Posted on 06/27/2020 6:27:00 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
If you think Joe Biden will ever debate Donald Trump, think again. – As it becomes increasingly apparent to a growing majority of Americans that the Democrat Party’s presumptive nominee, Creepy Uncle Quid Pro Farty China Joe Biden, is in the middle stages of advancing dementia, the Democrats and their corrupt toadies in the national news media must concoct some rationale for ensuring that no presidential debates take place this fall.
Enter reliable old hack, columnist Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post, to kick off what will no doubt become a focused campaign to cancel these debates in the weeks to come. Noting that the Democrats have already ensured they can keep their Hidin’ Biden strategy intact through August by canceling their physical convention, Tumulty naturally praises that decision as “wise.” In the jargon of hack WaPo columnists, that means “consistent with the current narrative.”
She then moves to her rationale for killing these debates that she and her leftwing colleagues in the fake news media have treated like sacred, near-religious experiences that must be preserved at all costs in every past campaign.
Here’s an excerpt of Tumulty’s hack reasoning:
Trump is claiming he would like to have four faceoffs with Biden, rather than the three (plus one vice presidential debate), that are currently scheduled to take place between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22.
This is not a serious proposal. Even under the best of circumstances, scheduling these much-watched events on the busy fall calendar is a difficult challenge for the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has been in charge of the process since the 1988 election.
It has to find dates that are not on Friday or Saturday nights, do not conflict with sports and other events networks are committed to, or official presidential business, such as attending the U.N. General Assembly in September. Each debate generally requires the candidates to suspend public appearances for at least a few days to prepare.
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What? Why is anything in that last paragraph in any way true? Is there a law that says presidential debates can’t be held on a Friday or Saturday night? No. That’s just for TV ratings purposes which, if the Democrats and media hacks like Tumulty succeed in shutting down the economy again with their Wuhan Virus Panic Porn, won’t be valid in any event since all the bars will still be closed and everyone will be sitting at home in front of their TV getting fatter.
And what are these “sports and other events” of which she speaks? With every passing day and every false report about COVID-19 Related “cases,” the chances of any of those things actually materializing this fall grows increasingly remote.
But the most utterly laughable aspect of that paragraph is Tumulty’s fretting about the candidates having to suspend “public appearances,” as if Joe Biden actually has plans to make public appearances. His entire campaign is focused on finding ways to prevent him from making such appearances, even if that means destroying the U.S. economy and way of life to do it.
Understand that at this point, the panic porn about COVID-19 and the Biden campaign are inextricably attached at the hip. Biden can only win this election if the Democrats and their corrupt media toadies – which now basically includes all of Fox News’s non-prime time operation – can keep the public in a panic and cowering in their homes through November.
A return to lockdowns is key to everything: It keeps Trump from holding the massive rallies that were the key to his winning in 2016; it justifies Biden’s continued strategy of hiding in his basement and being physically seen by as few Americans as possible; it helps to build a rationale for a national vote-by-mail scheme which in turn would maximize voter fraud efforts by the Democrats; and it serves as media justification for canceling face-to-face, unscripted debates between the candidates.
COVID-19 Panic Porn is in fact the Democrat Party’s entire political platform for 2020. Because they simply don’t have anything else to run on.
With 80% of the Republican congressional caucus consisting of timid, spineless cowards, they might just get away with it.
That is all.
Well heck yeah. With the YUGE increase of CV19 running rampant throughout the world it just isn’t safe for them to debate in person.
Interesting.
We had two terms of Reagan, and then in 1988, things began to change and we've had a long string of very bad presidents. Trump wasn't supposed to win. We were supposed to have Hillary who would have continued the bad trend.
Maybe doing the debates the way we've always done the debates would be bad. Maybe they should have the event, with each side being able to choose 2 moderators. Film the event. Put the event on a website and let voters watch it when it is convenient. Maybe a lot of things about how we hold elections should change.
Running our elections primarily as a way to increase revenue for TV stations isn't a good idea.
That strategy may well backfire on Sleepy Joe.
ROFL. Spot on to what they’re trying to do. The Party of Pyrotechnics.
120 million Americans have died so far according to basement Joe!
Little Miss Objective Reporter Haberman advocates no debates, no Biden press conferences, no public appearances by Biden because they have to hide his senile dementia. The newspaper Miss Haberman works for has the motto, “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. Apparently, they’re just fine with keeping Joe Biden in darkness. Hypocrite liars.
Trump’s position if Biden tries to avoid face to face debates should be simply this:
“Joe Biden is weak and a coward. If he cannot debate me face to face, how can he defend America’s interests against real adversaries? I guess he will hide in the basement. He has disqualified himself from being a legitimate candidate for the Presidency of this great nation in a time of danger.”
For those who are interested, Joe’s fear of face to face debates is reminiscent of Saul hiding in his family’s baggage area while waiting for Samuel to anoint him as the first King of Israel.
She has ALWAYS been a blatant DNC hack and stooge.
From the moment it was apparent that Biden would be the nominee, when Bernie suspended, I was thinking out loud that his people would do anything not to have debates.
I should have kept my thoughts to myself.
And of course the lame stream will accuse PDJT of bullying and wanting to put rip van biden’s life at risk. Against the advice of Dr. jill. :-)
Trump can always “ debate” an empty podium
Remember Clint Eastwooc and the empty chair?
Don’t forget the media/dem complex also have rioters, looters, vandals, and arsonists at their disposal to mix in with their Virus Panic Porn. Their intention is to effectively shut down the election process as we know it, and replace it with intimidation on a grand scale, topped off with massive voter fraud.
Give Biden the questions in advance and a loaded TelePrompTer and just end his misery.
Sleepy Sloppy Joe couldn ‘t debate Daffy Duck!
Celebrities are having a blast with stay-at-home concerts, talk shows, etc. Why can’t Trump and Biden have online debates? The whole country has adapted to this BS. Oh wait, it’s Demented Joe.
How amusing that this is the second presidential election in which the Dems are having to try and push, pull or drag their barely functional candidate across the finish line.
Hillary thought she could sit out most of her campaign as well. Worked out great for us but not for her. I don’t see many Trump voters regretting their vote but do see Democrats walking away . Anarchy and chaos is not a winning ticket.
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