What debates? I would LOVE to see DJT fielding questions with an empty lectern next to him on stage.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
HotRod 8/11/2020 12:18:39 PM (No. 506288)
The problem for Biden is that even if he has the energy and stamina for a debate, he will either succumb to his mental affliction and say bumbling, disjointed things, or, he will make serious gaffes.
They would surely provide Biden with the questions, and answers, prior to a debate, but once he uttered the correct answer, he would go off track! President Trump knows which buttons to push!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 8/11/2020 12:52:51 PM (No. 506341)
We need to beware of setting the bar for "success" of Senile Joe so low that he just might manage to pass it and "well, sure, Joe lost the debate, but he did a lot better than we thought he was capable of....." sort of outcome.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 8/11/2020 1:22:16 PM (No. 506379)
The article says that the debates are a dead end for Biden whether he shows up OR NOT and that is a certainty.
The debates are a free for all test of the kind of stresses that a president faces regularly through their time in office. Uncertainty about what questions will be asked (or events might happen), what your opponent will say, how it will be spun, and how you present yourself overall under that stress are important for voters to know. They want to see a cool and collected person that can give good, reasoned responses.
It is funny that some dems are calling for some "rules" to protect Joe, kinda like training wheels on a kids bike. Maybe we could get Russia, China, NK, European leaders, and others to agree with training wheels for our poor, incompetent dem president also? I suspect that those that think a few rules will safeguard Biden have no idea how bad he really is.
I am actually in favor of Biden choosing not to attend because I think it would be a form of elder abuse, similar but far worse than what was done to Mueller when he testified before Congress. It was pitiful. Trump would have to be careful not to overdo his assault. Could you imagine Biden having some kind of "event" during a live debate? Some people with cognitive decline can get violent when stressed. It would be horrible even if it works to Trump's favor. However, if Biden refuses to show up, Trump can say whatever he wants about it. People already thinking Biden is mentally incompetent will be convinced, especially when Joe still doesn't appear anywhere else to counter their impressions.
At some point, a president has to SHOW UP. Biden is incapable of that and for that reason he is doomed. A dem party that would let the situation lead to this point deserves to be doomed and damned as well.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
NYbob 8/11/2020 1:34:30 PM (No. 506403)
The rats will delay as long as humanly possible and then a media crisis will require debates to be suspended.
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