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Trump, Predicting ‘Very Unfair’ Debates, Suggests Doing Away With Moderators
Tvnewser ^ | 9/12/16 | Mark Joyella

Posted on 09/12/2016 12:32:36 PM PDT by Mozilla

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All the moderators stink so plan for anything.
1 posted on 09/12/2016 12:32:36 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

They’re liberals.

Trump should tell them they’re fired or he walks.


2 posted on 09/12/2016 12:33:42 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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Mr. Trump did not say they should be done away with because they are deplorable.


3 posted on 09/12/2016 12:35:22 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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He just needs to refuse to do a debate unless Hannity or Laura Ingraham are the moderators. If not, end the debates altogether.
4 posted on 09/12/2016 12:37:17 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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Yes. Have him refuse to debate unless he gets the people he wants.


5 posted on 09/12/2016 12:39:17 PM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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I agree they’re not going to be fair, because they’re not going to happen.


6 posted on 09/12/2016 12:40:10 PM PDT by scottinoc (Je suis deplorable)
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To: Sam Gamgee

I think he needs to hijack the debate right there on live TV. Announce the format change right there and tell the mods, they get to select the topic Trump and Hillary will debate.

What are they going to do? Cut to commercial?


7 posted on 09/12/2016 12:40:48 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I am a Deplorable Zionist Hoodlum)
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To: Mozilla

Lincoln-Douglas - No moderators, six hours outdoors in hot weather, no time limits, no microphones.

That I’d like to see....


8 posted on 09/12/2016 12:42:48 PM PDT by proxy_user
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You know, this is the era of jobs being done away with by robots. We don’t need those stinking biased MSM hacks. Let people submit questions on Facebook or something and have the candidates answer them. All they need is a college footbal ref with a whistle to make sure Hillary doesn’t try to steal all the time for herself. Or cough on Trump.

“Moderators” are not needed.


9 posted on 09/12/2016 12:42:58 PM PDT by Zarro (Tune OUT the MSM. The enemy of our republic.)
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To: Mozilla

9/11 now has a new significance; the hag’s power hungry political career is finished as of 9/11/16. God does work in mysterious ways.


10 posted on 09/12/2016 12:43:46 PM PDT by drypowder
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I totally agree. The media is about 500% against Trump.

I would let each camp choose a moderator. That seems fair.


11 posted on 09/12/2016 12:47:34 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Do away with the “moderators” and bring in UFC referees. That’s the kind of debate I want to see.


12 posted on 09/12/2016 12:52:27 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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Art of the Deal in action: Push for no moderators as his initial position - eventually work toward what he wants, a change of moderators that works in his favor.


13 posted on 09/12/2016 12:52:41 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: Mozilla

Allow a moderator picked by each candidate. They can alternate questions.


14 posted on 09/12/2016 12:53:41 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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If I were Trump, I'd publish a list of my ground rules well before the debate. I'd then sit down with the "moderators" and tell them in no uncertain terms what would happen if they deviated from those rules. And one of the consequences would be me simply closing up my notes and walking away, leaving the stage occupied by two liberals and a stunned silence.

I would make sure every newspaper and electronic medium in the country had the list before the debate started. And I would ensure that the moderators agreed to my stipulations or I'd simply refuse to attend, on the grounds that I'm not going to serve as ratings fodder for your network while you destroy my campaign.

15 posted on 09/12/2016 12:55:17 PM PDT by IronJack
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I watched the entire Commander in Chief forum last week. I thought Matt Lauer appeared to be trying to save Hillary from herself and her own horrible performance when he interrupted her, told her to answer quickly, and the other things about which her supporters were whining.

In contrast, Lauer was rude and combative and just happened to have a 3-year-old tweet at the ready when interviewing Donald Trump. The difference was Trump spoke right over him and got his message to the audience.

I believe most of the announced debate moderators will behave as Lauer did, and while ardent Trump supporters won’t be swayed by them, I don’t know how the undecideds will see things.


16 posted on 09/12/2016 12:56:39 PM PDT by a.c.t.32
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To: drypowder

yeah, it has a new significance and now my and others’ recollections and dead friends dont matter /s

what state or planet are you from?


17 posted on 09/12/2016 1:01:56 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: goldstategop

“Trump should tell them they’re fired or he walks.”

Exactly. All they need is a reader—a non-journalist. How did the gerbalists come to monopolize these debates anyway?—reading the same questions addressed to both participants, and s/he keeps time too but otherwise zips it.

And in the wings, a neurologist with a crash cart. No political hacks. Excepting Hildabeast.


18 posted on 09/12/2016 1:03:09 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Mozilla

With the advancement of Artificial Intelligence and computers that can out-think chess masters, couldn’t computers/robots be programmed to be moderators?


19 posted on 09/12/2016 1:03:48 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: dp0622

never to discount any significance of the attacks in 2001 and 2012. my implication was that the hag got a degree of pay back on 9/11/2016


20 posted on 09/12/2016 1:08:05 PM PDT by drypowder
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