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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    LuFins Dad
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    Seriously? Prep and practice for the Presidential Debates is a HUGE deal. There are stand ins to impersonate the opponents for practice. These stand ins study their opponents in and out. They get a good measure of their policies, their positions, how they express themselves, and have a pretty good sense of how they will respond to most questions.

    But with Biden and Trump, whip the he’ll knows what’s going to come out of their mouths? Biden might take a mental trip back to the 1970s and start talking about “darkness” and racial jungles. He might just start spouting off about how you can’t condone queers getting married. I mean, those were his positions and policies in the past and he could easily get confused…

    And Trump might just spitball about annexing Mexico… Moving the border to the southern tip of Texas at South Padre Island, and take it straight west to Sinaloa. That would drop the border size by over 1/2 and be much cheaper to build a wall! And heck, most of that distance is all mountains, making a barrier already!

    Seriously, these guys might say anything. How do you prep?

    The Brad

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    • George KG Offline
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      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • kluursK Offline
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        #3

        This "debate" will be right up there with listening to a Hillary Clinton speech - keep the Tums handy - and leave the room frequently for any reason - snacks, drinks, check the weather outside, sort through which circuit breakers work with which outlets, etc.

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        • HoraceH Offline
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          #4

          I would dig up as much dirt as possible on Corn Pop.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • CopperC Offline
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            #5

            Mr. Trump will say something that is remarkably unpleasant, but true.

            Mr. Biden will talk make talking sounds for at least 45 seconds using no English words at all.

            The question is who will do it first.

            And is there a pre-determined way for handlers to throw in the towel and end the debate immediately?

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            • JollyJ Offline
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              Regardless, the event will stand as a reminder to those trying to watch as to the benefits of the power of positive drinking.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • LuFins DadL Offline
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                LuFins Dad
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                I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself…

                The Brad

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                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself…

                  George KG Offline
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                  @LuFins-Dad said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                  I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself

                  Nope, not gonna play that one. More ethanol for me, baby!

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • George KG George K

                    @LuFins-Dad said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                    I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself

                    Nope, not gonna play that one. More ethanol for me, baby!

                    LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    @George-K said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                    @LuFins-Dad said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                    I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself

                    Nope, not gonna play that one. More ethanol for me, baby!

                    I’m all for the ethanol, but I’m also all in for not getting Alcohol poisoning. If you drink every time Trump praises himself or insults everybody else, if you drink every time Biden has a weird blinking thing going on (either not blinking at all or blinking every second), you will be unconscious in 5 minutes.

                    The Brad

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                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                      @George-K said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                      @LuFins-Dad said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                      I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself

                      Nope, not gonna play that one. More ethanol for me, baby!

                      I’m all for the ethanol, but I’m also all in for not getting Alcohol poisoning. If you drink every time Trump praises himself or insults everybody else, if you drink every time Biden has a weird blinking thing going on (either not blinking at all or blinking every second), you will be unconscious in 5 minutes.

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                      @LuFins-Dad said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                      blinking every second

                      I remember when Ross Perot was in the debate. Afterward he said that some geniuses counted how many times the candidates blinked.

                      More blinks meant less truth. Fewer blinks meant more truth.

                      Clinton and Bush had lots of blinks, Perot almost none.

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                      • CopperC Offline
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                        It wasn't truth, it was nerves.

                        https://www.newsweek.com/debates-blink-eye-200058

                        Ross Perot may be a lot of things, but nervous he isn't. That's the word from Boston College neuropsychology professor Joe Tecce, who says he can tell how edgy a person is by how often he blinks. A "normal" blink rate for someone speaking on TV, Tecce says, is 30 to 50 blinks per minute. Amazingly, Perot averaged just seven bpm in the first presidential debate and 11 in the second. Such a low rate suggests Perot was extraordinarily confident and in control. In contrast, George Bush was decidedly more stressed, with bpm averages of 48 and 55. Bill Clinton started out a bit nervous (43), but his comfort level rose strikingly in the second debate (34). Perot blinked the most while discussing healthcare costs (15). Bush peaked at Yugoslav ethnic cleansing (64), and Clinton topped out on the character issue (67).

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                        • CopperC Copper

                          It wasn't truth, it was nerves.

                          https://www.newsweek.com/debates-blink-eye-200058

                          Ross Perot may be a lot of things, but nervous he isn't. That's the word from Boston College neuropsychology professor Joe Tecce, who says he can tell how edgy a person is by how often he blinks. A "normal" blink rate for someone speaking on TV, Tecce says, is 30 to 50 blinks per minute. Amazingly, Perot averaged just seven bpm in the first presidential debate and 11 in the second. Such a low rate suggests Perot was extraordinarily confident and in control. In contrast, George Bush was decidedly more stressed, with bpm averages of 48 and 55. Bill Clinton started out a bit nervous (43), but his comfort level rose strikingly in the second debate (34). Perot blinked the most while discussing healthcare costs (15). Bush peaked at Yugoslav ethnic cleansing (64), and Clinton topped out on the character issue (67).

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                          @Copper said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                          Perot blinked the most while discussing healthcare costs (15). Bush peaked at Yugoslav ethnic cleansing (64), and Clinton topped out on the character issue (67).

                          Checks out.

                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                          -Cormac McCarthy

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                          • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                            I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself…

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                            @LuFins-Dad said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                            I think this one will need a reverse drinking game.. You stop drinking when Joe doesn’t stare blankly off stage. You stop drinking when Trump is talking about himself…

                            Haven't read the rest of this thread yet but.... there will be SO many moments when Trump is speaking that the camera will cut to Biden and he'll either have his standard surprised/speechless "fake smile" looks or the surprised "confused" look.

                            How do you prepare? I'm sure Biden's team is preparing him somewhat normally, and yes very afraid of what he might say in a tangent. Trump I doubt is preparing at all. He is skilled in this environment.

                            And annexing Mexico? It's amazing what the candidates could say and be chalked up to "oh that's normal to expect" whereas in the 90s, the biggest debate blunder EVAH was when one of the candidates looked at his watch.

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                              Biden has flown 16 advisors to Camp David for debate coaching.

                              Or, as Gutfeld said, "That's a lot of pallbearers".

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • JollyJ Jolly

                                Biden has flown 16 advisors to Camp David for debate coaching.

                                Or, as Gutfeld said, "That's a lot of pallbearers".

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                                @Jolly said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                                Biden has flown 16 advisors to Camp David

                                One for each of his ...

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                                • CopperC Copper

                                  @Jolly said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                                  Biden has flown 16 advisors to Camp David

                                  One for each of his ...

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                                  @Copper said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                                  @Jolly said in How do they prep for this upcoming debate?:

                                  Biden has flown 16 advisors to Camp David

                                  One for each of his ...

                                  ???

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                                    He's just getting you ready to hear someone ramble and then stop after getting lost.

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