Discussion: Trump Agrees To Three Debates—But He Wants To See The Conditions First

Bwak, bwak, bwak, bwak, bwak, said Chicken Little (and I do mean little) Trump. He’s afraid to debate Clinton. Sad!

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She’ll be in charge of the VP debate.

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DT is scared shitless of a real debate, and even he realizes that he will come away looking like the stupid ass that he is.

He will find areas that he doesn’t want and when the Debate Commission won’t give in, he will claim the debates are “rigged” and refuse to participate.

Once again, a coward, like with his draft dodging. Saqd.

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Trump: Many people are saying I shouldn’t do these debates for free. And that I should ask for my cut of the revenue. To me that makes sense. Its fair.

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He’s pivoting … to a prextet.

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Looking through the Commission’s archives, a number of names keep coming up:

Jim Lehrer (2012, 2008, 2004, 2000 (multiple debates), 1996 (multiple debates))
Bob Schieffer (2012, 2008, 2004)
Gwen Ifill (2008, 2004)

I’m guessing two out of three of your moderators are right there.

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I was hoping for John Cleese and Lewis Black.

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So, there are two possibilities…

One, he refuses to debate, presumably because everyone is conspiring against him

Two, he debates, doesn’t actually take a literal dump on stage, and is declared to have done well because he didn’t actually drop a deuce on the stage.

Which will it be?

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I am certain he will do just that.

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And Drumpf will definitely demand Hannity. :wink:

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Well this is kind of amusing. He is trailing and will continue to do so. In a traditional campaign the trailing candidate is the one demanding debates to shake up the race, and the one ahead drags their feet. He says he will “negotiate.” ANY person who has ANY ability to negotiate would immediately recognize that he is the the weakest possible position, he has NO LEVERAGE to negotiate. IF he makes demands the Clinton team/debate commission will simply say no. What will he do, not debate? That only weakens his chances even more and plays right into the Clinton campaigns hands. They will play it safe, maintain their lead, call him a coward and sail to victory.

The man is so full of crap he doesn’t even recognize when he is bluffing with all his cards face up!

@eastlansing sorry just saw your post saying the same thing essentially!

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I wasn’t sure how the moderators are chosen so I just looked it up. In case anyone else was interested, here’s the scoop form the CPD website.

How are the Debate Moderators Chosen? The moderators are selected by the CPD. The CPD uses three criteria to select its moderators: a) familiarity with the candidates and the major issues of the presidential campaign; b) extensive experience in live television broadcast news; and c) an understanding that the debate should focus maximum time and attention on the candidates and their views. The moderators alone select the questions to be asked, which are not known to the CPD or to the candidates. They do not meet with the campaigns, nor do the campaigns have a role in moderator selection. Starting in 1996, the CPD has used a single moderator for all of its debates in order to keep the focus on the candidates and their positions.

So, Trump has no say in who the moderators are, per the rules of the debates.

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I would think that dictating the terms to a television station that sets up debates is one thing but dictating terms to The Commission on Presidential Debates would be quite another. I mean, who in the hell does he think he is?

His shit is really pissing me off.

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Unacceptable! None of them appear on ANY daily Fox News show!

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Conditions?
Mmmmkay

  1. Be willing to take questions from a woman w/o whining about “blood from where ever.”
  2. Behave like an adult when faced with a question you cannot answer ie. don’t reflexively attack the questioner.
  3. no hissy fits
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnKSAjB92Ko
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Well Ifill is a woman and black…two huge no-nos for Drumpf. He will only want white, male moderators.

I wonder what the over/under will be for the number of times he calls Clinton “Crooked Hillary”? I bet he goes nuts and uses it in every reference and lie that he spews. I also suspect if he is still down by double-digits that he will go full wacko with all sorts of wild, repulsive accusations.

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Take a few minutes and ponder how Donnie’s team will prepare him for the debates.

Yeah, I have no idea either…

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Something like this?

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I assume they’ll print out the page located at http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/crooked?s=t and call it a day.

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