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That is Drumpf's whole game plan.
Biden is going to spend the 1st minute of EVERY response, pointing out the LIE that Drumpf just gave.
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(4,175 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)just a bit...also, a great pic of Jackie O in comments..
Does Joe Biden rank high among the best in the art of debate in this era? No, of course not. Yet the exact reasons for this will definitely give Joe the upper hand in debating Trump. Let's consider his history of political debates in presidential campaigns.
The majority of these have been in democratic primaries. My young friend pointed out that when an opponent has attacked him in these, he hasn't reacted as strongly as previous winners of the party's nomination have. Exactly, I said, and that is because Joe actually liked every one of the other Democrats that he was debating. He does not like Donald Trump.
In 2008's vice presidential debate against Sarah Palin, although Joe recognized that she was grossly unqualified for office, Biden handled her with kid gloves. Even when she called him "O'Biden," he didn't miss a beat. While he did not respect her as a candidate, he was not going to disrespect her as a human being. He might not have liked her, but he knew it was better to let her expose herself as unqualified, than for him to hammer that home. He wasn't going to take the George H. W. Bush route from the 1984 vice presidential debate against the first female vp candidate, with the "we tried to kick a little ass last night" bit.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)Just don't do it.
Alacritous Crier
(3,804 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)He will do fine here.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)then launch into his own statement of issues and policies.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Unfortunately, that puts people to sleep and appears defensive. Definitely counter productive to what is actually a media event.
Hillary won all of her debates on issues and facts. Didn't matter, too many people fell for Trump's theatrics.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)People will realize they thirst for decency and hunger for compassion when they see it. Its just such a stark difference from what weve seen for lo these many years.
Seriously. I didnt even realize how much I needed it until Joe came along.
But he may get some zingers in. They just wont be mean spirited.
lame54
(35,138 posts)They know that's Trump's strategy
They don't HAVE to walk into it and they won't
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Biden can preface his rebuttal with a hand wave and, "That's a bunch of malarkey; here are the facts." Shouldn't take very long at all.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)Hell be clear and concise in answers to his questions. Dotard can ramble,on, hes his own worst enemy and that isnt going to change during the debate