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So... how is a Trump vs Hillary debate even going to work? (if he shows up)
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Randolph Freelander
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And in a debate, his campaign staff can't buy time by taking away his phone.
HP_Wuvcraft
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We joke, but then tomorrow it'll be a thing.
Discotheque
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a hell in a cell ladder match. whoever grabs hold of the briefcase becomes the next president.
Randolph Freelander
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Maybe Jim Ross actually should provide commentary.
She won't lose her cool, she made it through 11 hours of this crap
Truth. I've always maintained that Hillary's kryptonite is the hopey/changey/yes-we-can positive rhetoric, if you try and attack her directly, or bring out policy, she'll cut you down.
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MeisaMcCaffrey
The problem for Trump is that the psychology of his campaign has changed. Whatever he says and does will be scrutinized and heavily criticized. For example, his economic speech was just standard Republican stuff but it was torn apart by many people. I think he has lost credibility and it will be hard for him to convince people that he is fit for the office. He really needs to perform well in the first debate to have a chance or it will be a massive landslide win for Hillary.
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My money is on Al Franken.
Nightshade
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1v1 in Quake naturally.
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Trump will lose his composure, it's simply not the ideal situation for him.
Trump's entire focus is on his crowds, that's his measure for the election, without them he'll be lost.
50% - he doesn't show up.
20% - he does show, remains cool, but looks like a fool.
20% - first debate he loses his mind and babbles incoherently the whole time and passes on the other debates
10% - anything.
Trump's entire focus is on his crowds, that's his measure for the election, without them he'll be lost.
50% - he doesn't show up.
20% - he does show, remains cool, but looks like a fool.
20% - first debate he loses his mind and babbles incoherently the whole time and passes on the other debates
10% - anything.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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NFL challenge rules. Each candidate is allowed two challenges per debate, with the possible option of a third challenge if the first two challenges successfully call the other person out for lying.
Either a button on the podium a la Family Feud, but that actually makes a lout noise to stop the other person from talking. Or an actual flag that is thrown in the moderator's direction will be good enough to entertain me.
Heh. If it were anyone but Trump, I could see some situation where Hillary says "We spend $500 a month on X." and the rest of the debate was spent deriding her because we actually spend $510/month. But Trump doesn't have the memory to actually remember.... anything.
I still worry about these debates. People like one-liners from them. They used to like good ones. I have a feeling the highlights from this years will be somewhere along the lines of "You're a poopy head" and people will be convinced its a winning argument.
please, the phrase these days is 'That's a bunch of malarkey' - Joe Biden.
OrangeGrayBlue
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I don't recall, is it common practice for the two candidates to shake hands before/after the debate? Given how little respect both candidates have for each other, I'd imagine one of them will opt out of shaking hands.
We're gonna need more challenges...
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SaviourMK2
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He wont go to a debate. He's a bitch.
Lie detected.
SporeCrawler
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1. Trump goes on stage pulls out a Ak47
2. ratatatata on Clinton
3.People cheer
4. Wins election
No shit this was the image I had a month ago or so.. Now with his assassination comments I feel I was not so far away
2. ratatatata on Clinton
3.People cheer
4. Wins election
No shit this was the image I had a month ago or so.. Now with his assassination comments I feel I was not so far away
The Benghazi hearing was 11 hours long and she didn't even look close to cracking. She only has to last 1 hour in a debate.
Trump can't last more than 140 characters.
You know, I am reminded of that line at the end of the Social Network movie. I hope she uses it.
"I like standing next to you, Donald. Makes me look so tough."
I just really hope he shows up. There isn't going to be a stronger showing of how much better Hillary is for the country than that. But if he doesn't show, she can capitalize the shit out of that.
"I like standing next to you, Donald. Makes me look so tough."
I just really hope he shows up. There isn't going to be a stronger showing of how much better Hillary is for the country than that. But if he doesn't show, she can capitalize the shit out of that.
She just needs to press her advantage on basic competence and temperament.
1. Sound smart, composed, and dignified. Don't get mad, just stay above the fray.
2. Lure him into doing the opposite. Find opportunities to goad him into anger and pettiness and try to draw him into conversations that are over his head, so people can see him ramble.
3. Then just use the fact that millions are watching to remind people of all the things you already know people hate about Trump. Slam him on mocking the disabled and insulting Gold Star parents and Trump University and assassination threats and whatever else. A lot of people will be paying attention for the first time, so make sure they know.
1. Sound smart, composed, and dignified. Don't get mad, just stay above the fray.
2. Lure him into doing the opposite. Find opportunities to goad him into anger and pettiness and try to draw him into conversations that are over his head, so people can see him ramble.
3. Then just use the fact that millions are watching to remind people of all the things you already know people hate about Trump. Slam him on mocking the disabled and insulting Gold Star parents and Trump University and assassination threats and whatever else. A lot of people will be paying attention for the first time, so make sure they know.
SporeCrawler
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Sadly, all Trump needs to do is make these faces, and he'll "win" against Hillary to his base.
Well to be fair its the same the other way round. The undecided voters will not vote for him though
The key to winning this is to bait him into making crazy, contradictory statements. He'll be so preoccupied with trying to get as many smears and hits in as possible that he'll just say anything and that will be his downfall.
He'll be shown up as a hypocrite liar that he is.
He'll be shown up as a hypocrite liar that he is.
Anthony Weiner might work.
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Exactly why aren't debates between the two candidates mandatory? I keep reading "if" Trump decides to show up.
Aaron Strife
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No, the debate schedule has been set by a bipartisan committee a year in advance.
If anything, the Trump campaign has shown signs of pulling out, with Trump implicating to make his participation dependent on the choice of moderators.
Which doesn't make any sense to me, the Republicans should be looking at the debates as one of their only chances to mount a comeback, they should be hyping them hard instead of signaling weakness and trepidation this early.
I assume you also believe that the NFL sent Trump a letter?
SoulUnison
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I imagine it as Clinton asking a series of armor-piercing questions while Trump babbles increasingly incoherently until he cracks and starts cry-screaming.
I'm not even a Clinton supporter - I think we're choosing the lesser of two evils this election, but to pretend he's even in the same league as her in almost any sense is laughable.
He cries about the intellectual elite while being an intellectual atomweight.
I'm not even a Clinton supporter - I think we're choosing the lesser of two evils this election, but to pretend he's even in the same league as her in almost any sense is laughable.
He cries about the intellectual elite while being an intellectual atomweight.
It is quite easy to check. When are the dates?
Do you really think the nominee of a major political party running for president, a position requiring the utmost integrity, would lie about something like that?
The debates are set by an independent commission well before the dates for the NFL schedule are set. The NFL scheduled games during the debates, not vice versa. There's no way not to have some debates overlap with sporting events. They do every year, and the debates always beat the game in question in ratings. They can't schedule debates on Fridays or Saturday's, because those are low-ratings days for TV, and all the other days are likely to have either an NFL or MLB game on them.
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