• paddirn@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This sounds more like a brag coming from the Right. “It’d be a damn shame if Trump showed up and bullied Kamala at the debates, I sure hope that doesn’t happen! (wink)(wink)”

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Being a trump advisor sounds like the most stressful and unfulfilling job imaginable. They should probably quit.

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      5 months ago

      They’re falling over themselves to suck his dick. None of those people is in any way compelled to do what they’re doing. None of them deserves the slightest bit of pity.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Debates since 2016 (hell, 2000) have been anything but. They are tragicomic farces of inane television “news” production and political spectacle.

    It’s not possible to have anything good come from them, but if nothing bad comes from them, then, well - go do, I guess.

    I’ll be under the couch with my eyes closed and hands over my ears.

  • Myxomatosis@lemmy.world
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    I hope he completely loses his temper and lashes out, making a complete ass of himself. Kamala is tougher than him and can handle it.

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      5 months ago

      Remember, everybody thought the last debate was going to be a cakewalk for Biden. All he had to do was show up and not look like a sundowning dementia patient. And look how that turned out.

      Harris may be able to “handle it” in that he’s not going to get her all worked up where she’ll break down and cry or something. But will she be able to hold her own on the debate floor? She is untested in that realm and her rally speeches show that she’s still not the most confident public speaker, and I could see a situation where Trump just doesn’t allow her to get a word in edgewise. Even if he says nothing but his usual incoherent word salads, if he can essentially bully her into silence by just throwing her off with his usual interruptions, firehoses of lies, and shouting down her responses, it could bolster his strongman persona, play to his mysoginist base by “putting her in her place”, and give some independent voters the impression that she can’t keep up.

      Like I said, Harris hasn’t been tested. Arguing in a courtroom is one thing when there’s a judge who can keep the opposition in check and has the ability to enforce it. It’s different when it’s moderators who are toothless and can’t or won’t do anything about Trump who doesn’t give a shit about the rules at all. And her continuing uneasiness when she gives rally speeches in front of friendly crowds makes me wonder how she’ll handle someone who’s game plan is literally to make her look like she belongs back in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant.

      Harris’ game plan right from the beginning is that he goes to the debate and just lashes out. That’s why she wanted the open mics. But like I said before, Biden got the debate he wanted on his terms and it ended up ending his campaign. Hopefully Harris isn’t making the same mistake.

      • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win
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        I could see a situation where Trump just doesn’t allow her to get a word in edgewise. Even if he says nothing but his usual incoherent word salads, if he can essentially bully her into silence by just throwing her off with his usual interruptions, firehoses of lies, and shouting down her responses

        You know they have closed mics. How do you think this situation possible?

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          Trump has a natrually loud voice and loves to shout. Even if his mic is muted, her mic will still pick up at least some of what he’s saying. And viewers will still see he’s saying something.

          Plus, muted mics don’t change the fact that she’ll be sitting right near him and will be able to hear him. Even if the mics don’t pick it up, he can still throw her off. Try talking to one person while you have another person shouting nonsense at full volume into your ear. That’s what would be happening. Muted mics or no, Harris will try making her talking points and he’ll just keep shouting just to throw her off. If her mics pick it up, he’ll consider it a bonus.

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            That’s not his thing. He has zero interest in communicating anything to her that isn’t broadcast loudly. He’s all about the circus, the was never any substance there.

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        What’s even worse, I worry that Harris may be getting coached to try to thread the needle between getting words in edgewise and not opening herself up to accusations of sounding “shrill,” which is probably literally impossible.

        Personally, I think her best bet is to give zero shits about being called “shrill” or “nasty,” address Trump with every bit as much of the insulting and contemptuous attitude as he tries to use on her while also calling out his bullshit directly and expressing coherent policy positions, and then – crucially – respond to anyone who calls her “shrill” afterwards by derisively laughing and mocking weak crybaby Trump for whining that he can’t handle her.

        Even then, it will be an incredible challenge for her to be perceived as the winner, no matter how much sh wipes the floor with him in any objective sense.

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      He’s gonna light his own ass up and she is just going to sit silently while he screams like a little boy.

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    5 months ago

    We will probably see some good ads the day before the debate to get him riled up.

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    5 months ago

    Mr. Trump plainly believes that Ms. Harris is unintelligent, advisers and allies say.

    Coming from the guy that passed an Alzheimer’s test by knowing how to read a fucking clock. Trump is borderline retarded.

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      Well, let him run head-first into this trap of his own making. Let the nation decide when Harris can address all given issues with ease and coherent sentences while Trump produces random gibberish.