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The Other Hand -- CNN's simulcasted "fair debate"

Posted on 06/28/2024 1:19:07 AM PDT by Gene Eric

1) If you had to pick the most unusual aspect of the debate, what would that be?

2) If you had to pick the most expected post-debate assessment, what would that be?


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KEYWORDS: biden; cnn; debate; presidentialdebate; prezdebate; setup; trump
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To answer my questions:

1) CNN's relatively even-handed debate was well outside the norm. I'm not aware of any new ownership nor management at CNN that would aim for a more neutral market position. The sterile debate environment and simulcast was also outside the norm. As far as I'm concerned, the intent was the exposure of Biden's limitations.

2) The overwhelming post-debate assessment concerns the Democrats' collective POV that Biden must essentially step down. Trump was effectively a prop, and were simply observers.

The debate didn't concern us directly.

1 posted on 06/28/2024 1:19:07 AM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Gene Eric
Most unusual:
Biden "fact checked" by the Border Patrol, mid debate...:

Most expected:

Video of that part:

“A Classic TV Moment...”
https://truthsocial.com/users/JasonKing111/statuses/112692513840676787

~Easy

2 posted on 06/28/2024 1:28:38 AM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: EasySt

+1


3 posted on 06/28/2024 1:33:00 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: Gene Eric

Somebody else had posted that this was a very early date for a debate. But gives the DNC enough time to prep their real candidate for their convention.

If one takes the notion that this debate was planned to show Biden’s faults, no doubt their real candidate has already been selected, funded and ready to hit the campaign trail at full speed.


4 posted on 06/28/2024 1:33:37 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: 21twelve; EasySt

Agreed.

The stars aligned during the debate, and there’s no way in Hell they were actually aligned.


5 posted on 06/28/2024 1:38:53 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: 21twelve

“If one takes the notion that this debate was planned to show Biden’s faults, no
doubt their real candidate has already been selected, funded and ready to hit
the campaign trail at full speed.”

~~~~~~~

I hope that’s all they have...

“To guess what happens next is to stare into an inky, bottomless pit and search
for what might rapidly crawl toward the surface.”
...
“Have you ever cornered a rabid animal? That’s the situation that the debate
has left us with, except the sick beast has a gun.”

https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/28/democrats-admit-bidens-debate-performance-was-a-disaster-that-should-worry-everyone/


6 posted on 06/28/2024 1:39:08 AM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: EasySt
I'm also concerned on if America's enemies will take this as an opportunity to strike. As I've posted elsewhere, I have the same feeling as I did during the 9/11 attacks. A dramatic upheaval and what comes next?
7 posted on 06/28/2024 2:03:53 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Gene Eric

The total evaporation of the fact checkers. Gone from the planet.


8 posted on 06/28/2024 2:31:51 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: 21twelve

It was probably worse then what we saw. Who knows what CNN edited out in their time delay.


9 posted on 06/28/2024 2:32:21 AM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: 21twelve

It was probably worse then what we saw. Who knows what CNN edited out in their time delay.


10 posted on 06/28/2024 2:32:40 AM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: Gene Eric

It will be interesting to see what happens when Democrats flood the system with fake votes for Biden.


11 posted on 06/28/2024 3:02:44 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Gene Eric

1) If you had to pick the most unusual aspect of the debate, what would that be?

That CNN did not attempt to make Biden look good.

2) If you had to pick the most expected post-debate assessment, what would that be?

That CNN, after the debate, “fact checked” DJT and said that nothing he said during the debate was true...


12 posted on 06/28/2024 3:03:05 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Gene Eric

The propagandists still control the narrative. POSOTUS is allowed to debate and Americans get to debate whether it is “fail and balanced”. FJB


13 posted on 06/28/2024 3:23:07 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: 21twelve
Many maneuvers and decisions in politics are forced by circumstances as decision-makers try to pick their way between snares and pitfalls. My guess is that with Biden's campaign in trouble, Obama and his allies suggested an early debate to Biden before cozy CNN on favorable terms as a way to establish Biden as the clearly superior choice for the country.

Obama of course knew that Biden's vanity required him to accept, but that his decline could easily lead him to self-destruct. If that happened early, the Democrats could retool, with Newsome their best choice. And with Newsome a Californian, that would bar Harris from the ticket as also a Californian. The VP slot can then be used to reward Hillary Clinton and draw in the Clinton circle of supporters.

14 posted on 06/28/2024 3:28:03 AM PDT by Rockingham
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The best laid plans and all that. Does Gabin Newson even want the slot when he can have a clean shot in 2028?

The Dems have brought the country to a very messy place because 1. Biden can’t and shouldn’t be president. 2. They can’t hand things over to Harris because she’s deeply unpopular. 3. So we are left with their internal political matters mattering more than the country.

Like, in a sane world, 25th amendment is used and that be that.

This idea of convincing Biden to step down: Can he even, does he have the ability to make that choice if we are saying he can’t campaign effectly/be president effectly?


15 posted on 06/28/2024 3:33:56 AM PDT by goodolemr
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To: Democrat = party of treason
That CNN did not attempt to make Biden look good.

I respectfully disagree. CNN was definitely biased, just not as brazen as we’ve become accustomed to. For example, there were more questions intended to box in Trump than Biden. The difference between last night and “normal” CNN was that when Trump wouldn’t take their bait and would answer the real issue of their questions instead of how they wanted him to answer, CNN didn’t pursue him further to discuss the issue on their terms like we expected.

16 posted on 06/28/2024 3:36:49 AM PDT by Tell It Right (Galatians 6:14 -- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...)
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To: Tell It Right

The CNN Nazi’s were well behaved last night. It must have killed them.


17 posted on 06/28/2024 3:38:03 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Gene Eric

I was shocked from the very first question how honest and fair CNN basically was.

It was so stunning that I think it even took “dark diaper brandon” a while to adjust to it also.


18 posted on 06/28/2024 3:44:59 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Gene Eric

>> the intent was the exposure of Biden’s limitatioons
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Evil Party and their fully owned subsidiary The Mainstream Media were playing 4-D Chess, and (as is their character) the Stupid Party was playing, well, stupid.


19 posted on 06/28/2024 3:59:33 AM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Gene Eric

Just had MSLSD on and right out the gate, Mika railing about Trump’s lies. I couldn’t stomach another minute of it. If others are brave enough to tune in, maybe she’ll spell out what all those lies are. I’d like to hear them but I couldn’t stomach watching another second.


20 posted on 06/28/2024 4:15:51 AM PDT by nfldgirl ( )
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