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Laura Ingraham may play Clinton in Trump debate practice: report
The Hill ^ | 8/27/2016 | Nikita Vladimirov

Posted on 08/27/2016 10:51:46 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham may play the role of Hillary Clinton in Donald Trump’s prerpation for the upcoming presidential debates, according to the Washington Post.

Trump is meeting with Ingraham, former Fox News Channel chairman Roger Ailes, and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to talk over possible debate preparation strategies, the Post reported.

Some top officials within the campaign have hinted at an unconventional debate prep strategy.

“He’s an unconventional candidate, so debate prep in the classic sense doesn’t apply to him,” campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the Post.

“That applies to the accoutrements that are usually associated with getting ready for debates: contrived gestures, lecterns, a group of consultants in belted khakis holed up in a cabin, the Socratic method of peppering questions. That’s not him,” she added.

“Donald Trump is the unpredictable X-factor and Hillary Clinton is the scripted statist. I fully understand why Team Clinton feels the need to drown her in briefing books and Hollywood consulting.”

Giuliani said Trump will simply try to be himself during the debates, and avoid the risk of being someone he is not.

“You’re going to see a very natural and normal guy — someone who is comfortable with who he is, not someone who’s highly scripted or nervous,” he said.

“The real risk is when a guy tries to be something other than what he is.”

Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon told the Post that the Democratic presidential nominee is preparing for Trump’s unpredictability.

“I think [Clinton] will approach the debate with a great deal of seriousness and a sense of purpose, and also keenly aware that Donald Trump is capable of anything,” he said.

The first debate will take place in Hofstra University outside New York City on Sept. 26.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; debates; hillary; ingraham; laura; lauraingraham; trump
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To: R_Kangel

Cankles breezed through the debates in the spring with Bernie because she knew he was bought and paid for so she could stay with the script. That won’t be the case against Trump. He will have her on the defensive and he will grill Hillary with points that no other Republicans would have the guts to do. She is so scripted and can’t think fast on her feet, and I expect more than a few “deer in the headlights” moments during these debates for Hillary.


41 posted on 08/27/2016 12:24:08 PM PDT by dowcaet (.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
He should be constantly trying to make eye-contact wither...she can't stand it.

I wish he could make her mad!

42 posted on 08/27/2016 12:28:42 PM PDT by lonestar (Texan for Trump)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Hope she’s brushing up on her shouting out of “racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamaphobe!”


43 posted on 08/27/2016 12:30:17 PM PDT by uncitizen (Americanism NOT Globalism! - Trump)
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To: ryderann
I predict that very early in the debate Hillary will act like she’s taken offense at something (anything) Trump has said...and she will walk off the stage and out of the debate in a huff.

No need to walk off. All she has to do is look frightened like she did in the Senate debate with Lazio. The lamestream media will take it from there, casting Trump as a "mean-spirited troglodyte ganging up on her".


44 posted on 08/27/2016 12:32:22 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: Rusty0604

Sorry, I confused her with Andrea Mitchell. I’ve listened to Laura Ingraham from time to time and she’s okay.


45 posted on 08/27/2016 12:37:29 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

To be even more realistic:
- Give her the questions in advance
- Make sure the moderators befriend her
- Turn up cheering machines when Hillary’s voice hits a certain cadence
- Add boos when Trump zings her
- Ask her about being a grandma
- Ask Trump about “when he stopped being a racist” (or “beating his wife”, or whatever some idiot has invented by then)


46 posted on 08/27/2016 12:51:55 PM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Cowboy Bob

Will she be wearing a fat suit?


47 posted on 08/27/2016 12:54:32 PM PDT by jazminerose (oective)
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To: georgiegirl
Would be even better if Laura was one of the moderators.

At first, I was going to ask who the moderators were going to be. Then I did my own research and realized that there was no news on any selection (should be announced after Labor Day.) What scares me is the past history where the moderator(s) inserted themselves into the story. Who can forget CNN's Candy Crowley's Oops moment?

However this paragraph from CNN, themselves, gives me heartburn about the current selection process. FYI: The article made NO MENTION of the above error in the 2012 Obama-Romney debate. Strange, no?

"Here, the Commission is handicapped by the absence of Jim Lehrer and Bob Schieffer, two elder statesmen of political journalism whom the Commission frequently relied upon to serve as moderators. Both men retired from moderating debates after the 2012 cycle and joined the Commission's board of directors, though Schieffer it left earlier this year in order to return to CBS News as an occasional contributor."

The Commission on Presidential Debates is OFFICIALLY bipartisan but with most directors being DC insiders for considerable years, it smells of Uniparty to me.

48 posted on 08/27/2016 1:02:30 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: SES1066

I have full faith in Trump that he will not be led down the corrupt moderator path. He has publicly voiced that he will agree to the debates based on who the moderators are. He has proven ratings and that gives him great leverage to call the shots.


49 posted on 08/27/2016 1:08:38 PM PDT by georgiegirl
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To: SkyDancer; All
Huh? Apparently some didn't bother watching the Republican National Convention.

Laura spoke for 15 minutes.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/07/20/laura_ingraham_lets_send_the_consultants_the_pollsters_and_the_lobbyists_pakcing.html

50 posted on 08/27/2016 1:09:28 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

*smiles*


51 posted on 08/27/2016 1:25:19 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I hope Laura can bark?


52 posted on 08/27/2016 1:39:52 PM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Laura so have to wear a fat suit with a shart stain on it if she wants to be authentic.


53 posted on 08/27/2016 1:41:10 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Cobra64

Whatever - I confused Laura Ingraham with Andrea Mitchell and no, I did not watch the RNC.


54 posted on 08/27/2016 1:45:59 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: fhayek

“Is she going to have to pee her pants, for authenticity’s sake?”

Or wear a diaper and Mao collared jacket?


55 posted on 08/27/2016 1:58:23 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Vote Against Oppressive Humidity!)
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To: Rebelbase

She will wear and Mao collared jacket, wear a diaper, AND pee her pants. Trump will see to that.


56 posted on 08/27/2016 2:02:25 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: SkyDancer

She gave a great speech at the convention.


57 posted on 08/27/2016 2:10:02 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: MagUSNRET

Laura is just the one. She even carries the very similar octave in her voice, and she can express that occasional shade of arrogance and smirk, a quality to her facial expression that is competitive with that of Hillary.

Also, she is a nerd who can throw some curves that TRUMP can enjoy testing and breaking some barbs against.

Laura Ingraham is as good a mimic of Hillary as I can think of, actually.


58 posted on 08/27/2016 2:11:45 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christ Rey! Public Education is the farm team for more Marxmsists coming, infinitum.)
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To: Rusty0604

I’ve read about events that took place but again I never watched it.


59 posted on 08/27/2016 2:11:48 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

They’re going to tie a queen-sized pillow to each calf to simulate the cankles.


60 posted on 08/27/2016 2:22:41 PM PDT by RetiredArmyMajor
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