Why is Joe lowering himself to debate this corrupt dictator...?

[pbmus]

Link to tweet

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By debating a dictator you are legitimizing his candidacy and giving him free propaganda...The entire debate is a debacle.

[beachbumbob]

1. Biden can easily shame trump in front of theentire world and why I have doubts that trump would even

show up.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Yeah - I've got a feeling

Trump WILL show up for next week's debate - but the other ones aren't happening. After this, Pence/Harris and done.

[DonaldsRump]

37. There is no way Trump will forgo any of the debates

It's free publicity, and he doesn't have enough cash to run tv ads in some key swing states.

[mucifer]

2. Because Biden would look weak if he backed down. It plays to their accusation that he's

"demented" or whatever. Biden has to debate.

[customerserviceguy]

41. Agreed

And he needs to debate well, especially in that third half-hour segment.

[brooklynite]

3. Because he wants to win the election?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Because he will pants Trump, steal his lunch money and stuff him in his locker,

and thereby demolish any further claims that he (Biden) has any cognitive problems.

[Grammy23]

40. You forgot giving him a swirly.

Can you imagine tRump’s hair (mop?) after a swirly?? I can!

[redwitch]

5. He HAS to debate him!

He will make Rump look weak, vain and stupid.

[vlyons]

6. He's doing it for us.

No doubt Biden is still fuming about Trump calling our military losers and suckers. Still fuming about 200K + people dead from Covid. I'm looking forward to Biden tarring Trump with supreme moral failures.

[Laelth]

7. Good question.

What is there to debate, anyway? The Republican Party doesn’t even have a platform, so the issues aren’t even on the table. The choice, here, is clear, and it simply demeans Joe to appear on stage with an Orange ignoramus.



-Laelth

[Cousin Dupree]

8. Because it's the right thing to do?? Lowering himself? Presidential debates are

“lowering yourself”???

[JustAnotherGen]

9. So the cult

Can get used to seeing and hearing Joe Biden.

[soothsayer]

10. Because it's a night and day, stark comparison when you hear someone intelligent, compassionate, and

..thoughtful next to that blathering, unkind, word-salad generator.

And that’s going to surprise some folks. They might just remember that they miss decency.

[Mister Ed]

11. To reveal him as a corrupt dictator to tens of millions of viewers, I'm hoping.

Many of the viewers already get it. Many more never will. I want the rest to hear Joe take this guy apart. I still remember the way he did that to Paul Ryan in 2012.

[nolabear]

12. For us.

People need to hear him. He needs to give policy replies and show his health and sharpness. He needs to stop 45 and ilk telling us who he is.

[Sympthsical]

14. Because not to would give Republicans a lot of ammunition

One of their main lines of attack is Biden’s cognitive abilities. I don’t know if people here read conservative sites or blogs, but their biggest story is Biden’s campaign putting a lid on the campaign early in the day.

Putting a lid means the candidate is no longer available for activities or comments. Republicans have seized on this as proof of Biden’s cognitive decline, that he’s being hidden on purpose.

If he doesn’t debate, they will run with that even harder. They’ve been on it for weeks. Here’s one article from yesterday.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517987-trump-says-biden-wants-to-rest-on-day-dedicated-to-debate-prep

Biden has to debate.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. Yup

In a local woman's group -and the Trumpettes continue to push this nonsense. Let them see for themselves.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. Sounds like he's getting adequate rest, which is good.

It's long bothered me that the last few weeks of a Presidential campaign the candidates are flying all around the country, rarely getting even half a night's sleep. Being sleep deprived is very, very bad. Which is apparently one of Trump's problems, that he doesn't sleep much. That's probably why he is always so confused about everything.

[LakeArenal]

15. Because he's a presidential candidate.

They have to debate. If trump shows up that is.

[maxsolomon]

17. Because he believes in Democracy and America.

As anyone who participated in HS Debate will tell you, these aren't debates. They're "debates".

An actual debate would leave Trump exposed as a fucking clown with no grasp of facts whatsoever. Which isn't news to anyone on DU, but it would be to the low-information bothsidist flibberdigibbets of America.

[BannonsLiver]

18. So you're attacking Biden for participating in a debate?

I’ve officially seen it all.

[Aristus]

19. If there's one thing a Biden candidacy represents, it's the hope for a return to form.

Of normal standards of political behavior. Of respectable public proceedings.

If debating the walking sludge-heap that is Donald Trump is a part of that effort, so be it.

Trump will try to set the building on fire (figuratively. Literally? Possibly. Who knows?), but Joe Biden will attempt to bring American politics back to the realm of the adult, the measured, and the civil.

[pbmus]

23. Never wrestle with a pig....

Never mud-wrestle with a pig.” “You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it!” -Abraham Lincoln- (Or was it Thomas Jefferson?) (Maybe it was Richard Nixon?) (Anyhoo, SOMEONE said it.)

[Aristus]

26. I don't want Joe Biden to wrestle that pig.

I want him to butcher it.

The pig definitely won't enjoy that.

But the rest of us get ham, bacon, and pork chops served up by a happily-grinning chef...









...okay, I took that metaphor way too far...…

[USALiberal]

35. Silly. nt

[lame54]

20. Along with a fact checker they need...

A Projection Translator

[mcar]

21. What do you think the response would be if Biden refuses to debate IMPOTUS?

[Maru Kitteh]

24. I'm sure Putin would be thrilled if Joe backed out of the debates.

Joe wil debate because it would look monumentally fearful and weak not to.
Joe will debate because he is smarter than those who would see him put in that position, a gift to the enemy.

[pwb]

25. It will show Trump is an idiot?

Plus that is the way it is, debates show us a lot about the candidates.

[stillcool]

27. Biden is the Democratic candidate...

Trump is the Republican candidate. They debate. Why would they not? Trump is not yet a dictator, he's the President. His candidacy is legitimate, just ask the GOP. The entire debate has not yet happened, so not a debacle either.

[Trumpocalypse]

28. Because not debating him would make Biden look weak

Is that what you want?

[pbmus]

30. I think it makes Joe look complicit to legitimizing a corrupt dictator...

I do not want Joe to enter any arena that is another propaganda stunt for the repukers...this is not your old time debate scenarios where one guy meets another guys opinion/policy with another opposing opinion...this is the apprentice ramped up to warp speed...

[Trumpocalypse]

32. No it doesn't

It would make him look like he’s afraid of Trump. Like it or not Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party. Biden has to debate him.

[Blue Owl]

29. Joe's going to work him over like a speedbag

[Indykatie]

31. Really? Optics Matter to the Voting Public. How Would Biden Refusing to Debate Look?

It would rankle me and I was a Biden supporter from the beginning.

[Crunchy Frog]

33. Because he's lowered himself to running against him for president?

It is currently occupying the presidency, however illegitimately we may think. Biden doesn't have the luxury of pretending otherwise.

[ooky]

34. Look at it as an opportunity.

A lot of people don't ever turn their TVs off of Fox News. Because of that, they have a false impression of the state of the country and what Trump has done as President. Many of them would be surprised to learn he has essentially done nothing in 4 years except sign a tax break for the rich and try to kill health care. Fox News spends a lot of time making up Trump accomplishments and hiding bad things. This debate is a rare opportunity that Fox News viewers will be seeing and hearing the same thing we are at the same time, and it could be eye opening for some. In that sense, it could be more of an opportunity for us to pick up some incremental support better than for them to. I'm not saying we will convert magats, they are too dug in to their cult to admit they are wrong. But there are some people who watch nothing but Fox News that are just ignorant and stupid about what's going on in the country because they think the propaganda they are getting is real news. They may be very surprised to hear for the first time that their social security is under attack.

[TheRealNorth]

36. if the Pelosi is trying to psyche Trump into thinking Biden is scared

Then Bravo.

Not 100% sure its intended or not, but I think lowered expectations for Biden works in his favor. Plus, if Trump believes the spin, he may let his guard down.

[LuckyCharms]

38. A few reasons:

1) Having Presidential debates follows traditional protocol.

2) If he did not debate Trump, the insane squatter would flood every advertising space with "Biden is a coward. He's afraid to debate me". This would create yet another distraction from the real issues that need to be addressed.

3) It's another chance for VP Biden to present his platform.

4) It's the perfect opportunity to show the stark contrast between insanity and calm, rational, fact-based leadership.

5) It's quite possible that he can make Trump lose his shit on live TV.

[Gothmog]

39. Here is how Joe should open debate

Link to tweet

[Talitha]

42. Joe already said he's looking forward to the debates.