Posted on 08/04/2020 4:28:14 AM PDT by karpov
Televised presidential debates have been forcing future leaders of the free world to sweat since Richard Nixon in 1960. Six times President Obama went mano a mano with Republican opponents in 2008 and 2012. But Joe Biden is leading President Trump in the polls and has been known to fumble his words, so now TV debates are apparently passé.
The Commission on Presidential Debates has scheduled three of them for Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump, beginning Sept. 29. But it’s becoming a theme in certain quarters—namely, the New York Times —that Mr. Biden should skip out, or that the face-offs should be canceled. The latest entry is an op-ed by the liberal journalist Elizabeth Drew, who was a panelist during a 1976 debate. “The debates have never made sense as a test for presidential leadership,” she writes, because points are awarded for “snappy comebacks and one-liners.”
What a terrible year to make this argument. The pandemic has put the usual political rallies on hold, so fewer voters will see the candidates in the flesh. The conventions will be largely online. Press aides will shape the news coverage by picking friendly interviewers. Mr. Biden “hasn’t done any Sunday shows since Covid,” Fox News’s Chris Wallace recently said, adding that “we will ask every week.” The debates will be a rare chance for a third party to push Mr. Biden on his plans for tax increases and a Green New Deal.
Also, Mr. Biden would take office at age 78, becoming the oldest President in history on Day 1. Mr. Trump is all but calling him senile, and Mr. Biden’s verbal stumbles and memory lapses were obvious in the Democratic primaries. How about when Mr. Biden mistakenly referred to Britain’s leader as Margaret Thatcher, who resigned in 1990?
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It really is abuse. I wish I could feel sorry for the guy. This really is shameful...
“....known to fumble his words”...comparable to the idiotic comment regarding the September 11th terrorist attack...”some people did things”!
If Sleepy Joe can’t handle a debate with Trump, how’s going to do when he has to confront Russia, China, Iran, or other world leaders?
God help us if that is ever the case.
Think of it if you were a Demorat....Joe Bidens actually picking your next President should he win, out of a select group who basically didn’t even run in the primaries???? How’s that going to work????...not to mention Pelosi hiding in the bushes in anticipation should a vast array of (created) voters being eliminated.
Well said and all true.
John Durham needs to get off his ars and start the indictments. Mueller took two years and came up empty, they need to start doing this work in a reasonable time frame not on government time.
It’s amazing how the “Presidential Election Industry” keeps pimping their product.
It’s been obvious FOR MONTHS that if the Biden deception were to go forward that there would be no debates.
It’s also obvious that they haven’t found a way out of the deception involved in running Biden in the first place, and that they have a plan or plans to prevent a second term for Donald Trump that go well beyond having him lose to Joe Biden.
His family and campaign people are committing elder abuse putting him out there the few times they've done so.....and even in a very controlled environment he was having difficulty sustaining his train of thought....to say the least.
I think debates begin in September.
Demorats do have options though....they could pull him out for a number of reasons. Which would open a whole can of worms....hello Bernie?
Hopefully, this will be addressed on “The Daily Briefing,” today 2:00 PM EDT on Fox News. Doctor! Jill Biden will be the guest.
So my first question would be, Why Jill and not the candidate???
Is this a trick question?...he couldn’t debate a turnip...
.....”I’m not sure Trump would riciule Joe....I think Trump would just give coherent answers and let Joe ramble”....
That would be my guess as well. Though he’d certainly counter anything Biden might actually make through with..but my gut say they’ll likely find a way to avoid the debates entirely.
It’s all in the rules, the format and the moderators. Biden will debate Trump but insist on conditions favorable to him. the MSM will cover for him and feed him prepared questions. Biden will rope-a-dope through it.
All Trump needs is a moment where Joe is exposed for what he is. Hopefully Trump’s team is smart enough to make that happen.
Yes, but I think Biden and his wife decided he’d run anyway when they already knew he was having cognitive issues at that time.
I really don’t know who they could replace Joe with.
If Bernie, there’s a lot of Hillary voters that won’t vote for him.
If Hillary, there’s a lot of Sander’s voters who won’t vote for her.
I don’t seen anyone in the primaries that could unify the whole democrat base.
They would have to go for a new name.
I think the debates are going to be more of a risk for Trump than Biden. If Biden shows up and doesn’t do some major flub, he can use these debates as a way to disprove the dementia narrative. The bar is being set way too low for him.
.....”they have a plan or plans to prevent a second term for Donald Trump that go well beyond having him lose to Joe Biden”......
Yes...Biden is just the place holder as a diversion while they prepare furthering their ‘resistence’ after the election.
Well that’s interesting news.... why would Jill Biden agree to that?...on Fox no less????
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