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"This townhall performance is the reason I've argued against debating Trump." (J. Lockhart) (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
Joe just has to stand there and let babylonsister Sep 2020 #1
✔️ blm Sep 2020 #2
Yes. On the ABC townhall he said the virus will go away even... brush Sep 2020 #29
he should just make faces and gestures like it did to hillary. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #40
+1 nt Kahuna Sep 2020 #41
George couldn't do it superpatriotman Sep 2020 #3
Most of the campaigns Lockhart worked on lost, many spectacularly. Celerity Sep 2020 #4
thank you n/t Schmice3 Sep 2020 #14
+1 n/t Tommymac Sep 2020 #26
Thank you! H2O Man Sep 2020 #28
Lockhart worked on Bill Clinton's re-election Sewa Sep 2020 #35
Rhetorically Joe can dispatch this clown of a Million lies StClone Sep 2020 #5
Yep just ignore whatever drumpf says, like he's not there soothsayer Sep 2020 #9
I think that'd be the ticket StClone Sep 2020 #36
I think this is exactly why he should debate him. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #6
"You're a small handed whiny poopy pants" should be Joe's response to every Trump fusillade. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #7
"You're a small-handed whiny LYING poopy-pants." lastlib Sep 2020 #16
We can argue about the semantics.....but still agree..... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #18
YES! lastlib Sep 2020 #25
Just get some pharmacologists explain how to respond to mentally ill people who are... JoeOtterbein Sep 2020 #8
Of course.. it's Psycho Puppet.. but Joe Biden Cha Sep 2020 #10
Lets make it an election on the future - Joe Biden's or Donald Trump's. nt. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #21
Debates are part of elections. Biden will kick trump's rear. Hoyt Sep 2020 #11
"There you go again" SoonerPride Sep 2020 #12
"Tell the TRUTH for once, Donald."..... lastlib Sep 2020 #24
This is the plan I can get on board with. Street fight time. nt Progressive Jones Sep 2020 #33
Or,... ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #39
***SHOW VIDEOS OF TRUMP'S OWN WORDS DURING DEBATE !!!*** uponit7771 Sep 2020 #13
This Meowmee Sep 2020 #37
tRump doesn't debate, he lies, he changes the subject, so if that's worth the time and energy yaesu Sep 2020 #15
Lockhart doesn't get it - it's about dominating the frame radius777 Sep 2020 #17
Joe Biden should begin every retort to Trump with. Caliman73 Sep 2020 #19
Distill it to one sentence. Think about your audience, OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #23
Laugh at him is the way to go. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #30
+1 This is how you bring down authoritarians flibbitygiblets Sep 2020 #31
Joe Biden can handle it JI7 Sep 2020 #20
It shows what SHITLER will do: Motor-mouth, wear down, hit-&-run. UTUSN Sep 2020 #22
He's coming out of the debates with at least 35% support. Or at most 35%. Tommymac Sep 2020 #27
Exactly this!!! I have been against a debate w trump bc he doesn't debate. Vivienne235729 Sep 2020 #32
They can't say nobody warned them Sewa Sep 2020 #34
Excellant .. Maxheader Sep 2020 #38

brush

(53,810 posts)
29. Yes. On the ABC townhall he said the virus will go away even...
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:58 AM
Sep 2020

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without a vaccine as the nation will develop a herd mentality. A herd mentality, not a herd immunity, the term his addled brain couldn't come up with.

Let the debates go on and let this fool show the nation how stupid he is.

 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
40. he should just make faces and gestures like it did to hillary.
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 08:05 AM
Sep 2020

fact check him w his face, and his body language.
throw in an occasional- malarkey.

ya know, be joe.

Celerity

(43,465 posts)
4. Most of the campaigns Lockhart worked on lost, many spectacularly.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 10:45 PM
Sep 2020

Mondale, Dukakis, Simon, Kerry. He has turned his less than 2 year stint as Clinton press secretary into a never ending gravy train.

Hard pass on his advice.

StClone

(11,686 posts)
5. Rhetorically Joe can dispatch this clown of a Million lies
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 10:46 PM
Sep 2020

By basically ignoring the lies and just be honest what you have done, can and will do. No way to keep up, and it would be a total distraction if attempted, rebutting a manic manure spewing nut cake.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,530 posts)
7. "You're a small handed whiny poopy pants" should be Joe's response to every Trump fusillade.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 10:50 PM
Sep 2020

Then take the time to engage with the American public on what he wants to lay out his vision for this country.

JoeOtterbein

(7,702 posts)
8. Just get some pharmacologists explain how to respond to mentally ill people who are...
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 10:50 PM
Sep 2020

...obviously coked up to the gills! (I'm mean if noses had gill of course!)

lastlib

(23,263 posts)
24. "Tell the TRUTH for once, Donald.".....
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:17 AM
Sep 2020

Let's see what kind of a rise that gets out of him.

Goad him. Ridicule him. Laugh at him. Question his intelligence and competence and manhood at every turn. In ten minutes, he'll be a blithering idiot like Eric.

ProfessorGAC

(65,127 posts)
39. Or,...
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 06:32 AM
Sep 2020

..."my opponent just made things up, now let's talk facts."
And, if the opportunity presents itself call a lie a LIE! Don't mince words.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
15. tRump doesn't debate, he lies, he changes the subject, so if that's worth the time and energy
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:50 PM
Sep 2020

I guess we will see.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
17. Lockhart doesn't get it - it's about dominating the frame
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:53 PM
Sep 2020

and putting Trump on defense and Biden is more than capable of doing that.

'Fact checking' - why are so many clueless Dems/operatives so concerned with this. Everyone knows Trump lies - it's not about going through his lies one by one. It's about controlling the narrative, and Joe will do that.

Caliman73

(11,742 posts)
19. Joe Biden should begin every retort to Trump with.
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:06 AM
Sep 2020

Well, that was a lot of verbal diarrhea, now for a reality based answer... and proceed to answer the question as he has been, which has been very good.

Just show the contrast.

Don't let Trump get under his skin

When Trump throws an insult at Joe, he should just say, "Wow, are we in third grade? I thought this was a debate hall not a elementary school yard, then focus on the topic being presented.

Show the contrast.

I think Hillary mopped the floor with Trump during the debates, but I think she spent a little too much time reacting to Trump's bullshit.

Biden needs to just laugh at Trump and move on. Just point at him, turn to the camera and say...Wow! then move on.

You know that Trump is going to pull out all of of hi craziest shit, just be cool.

At the end of the debate, just look straight into the camera and say, "America, you just got a chance to see the difference in your vote this election. You can vote for me and get sane, adult leadership, or you can choose a clown who brought us 200,000 Americans dead and a crippled economy in less than one year"

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
27. He's coming out of the debates with at least 35% support. Or at most 35%.
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:35 AM
Sep 2020

That number is just not going to move much.

He can stand up there and literally shit himself, and the numbers are just not going to change much. His supporters are going to go gaga over his performance, while the reality based adults are going to be shaking their heads.

Joe just needs to be the adult in the room and he will be fine.

Barring shenanigans, a low Youth and/or minority turnout, or shenanigans, this election should be in the bag for Joe and Kamala.

And I just do not see a low Dem turnout this year. WE have the motivation and passion on our side.

Hate to say excitement - it is more like we will have 7 months of nuclear angst to express and get out of our collective systems.

This election is going to let out all our cooped up emotions and frustration caused by Covid.

A Reality Based Primal Scream.

Vivienne235729

(3,384 posts)
32. Exactly this!!! I have been against a debate w trump bc he doesn't debate.
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 02:44 AM
Sep 2020

He just lies and makes up shit and the media will fawn all over him. There will be 2 standards. Trump can do whatever he wants and Biden will be held accountable for everything

Sewa

(1,257 posts)
34. They can't say nobody warned them
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 03:11 AM
Sep 2020

The wild card is how will Joe response when Trump goes after Hunter

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
38. Excellant ..
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 06:16 AM
Sep 2020

You remember how frustrated Hillary got?

Stumpy considers itself...cleverly evasive....

And so do the donnybots...

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