Posted on 07/30/2019 2:54:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Before any of them takes the debate stage on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic candidates will already have put in dozens of hours each preparing. But here’s what they need to understand: Nothing they do to prepare for the primary debates will feel remotely similar to when the nominee faces Donald Trump in a debate.
My perspective on this is unique: I was assigned the role of playing Trump during Hillary Clinton’s general election debate prep in 2016. His stand-in. Her sparring partner. The ball machine. Over 17 years of working for her, I’ve argued with and annoyed Hillary plenty. But this time, I was supposed to. And without question, she did the debates right. They were her most successful three days between the high of accepting the nomination and the low of Election Day.
To prepare myself for her grueling debate prep, I watched the 15 Republican primary debates and forums in which Trump participated three times each: once the whole way through; a second time focusing entirely on the exchanges he was part of; a third time with the sound off to watch his mannerisms and body language. I might know his debating style—if you want to call it that—better than anyone on the planet (aside from Hillary Clinton, of course). These are the qualities that make Trump such a tough opponent in a debate, despite the fact that he is possibly the worst debater in presidential history. If Democrats are serious about nominating a candidate who can beat Trump, these are also the qualities that their nominee should be able to respond to—and how. What better time to start figuring that out than now?
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Please keep listening to these people, liberals, you’ll be sure to win the White House THIS time...
“Here’s What It Takes to Beat the Harlem Globetrotters” by The Washington Generals.
Nothing like a good self aggrandizing election campaign story that ends with “but we still lost.”
DID YOU HELP HER CHEAT ON THE DEBATES TOO?
And you're still alive?
Tried to read it. Couldn’t. Filled with lies about Trump. The writer is a retromingent dweeb.
I don’t believe that Hillary can be fairly trained for debate, her temper prevents an honest exchange to occur. Everyone around her, or even allowed to get close to her is necessarily a sycophant, and doesn’t dare bring up topics in a mock debate that someone here at FR might throw at her.
The other factor is any mock debater representing Trump will only behave in a fashion in which liberals view Trump, not how he actually is. They view him like a comic book villain manner. No wonder she lost so spectacularly.
Very few men in history have been blessed by the quality of their enemies as much as President Trump has been
Politico continues to run interference for the demented liberal/left. It’s predictable and unreadable.
“Given the fact that “presidential debates” are nothing but a total construct of television, designed as a TV show around the delivery of “gotcha” questions and glib one-liners, why would President Trump bother to even attend?”
I would think that the President can determine the venues. Since CNN opened Pandora’s Box with Don Lemon as a moderator, I see no reason why Fox cannot host a Presidential debate or two with Hannity, Ingraham, Carlson as moderators.
Yup
Democrats do Debate Club, President Trump does Fight Club
I’m not Trump, but I played him on stage. Ergo, I know all about him. [/s]
He’d be the only Leftist to figure Trump out. The rest haven’t.
Why would Trump debate any one of these asshats?
interesting how the loser claims the winner is the worse debater while the loser is the best. “Because you would be in jail.” That kind of bad.
Why is he bragging about this? She lost big league.
Yeah. Trump is the worst debater in history...and he’s really hard to beat!
Makes perfect sense! LOL!
The President is so much smarter than all of you pundits out there. He can out wit you while he is asleep. Oh yea,
She lost.
Then you would think wrong. The Commission on Presidential Debates, a 501(c) non-profit corporation makes those decisions. The fact that it is a bi-partisan (UNIparty) entity should be reason enough to ignore it.
Everything about these "debates" is nothing but BS
She Got Sh-longed.
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