Just curious where people stand on this. The wording of the question is extremely tricky so please answer the spirit of the question rather than merciless dissecting the semantics.
Trump and Biden are scheduled to participate in three debates on September 29, October 15, and October 22. Biden has publicly made it clear he will debate Trump, though I can find no clear public confirmation by trump himself. All I've found are a couple statements by the Trump Campaign that he intends to debate Biden.
That being said, is there any excuse for Biden or Trump to duck out of the debate? As I said, please try to address the spirit of the question, so let's ignore obvious emergencies that would physically prevent one or both candidates from participating (car crash, tidal wave, giant meteor, Chinese military invasion, etc).
Remember that your answer, and therefore your standard, applies to both candidates and not just the one you don't plan on voting for.
1)Yes, and I plan to vote for Biden
2)No, and I plan to vote for Biden
3)Yes, and I plan to vote for Trump
4)No, and I plan to vote for Trump
5)Yes, and I plan to vote thirty party
6)No, and I plan to vote thirty party
7)Yes, and I'm not going to vote
8)No, and I'm not going to vote
Trump campaign mum after aide confirms he’ll debate Biden 3 times - POLITICO
I'm sure the Biden campaign and the media will spin up some acceptable excuse for him to decline.
So I assume you've voted for the fourth, sixth or eighth option then?
absolutely
the i don't think it is in the best interest of my campaign to participate in the debates, rationale
it would be a more difficult sell by biden since he has already agreed to participate
and tRump has already opted not to participate in a debate, previously
Trump spokeswoman Erin Perrine appeared on Fox News and said the campaign has come to an agreement with the commission. “Yes, we have agreed with the debate commission,” Perrine said in response to a Fox interviewer’s question about whether there was a formal understanding to appear in the three televised debates with Biden.
But in follow-up questions to the Trump campaign, officials would not say whether the president would participate in three debates — scheduled for Sept. 29, Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 — if Biden doesn’t acquiesce to the request for an additional debate Trump has been pushing to get on the calendar.
It's part childish attempt to assert dominance: look at me make him debate again!
It's part a play to his stupid, gullible, and dishonest base: he wants Biden to refuse a fourth debate, then he himself will refuse any debates (thus avoiding exposing his rambling incompetence even more), and then his base will on command say that the reason there weren't debates is because Biden was scared.
Sure, even a dead goldfish would understand that that is not what happened. There is a standing agreement to have three debates, and Trump is trying to weasel out. But when did truth, honor, or decency mean anything to those people?
In a statement, Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates reiterated that the candidate ”will appear on the dates that the commission selected and in the locations they chose.”
“Donald Trump has not,” he said, “continually trying to insert his choice of friendly moderators, now including one who just published an op-ed offering ‘the case’ for Trump’s re-election.”
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt is among list of mostly Trump-friendly potential moderators suggested by the campaign, including Fox News hosts and contributors Maria Bartiromo, Shannon Bream, Dagen McDowell, Rachel Campos-Duffy, Harris Faulkner, Michael Goodwin, Bill Hemmer and Susan Li; former Fox host Brett Baier; Today anchor Hoda Kotb; and several CBS and ABC anchors and conservative radio hosts.
Nope. I don't like polls with qualifiers, so I didn't vote.
Now...if you had just given three options...yes, no, other...I would have voted other.
Nope. I don't like polls with qualifiers, so I didn't vote.
Now...if you had just given three options...yes, no, other...I would have voted other.
It sounds like you think Trump will bail on the debates. I agree that is very likely. He is a terrible debater and that means that debates are not "fair" to him.
That's fine, then you can state for the record, "I, Mycroft, declare that there is no legitimate excuse for either candidate to duck out of the debate."
It sounds like you think Trump will bail on the debates.
No. I can't.
As I said..."other".
What did I say that makes it sound to you like I think that?
And what is "other"?
Not that I expect a straight answer, mind you.
Because you refused to make a choice. It really was not that difficult.
Just curious where people stand on this. The wording of the question is extremely tricky so please answer the spirit of the question rather than merciless dissecting the semantics.
Trump and Biden are scheduled to participate in three debates on September 29, October 15, and October 22. Biden has publicly made it clear he will debate Trump, though I can find no clear public confirmation by trump himself. All I've found are a couple statements by the Trump Campaign that he intends to debate Biden.
That being said, is there any excuse for Biden or Trump to duck out of the debate? As I said, please try to address the spirit of the question, so let's ignore obvious emergencies that would physically prevent one or both candidates from participating (car crash, tidal wave, giant meteor, Chinese military invasion, etc).
Remember that your answer, and therefore your standard, applies to both candidates and not just the one you don't plan on voting for.
1)Yes, and I plan to vote for Biden
2)No, and I plan to vote for Biden
3)Yes, and I plan to vote for Trump
4)No, and I plan to vote for Trump
5)Yes, and I plan to vote thirty party
6)No, and I plan to vote thirty party
7)Yes, and I'm not going to vote
8)No, and I'm not going to vote
Trump campaign mum after aide confirms he’ll debate Biden 3 times - POLITICO
Just curious where people stand on this. The wording of the question is extremely tricky so please answer the spirit of the question rather than merciless dissecting the semantics.
Trump and Biden are scheduled to participate in three debates on September 29, October 15, and October 22. Biden has publicly made it clear he will debate Trump, though I can find no clear public confirmation by trump himself. All I've found are a couple statements by the Trump Campaign that he intends to debate Biden.
That being said, is there any excuse for Biden or Trump to duck out of the debate? As I said, please try to address the spirit of the question, so let's ignore obvious emergencies that would physically prevent one or both candidates from participating (car crash, tidal wave, giant meteor, Chinese military invasion, etc).
Remember that your answer, and therefore your standard, applies to both candidates and not just the one you don't plan on voting for.
1)Yes, and I plan to vote for Biden
2)No, and I plan to vote for Biden
3)Yes, and I plan to vote for Trump
4)No, and I plan to vote for Trump
5)Yes, and I plan to vote thirty party
6)No, and I plan to vote thirty party
7)Yes, and I'm not going to vote
8)No, and I'm not going to vote
Trump campaign mum after aide confirms he’ll debate Biden 3 times - POLITICO
Your logic is faulty. (think about what you just said)
Moving on...
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