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[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The media and its followers fall for this every time!

  • Step 1: accept to debate = promotional articles.
  • Step 2: walk it back, pretend you will back out = 2x promotional articles.
  • Step 3: allow them to simmer and plead for you to re-commit = 3x promotional articles.
  • Step 4: receive praise for re-committing = 4x promotional articles.

Meanwhile, in Biden land:

  • Step 1: accept to debate = get 1/4 the promotional articles orange traitor got, and none of the anticipation.

It's too easy for him. He gets 4x the press without even trying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Drama is the rule in media. Always has been always will be. If it enrages, tittilates, dehumanizes it gets front and center full exposure. They know this and also know that it is wearying on the public psyche, so they throw a feel-good segment out there once in a while to keep the inflammation to a manageable level

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Biden should wait until Monday, then back out saying he sees no need to debate a (potential) convicted felon. Let the media go nuts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Biden has to keep quiet about Trump's ongoing trials otherwise Diaperboy can scream mistrial, that Biden is biasing everything against him.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This is what pisses me off about Democrats. They keep decorum and fight with one arm tied behind their back, while the other guy slings shit and doesn't follow a single rule and gets away with it. For once they need to fight fire with fire. Get dirty with Trump, really dig up his skeletons and shove him in his face while calling him funny names and telling him he has a tiny dick

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

They keep decorum and fight with one arm tied behind their back

They're more than happy to fight dirty. But they only know how to punch left.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

i say you do all this humdrum, show up to the debate, and say nothing the entire time. The true decorum holding experience!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Biden could make this work by calling Trump out every time he tries to get away from it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

That's expected, that's not news.