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FakeNoose

(34,705 posts)
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 09:04 PM Aug 26

My opinion: Kamala has nothing to gain by debating Chump

He needs her to get the limelight, but she doesn't need him.
We already know what he's going to say, we know how he's going to behave.
We've seen him do this before.

All this posturing about the debate - will he or won't he.

Really, who gives a shit? I don't, and Kamala shouldn't either.
Walk away and let him stew & fume over it.
Kamala is in the catbird seat.



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CTyankee

(64,510 posts)
1. But Kamila could very well humiliate him in front of an audience of several million.
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 09:09 PM
Aug 26

Making him look like the fool he is could devastate and demoralize his campaign. Not a bad thing at all!

OAITW r.2.0

(27,011 posts)
3. She won't be Joe Biden in this debate.
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 09:17 PM
Aug 26

Joe thought he was entering into a debate. It was a non-stop Trump Liar-Pa-Loser. Joe was expecting a serious discussion on the issues and couldn't react to Trump's firehose of total bullshit. I don't believe we will see Kamala react in the same way. She will take his words and rhetorically shove them back up his ass.

spooky3

(35,561 posts)
2. I totally agree. Clinton was the far superior debater but
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 09:11 PM
Aug 26

It didn’t help her against Trump. And there is always a downside risk in any debate.

DinahMoeHum

(22,278 posts)
8. Katie Hobbs (AZ) didn't debate Kari Lake in 2022.
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 09:39 PM
Aug 26

Hobbs decided she was not gonna play Lake's Trumpy debate and TV games, and she won the race for Governor. Took the gamble, but it worked.

FakeNoose

(34,705 posts)
11. She doesn't have to back out
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 10:35 PM
Aug 26

All she has to do is make impossible demands, like he's doing now.
He'll be the one to walk away from it.

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