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It's insane that it might be possible that Trump is allowed to be a candidate
That's democracy for you.
Well actually the antithesis of democracy, but ig many are taught to believe otherwise
We're not the antithesis of a democracy, we're just a really shitty alpha version of a democracy.
The system the USA has is very far from a democracy, and they're not even attempting to reach alpha, beta or any development of it. Oh actually maybe in some local elections they're on the alpha level, but we don't really hear much on how they work in the rest of the world.
Democracy being hijacked, right in front of our eyes.
I'd be okay if they do it virtually or behind a screen where the rules are clear and they mute you when it's not your turn to speak.
It should be a debate, not a loudness contest.
I’d just bring a spray bottle and every time Trump lied, I’d spray him until they ended it.
He'd end up drowning in that rats nest on his angry lil Head.
You'd empty that bottle before he finished his opening statement
The bigger news to me is that Howard Stern is still alive and on the air.
Can't wait for the inevitable 'sleepy Joe' comment to get a rejoinder like "Come on, drowsy don, with all those courtroom naps I thought you would have dreamed to a new nickname. All that trump twilight not working out for you?"
Why would Biden debate him? After all he’s the omnipotent president of the United States of America and therefore unilaterally legally immune to all mortal laws, legislation, litigation and prosecution according to Conservative doctrine.
I'd like to see Biden ask him one question. "Mr ex president facing 91 felonies, please elaborate for me, this presidential immunity....In detail...while I clean my gun"
Because if he doesn’t, trumps people will chant “chicken!” And make bwak bwak noises. Powerful argument there.
I think any real debate has to, at a very minimum, involve mics being cut off at very precise times and letting someone speak, uninterrupted when it is their turn. The notion of talking over one another - how the fuck is that a "debate"?
Also, people, assisted by tools, capable of doing fact checking in real time. Maybe even cutting down their mic time based on how many lies they have told up to that point during the debate.
Totally logical and reasonable. I doubt it will ever happen, but it would be amazing.
This would go down just like the proverbial chess playing against a pigeon.
They've debated before and Donnie didn't come off so well.
Except there would be less crap with a pigeon
That would be the same as security cam footage from a retirement home. I imagine one of them just randomly walking away at one point.
The amount of work campaigners and media are doing to try to keep these two walking corpses to appear vaguely conscience is a real testament to the effectiveness of the modern campaign apparatus.
Most braindead take. Biden is getting shit done.
Trump is under 91 indictments and was found to be a rapist.
Biden is getting shit done
Facilitating a genocide and banning social media apps? You're right, that is shit.