Posted on 05/26/2016 5:50:35 AM PDT by Mariner
LANCASTER, California — In the latest twist to this unpredictable 2016 presidential race, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders independently agreed Wednesday night to debate each other.
On ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Trump was asked if he would consider holding a debate with Sanders. Trump agreed to the idea.
"If he paid a sum toward charity I would love to do that," said the business mogul, noting that a Sanders vs. Trump debate "would have such high ratings."
Sanders quickly responded with a tweet reading, "Game On. I look forward to debating Donald Trump in California before the June 7th primary."
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Somehow I doubt that Bernie in his 74 years ever had anyone publicly call BS to his face
Assuming the likely “ progressive moderators” they choose will allow Trump to speak without emotion laden screeds by the communist
RoseofTexas to Starboard "If Trump really wants to drive deeper wooden steak into the shedevil beast chances he outta suggest to fox that he would take hitlerys spot to debate Sanders. That would absolutely bring all of Sanders voters to him after the Dnc stabs Sanders in the back. I think it would be a brilliant move!"
Hehehehee someone read my post....:)
Watch Debbie Wasserman go absolutely ape-sh*t nuts over this.
“Sanders is not the presumptive nominee he doesn’t get to debate the Republicans!”
This is good for Trump on so many levels, and bad for Hillary on so many levels.
I’d pay to see this.
Why?!?
They’ll say Trump is just being mean as they set fire to police cars outside the hall.
Donald is fearless and not crippled by PC.
If this debate happens, he will destroy the commie- just as he will Hillary.
He knows ALL the dirt on both, and is not afraid to use it.
However; Hillary will cheat, use voter fraud and use every trick in the dirty Lib book to try to defeat Donald.
That is why we MUST unite and put aside our anger that our candidate of choice dropped out of the race or whatever.
Donald is a good man who has heard the voice of WE THE PEOPLE, and has stepped in to try to try to undo the damage Obama has done, and make America great and respected again.
Although he is an outsider and not a politician, he is a brilliant businessman/CEO who knows HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. He will surround himself by equally brilliant advisors per his cabinet and others.
We need not be afraid of his inexperience.
We MUST make this the biggest Republican voter turn out in history- or it’s Hillary to continue Obama’s destruction of our values, our way of life- our AMERICA.
Give this some thought before, out of anger, you do a ‘write in’ or stay home and refuse to vote.
Donald is fearless and not crippled by PC.
If this debate happens, he will destroy the commie- just as he will Hillary.
He knows ALL the dirt on both, and is not afraid to use it.
However; Hillary will cheat, use voter fraud and use every trick in the dirty Lib book to try to defeat Donald.
That is why we MUST unite and put aside our anger that our candidate of choice dropped out of the race or whatever.
Donald is a good man who has heard the voice of WE THE PEOPLE, and has stepped in to try to try to undo the damage Obama has done, and make America great and respected again.
Although he is an outsider and not a politician, he is a brilliant businessman/CEO who knows HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. He will surround himself by equally brilliant advisors per his cabinet and others.
We need not be afraid of his inexperience.
We MUST make this the biggest Republican voter turn out in history- or it’s Hillary to continue Obama’s destruction of our values, our way of life- our AMERICA.
Give this some thought before, out of anger, you do a ‘write in’ or stay home and refuse to vote.
As many have pointed out before, Bern is OWS and Trump is the Tea party. I remember talking to some OWS kids in SF during their sit-in of the Fed reserve. Give 'em a haircut, add 10 years to their lives, and they were basically younger tea party members.
So I could see both of them agreeing on the major issues facing the nation - deep-rooted corruption in all sectors of the economy, neo-con controlled foreign policy, etc, but differ on how to accomplish the goal(s).
A Trump-Bern debate would be entertaining, but won't change anyone's opinion. Heck, it won't change their own opinions. Bern will say something like ABC needs to be reformed, and Trump will agree, but suggest it should be abolished and its leaders jailed.
Actually, if at a foundational level they agreed on most objectives, it could be a precursor to a Trump-Bern ticket. Stranger things have happened. Ultimately, it would guarantee they *both* win. Biden/Warren would have no chance.
How many Trump supporters would vote that ticket, knowing Trump would have 2-3-4 years to completely gut DC, including arresting BHO, Bill-Hill, the Bushes, et al for treason?
The only downside risk is he doesn't make his term & Bern takes over, but Congress would block any major initiatives. The risk analysis also works for Bern's supporters - get him in with Trump, and bet on him taking over.
Makes perfect sense. Trump doesn’t want Bernie supporters voting for Hillary in the general. He wants them to vote Trump or stay home.
Trump’s mission is to unleach hell on Hillary and ignore Bernie.
This also works for Bernie. He’ll get Dem voters to watch Hillary get torn to pieces, without getting his hands dirty.
This will be worth hundreds of millions in free media for both of them. It’s a win-win. Only Hillary loses. She is probably getting used to it.
can you imagine the call Bernie received from Debbie?
The string of expletives from her must have made her sound like a merchant marine or a dockyard bully
-PJ
Sorry about the double post.
I clicked ‘post,’waited and nothing happened, so I hit it again.
Sorry about the double post.
I clicked ‘post,’waited and nothing happened, so I hit it again.
Because it will stick a wooden stake into Hillary.
A Trump-Bern ticket is an absolute, 100% guaranteed shoe-in for election. The only downside risk is that Trump doesn't make it the full 4 or 8 years. How much of a gambler are you & the country?
The same risk analysis holds true for Bern supporters: no chance of winning as a Dem, 100% chance as Trump's running mate. They're bet is the opposite ie Bern taking over, yet voting Trump-Bern at least makes it possible.
Having said that, Trump's agreement to debate Sanders is literally brilliant. What a way to absolutely pound on Hillary and get Sanders to do it also. The amount of attention this debate would raise will be overwhelming. I love how Trump keeps the message on himself and keeps Hillary off balance...
Yes...Trump will be campaigning for Bernie’s whacko voters. It may not end well!
Trump is again a genius. By “debating” Bernie, watch Trump turn this into a “Bash Hillary” debate where Sanders has no choice but to either join Trump in agreeing that Hillary is crooked and corrupt or disagree and hurt his own campaign chances. All Donald has to do is deflect the “corporate welfare / corporate raiders” claptrap and he will have an ally in beating up on the absent Mrs. Clinton who is refusing to debate either.
And if Hillary's 'in' it's two high IQ minds against a person who's only 'skill' was being the wife of a powerful man.
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