Cancel the Presidential Debates—Permanently
Nation,
by
Edward Burmila
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
9/22/2020 12:15:42 PM
Imagine hating yourself enough to watch a presidential debate featuring Donald Trump. What reason would you possibly have? To make sure he’s a lying sociopath? To see if he’s a worse choice than Joe Biden? To gain useful insights into American politics? In truth, there is no point, especially in a format that will involve remote participation because of the pandemic. Nothing will be revealed that we don’t already know and know so thoroughly that we can barely stand to hear it again. We could cancel the upcoming debates and lose nothing. Hell, we’d gain precious minutes of our lives
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/22/2020 12:21:14 PM (No. 548757)
Any candidate who is running to be elected President of the USA should be ready, willing, and able to debate any opponent and win the debate. What is so wrong with that?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Highvoltage 9/22/2020 12:22:28 PM (No. 548760)
Is there flop sweat emanating from the 'progressive' left. Oh, I repeat myself.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Falconer 9/22/2020 12:23:35 PM (No. 548762)
Seems like Edward has a severe case of butthurt! Also realizes that Biden isn't up to the task of debating PDJT. Yeah baby! MAGA!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Digiconver 9/22/2020 12:24:18 PM (No. 548766)
But...but we wouldn't get to hear what Joe Biden has to say...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Luandir 9/22/2020 12:26:08 PM (No. 548769)
The Biden campaign will cite Trump’s (choose as many as you like) “undemocratic,” “unconscionable,” “unprecedented,” “hypocritical,” “disrespectful” submission of a SCOTUS nominee as its reason for pulling out of the debates.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
hisself 9/22/2020 12:26:43 PM (No. 548772)
In 75 years, I never heard of Edward Burmila, and now wish I hadn't!
He is unhinged, a sociopath, a serial liar, and probably beats his husband.
The mere fact that the Nation prints his drivel is sufficient to cancel it entirely.
Wow, acting like lefty trash is fun, who else can I slander?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Avanti1 9/22/2020 12:27:03 PM (No. 548774)
Reading this article was the REAL waste of time.
True to form, when the Democrats know the cannot win according to the rules, they want to change the rules.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
rellimpank2 9/22/2020 12:27:30 PM (No. 548775)
--I agree although wouldn't give the 'Nation' a second look--
--thought several months ago that President Trump should have announced that , for the debates the moderators would have to be picked from a panel consisting of Brit Hume, Tucker Carlson, (health permitting) Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly--
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
stablemoney 9/22/2020 12:27:41 PM (No. 548776)
It is the Democrats that have ruined the debates, like they have ruined everything else they touch.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
hershey 9/22/2020 12:31:29 PM (No. 548783)
The Nation, another nasty rag.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MainelySane 9/22/2020 12:31:51 PM (No. 548786)
I want to see BIden go off script, on his own.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 9/22/2020 12:35:08 PM (No. 548792)
The Ancient Battle Cry of the Leftists: "Run away! Run away!"
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 9/22/2020 12:45:58 PM (No. 548803)
Losers are always frantic to take their toys home with them without having to compete. Mommy can make you a nice bowl of cereal and you can go down to your bedroom in the basement. Put on your special jammies (with footsies) and mommy will tuck you in so that you don't have to get stressed by reality! Ahhhhh!!!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 9/22/2020 12:49:04 PM (No. 548807)
We saw this coming. Panic... There is panic and flop sweat in the air... Yummy!!!
23 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 9/22/2020 12:52:26 PM (No. 548810)
Poster #14, you forgot the hot cocoa with marshmallows.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lucky5 9/22/2020 1:00:39 PM (No. 548817)
Of course they are going to say this. Their person is unhinged and demented. Both of them.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Enoch Powell 9/22/2020 1:07:30 PM (No. 548825)
There will be no debate. It will be an episode of Bloopers and Practical Jokes with host Donald J. Trump and contestant Joe Hiden Biden.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Edgelady 9/22/2020 1:07:53 PM (No. 548826)
I guess he really believes there's still going to be debates......
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Newtsche 9/22/2020 1:09:52 PM (No. 548830)
Cancel The Nation -- permanently.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 9/22/2020 1:10:05 PM (No. 548831)
It's not a matter of what Trump has to say but more of what Biden is thinking and what his teleprompter is trying to tell him.
Author clearly does not understand the idea behind a debate, the types of debate and the reason for having them. He's just saying creepy gropey Joe shouldn't go and it's Trumps fault. I wonder why?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 9/22/2020 1:12:07 PM (No. 548833)
I'll take Trump lying about everything just to see Joe Biden walk onto the stage. I'd like to see Joe stand for the Pledge of Allegiance just to here Joe's version just for starters. This is going to be great when Trump stomps him like a bug in the first ten minutes.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
planetgeo 9/22/2020 1:12:53 PM (No. 548834)
Well, aside from the obvious entertainment value, some of us would like to know if our candidate for President and Commander-in-Chief of the mightiest military on Earth is still at least a sentient being and has not yet become vegetable or mineral matter. Which begs the question - is yours, Edward?
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What's this baloney about the debates being performed "remotely because of the pandemic?"
Pretty slick, slipping that in there with all the other leftist talking points.
Why on earth would the debates not be staged in the same space?
Leftists' biggest mistake is in always assuming they're talking down to intellectual inferiors when they blather on with their garbage talking points.
We know exactly what you mean and who you are, jocko.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
mean Gene 9/22/2020 1:31:49 PM (No. 548852)
So, he's admitting that his option for a candidate, Joe Biden, cannot debate or fact check President Trump.
Better to bury the entire concept than allow the public to see what a senile old man looks like in a debate.
The Left.
Always willing to throw out the baby with the bathwater.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Shadow722 9/22/2020 1:36:03 PM (No. 548855)
I see that the "Protect Joe Biden from Himself Club" is in high dudgeon today and every day......
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Alias Grace 9/22/2020 1:44:16 PM (No. 548858)
Whoa, not so fast. Debates should go forward. I’d like to see the terms and conditions that were agreed to for these debates. Does anyone know if they are publicly available?
The Nation, another publisher of drivel. Always has been, always will be.
4 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 9/22/2020 1:46:38 PM (No. 548859)
As Trump said: Yes you'd be in jail.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 9/22/2020 1:54:13 PM (No. 548869)
Not all far leftists are in a delusional bubble.
This guy Burmila is grounded in reality - - and he knows that putting Joe in a debate would be catastrophic. You can smell his flop sweat through your computer screen.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
David Key 9/22/2020 1:54:27 PM (No. 548870)
Aww don't hold back, tell us what you really think. Considering he's from a party of lying scum sucking bottom feeders then you would wonder why he's throwing stones at any other politician in the world. So much lying over the last fifty years, so much corruption, so much sexual misbehavior and on and on and on. I don't vote for perfect people, ain't none out there. I vote for people who say, and follow thru, they will govern as I believe we should be governed. Going back to LBJ and forward I can't think of a single Democratic president that didn't govern contrary to the constitution. Most of the Republicans too. Trump may be crude and given to hyperbole but when he says he will do something he usually does that thing. More power to him and four more years.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/22/2020 1:56:05 PM (No. 548873)
We need them, Edward, so the entire country can see which side has the nitwit candidate and which side can actually change the world - for the better. If Joe is allowed to remain silent, not everybody will find out that he is a fool.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Ditto1958 9/22/2020 1:59:55 PM (No. 548877)
I disagree. Liberals who only watch CNN have no idea how bad off Biden is. They can learn watching him debate Trump.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 9/22/2020 2:09:44 PM (No. 548892)
To the contrary - assuming Biden conveniently doesn't skip it I can't wait to watch it. I suspect the overnight ratings will go through the roof. People love to see others fail - and it won't be Trump failing.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 9/22/2020 2:12:27 PM (No. 548896)
Imagine hating the truth so much that you refuse to even listen to opposing opinions.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 9/22/2020 2:15:45 PM (No. 548900)
Poor baby. Hat too tight?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 9/22/2020 2:27:24 PM (No. 548910)
Seconded, all in favor. They are nothing but gotcha parties for the commie media. Nothing is gained by doing business with leftwing media. Sarah Palin's experience should have settled that matter
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
NancyD 9/22/2020 2:29:45 PM (No. 548911)
They left is showing how cowardly they really are! They know Biden doesn't know where he is at or what day it is. Idiots.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
qr4j 9/22/2020 2:46:41 PM (No. 548926)
The Left continues to lay the groundwork to eliminate the presidential debates this year or minimize their impact if indeed the debates happen.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
moebellini3 9/22/2020 2:47:29 PM (No. 548928)
At the bottom of the original article there is a comments section. Read the comments and you have proof once again that democrats are just a bunch of brain washed democratic zombies. All they do is trash Trump with zero evidence. They support communism while we support America and freedom. Got it.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
saildreamer 9/22/2020 2:52:05 PM (No. 548931)
Pro tip for Edward Burmila: you don’t have to watch.
Why keep others from watching? I’m guessing not to protect people from Trump as he states but to protect Biden from public scrutiny.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 9/22/2020 3:09:24 PM (No. 548953)
The 1st debate was in 1960. There were no debates in 1964, 1968 an6d 1972. Since 1976 there have been debates. It seems unlikely that there will not be debates into the foreseeable future because the viewers enjoy them and the TV networks/stations that sell advertising make handsome profits. They are not going to lose those profits without fighting like heck. The debates are BIG BUSINESS and TV money talks. .
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Bwak bwak bwak!! Chicken! Chicken!
Trump should go ahead and announce he is OK with Biden having a teleprompter and an earpiece at the debates if he needs them. Dementia Joe would screw his answers up anyway, even with the help.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 9/22/2020 3:15:02 PM (No. 548958)
I just love how the LEFT gets so triggered by President Trump.
They've become so delusional and believe their own rhetoric and catch-phrases.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Kafka2 9/22/2020 3:16:58 PM (No. 548959)
Let us assume that there is some truth for the seething hatred Edward Burmila. The only reason for Cancelling the Presidential Debates is conceal how deplorable Biden is. A side by side comparison would reveal President Trump to be a far, far better choice.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
swarfer 9/22/2020 3:23:42 PM (No. 548968)
Open debates. Each candidate get 10 minutes to make a statement then alternates 10 minutes with whatever they wish to say. Only the designated speaker's mike is enabled. No questions, no agenda, no media, no audience. Let them slug it out for two hours.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
SALady 9/22/2020 3:29:17 PM (No. 548972)
Translation: President Trump is going to show just how senile and demented Creepy Uncle Joe Biden truly is, and we simply can't have that!!!!
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
HotRod 9/22/2020 3:45:12 PM (No. 548992)
They aren't debates anyway. They are question and answer sessions. They have been corrupted by the media moderators. They are nothing but a media event, where the media can push their choice for President in the questions they ask each candidate.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Smart11344 9/22/2020 3:51:10 PM (No. 548998)
Cancel all the awards shows: the Emmy's Oscar's, MTV awards, if the still exist. They have all been major audience losers for decades ever since the streaker dashed acrosses the stage. Wan't that hosted bt David Niven who had a great comeback? Dump all of them.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Daria 9/22/2020 4:03:01 PM (No. 549009)
If Joe Biden can show up for a town hall, he can show up for a debate. Enough already.
7 people like this.
Reply 49 - Posted by:
john56 9/22/2020 4:08:14 PM (No. 549016)
Yep. The less people see of Joe Biden, the better chance we can drag his sorry backside across the finish line.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
govlawyer 9/22/2020 4:24:26 PM (No. 549021)
Considering how Trump manhandled Felonia back in '16, Trump is going to have to be careful to avoid the charge of elder abuse when he boxes Biteme's ears off.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
NeverForget 9/22/2020 4:25:06 PM (No. 549022)
This no-doubt supporter of massive Dempanic TYRANNICAL societal shutdowns that have cost each of us hundreds or thousands of hours of our lives argues that there should be no debates because some of us would VOLUNTARILY watch them.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 9/22/2020 4:26:04 PM (No. 549024)
Denying everyone the chance to see just what a bumbling idiot Joe Biden now is would be full-out censorship. We all KNOW that he is basically a ventriloquist's dummy, reading lines off a teleprompter that he had nothing to do with when they were written for him. It's just that I have a mean streak and would love to see nothing more when he contradicts himself or when a debate 'moderator' explains to us just what he REALLY meant. Imagine if he got frustrated and started asking for help? Roll that bean footage!
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
BarryNo 9/22/2020 4:34:59 PM (No. 549028)
I look at Dems and see lying sociopaths, but they have the connections to stay out of prisons for the criminally insane.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/22/2020 4:55:06 PM (No. 549041)
#2 sees the big picture as far as old Joe and the debates are concerned. Chances are old Joe will test positive for the China virus the day before the first debate, will go into quarantine until the day after the third scheduled debate and will then make a miraculous recovery before the election. All as planned by his leftist and Liberal Democrat operatives and played up big time by the fake media, that it is somehow Trump’s fault that old Joe caught the China bug which never would have happened if Trump had done his job back in January to battle the China virus, instead of focusing upon the effort to impeach and remove him from office.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
TennDon 9/22/2020 5:08:16 PM (No. 549047)
Poor widdle wibtards, less their widdle hearts.
dimoKrats delenda est
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
rytwng 9/22/2020 5:19:16 PM (No. 549052)
Never heard of this Burmila jerk.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
leonardo 9/22/2020 5:21:31 PM (No. 549055)
Lefty excuse for Joe Hiden to opt out of debating.
"Hell, we’d gain precious minutes of our lives ... "
Reading the useless drivel from Burmila wasted those precious minutes.
Try pizza delivery Ed ...
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
Elljay 9/22/2020 5:23:07 PM (No. 549057)
The author misses the most compelling reason for the debates: to see if Biden can think for himself without notes in his hand or a teleprompter in front of him. Even the Dems know how that could turn out, and their panic is palpable.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
franq 9/22/2020 5:33:43 PM (No. 549066)
I agree. They are rigged in the libs favor. Only an opportunity for the talking heads to twist, analyze, and bloviate.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
cartcart 9/22/2020 5:42:12 PM (No. 549076)
If this dolt will only take his finger out of his nose long enough to turn the channel or turn the telly off, then his problem is solved. I love the debates. I watch almost every minute of every one and want to see how the candidates stand up. Had we no debates in 2016, we would have not known what a piece of work was Hillary.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
Submariner 9/22/2020 6:21:35 PM (No. 549118)
FTA "Nothing will be revealed that we don’t already know and know so thoroughly that we can barely stand to hear it again." He's referring to the effect that Joe's dementia has on his speaking and thinking ability.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
andyboy 9/23/2020 4:45:21 AM (No. 549460)
Here's an easier option -- if you consider the debates a waste of time, don't watch them.
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
sherlock1 9/23/2020 11:18:05 AM (No. 549800)
The Dems have a choice... debate Trump and have their candidate come off a senile idiot, or refuse to debate Trump and have their candidate come off a hypocritical liar. Tough choice. Too bad.
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Lefties are in full panic mood.