The article is short, so worth the read, but here’s the TL;DR:
- Commercial Breaks
- No Opening Statements
- Muted microphones, no notes
- No Live Audience
If only Clinton could have had muted mics against Captain Gibberish.
At least the 2020 debate got us “Will you shut up, man?” .
I am (unronically) convinced that this sentence did more to secure Biden’s presidency than the entire rest of the debate.
That’s why I think trump will go down in the polls as we get closer to the election. The American public genuinely did want trump to shut up when Biden said that. I hope Biden tells him to shut up again at this debate with the muted mics. It would make him go nuts.
Literally just say “I whooped your ass and I’ll do it again.” Trump would lose his mind. He never encounters people who say that to him. Everyone around him is a sycophant.
Well at least 2016 got us “Pokemon Go… to the polls!” Eeesh
I’m kinda shocked that the Trump campaign would agree to this. These rules seem directly in response to his debate style.
For all Biden’s many faults, having to share a stage with him in a civilized manner is almost certain to work against Trump. Especially when his campaign is consistently trying to paint Biden as mentally unwell and out of touch.
I’m glad it’s happening, just shocked that it’s happening under these conditions. I fully expected the Trump campaign to find a reason to back out leading up to this, and any of those rules would likely be a justification for that that his base would be fine with.
The mic mute is not a perfect solution. Trump is going to be shouting over Bidens turn. We won’t hear it (much), but it’s going to make Biden lose his train of thought and stutter while the viewer can’t really tell Trump is screeching 20ft away
I won’t believe until I see it. They can still pull out at the last moment. There’s just no way Trump comes out looking good.
The lack of notes will probably hurt Biden mostly. Trump will go off on crazy tangents, which he does anyway and probably doesn’t read notes someone wrote for him ever, it doesn’t take more than 3 brain cells to spout off racist shit and get angry people angry. But Biden will say 3 words and forget where he is, that’s what they are probably counting on.
I don’t believe for one second tRump will show. No way in hell.
He’ll show, say how the liberal media is against him, and walk out.
His base will consider it a win because he “owned the libs” and “he’s too smart to play their games!”
Reality is a poorly written sitcom and I hate it.
He won’t get to say that though. His mic will be muted until it’s his time to speak. If he tries that and walks out, he looks weak and looking weak is about the only thing that will turn his cult of republikkklowns against him. He can’t show up, if he shows up, he’ll look weak. He’ll blame the liberal media before hand and not show.
He’ll only look weak to people who live in reality. If Obama would have been accused of a felony, Trump’s base would have been up in arms about him running for president. Trump has been convicted of multiple felonies and it’s a rally cry for his campaign.
Bizzarro world is here.
He will just keep shouting so that Bidens mic picks it up.
Seems correctable with directional mics
That was my thought as well. Blowhard’s gonna bloviate
Candidates will also have 2-minute responses and 1-minute rebuttals. Moderators will ensure courteous discussion and fact-checking.
Some more info about the debate and the candidates: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8sOAMPyXdk/?img_index=1
Question 1 what do you think of this cloud?
- there will be 2 commercial breaks.
A) Is this is so the old folks can have a potty break? B) How capitalist have we become that we commercialize the presidential debate openly? I wonder if these will be SuperBowl-level ads.
I expect the main event to be painful for all involved ( the audience, the studio, 45/46 egos ). They better put some effort into the comercials…
You know how you have to prepare your house when someone is bringing their kids over (especially if you don’t have kids of your own) ? That what this is. Things have got so bad that they have to bring in a bunch of new rules just so one adult can finish speaking without a other “adult” talking over them the whole time. Holy shit, this is what it has come to.
Hey! They didn’t say anything about sabers!
Excellent. Excellent.
That’s actually pretty good. Maybe it’ll say something?
So they are allowed an earpiece?
Two old senile fucks arguing. This gon be good
I’m sure trump will be strong on opinion and bluster, yet nonexistent on facts or strategies.
That’s how you win presidential debates
He’ll probably call foul on the rules that remove his strongest advantage - a whipped-up mob.
I put “collapses in a demonic fit and begins chewing on biden’s pant legs” on my bingo card.
Just in case.
- Locked cage
- Two men enter, one man leaves
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! RAGE IN A CAGE! BE THERE!
Let’s go full Thunderdome and institute bust a deal, face the wheel too.
Then the Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell-in-the-Cell and he plumetted 15 ft. through the announcers table!
Never have we needed Celebrity Death Match more than we do right now.
“WE’LL SELL YOU THE ENTIRE SEAT BUT YOU’LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE!”
Wonder how much those 2 ad slots are going for lol
More expensive than a Super Bowl commercial?
Good question. Now I wonder who’s advertising in those slots (not that I’ll watch the ads lol).
You over estimate the US public. Viewer numbers will probably by abysmal, and the vast majority of voters will only be seeing bias confirming short clips.