• vortic@lemmy.world
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    Maybe if Trump talked about anything of substance he wouldn’t be in the position of having wasted a shit load of money. Slandering Biden while also saying he was unfit to run was a risk. The real fraud is Trump taking money from gullable supporters then turning around to use it to sprew lies at the same gullable people.

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    Why bother? Just don’t do a debate.

    The fact that he’s bitching about it rather than gloating means Biden made the right choice, though.

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      Lol. He would never follow someone else, certainly not a Democrat (he spent more time registered as a Democrat)!

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        and even if he did, they are following him, they just did it by being in front but thats because they are sneaky or actually my 5d chess is such that im in back but im really in the lead.

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    Whiny, dementia addled old man refuses to debate out of fear of being absolutely annihilated by somebody who isnt being artificially kept alive by a cocktail of drugs.

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    They should start the next debate with a point for point reality check on things the candidate said in the first debate. Or better, intersperse them whenever they switch the discussion topics.

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    If the moderators are just going to let him lie for 90 minutes without any pushback, I don’t see the point in another debate.

    Fuck CNN.

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      No, the point is to drive home just how stark the difference in age and cognition is.

      All it took was one bad debate for Biden (though, admittedly, Democrats don’t worship their candidates as demigods).

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    “Shouldn’t the Republican Party be reimbursed for fraud in that everybody around Joe, including his doctors and the Fake News Media, knew he was not capable of running for, or being, President?” Trump wrote. “Just askin’?”

    Maybe this wouldn’t have happened if you had actual talking points on politics, which is what you should do when you are running for president.

    Your whole strategy is slander and lying. Now you are the presidential candidate equivalent of that one guy who cries about politics in memes on a political meme board! You are admitting of literally doing this!

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      The Dems hadn’t actually nominated anyone for this election yet, that happens during the convention which is still a few weeks from now.

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      The big swings this guy takes are unbelievable. It’s like he says he should be allowed to have a third term because the first didn’t count because everyone didn’t love him enough.

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        He actually tried this in 2020. Said that since the Dems and everyone “blocked” him so much, his first term shouldn’t count.

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        It’s one of the things he does that absolutely infuriates me. Everyone else is a crook, a fraud, anti-american, but ol dipshit Donnie is supposed to be the beacon of truth and compassion?

        Give me a fucking break…

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          Even worse is when the gaslighting bothsiderist “liberal media” often acts like his outbursts are worthy of consideration, and/or…but look at what this Democrat said that one time…

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        To be fair, he’s like 34 times better at it than most people. Even the courts say so.

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      “I object to the candidate we slandered every day and said was unfit from withdrawing from the race.”

      “On what grounds?”

      “It’s detrimental to my campaign.”

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        I think she should question his manhood. Literally. Think all those voters who love him for his supposed machismo will feel the same after his female opponent publicly questions his manhood?

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        I’ve been thinking a good line for her to whip out some time would be “From my line of work I’m accustomed to guilty felons being afraid of me, and former president Trump is clearly no exception to that.”

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    So, what he’s saying is all of his spending so far has been personal attacks, and nothing of substance about policy? Because if you had been spending your money telling us all what you’re planning on doing if you win, it wouldn’t matter who you’re running against. Oh, right, because your entire plan for presidency is project 2025 and anyone with 2 functioning brain cells thinks that plan is absolute fucking insanity, so you need to distract with personal attacks and red herrings.

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    Hold the debate anyway, and if he doesn’t show up, replace him with a cardboard cutout with a recording of his greatest hits:

    Sharks vs. Batteries

    My Uncle The Nuclear Scientist

    Inject Bleach

    Shine a UV Light Inside the Body

    Hannibal Lector is Awesome