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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA simple, winning debate strategy:
"Donald: who do you owe the money to?"
(attacks, misdirection, smears, etc)
"Donald: who do you owe the money to?"
(more attacks, more misdirection, etc, etc, etc)
"Donald: WHO DO YOU OWE THE MONEY TO?"
[repeat as necessary]
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A simple, winning debate strategy: (Original Post)
Mike Niendorff
Sep 2020
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JI7
(93,264 posts)1. At a certain point he would just address the audience and say
something like "you see , he doesn't want to answer" .
Mike Niendorff
(3,641 posts)2. Seriously, I'd go the full length with it.
Either he admits it's the Russians, or his refusal to answer is the ONLY story.
No side-roads, no rabbit-holes, just exactly ONE burning national security question.
Let's go.
MDN
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)3. I'd go with 22,000 lies in combo
"He tells 22,000 lies because he owes $421 million to Russia."
"Donald, you're the cognitive. How much is that per lie?"
Sugarcoated
(8,237 posts)4. ....200,000 dead Americans
...and $750 paid in taxes. Numbers....
mitch96
(15,673 posts)5. Classic tRump, answer the question with the question misdirected back at you...
Answering a question with a question is so 20th century... nothing new here and easy to respond to ...
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