I would add free speech and censorship to the list of topics Trump needs to hit. He needs to make it clear he will. shutdown the Federal governments role in censoring speech on social media. He needs to attack Harris for her censorship narratives on hate speech and misinformation. Ideally he will criticize the UK, EU, France, Germany and Brazil for their recent censorship initiatives. He can show significant international leadership with this topic.
Censorship/ free speech can’t be tied to Harris easily on a debate stage. So no, steer clear of this tonight. We all know Trump supports 1A, he doesn’t need to get in pissing match tonight on this subject. Talk about the economy, a LOT. Also, the border, SOME. Also a question about who is running the country right now and how long was Harris aware of Joe’s decline. The flip flop on gender affirming care…
There are videos of Kamala talking the con of hate speech. He can quote her. The Biden/Harris administration built the CIC. Easily tied to her and her party. The goal is to move swing voters to Trumps side. This is a potent issue.
The issue is those swing voters might be moved in the wrong direction. I'm not suggesting the 1A issue isn't of primal importance. It is. I'm just stating it's hard to spin it on the debate stage, when Kamala can 'deflect' that she isn't the one behind it. And then to tie her to it, you have to attack the entire system and that can turn off certain voters. This forum isn't the place for it. In fact, Kamala could easily retort that isn't Trump now allowed back on Facebook and X?
As Vivek says the strongest attack is not at Kamala who is nothing but a cog, the attack should be at the machine. There are lots of examples of censorship during Covid that had nothing to do with hate. These are widely known and easily stated. A prime swing voter target are the 20th century Democrats like RFKJ. Censorship is the second of three issues that RFKJ said motivated his move to Trump. Dems who think like Bobby are potetial swing voters.
Last I knew, 80% percent of voters were against "hate speech". While still deluding themselves that they are in favor of free speech ... It is just not an easy issue to win on. The argument has to turn into something like "Who gets to decide?", followed by "And why wouldn't whover gets to decide just censor anything they don't like?" If Harris goes there, I think Trump has to follow. But it is probably not in his interest to go there himself.
If my career of interfacing with terribly bright people of whom I did my best to persuade to align with my philosophy of management, who challenged me endlessly, taught me anything, it is the person asking questions is the one who controls the discussion and the path it leads. A critical component to asking the right questions is knowing when to stop talking and use silence to your advantage.
Trump should ask the questions the moderators most likely will not, and pause, then tell Harris she can answer them when it's her turn to speak.
A strong way to close his 2 minutes of speaking time: "Why did you stop construction of the wall with Joe Biden, then use pictures of the wall I built to change your position on immigration?"
SILENCE SILENCE SILENCE!!!!! (Next person who talks loses)
I made the same comment to my husband yesterday, although not as succinctly as you. But Trump should absolutely ask her the questions that the media will not ask. And I noticed in his debate with Biden that he is excellent at ignoring the stupid media questions and saying what HE wants to say. Don’t you know that drives them crazy!
A reminder for ALL of us to get down on our knees in prayer tonight. God alone, can keep Trump on the rails. Pray that if he starts to stray, Trump is touched by the hand of God to re-direct him. Trump is a complicated man and as all humans, he can lash out when challenged. May God grant him patience and a silent tongue when needed.
I’m praying he says all the right things in the right way, and doesn’t say things that shouldn’t be said. Stick to the facts and the issues. Calmly keep asking for her to state an actual position and give an answer that makes sense. Call her out if she flip-flops and contradicts herself, but don’t say anything derogatory or attack her personally. Seriously, I can’t fathom how she ever made it through a case in court.
If she has any native common sense, why did it take so long for her to show it? (I remember, at age 12, listening to Lennon's Imagine and thinking "That's stupid".) The Cackler's "common sense" is obviously based on looking at the polls, also known as "craven vote grabbing". Are you for or against "craven vote grabbing? Wait, wait, don't tell me ... "It depends on who's doing it". Also known as "the end justifies the means".
If working-class Whites loving Trump proves a "cult", then why would working-class Whites loving FDR not also prove a cult? In any event, it is certainly rich for any Demo to complain about a "cult": the Far Left ideology that has taken over the Demo Party, or at least its leadership, is a classic case of a "cult".
As for how I define "cult", my answer is: "any group adhering to (non-traditional) beliefs that are not falsifiable. Unfortunately, the beliefs of the Far Left are now, due to indoctrination in pre-schools, etc., in the process of becoming traditional ... We better stop this in a hurry, or the "faith" in question will indeed become traditional.
Huh? She has been VP for almost four years, but has very little work product. What kind of experience has she gleaned? Either she is considered part of Biden’s record or she should have tons of independent progress to present at this time. The economy is in the tank, our cities and towns are swelling with undocumented immigrants, we are involved in a proxy war and Iran is getting bolder by the moment to escalate tensions in the ME. If she’s been busy helping create all of that then she must own the failure along with Biden. If she has been otherwise occupied, she has some explaining to do. Most of the country just wants to know what she’s been doing all of that time. She has no independent record of her progress that includes factual supporting evidence any where online.
Not significantly, no. I had it right the first time, and I am still right. My party switch was not motivated by any change of views: the Demos went too far left for me. I am like a Labour voter who voted for Thatcher because Labour had gone too far left. I am one of those "weirdos" who voted Obama-Obama-Trump-Trump. And I have no regrets. I never would have voted for the Repos if 1) Trump had not moved the Repos away from the usual Mitch&Mitt Trickle Down, and 2) the Demos had not become both the party of the rich and the party of division. Practically speaking, I have one standard: I vote for whichever Party is trying to help working-class Whites. That is because trying to help non-Whites usually takes the form of Reverse Discrimination, which I have never supported.
By the way, my use of the term "Repo" comes from the days when I regarded the Republicans as like Repo men: devoted to upward re-distribution of wealth. And I regard our current distribution of wealth as a grave threat to democracy.
In the case of the Cackler-in-Chief, she has yet to cite any *evidence* (not counting polls) that would explain a change of views. If her handlers are smart, she will produce a suitable lie tonight. For example, she could say she was sooo stupid as to think that Defund the Police was a good idea. But maybe that would not help ...
I would also make the point Kamala represents the machine, same machine that is destroying the country now. A vote for Kamala is a vote for the machine, the biggest organized crime ring in human history, to rule over us.
just contest the blue team loves democracy more argument, that is all. Start with Zuck's mea culpa on election interference, and go from there. Our ideal of free and open/democratic media, that's Bill of Rights number 1. We've been through so many lies and cancelations during the past 4 years. Might not have time to get to a call to pardon Ed Snowden (re: the 4th amendment) but I can wish!
say, Kamala, you're so proud of being a prosecutor. Such lawbreaking. Not just election interference, but Merit Street had a story yesterday about the Colorado town essentially controlled by a heavily armed Venezuela gang, taking over apartment buildings and forcing the owners to move with bullet holes in their cars, and the Police are more afraid than Uvalde's. Where are you there, with uh, that prosecuting bad people thing you pretend to do?
How about their war on meritocracy which is being replaced with Equity aka race based Equal Outcomes? On his very first day in office in Jan 2021 Biden issued an Executive Order for all government agencies to be committed to “Equity” and we’ve now reached the point where even our medical schools are being dumbed down to achieve this.
“Editor’s Note: America is at war. This is not a traditional war, fought on a battlefield against an external enemy. It is a civilizational conflict against an internal enemy: the group quota regime, a revolutionary threat that seeks to reorganize American society around the principle of outcome equality — what the regime’s partisans call “equity.”
“This cold civil war may go unnoticed by many day-to-day, but its stakes are often as high as life and death. Here, Roger B. Cohen, a celebrated oncologist and professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, explains how the group quota regime has taken hold of the American medical education system and asks urgent questions about the consequences for medicine, for the sick, and for the country.”
If given the opportunity, Trump might ask Harris why she failed to even respond to the Gold Star families' invitation to take part in the memorial for the Abbey Gate 13. Respectfully declining is one thing, but disrespectfully ignoring the invitation is another. If she didn't want to share the event with Trump, she is a coward and he should call her out for it.
There are no Trump campaign ads that feature the memorial service. The family wanted photos and videos to commemorate the deaths of their sons and daughters. Nothing wrong with that.
ALL of Kamala’s “policies” are designed to increase dependency on the government. Trump should ask Kamala why she wants to increase American dependency on the government when
18th century historian Alexander Tytler studied many centuries of various democracies, and he consistently saw that dependency is the last stage of a democracy before Tyranny. It makes sense because once people are dependent on the government, they are well…dependent on the government for everything. This aligns with what Alexis de Tocqueville said, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”
He could even stump her by asking why Plato said that all democracies end up in tyrannical governments (essentially because dumb people vote).
Not a full list: Mortgage Assistance, Universal Income, ALL WELFARE, Bailing out college debt, Price Controls, Repeal of Hyde Amendment, American “Rescue” Plan, paying for illegal aliens welfare and although this doe not not involve $$ - the worst of all is advocating gender affirming care – which is clearly child abuse.
The Afghanistan bug-out will necessarily be a topic of the debate tonight. Trump should remind the people that our closest ally, the UK Parliament, voted unanimously to hold President Biden in contempt for "dishonour" over his betrayal of the Coalition Forces and the Afghan people. Then he should ask Harris if she really wants to continue to tie herself to that disgrace.
I seem to remember the PM (Boris Johnson?) called Biden to find out what the @$%& was going on, and Biden didn't return the call for two days. Just really typical of this inept, clueless administration.
Hubris and cowardice. Our commanding officer on the base didn't say a word to his counterpart in the Afghan defense force. The Afghan commander was quoted as saying they woke up in the morning and the Americans were gone.
Make them own the illegal immigration issue...from the original invite when Biden took over, to the relaxing of the remain in Mexico and catch and release policies, plus efforts to defund ICE, etc. She was tasked to deal with the issue early on and failed miserably, therefore she and Biden own the multitude of problems now facing Americans...from the stress on local community resources to the unavoidable crime that has increased.
Watch out for Humpty Dumpty! There is a possible scenario where Kamala flails like Brandon and it’s game over. She would have to make a huge break with her current character and behavior to inspire confidence or demonstrate competence.
She has no history of rhetorical skills, as in zero oratory gifts. Just Gotchas! And she has not been adequately prepped by answering any challengung questions from say a live reporter. This is a recipe for disaster. She has difficulty in articulating regular thoughts, much less winning people over with a compelling vision.
She may try to provoke Trump but the one mic rule will prevent interruption. I think that policy is brilliant in that it also saves Trump from himself.
Also she is still defining herself. Anything Trump says to her can stick as she is an empty vessel.
I'll be watching to see if Harris reveals herself to be simply not up to the job by the way she handles herself, to the point that the average voter with an open mind will have a hard time imagining her as president.
I would add free speech and censorship to the list of topics Trump needs to hit. He needs to make it clear he will. shutdown the Federal governments role in censoring speech on social media. He needs to attack Harris for her censorship narratives on hate speech and misinformation. Ideally he will criticize the UK, EU, France, Germany and Brazil for their recent censorship initiatives. He can show significant international leadership with this topic.
Censorship/ free speech can’t be tied to Harris easily on a debate stage. So no, steer clear of this tonight. We all know Trump supports 1A, he doesn’t need to get in pissing match tonight on this subject. Talk about the economy, a LOT. Also, the border, SOME. Also a question about who is running the country right now and how long was Harris aware of Joe’s decline. The flip flop on gender affirming care…
There are videos of Kamala talking the con of hate speech. He can quote her. The Biden/Harris administration built the CIC. Easily tied to her and her party. The goal is to move swing voters to Trumps side. This is a potent issue.
The issue is those swing voters might be moved in the wrong direction. I'm not suggesting the 1A issue isn't of primal importance. It is. I'm just stating it's hard to spin it on the debate stage, when Kamala can 'deflect' that she isn't the one behind it. And then to tie her to it, you have to attack the entire system and that can turn off certain voters. This forum isn't the place for it. In fact, Kamala could easily retort that isn't Trump now allowed back on Facebook and X?
As Vivek says the strongest attack is not at Kamala who is nothing but a cog, the attack should be at the machine. There are lots of examples of censorship during Covid that had nothing to do with hate. These are widely known and easily stated. A prime swing voter target are the 20th century Democrats like RFKJ. Censorship is the second of three issues that RFKJ said motivated his move to Trump. Dems who think like Bobby are potetial swing voters.
Last I knew, 80% percent of voters were against "hate speech". While still deluding themselves that they are in favor of free speech ... It is just not an easy issue to win on. The argument has to turn into something like "Who gets to decide?", followed by "And why wouldn't whover gets to decide just censor anything they don't like?" If Harris goes there, I think Trump has to follow. But it is probably not in his interest to go there himself.
If my career of interfacing with terribly bright people of whom I did my best to persuade to align with my philosophy of management, who challenged me endlessly, taught me anything, it is the person asking questions is the one who controls the discussion and the path it leads. A critical component to asking the right questions is knowing when to stop talking and use silence to your advantage.
Trump should ask the questions the moderators most likely will not, and pause, then tell Harris she can answer them when it's her turn to speak.
A strong way to close his 2 minutes of speaking time: "Why did you stop construction of the wall with Joe Biden, then use pictures of the wall I built to change your position on immigration?"
SILENCE SILENCE SILENCE!!!!! (Next person who talks loses)
I made the same comment to my husband yesterday, although not as succinctly as you. But Trump should absolutely ask her the questions that the media will not ask. And I noticed in his debate with Biden that he is excellent at ignoring the stupid media questions and saying what HE wants to say. Don’t you know that drives them crazy!
Trump needs to convey that he is committed to mass deportation this time.
Well said. I learned from the children and my husband, the same lesson. 😎
From horses I learned that you ask them a question and then wait for an answer.
If they don’t answer you ask more firmly and give them time to answer.
Questions demand something from the other person. It makes them ‘move their feet’ and with horses, whoever has to move their feet, is not in charge.
So don’t react to the other person—that’s moving your feet. You lose.
So true
A reminder for ALL of us to get down on our knees in prayer tonight. God alone, can keep Trump on the rails. Pray that if he starts to stray, Trump is touched by the hand of God to re-direct him. Trump is a complicated man and as all humans, he can lash out when challenged. May God grant him patience and a silent tongue when needed.
Gonna say a Hail Mary right now! She’s my go to.
Maybe more than one "Hail Mary's" Libertarian!
I keep the rosary handy for just such purposes, yo!
We are of the same mindset! 🤣
I hope he assures us that he is committed to mass deportation this time and building the WALL.
To each his own. Good luck to you.
I’m praying he says all the right things in the right way, and doesn’t say things that shouldn’t be said. Stick to the facts and the issues. Calmly keep asking for her to state an actual position and give an answer that makes sense. Call her out if she flip-flops and contradicts herself, but don’t say anything derogatory or attack her personally. Seriously, I can’t fathom how she ever made it through a case in court.
If she has any native common sense, why did it take so long for her to show it? (I remember, at age 12, listening to Lennon's Imagine and thinking "That's stupid".) The Cackler's "common sense" is obviously based on looking at the polls, also known as "craven vote grabbing". Are you for or against "craven vote grabbing? Wait, wait, don't tell me ... "It depends on who's doing it". Also known as "the end justifies the means".
If working-class Whites loving Trump proves a "cult", then why would working-class Whites loving FDR not also prove a cult? In any event, it is certainly rich for any Demo to complain about a "cult": the Far Left ideology that has taken over the Demo Party, or at least its leadership, is a classic case of a "cult".
As for how I define "cult", my answer is: "any group adhering to (non-traditional) beliefs that are not falsifiable. Unfortunately, the beliefs of the Far Left are now, due to indoctrination in pre-schools, etc., in the process of becoming traditional ... We better stop this in a hurry, or the "faith" in question will indeed become traditional.
Huh? She has been VP for almost four years, but has very little work product. What kind of experience has she gleaned? Either she is considered part of Biden’s record or she should have tons of independent progress to present at this time. The economy is in the tank, our cities and towns are swelling with undocumented immigrants, we are involved in a proxy war and Iran is getting bolder by the moment to escalate tensions in the ME. If she’s been busy helping create all of that then she must own the failure along with Biden. If she has been otherwise occupied, she has some explaining to do. Most of the country just wants to know what she’s been doing all of that time. She has no independent record of her progress that includes factual supporting evidence any where online.
Not significantly, no. I had it right the first time, and I am still right. My party switch was not motivated by any change of views: the Demos went too far left for me. I am like a Labour voter who voted for Thatcher because Labour had gone too far left. I am one of those "weirdos" who voted Obama-Obama-Trump-Trump. And I have no regrets. I never would have voted for the Repos if 1) Trump had not moved the Repos away from the usual Mitch&Mitt Trickle Down, and 2) the Demos had not become both the party of the rich and the party of division. Practically speaking, I have one standard: I vote for whichever Party is trying to help working-class Whites. That is because trying to help non-Whites usually takes the form of Reverse Discrimination, which I have never supported.
By the way, my use of the term "Repo" comes from the days when I regarded the Republicans as like Repo men: devoted to upward re-distribution of wealth. And I regard our current distribution of wealth as a grave threat to democracy.
In the case of the Cackler-in-Chief, she has yet to cite any *evidence* (not counting polls) that would explain a change of views. If her handlers are smart, she will produce a suitable lie tonight. For example, she could say she was sooo stupid as to think that Defund the Police was a good idea. But maybe that would not help ...
I would also make the point Kamala represents the machine, same machine that is destroying the country now. A vote for Kamala is a vote for the machine, the biggest organized crime ring in human history, to rule over us.
just contest the blue team loves democracy more argument, that is all. Start with Zuck's mea culpa on election interference, and go from there. Our ideal of free and open/democratic media, that's Bill of Rights number 1. We've been through so many lies and cancelations during the past 4 years. Might not have time to get to a call to pardon Ed Snowden (re: the 4th amendment) but I can wish!
say, Kamala, you're so proud of being a prosecutor. Such lawbreaking. Not just election interference, but Merit Street had a story yesterday about the Colorado town essentially controlled by a heavily armed Venezuela gang, taking over apartment buildings and forcing the owners to move with bullet holes in their cars, and the Police are more afraid than Uvalde's. Where are you there, with uh, that prosecuting bad people thing you pretend to do?
How about their war on meritocracy which is being replaced with Equity aka race based Equal Outcomes? On his very first day in office in Jan 2021 Biden issued an Executive Order for all government agencies to be committed to “Equity” and we’ve now reached the point where even our medical schools are being dumbed down to achieve this.
“Editor’s Note: America is at war. This is not a traditional war, fought on a battlefield against an external enemy. It is a civilizational conflict against an internal enemy: the group quota regime, a revolutionary threat that seeks to reorganize American society around the principle of outcome equality — what the regime’s partisans call “equity.”
“This cold civil war may go unnoticed by many day-to-day, but its stakes are often as high as life and death. Here, Roger B. Cohen, a celebrated oncologist and professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, explains how the group quota regime has taken hold of the American medical education system and asks urgent questions about the consequences for medicine, for the sick, and for the country.”
“The End of Merit in Med Schools Will Be Deadly.”
Real Clear Politics. Roger Cohen. Apr 2, 2024
https://tomklingenstein.com/the-end-of-merit-in-med-schools-will-be-deadly/
If given the opportunity, Trump might ask Harris why she failed to even respond to the Gold Star families' invitation to take part in the memorial for the Abbey Gate 13. Respectfully declining is one thing, but disrespectfully ignoring the invitation is another. If she didn't want to share the event with Trump, she is a coward and he should call her out for it.
And, also, why the murder of an American citizen by a terrorist group ignored by this administration???
There are no Trump campaign ads that feature the memorial service. The family wanted photos and videos to commemorate the deaths of their sons and daughters. Nothing wrong with that.
So you're a card-carrying member of the "personality cult" cult. Define "cult".
Your conclusion only had 4. You left out “Why did she cover up Joe Biden’s cognitive decline?” And how about hitting him on open borders?
“Springfield Ohio and the Haitian Migrant Crisis.” (18 min)
Peak Prosperity. Sept 9, 2024
https://youtu.be/TCjjQfksFak?si=sVIuK_SB67eD-WR0
“Armed Migrants Take Over Apartments in NYC.” (16 min)
Cash Jordan. Sept 4, 2024
https://youtu.be/NRoUlojd_Pc?si=1UJ24Z5rbKM_tzM8
“Chicago Going Broke For Migrants.” (20 min)
Actual Justice Warrior. Sept 8, 2024
https://youtu.be/0VKVGpSpgE4?si=rx5vpostvMX8AsgT
I agree with you, but Sasha knows personally how the left thinks and what they need to see/hear to be woken up.
I’ve lived in Chicago all my life so it’s not like I know nothing about how the left thinks.
Same here. But I meant she was full-blown far left herself personally until just recently. She didn’t live around it she WAS it
He just needs to let her talk...
Yes and ask her more questions the moderators dare not!!
ALL of Kamala’s “policies” are designed to increase dependency on the government. Trump should ask Kamala why she wants to increase American dependency on the government when
18th century historian Alexander Tytler studied many centuries of various democracies, and he consistently saw that dependency is the last stage of a democracy before Tyranny. It makes sense because once people are dependent on the government, they are well…dependent on the government for everything. This aligns with what Alexis de Tocqueville said, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”
He could even stump her by asking why Plato said that all democracies end up in tyrannical governments (essentially because dumb people vote).
Not a full list: Mortgage Assistance, Universal Income, ALL WELFARE, Bailing out college debt, Price Controls, Repeal of Hyde Amendment, American “Rescue” Plan, paying for illegal aliens welfare and although this doe not not involve $$ - the worst of all is advocating gender affirming care – which is clearly child abuse.
Sasha Stone for Trump’s cut man.
The Afghanistan bug-out will necessarily be a topic of the debate tonight. Trump should remind the people that our closest ally, the UK Parliament, voted unanimously to hold President Biden in contempt for "dishonour" over his betrayal of the Coalition Forces and the Afghan people. Then he should ask Harris if she really wants to continue to tie herself to that disgrace.
I seem to remember the PM (Boris Johnson?) called Biden to find out what the @$%& was going on, and Biden didn't return the call for two days. Just really typical of this inept, clueless administration.
Hubris and cowardice. Our commanding officer on the base didn't say a word to his counterpart in the Afghan defense force. The Afghan commander was quoted as saying they woke up in the morning and the Americans were gone.
Make them own the illegal immigration issue...from the original invite when Biden took over, to the relaxing of the remain in Mexico and catch and release policies, plus efforts to defund ICE, etc. She was tasked to deal with the issue early on and failed miserably, therefore she and Biden own the multitude of problems now facing Americans...from the stress on local community resources to the unavoidable crime that has increased.
If there's a Bottom Line, it is that the debate and the race are Mr Trump's to lose. May he not do so.
Watch out for Humpty Dumpty! There is a possible scenario where Kamala flails like Brandon and it’s game over. She would have to make a huge break with her current character and behavior to inspire confidence or demonstrate competence.
She has no history of rhetorical skills, as in zero oratory gifts. Just Gotchas! And she has not been adequately prepped by answering any challengung questions from say a live reporter. This is a recipe for disaster. She has difficulty in articulating regular thoughts, much less winning people over with a compelling vision.
She may try to provoke Trump but the one mic rule will prevent interruption. I think that policy is brilliant in that it also saves Trump from himself.
Also she is still defining herself. Anything Trump says to her can stick as she is an empty vessel.
I'll be watching to see if Harris reveals herself to be simply not up to the job by the way she handles herself, to the point that the average voter with an open mind will have a hard time imagining her as president.