Posted on 09/28/2020 6:31:07 AM PDT by Qiviut
We are within a day of the debate between Joe Biden and President Trump, yet there is still a substantial amount of skepticism that such an event will come up. Talk show host Rush Limbaugh has gone on record saying Biden will back out.
What is clear is that Biden has been doing nothing except preparing for this debate, with his campaign putting a lid on his appearances early every morning. Hes done with his day before most teenagers and welfare recipients are even getting up.
I can imagine what prepping Biden was like for his staff. If youve seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Im guessing it resembles the scene where the King of the Swamp Castle says to the guards:
KING: Make sure the prince doesnt leave this room until I come and get him.
BIDEN: Not to leave the room . . . even if you come and get him.
KING: No, no, until I come and get him.
BIDEN: Until you come and get him, Im not to enter the room.
KING: No, no, no, you STAY in the room, and make sure HE doesnt leave.
BIDEN: And youll come and get him.
KING: Right
BIDEN: I dont need to do anything, apart from just stopping him from entering the room.
KING: No, no. LEAVING the room.
BIDEN: Leaving the room, yes. Oh, I remember, uh, can he leave the room with me?
And so on.
Seriously, Im guessing Bidens team no sooner thought they had a topic locked down before Biden drifted into incompetence and showed he had already forgotten everything. And now we know he has been in the Senate 180 years! That should open up some fantastic opportunities for Trump:
TRUMP: I wonder if Senator Biden would tell us his view of the Dred Scott decision, or whether he supports the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
TRUMP: Since he has been in the Senate 180 years would Senator Biden tell us how he voted on the U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War?
TRUMP: Perhaps since Senator Biden has been in the Senate for 180 years, he would tell us what he thinks of Californias eugenics and sterilization laws?
Of course, its unlikely Trump would do this. Indeed, if there is a danger in the debate it is that Biden wins by simply remaining upright with his eyes open for an hour and a half.
Trump can lose by being perceived as a bully beating up on a mental deficient. This is a very real danger. If I were Trump, I would not say anything about Biden that he didnt say himself. And I would not say anything to correct his lunatic demented ramblings, but I would raise an eyebrow or look quizzically at the camera.
I think it also important that Trump not simply answer the questions hes given but answer the kinds of questions Biden is given as well. Trump himself alluded to this in one of his rallies, suggesting that Bidens questions will be something akin to his favorite color, while Trumps will be closer to the airspeed velocity of an unladen African swallow. Im serious. The difference in questions will be this stark. Bidens immense mental weakness is a far more daunting hurdle to Team Trump than was Hillarys arrogance. On the other hand, Biden has a second titanic weakness: his temper. If Trump can gently goad him into becoming surly and antagonistic, Biden will lose every bit of sympathy his condition might otherwise create. Ive seen enough residents of nursing homes to know that the old folks are sweet and a pussycat until they start cussing you out. Then attitudes shift rapidly.
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I would Like POTUS to be the first to use C’mon, man. Maybe to Chris Wallace instead of Biden.
That would be funny .... of course, the enemedia would be incensed that Trump would “steal” Joe’s line.
With ot without Biden-—HARRIS IS STILL NOT ELIGIBLE...!!!
That did not stop Obama.
I am worried. If the issue arises, Joe will indignantly declare that Hunter is not on any ballot and Joe will never grease the skids for his kids like Trump did by dragging the whole tribe along into the WH and now they traipse all over the planet pretending to be statesman of some sort. C’mon man, MY name is on the ballot; man up to me, not my family. Quit with the LIES, man; the American people want the TRUTH! Joe will take the offense and Wallace won’t stop it.
I’m indifferent because I’ll be voting for Trump, but I figure that it will be a typical MSM debate, 2 against 1 with Wallace lobbing snowballs to Joe and then perpetuating the false narratives about Trump that we’ve been hearing for five years.
The sign will be when Joe brings up the “nazis are good people” myth and Wallace does not correct him.
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