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NY Times: Biden Should Not Debate Trump Unless
nytimes.com ^ | July 7, 2020 | Thomas L. Friedman

Posted on 07/08/2020 4:49:32 AM PDT by Helicondelta

I worry about Joe Biden debating Donald Trump. He should do it only under two conditions. Otherwise, he’s giving Trump unfair advantages.

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That is not a good way for Biden to reintroduce himself to the American people. And, let’s not kid ourselves, these debates will be his reintroduction to most Americans, who have neither seen nor heard from him for months if not years.

Because of Covid-19, Biden has been sticking close to home, wearing a mask and social distancing. And with the coronavirus now spreading further, and Biden being a responsible individual and role model, it’s likely that he won’t be able to engage with any large groups of voters before Election Day. Therefore, the three scheduled televised debates, which will garner huge audiences, will carry more weight for him than ever.

He should not go into such a high-stakes moment ceding any advantages to Trump. Trump is badly trailing in the polls, and he needs these debates much more than Biden does to win over undecided voters. So Biden needs to make Trump pay for them in the currency of transparency and fact-checking — universal principles that will level the playing field for him and illuminate and enrich the debates for all citizens.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2020election; biden; clowncar; delaware; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; thomaslfriedman; trump
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To: ZOOKER

Biden is just a dementia puppet for the socialist like Cortez


21 posted on 07/08/2020 5:11:10 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Helicondelta

-—I’ve thought all along that President Trump should state that the moderators (if there are debates) are going to be Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and , health permitting -Rush Limbaugh—


22 posted on 07/08/2020 5:11:42 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the meda or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: Helicondelta

>>these debates will be his reintroduction to most Americans<<

Gonna have to do about 40 YEARS worth of erasin’ before you can start 40 minutes of re-introducin’ -—Not a good place to be, Joe!


23 posted on 07/08/2020 5:12:15 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas ( January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: rellimpank

There is no way CNN, NBC should be even in the room at the debates,


24 posted on 07/08/2020 5:13:24 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Helicondelta

All that was is no more.

Kanye West declared as a candidate. He will take off his red Trump hat to attract more voters, black voters of course.

Those black citizens who voted for Trump before probably will again. So will some who see the Trump light.

There are millions of Hillary voting black citizens who will not vote for Trump but will gladly vote for West rather than Biden

Kanye works for Trump and will fragment the black vote denying it to Biden


25 posted on 07/08/2020 5:15:54 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: manc

Way wayback 2015:
Peter Robinson: New York Times columnist Thomas Frie
dman writes that,

One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages… It is not an accident that China is committed to overtaking us in electric cars, solar power, energy efficiency, batteries, nuclear power and wind power.
—What do you make of this “Beijing Consensus,” this view that maybe they are better suited for the future than our form of government.
—Victor Davis Hanson: If you gave me ten minutes and the internet, I could give you an almost verbatim quote from what left-wing people said about Mussolini in the twenties, and what right-wing people like Charles Lindbergh said about Germany in the thirties. They make the trains run on time…


26 posted on 07/08/2020 5:16:19 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Helicondelta

Tom Friedman has been right how many times? NEVER! He was, is, and always will be a blowhard.


27 posted on 07/08/2020 5:19:08 AM PDT by Russ (I)
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To: Bookshelf

WOW To think we thought we won the cold war. The commies just went into the shadows to get into positions of power instead.


28 posted on 07/08/2020 5:19:59 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: rellimpank

Chris Plante could make it interesting.


29 posted on 07/08/2020 5:23:13 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Uncle Miltie

Former US Senator Bob Dole hawked Viagra in his sunset years..


30 posted on 07/08/2020 5:28:24 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Helicondelta

They’ve got to find some way to rescue Biden from having to go into a face-to-face debate with Trump. Plan A: set up demands which they know Trump will never accept.

Sort of like when a country has made up its mind to go to war, and is looking for a rationale to start one.


31 posted on 07/08/2020 5:30:09 AM PDT by RAldrich
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To: Diogenesis

Biden without an earpiece feeding him answers... the world will see what a catastrophe Biden would be. The NYT knows it, the DNC knows it and Biden wants to know if forgot to wear pants today.

The big cliffhanger is VP pick, and how far looney Left that person is.


32 posted on 07/08/2020 5:31:19 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: Magnatron

I agree Biden is scared as hell of a debate, ahhh, no, his handlers are, Biden doesn’t have a clue. Biden got his rear kicked by Palin, Biden was talking about eating The other day at a Restaurant that had been closed for a decade, that was 12 years ago, Biden hasn’t gotten better. When he debated for the nomination he was talking about clipping coupons ( last time that happened was in the sixties). Biden Told people to stimulate there kids by listening to phonographs. While giving a talk about covid Biden said 250 million people had died. Will fact checkers be checking Biden? The debate will be fun.


33 posted on 07/08/2020 5:36:10 AM PDT by carcraft (Pray for our Country)
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To: Helicondelta
Trump is badly trailing in the polls

Head shake. Same old Crap! Hillary was 98% certain to be elected.

34 posted on 07/08/2020 5:36:56 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Diogenesis

he’ll forget the questions by the time he gets on the stage.

He won’t hear the answers from offstage.

As for throwing up, he’ll probably fall down, miss the floor and blame President Trump.


35 posted on 07/08/2020 5:37:34 AM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Helicondelta
They're scared to put "The Placeholder" on display, for the voting public to see. They know there's only two outcomes:

1) "Undecided", if any remain, will have to vote for Trump.
2) Weaker malcontents that cannot support Biden will stay home on election day.

36 posted on 07/08/2020 5:42:19 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Helicondelta

We are going to be seeing a lot more of this, of course. Conservatives need to loudly point this out for what it is.


37 posted on 07/08/2020 5:44:14 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Helicondelta

Trump needs the debates. Biden does not. Without the debates, Biden will win this thing running away.


38 posted on 07/08/2020 5:49:26 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: albie

Unfortunately, this time the polls seem to be accurate. Trump’s campaign certainly believes them and is acting on them.


39 posted on 07/08/2020 5:50:56 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Helicondelta; All

There will be no debates. Why would Joe Biden agree to debate? What does he stand to gain? Absolutely nothing.


40 posted on 07/08/2020 5:52:01 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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