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71. TFG will be using the Gish Gallop tonight

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Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:08 PM

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My fucking frustration today with the debate. [View all] Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 OP

He's lazy, she's not. Dave Bowman Sep 2024 #1

Agreed BaronChocula Sep 2024 #42

Ha! She's an extremely well-experienced prosecutor... Think. Again. Sep 2024 #2

TFG doesn't prepare because he thinks he doesn't have to Ocelot II Sep 2024 #3

He doesn't have to. Gish galloping requires no preparation. pat_k Sep 2024 #8

Exactly. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #12

Plus, it will be immediately sane washed by the network Walleye Sep 2024 #13

She has to clear a very high bar. Cheato has no bar at all. nikatnyte Sep 2024 #4

It's the first time most Americans will see her as a jimfields33 Sep 2024 #7

And Trump is not an unknown quantity anymore. Unfortunately, so many people seem to have developed selective amnesia. Walleye Sep 2024 #14

He's exhausting to most. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #15

um - we saw the same with Trump and Hillary Skittles Sep 2024 #65

She has to go over a high bar, he just needs to limbo/tunnel under it GopherGal Sep 2024 #67

Yep. His "gish gallop" debate technique requires no preparation. pat_k Sep 2024 #5

How to beat the Gish Galloper andym Sep 2024 #20

I love the example of #1 in the article pat_k Sep 2024 #26

Steelmanning is an effective technique as well Shermann Sep 2024 #52

Good information, pat_k. Thanks for posting it. nt Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #24

He hasn't defeated anyone in a debate. MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #25

Whatever you want to call it pat_k Sep 2024 #29

He will get a pass on 300 lies, she won't get a pass on just one error. What? She's wearing a blue outfit??? TheBlackAdder Sep 2024 #6

Yep...No, the average cost now for insulin instead of $1000 under trump is $35 Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #34

Yeah, but the convicted felon will claim (lie, as he already did)... Justice matters. Sep 2024 #68

And that ONE laugh durablend Sep 2024 #43

My guess is hundreds of hours of people speaking gibberish at loud volume Hope22 Sep 2024 #9

Good one, farts...he is known to shit his pants often into his diaper. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #36

Kamala's opening line Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #56

He's stupid. Kamala is actually smart. getagrip_already Sep 2024 #10

For the want of a nail, the war was lost. kentuck Sep 2024 #11

The subject line is a keeper underpants Sep 2024 #21

You're right, I expected this too from tRUMP, that he wouldn't spend a sec getting prep'ed for the debate, after all, SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #16

Drill bdamomma Sep 2024 #44

Good point, I hope that she nails the 2025 project on him too. Audience, I don't know if there will be one. SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #50

Takes no prep Traildogbob Sep 2024 #17

Kamala's opening line Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #54

LOVE it!!! Traildogbob Sep 2024 #62

And I LOVE this! Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #63

The fix is in from the msm. Prepare for them to claim he won the debate because he didn't mucifer Sep 2024 #18

I cant watch it. I will turn on a cpl media sources so she gets viewership samnsara Sep 2024 #19

Just prepare yourself JustAnotherGen Sep 2024 #22

He will bdamomma Sep 2024 #48

I have planning/zoning board JustAnotherGen Sep 2024 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Sep 2024 #49

Kamala's opening line Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #55

It's not a debate with Trump D_Master81 Sep 2024 #23

I totally agree. The moron can say anything but if she isn't perfect OMG. I'm hoping for the best outcome 🤞💙 TommieMommy Sep 2024 #27

Debate broncobev1 Sep 2024 #28

She's got this. no_hypocrisy Sep 2024 #30

Good point, like I said her opening line should be: Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #37

After his first bloviation... druidity33 Sep 2024 #61

I hope she doesn't over prepare wryter2000 Sep 2024 #31

Same. I hope she's preparing more moonscape Sep 2024 #58

I hope she has a good person playing Trump wryter2000 Sep 2024 #59

Given the way Trump debates... Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #32

I WANT a president who is prepared and takes phylny Sep 2024 #33

And treats bdamomma Sep 2024 #46

why should he prepare? ... DoBW Sep 2024 #35

Kamala has to be bright, attentive and accurate in every detail she mentions perdita9 Sep 2024 #38

Yes, that is yet another huge tell that he has no reason to rely Nixie Sep 2024 #39

"Donald Trump is not a serious person." Sogo Sep 2024 #40

I agree bdamomma Sep 2024 #47

agreed Evolve Dammit Sep 2024 #41

He simply makes it up as he goes along. I'm hoping Kamala will have brief allegorical oracle Sep 2024 #45

The reason why I think this debate will be the breakout for us is because JohnSJ Sep 2024 #51

That is my hope, at the end of the day Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #53

I agree, and I suspect they may be under represented in these polls. JohnSJ Sep 2024 #60

If he isn't faking dementia? IT IS GONNA SHOW UP! Brainfodder Sep 2024 #57

I hope that progressive media will be able to cover the debate accurately. n/t totodeinhere Sep 2024 #64

I can't imagine getting this upset MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #69

Trump plays to his base. Harris is trying to expand. Kaleva Sep 2024 #70

TFG will be using the Gish Gallop tonight LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #71

And we gotta stop calling it a "debate" Eliot Rosewater Sep 2024 #72