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Will Joe Biden Duck the Debates? There are growing calls to shield the former Veep from having to perform.
Wall Street Journal ^ | August 3, 2020 | WSJ Editorial Board

Posted on 08/04/2020 4:28:14 AM PDT by karpov

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1 posted on 08/04/2020 4:28:14 AM PDT by karpov
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It is not a matter if Joe is willing to perform in a debate, he is not mentally able to participate in a debate. No one has an control over dementia.......


2 posted on 08/04/2020 4:33:40 AM PDT by chopperk
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Haven’t seen or heard much from Joe, but he does seem a bit better which makes me believe that he’s on one of the Alzheimer medications that provides temporary improvement.
Of course if true, this should be revealed to the public, but it won’t be.
Whomever he chooses as his running mate, will be president when his dementia forces him to step down.


3 posted on 08/04/2020 4:42:59 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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Having witnessed my father die from complications of vascular dementia, I can easily see the stepwise decline in Biden’s mental capacities. He’s moving beyond mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to full dementia. Trump and the American people must demand a full medical report on Biden, including neurological evaluations and the list of medications he is being administered to treat the mental deterioration. I can see the DNC trying to get away with this farce, but is his wife so corrupt that she won’t call a halt?


4 posted on 08/04/2020 4:44:54 AM PDT by twister881
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When do most candidate debates happen?

Isn’t it getting pretty late in the game? And he hasn’t even declared a VP pick yet

When did hilLIARy pick that hand puppet she chose? That nobody certainly added ZERO enthusiasm to her campaign


5 posted on 08/04/2020 4:51:19 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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When do most candidate debates happen?

After the party conventions.

6 posted on 08/04/2020 4:55:51 AM PDT by ScottinVA (It's over. Split the country... it can and should be done.)
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Neither side has anything to gain from the debates and both sides will avoid them completely if they can make it look like the other side was to blame.


7 posted on 08/04/2020 4:58:15 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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"... he is not mentally able to participate in a debate."

If his Demonicrat nurses help him to show up, by the time the first debate is scheduled to occur, Vegetablejoe may have descended into a level of dementia so much he wouldn't even be aware that he is in a debate.

8 posted on 08/04/2020 4:58:16 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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It’s a lose-lose for Joe Biden.

Refusal demonstrates they think he can’t debate.
Debating proves he can’t debate.


9 posted on 08/04/2020 5:03:55 AM PDT by DannyTN
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‘If his Demonicrat nurses help him to show up...’

have nostrils, will debate...


10 posted on 08/04/2020 5:07:44 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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‘It’s a lose-lose for Joe Biden.’

really...? I’d say Trump has nothing to gain; he himself has set Biden’s bar so low he wins just by showing up...and if he starts ridiculing the old man, the optics are going to be pretty bad for the emotion driven crowd...


11 posted on 08/04/2020 5:12:08 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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Answer: Yes. Next question.


12 posted on 08/04/2020 5:14:27 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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Demented Joe: “I don’t debate bad orange men.”

Crowd: Goes wild with glee


13 posted on 08/04/2020 5:18:25 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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I’m not sure Trump would riciule Joe.
I think Trump would just give coherent answers and let Joe ramble.


14 posted on 08/04/2020 5:20:11 AM PDT by DannyTN
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...and if he starts ridiculing the old man, the optics are going to be pretty bad for the emotion driven crowd...

Still, this isn't a spelling bee contest. This is the platform for candidates to demonstrate why they, and not their opponent, should be the Leader of the Free World. The man with his finger on the nuke button.

Even if gropey joe was a "severe Conservative" I would still want him to demonstrate the basic competence to sit in the Oval Office.

15 posted on 08/04/2020 5:20:56 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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Obvious dementia aside, the Biden camp might be waiting to see if John Durham has anything coming out in September.


16 posted on 08/04/2020 5:23:44 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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I remember Biden’s debate with Paul Ryan in 2012. All he did was laugh like a clown at everything Paul Ryan said. He didn’t even attempt to engage intellectually.

Then tactic worked . . .because he was debating Paul Ryan. It would not work against President Trump.

I predict about 5 days before the 1st debate there will be some phony outrage over something President Trump said and was deliberately twisted out of context. Then Biden will back out of the debate in “protest”.


17 posted on 08/04/2020 5:28:47 AM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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Biden has changed since the last debate with fellow Dems.
He is slipping each day. He also does not look well.


18 posted on 08/04/2020 5:36:12 AM PDT by FreedBird
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Even if he shows up, some states will have already started voting before the first scheduled debate


19 posted on 08/04/2020 6:08:47 AM PDT by digger48
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*sigh* every election no matter who is president we hear this rumor along with “they wont leave if they lose”

getting too old, I guess, tired of the same ole same ole.


20 posted on 08/04/2020 6:11:06 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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