Trump being defensive is one thing. Biden flubbing up like the retard he is is quite another. while i agree Trump should not underestimate Biden and he won't, Biden is the ticking time bomb more so than Trump.Whether or not Trump does well in the debate isn't going to depend on Biden in any way.
just look at his recent appearance in PA. that wasn't even an interview let alone a debate. and he couldn't even keep from fucking that up, with prepared remarks.
Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid
Covfefe! Originally Posted by pfunkdenver
Whether or not Trump does well in the debate isn't going to depend on Biden in any way.
Trump is his own worst enemy. All the worst hits he has taken since 2016 were self-inflicted - walking a thin line on obstruction that got him impeached. Making a dumbass call to the Ukrainian leader - when he knew full well everything he does it being examined under a microscope. Making stupid tweets at 2:30 in the morning that have to be explained away the next day.
A big part of the problem for Trump is that he has been surrounded by "yes men" his whole life. No one ever gave the egotistical boss any push back. No one told him to his face he was an idiot or that he was telling a baldfaced lied. They were all too afraid of being fired.
So, Trump went through life thinking his shit didn't stink. He really does view himself as a stable genius.
This problem was highlighted in his last couple of sit-down interviews when the interviewer refused to back down to his fantastical claims. He got flustered and had no response. Other than "it is what it is".
He can't have moments like that in the debate or he will look as feeble as Joe Biden. Originally Posted by Kinkster90210
come on, man! you know .. the thing!Did he really out-debate Clinton or did people just have their minds made up about her anyway?
BAHHAAAAA
did any of that matter when he out-debated Clinton? and i don't think anyone at least in 2016 would think Biden was sharper than Clinton. now even less so. Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid
Did he really out-debate Clinton or did people just have their minds made up about her anyway?
And he lost the popular vote, remember? Hard to make the case he won the debates.
And, as I noted in my first post, he NOW HAS A RECORD. And it is mostly BAD.
All that shit is going to stick to him like a tar ball.
His denial of the seriousness of the COVID disaster until several months after it got out of hand is going to be difficult to explain away. Originally Posted by Kinkster90210
Joe Biden Finally Takes Questions from Media, It Doesn’t End Well
https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/...esnt-end-well/
joe biden takes questions from the media. his staff screens the questions... what happens next is, hmm... a train wreck. read the link.
the debate is not going happen.
Biden may have been in good form in march during the dem debates. they'll make up some excuse and move the goal post. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
let's look at Biden .. that sharp knife that's gonna carve up Trump ..Hahaha, "Joe Biden will beat Joe Biden" Well that makes it easy for Donald Trump, lol. Biden is just too stupid. If he wins, every time he's on the tube it will be a comedy hour, lol.
gaffe reel !!!
Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid
He can't brag about the economy since that has gone into the tank - NO MATTER WHOSE FAULT THAT IS.
Sure he can. To any reasonable person, if the economy was good, hell, great before the pandemic, there is no good reason Biden could make why Trump couldn't do it again. Looks like quite a number of people think Trump could handle the economy better than Biden.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-stephanie-ruhle-asks-why-on-earth-does-trump-poll-better-than-biden-on-economy-crime
MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle appeared to be in disbelief that President Trump polls greater than former Vice President Joe Biden on two key issues amid multiple national crises.
An NBC News poll released on Monday showed Trump behind Biden by nine points with 50 percent of voters backing the presumptive Democratic nominee and 41 percent backing the president. However, Trump remains ahead of Biden on the economy by a 48-38 margin and on fighting crime 43-39.
During an interview with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Ruhle expressed her puzzledness from the network's poll despite the current economic recovery from the coronavirus outbreak and the ongoing unrest in cities across the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/u...p-economy.html
Why Trump’s Approval Ratings on the Economy Remain Durable
Despite the recession, polling data and interviews with voters and political analysts suggest that a confluence of factors is raising the president’s standing on the economy issue.
It is an enduring political question amid a pandemic recession, double-digit unemployment and a recovery that appears to be slowing: Why does President Trump continue to get higher marks on economic issues in polls than his predecessors Barack Obama, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush enjoyed when they stood for re-election?
You seem to be one of the few people who don't understand this.
I don't have to explain why he can't claim any credit about maintaining law and order, do I?
Uh! Yeah, you do but you can't so let me tell you what Trump will say. "These Democrat Mayors and Governors won't allow me to send in the National Guard to help quell the rioting but in the one place they did let me, the rioting ceased"
He has to make a convincing case that he had the economy heading in the right direction before COVID wrecked it. Then he has to make the case that he has a better chance of fixing it afterward that Biden. That's a tough sell.
As I stated above, not a tough sell to any reasonable person. Now if one hates Trump, there goes being reasonable. Anybody paying attention that could read the numbers, saw a great economy pre-Covid. Why would anybody that didn't already hate Trump and won't give him credit for anything, doubt he could do it again?
If he tries making assertions that fly in the face of plain facts that everyone sees, he will rightly be viewed as an out of control narcissist.
You mean like Biden making assertions that the rioting, burning, looting and beating people up in the streets is Trump's fault? Who the hell is going to believe that other than a Trump hater. The guy that says "let me send in the Guard and I'll end this" is the guy you are going to blame for it continuing? I don't think so but then I'm a reasonable person.
So, Trump does not have any easy row to hoe here. Originally Posted by Kinkster90210
Biden was one hell of a debater... a decade ago. I honestly don't think he has it in him anymore.
Trump has a lot of issues-- but up until COVID came to his doorstep, he was doing an excellent job with the economy-- and he should have been-- its his wheelhouse. I do think in his efforts to attempt to be reassuring-- he made himself look ill-informed in the beginnings of COVID (will be gone in a couple weeks... a handful of cases, tops--- that shit didn't come from Fauci). But-- that's his personality.. and some of his actions were good attempts at slowing the freight train (travel ban, etc).
I think Harris is going to mop the floor with Pence... but I can't see Biden doing to Trump what he did to Ryan back in 2008. Originally Posted by Grace Preston