Posted on 03/08/2020 2:57:55 PM PDT by Hojczyk
CNN will be hosting the town hall style debate next Sunday and agreed to a format change that would have the candidates seated.
The Sanders camp is accusing Biden’s team of a backdoor deal with the DNC to allow old Joe to take a load off rather than go toe-to-toe with Bernie.
“Why does Joe Biden not want to stand toe-to-toe with Sen. Sanders on the debate stage March 15 and have an opportunity to defend his record and articulate his vision for the future?”
Politico reported:
After a private call Friday with CNN, which is moderating the March 15 debate with the Democratic National Committee, Sanders’ team balked at a new proposed format for debate, saying it gives his opponent Biden too much of a break in their first one-on-one face-off. Biden’s camp denied that it was pressing for a sit-down debate.
The format for the next debate in Arizona — their first since Biden’s blowout Super Tuesday victories — would have the candidates seated for the first time this election cycle and take multiple questions from the audience. In the prior 10 debates, the candidates stood at lecterns and nearly all questions were asked by the professional moderators.
Biden’s campaign and the DNC said the format for the debate was decided by the party and CNN. The news network declined to comment and referred questions to the DNC.
“We will participate in whatever debate CNN choses to stage: standing, sitting, at podiums, or in a town hall,” Biden’s deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said. “The problem for the Sanders campaign is not the staging of the debate, but rather, the weakness of Sen. Sanders’ record and ideas.”
Biden’s mental faculties are rapidly declining so this new debate format only raises more questions about his health problems.
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Why dont they just bring in a lazy boy.
We required that for Cheney.
Here comes Quid Pro’s, “Hi, I’m Joe Biden, seated for duty!”
It’s sad to think, that Joe has obvious mental or cognitive problems. But he’s getting up there in years.
Nancy Pelosi seems to have similar problems.
But we aren’t supposed to say anything about these things, for whatever reason.
So Bernie can stand and Slow Joe can sit!! How is that gonna look to the voters Joe?
When is the one-handed pushup contest?
Even Hillary stood.
Bernie has rigor mortis, that’s cheatin’
Nana Pickles had a staffer loosen that jar
LOL. That would be funny. I can see it now: Gramps Joe taking a nap on a lazy boy while Bernie pontificates about the wonders of socialism.
Why dont they just bring in a lazy boy.
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How about some nice copy slippers for Grandpa Biden?
Methinks the next debate Biden will be lying.
Biden cant even stand during a debate LOL wow this guy is a feeble fool..but the DNC has no choice but to pucker up and kiss his butt because the other alternative is a full blown commie and he will lose in a landslide
They don’t want Joe asleep. Thats bad optics.
Joe’s campaign has fallen and it can’t get up. :-(
Surprised Sleepy Joe will not let Tulsi in debate to eat up time... the less he talks the better...
I anticipate this may be the last Dem debate and chance for Crazy Bernie.
FDR’s wheelchair, why not. Turn it into a Fireside Chat.
Dems are making Biden’s gaffs and his “old, crusty, bumbling” stuff so obvious and common, I believe they are making it too obvious he won’t be the nominee...Clinton will...they are telegraphing their parlay.
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