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SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 10:39 AM Sep 2020

Prediction: there will only be one debate.

The first debate will go on as planned.

Donnie Dumbfuck will be so ill-prepared, addled, confused, drugged up, snorting, sniffling, whining, confused, incoherent, lying, making fantastical claims and sputtering nonsense that he will be panned and laughed at by everyone, even Fox Noise.

He will whine afterward that the moderator was unfair, that Biden was on "performance enhancing drugs," was given the questions before hand, and on and on.

He will say the debate system is "rigged" and refuse to debate again.

He is a chicken shit and coward and will show his true colors after facing Biden.

You heard it here first.

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Prediction: there will only be one debate. (Original Post) SoonerPride Sep 2020 OP
+1. That would not be a surprise. Hoyt Sep 2020 #1
Second malaise Sep 2020 #2
Did you? My bad. That's what I get for taking a night off! SoonerPride Sep 2020 #3
You're probably right. vlyons Sep 2020 #4
Harris... Newest Reality Sep 2020 #11
"Q-Tip Head" that's great! Tbear Sep 2020 #25
Nothing would surprise me Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #5
I still have doubts of ANY debates will happen beachbumbob Sep 2020 #6
My money is on NO debate. Zoonart Sep 2020 #7
maybe he will stroke out at the thought. or check himself into rehab. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #12
I don't think he expects to lose. And after the debate(s), he will say he won, no matter what happen 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #28
Exactly. I mean, how could he lose when he's the greatest, smartest, quickest, strongest, Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2020 #49
Could be. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #8
Check your math... not_the_one Sep 2020 #35
You missed the part about my lightweight status. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #42
I still wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't show up for the first one. ooky Sep 2020 #9
Isn't he usually late? greymattermom Sep 2020 #34
I agree grantcart Sep 2020 #10
He Will Timewas Sep 2020 #13
I would be perfectly willing to give Trump the questions before hand Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #14
You're probably right. Frankly, I'm surprised Trump hasn't weaseled out of this one already. Arkansas Granny Sep 2020 #15
you forget Trump and his supporters felt/said RazzleCat Sep 2020 #16
No, you didn't hear it here first BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #17
His cult will insist that he won, no matter what happens. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #18
Joe will give back as good as he gets and he's not taking any shit ! Walleye Sep 2020 #19
People predicted the same thing in 2016. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #20
This is also a possiblity. SoonerPride Sep 2020 #21
If Dotard has the cojones to show up. keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #22
Nope... brooklynite Sep 2020 #23
I can see that happening. Trumpocalypse Sep 2020 #24
Yep. If he makes it through the first one and doesn't walk out. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #26
Yep. If he makes it through the first one and doesn't walk out. Biden should challenge him Pepsidog Sep 2020 #27
I want to see what Biden does when Trump tries to stalk him on stage. gordianot Sep 2020 #29
Me too. greymattermom Sep 2020 #36
Disagree: SayItLoud Sep 2020 #30
He will show up and then half way thru he will say he has an important call and walk out ace3csusm Sep 2020 #31
I'm not necessarily predicting this, but I wouldn't be surprised PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #32
The rest of the air time should go to Biden alone greymattermom Sep 2020 #37
But first ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2020 #33
Sounds about right! The fall-back plan for weasels, whiners and liars. liberalla Sep 2020 #38
I wouldn't be a bit surprised. calimary Sep 2020 #39
I predict as always we will feel we won each debate they will claim they won each debate and the mucifer Sep 2020 #40
You mean if there is one, at all Warpy Sep 2020 #41
I think he may come up with some cockamamie excuse not to debate at all. Cousin Dupree Sep 2020 #43
Or Gilbert Moore Sep 2020 #44
depends.... sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #45
Any candidate refusing to debate should be disqualified The Mouth Sep 2020 #46
Trump won't walk away without claiming Biden was on performance enhancing drugs and he world wide wally Sep 2020 #47
Here's the worst-case scenario for only one debate. Efilroft Sul Sep 2020 #48
Debates aren't relevant to this election because there are few undecideds bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #50
Agree! mountain grammy Sep 2020 #51

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
4. You're probably right.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 10:42 AM
Sep 2020

And that goes for Pence also, who will slink out of his debate. Trump is a coward.

Zoonart

(11,879 posts)
7. My money is on NO debate.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 10:44 AM
Sep 2020

I think he will pitch a bitch and pull out at the last minute. I don't know how his handlers can possibly prop him up for the debate format.

 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
12. maybe he will stroke out at the thought. or check himself into rehab.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 10:55 AM
Sep 2020

or fake a heart attack.
he knows he will lose. he doesnt want the headlines to be- cheato loses debate.

3Hotdogs

(12,429 posts)
28. I don't think he expects to lose. And after the debate(s), he will say he won, no matter what happen
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:39 PM
Sep 2020

His whole sense of self is that its impossible for him to lose anything.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
49. Exactly. I mean, how could he lose when he's the greatest, smartest, quickest, strongest,
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 03:33 PM
Sep 2020

most healthy person who ever lived?


How anyone can fail to see he's a belligerently ignorant delusional crook is beyond me.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
8. Could be.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 10:45 AM
Sep 2020

My husband has purchased my debate six pack. Every four years, I drink one beer for each of four debates, and two for election night. (I am a notorious lightweight)

I didn’t get to have my last two in 2016.

I want those last two in 2020!

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
35. Check your math...
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:59 PM
Sep 2020

Hillary won in 2016. Cheating to achieve ANY win, doesn't count.

That means you still have those two to imbibe, PLUS the two for Biden.

After your four beers, you can blame anything you do on those beers. (It is in the fine print of the National Beer Drinkers Of America's best rules and practices.)

So make the most of it!!!

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
42. You missed the part about my lightweight status.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:06 PM
Sep 2020

I have not had any alcoholic beverages since 2016.

You tell me to drink four, and I will be calling you for a ride to the hospital. I will drink my two, and let hubs take care of any of my left over obligations. Safer that-a-way.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
34. Isn't he usually late?
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:59 PM
Sep 2020

Will they wait for him? Will they give Biden the first hour of air time without Trump?

Miguelito Loveless

(4,475 posts)
14. I would be perfectly willing to give Trump the questions before hand
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 10:59 AM
Sep 2020

In WRITING, 20 minutes before the debate. All he has to do is read them.

RazzleCat

(732 posts)
16. you forget Trump and his supporters felt/said
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 11:08 AM
Sep 2020

that he won his debates against Clinton. He will debate, lose and call it a win, as will his supporters.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,869 posts)
18. His cult will insist that he won, no matter what happens.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 11:10 AM
Sep 2020

He could take off his clothes (eww!) and do the Macarena. He could take a dump on the floor, quote from Mein Kampf, drop the F-bomb a dozen times, and threaten to rape the moderator's wife and eat his children. No matter what he says or does, the cult will say he won; and since he listens only to the cult he will believe he won.

Walleye

(31,062 posts)
19. Joe will give back as good as he gets and he's not taking any shit !
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 11:10 AM
Sep 2020

He doesn’t have to worry about sexist attacks, like Hillary,for being too assertive.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
20. People predicted the same thing in 2016.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 11:12 AM
Sep 2020

He's not going to bail on the debates. He loves free airtime and rarely concedes he did poorly at anything so he'll be convinced he won the first debate no matter what.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
21. This is also a possiblity.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 11:20 AM
Sep 2020

But Clinton was a woman and Biden is not.

He is more terrified of standing up to another man. He thought he could bully Clinton.

Plus even as unhinged as he was in 2016 he was more lucid than he is now, as unbelievable as that may seem.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
27. Yep. If he makes it through the first one and doesn't walk out. Biden should challenge him
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:39 PM
Sep 2020

to a physical or mental challenge. Take him out back of the studio and tune him up. Call out the coward. Ask Trump to name the three beaches of government- I bet he doesn't know. Ask Trump simple civics questions-he can't answer them.

gordianot

(15,245 posts)
29. I want to see what Biden does when Trump tries to stalk him on stage.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:43 PM
Sep 2020

I am sure that possibility has been rehearsed by the Biden team.

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
30. Disagree:
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:47 PM
Sep 2020

There will be 1/2 of a debate. The Orange POS will say it's rigged, Biden had the questions beforehand, like the election it's rigged, like the votes are rigged....and it's a waste of time...then walk off in dramatic fashion. One debate or half a debate there will be not "next" debate.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
32. I'm not necessarily predicting this, but I wouldn't be surprised
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:48 PM
Sep 2020

if he walks off in the middle, when asked a question he doesn't want to answer.

And afterwards, he will both complain that he was treated unfairly and claim that he won. Actually, he will spend most of his debate time saying how unfairly he has been treated, and talking about how he's done more for Black people than Abraham Lincoln. Whether he does the other two, that's hard to say. If he completely convinces himself that he won the first one, he'll do the next one.

mucifer

(23,572 posts)
40. I predict as always we will feel we won each debate they will claim they won each debate and the
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:05 PM
Sep 2020

press will call it a draw. It will probably sway no one.

Warpy

(111,359 posts)
41. You mean if there is one, at all
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:05 PM
Sep 2020

his handlers know he's a disaster, he might be too busy to show up.

If the first one happens, I'd say you're exactly right. It will be the only one, even if he doesn't stomp all over his tongue.

I guarantee Biden will laugh at him, just like he laughed at Paul Ryan's lamebrained attempt to Gish Gallop.

Cousin Dupree

(1,866 posts)
43. I think he may come up with some cockamamie excuse not to debate at all.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:06 PM
Sep 2020

But if he does, Joe will push all his buttons and donnieboy will have a meltdown onstage. Ooh please let it be so!

Gilbert Moore

(218 posts)
44. Or
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:21 PM
Sep 2020

Biden will have to be withheld from kicking his ass for a stupid remark about our troops. Biden might look at the polls and say, not worth it.

The Mouth

(3,164 posts)
46. Any candidate refusing to debate should be disqualified
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:27 PM
Sep 2020

I wish it could be a Constitutional amendment.

I loath even the idea of someone asking for my vote who's too chickenshit to debate.

world wide wally

(21,755 posts)
47. Trump won't walk away without claiming Biden was on performance enhancing drugs and he
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:38 PM
Sep 2020

was given a list of questions before the debate.

Efilroft Sul

(3,582 posts)
48. Here's the worst-case scenario for only one debate.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:47 PM
Sep 2020

If Trump works the ref and Wallace ends up asking Biden tougher questions, and if the pundits agree Trump won the debate because he answered softball questions that made him "look Presidential," then Trump will say Biden isn't worth his time for additional debates.

bucolic_frolic

(43,325 posts)
50. Debates aren't relevant to this election because there are few undecideds
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:00 AM
Sep 2020

Trump has nothing to lose in these debates. He is behind, not afraid of looking ridiculous (because he has no self-awareness), and needs to bludgeon to make up lost ground. It will drive his base wild, but non-MAGAt's will be turned off.

Here's hoping Trump's anger gets the better of him. Wild accusations and stalkings welcome. What will Trump do with no base to reinforce his bizarre ideas?

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