• @BreadstickNinja
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    52 months ago

    The problem with the Biden debate situation is that he was trailing in the polls, so he needed a debate with a strong performance in order to win over voters. Obviously, the opposite of that happened.

    Trump’s margin against Kamala is likely smaller, but he’s still slightly ahead. It’s probably much more prudent for him to avoid a debate given that Kamala would probably perform much better than him. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose.

    • @RampantParanoia2365
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      62 months ago

      I honestly assumed most of my life that it was just a rule for candidates that they have to debate.

      • @Entropywins
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        62 months ago

        When folk had the tiniest bit of mutual respect for each other and the office, I believe your assumption was correct, but times change.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      There was a time where it was a given that we’d have x number of Presidential debates… I can’t believe how far we’ve sunk.

      • @John_McMurray
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        2 months ago

        Normally you don’t have a debate against an Alzheimer patient from a party that denied how bad it was for years. Remember when his senility was fake news, like…3 weeks ago? Exact same arrogant bastards are risking a trump victory again while they play their stupid games. Harris is looking coronated, same as Biden and Hillary before. That they don’t have a real open primary is pathetic. The one party state yall say you want to prevent arrived ten years ago, now you’re just the north american equivalent of Jackie Chan supporting the communist party. Yknow they vote for left and right factions inside the overarching party there, right? People vote with a choice of conservative communist member or liberal communist member, they all belong to a second party under the main one.

        • @Entropywins
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          32 months ago

          I feel like I could almost understand what you tried to communicate.

          • @John_McMurray
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            Lol. Nice try. I realize you can’t argue the points, but playing dumb is really, really obvious. Better to say nothing and all

        • @Machinist
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          12 months ago

          Holy fuck. If you’re still human and waking up in the morning, you’re real sick. You might be ai.

          • @[email protected]
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            2 months ago

            I must say he’s right about one thing: the US is a one-party system.

            Or more specifically I would say the US is a two-party system for white men (+Kanye West) and a one-party system for everyone else.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      He’s dropping in the polls, especially against her. Maybe some people are too young to remember, but candidates usually gain like 10% in the polls after a failed assassination. Or 5% after the convention. And their Vice Presidential Candidate gains after the convention too.

      Trump literally had no assassination or convention bump. His ceiling is less than 50% of voters. Kamala Harris has seen a large bump just from jumping into the race. Some swing state polls went from +8 or +10 trump earlier this year, to only +2 against Kamala.

      She’s only made one speech as the potential candidate! Believe me, she’s going to be on top by the day of the debate.

      • @BreadstickNinja
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        42 months ago

        Yes, I hope her momentum continues to grow and that she snaps up the undecided vote as people become more familiar with her.

        But at that point, the question becomes whether she needs to debate. The Pod Save guys were saying that if she’s ahead in the blue wall states by September it might be the smarter move to stay on the campaign trail and deny Trump the national airtime.

      • @Machinist
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        12 months ago

        God I fucking hope so. Maybe we get out this way.,