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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs fellow political junkies, how many of you feel that you could debate Trump and win?
I firmly believe that a political junkie could debate Trump on the issues and come out way ahead. Now that's sorry to say about a presidential candidate.
Moliere
(285 posts)Logic and facts won't work. They'll devolve into ad hominem attacks and false patriotism
unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)I have a brothet with a similar personality. Much like.the different trump pundits it is impossible to get a word in. Interruption and diversion is their game. Fortunately the majority see through that game.
Wednesdays
(17,537 posts)But try telling that to Rump and his minions.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Debates from a viewers standpoint are in large part won by affirmations of the viewers own beliefs, with support for feisty jabs at the person they see as an opponent tossed in for good measure.
I think a forensic judges would likely evaluate debate success much different than the partisan viewers.
lapfog_1
(29,251 posts)is to have an impartial set of fact checkers sitting at the debate, complete with visual aids, research reports, and personal witnesses.
And even then, Trump is simply going to say that up is down and there isn't much you can do to prove him wrong to his followers.
kairos12
(12,917 posts)Nitram
(23,050 posts)He takes control of the debate through sheer rudeness and takes it off into his private version of reality. Logic can't defeat someone like Trump. Witness how Fox has perfected the art of overwhelming intelligent and knowledgeable liberal guests with a deluge of lies, misinformation, and personal attacks.
cali
(114,904 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Which would not allow me to be on TV.....
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