Preview of the Biden Trump Debate

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Calarogu Shark Media from Atlanta, where
hyping a debate converts to downloads. This

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is ballot that's right. This week
we get to talk about actual politics for

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a change. Let's hit this well, folks, this is it the debate

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to end all debates. In one
corner, we have President Joe Biden,

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who at eighty one, is aiming
to prove he's still got the mojo to

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go toe to toe with Trump.
And in the other corner, we have

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former President Donald Trump, fresh off
a record breaking thirty four felony convictions and

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a potential sequel of indictments on the
way. This is shaping up to be

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the ultimate political showdown, or,
as some might call it, the grudge

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match of the century. Can Biden
stay awake? Republicans have been questioning if

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Biden at eighty one, can stand
for ninety minutes without a nap. Trump's

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allies have set the bar solo,
and if Biden doesn't fall asleep on stage,

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he might just win the debate by
default. Democrats are crossing their fingers

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hoping he channels his State of the
Union energy instead of Grandpa Simpson's ramblings.

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Can Trump keep it chill? Trump's
strategy just be boring. Yes, you

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heard that right. The man who's
synonymous with chaos needs to tone it down.

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No red meat insults, no wild
conspiracy theories, just good old fashioned

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policy talk. Can Trump actually manage
to be the boring candidate history? And

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anyone who's ever watched Trump says probably
not, but hey, there's always a

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first time for everything. The criminal
records cage match. Trump's legal troubles are

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the elephant in the room, an
elephant that Biden's team is more than willing

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to ride. But Biden has to
be careful. He's been keeping his distance

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to avoid looking like he's meddling in
Trump's prosecutions. Meanwhile, Trump will likely

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deflect with his classic but what about
Hunter routine? Will it stick? Who

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knows, but it's guaranteed to be
a spectacle. This debate set up is

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straight out of a reality TV show. No audience, muted mikes when it's

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not your turn to speak, and
no props or pre written notes allowed.

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It's just Trump, Biden, a
pen, a pad of paper, and

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a bottle of water. It's like
Survivor Presidential Edition and a coin flip decided

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that Trump gets the last word.
Because of course it did. On the

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policy front, it's abortion versus immigration. Trump's got the Roe v. Wade

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baggage, having appointed the justices who
overturned it, causing chaos even in conservative

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states. He's got some serious explaining
to do if he wants to win over

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women voters. Biden, on the
other hand, has the immigration issue hanging

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around his neck like a political albatross. Trump will undoubtedly hammer him on this,

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and Biden's got to defend his record
without alienating any more supporters. And

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just when you thought it couldn't get
more complicated, there's the Israel Hamas conflict.

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Biden's support of Israel has been a
tightrope walk, and he'll need to

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balance that with criticism and defense and
equal measure. Sure expect this to be

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a major talking point with no easy
answers in sight, So grab your popcorn,

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folks. This debate promises to be
part political showdown, part reality TV

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drama, and one hundred percent must
see TV. Will Biden stay awake?

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Can Trump be boring? Tune into
find out? Well? Well, it

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seems the former president and perpetual performer
has been going off the deep end lately

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with his rally rhetoric, though I
suppose unhinged ramblings have always kind of been

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Trump's brand, whether he's praising fictional
serial killers as wonderful men, making vulgar

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call and response chants with his bass, or just generally spewing a bunch of

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disinformation and conspiracies about voter fraud and
drugs. The guy really knows how to

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take his supporters on a wild ride
into bizarro world. I mean, what's

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next claiming the risk of being attacked
by sharks is the reason he prefers campaigning

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in landlocked states. Oh wait,
he already did basically say that about preferring

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Lake Michigan to the oceans, because
obviously, of avoiding marine life is a

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top priority for any presidential candidate.
And the completely unfounded claim that Biden will

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be jacked up on drugs for the
debates is just chef's kiss asterisk premium trump

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Ism. It's like he can't resist
trying to get ahead of any solid Biden

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performance by preemptively making unsubstantiated allegations about
illicit enhancements. Though to be fair,

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Trump did sort of acknowledge his own
ridiculous meanderings, telling his fans that what

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seems like rambling to the fake news
is actually genius that nobody understands. Uh

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yeah, pretty sure. Monotonous conspiracy
drivell and vulgar chanting qualifies as rambling,

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but you do, you, donnie. Ultimately, it seems Trump has fully

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leaned into treating his rallies as pure
carnivalesque entertainment at this point, replete with

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digressions, insults, tall tales,
and just a complete disregard for anything resembling

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rational discourse or political substantiveness. It's
all about riling up the base with a

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cavalcade of indignant absurdities. As one
rhetoric expert put it, Trump thinks of

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is rallies as opportunities to entertain as
much as inform and persuade, a generous

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assessment, since by most objective measures, there's arguably very little actual informing or

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persuading happening at these units. It's
a pure circus side show. But hey,

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at least the campaign seems to embrace
that ethos too, with one official

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outright comparing their rally schedule to producing
rock concerts. And you know what,

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they say, the show must go
on, no matter how unrelentingly bizarre and

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unmoored from reality. It becomes seems
like the comedian Yeller can't handle a little

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roasting from the court jester these days. Forget the laughing gas, it's the

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insult comedy that's really got Trump's nickers
in a twist. Now. Trump posted

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on truth Social over the weekend,
Republicans should stop using Bill Maher as a

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reference point. His show is dead. What's set down off? It seems

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to be reaction to mars defense of
President Joe Biden over edited, cheap fake

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videos intended to emphasize his age.
Mar said, I mean, he may

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be number two in the polls,
but he wasn't pooping his pants, and

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referencing another video in which Biden supposedly
froze on June teenth, the host said,

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everybody's dancing and he's not good.
He shouldn't be dancing. He's eighty

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two. You look like an idiot
when you try to dance. All kidding

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aside, though, if a little
roasting from a professional satirist really offends Trump's

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sensibilities that much, perhaps he should
just stay away from watching any more roast

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comedy altogether. Portions of today's show
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