Bernie Sanders Agrees to Debate Donald Trump

[Hatuey]

I dunno man, I'm pretty sure George Bush Sr. always liked pork rinds.

... Is this a Monica Lewinsky joke?

 

[Celebrity]

Nothing to do here.

 

[Erod]

The fact that his language was strong enough to prompt multiple articles and interviews about this question makes it pretty clear that Trump's language was not so vague as you believe.

But of course this was always an instance of a bully being a bully. Much like jock who teases the school nerd into believing that they will hang out soon, Trump backed out like the petulant bully of a kid that he is.

#ChickenTrump

Make America Cluck Again

Why would the winner on one side debate the loser on the other side?

I'd like to see it, but of course he won't. That would be stupid.

 

[Thoreau72]

It's funny how both Hillary and Donald are afraid to debate Bernie. Quite informative really. :lol:

 

[Paperview]

It's funny how both Hillary and Donald are afraid to debate Bernie. Quite informative really. :lol:

Except for the 18 or so times Hillary already debated Bernie.

Except for that...

 

[Paperview]

Why would the winner on one side debate the loser on the other side?

I'd like to see it, but of course he won't. That would be stupid.

why would Trump agree to do it?

 

[Thoreau72]

Except for the 18 or so times Hillary already debated Bernie.

Except for that...

I don't consider those events to be a debate in the classic sense of the word. Pure theater meant for a gullible audience is what those are. The presidential debates are a joke since the League Of Women Voters were kicked out.

And I have no doubts that were Donald and Hillary to actually engage Bernie, the spectacle would not be a true debate either. Nonetheless, it is interesting how they refuse to engage, even as Hillary refuses to release her various records, including monies received from Wall Street. It's not rocket science, just human behavior.

 

[Thoreau72]

why would Trump agree to do it?

For whatever reason motivated him to accept the challenge 10 days ago?

 

[haymarket]

So I guess its official that Trump chickened out. What a jerk!!!!! :doh:roll:

 

[Erod]

So I guess its official that Trump chickened out. What a jerk!!!!! :doh:roll:

Then let's get Hillary to debate Cruz or Rubio. Same difference.

The DNC had already shown it won't allow Bernie to be the nominee no matter what, so why should Trump bother with a nobody?

 

[calm]

Thank God that he turned down the debate with Bernie Sanders because people vote with their pocketbooks and Trump is more "Rehearsed" at sharing the values of U.S. Capitalism than Sanders is. Sanders would of looked like an Economic Amateur.

Even so, Trump is like the Mitt Romney character and is going to suffer the exercise of critical stuff like Bain Capital.

Trump is going to self-implode as time goes on. He really does not want to be president because he hates meetings and is not the type of guy who can sit down for hours prepping for a foreign policy debagte.

Trump is using the Presidential campaign to further his namesake in the same way that he used it when running the Miss America Pageant.

He will walk away, (self-implode) just like he did with any TV show he perpetrated upon the media.

I keep wondering why everyone talks only about Trump's father ..... What about his mother? I think Trump must comb his hair like his mother did.

There must be a zillion psychological profiles completed on Trump by his many financial backers and they are aware of his personality traits.
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Calm

 

[haymarket]

Then let's get Hillary to debate Cruz or Rubio. Same difference.

The DNC had already shown it won't allow Bernie to be the nominee no matter what, so why should Trump bother with a nobody?

Cruz and Rubio are NOT running for President.

 

[Paperview]

Cruz and Rubio are NOT running for President.

It''s weird you had to actually explain that to him.

 

[Hatuey]

Then let's get Hillary to debate Cruz or Rubio. Same difference.

The DNC had already shown it won't allow Bernie to be the nominee no matter what, so why should Trump bother with a nobody?

Cruz and Rubio didn't agree to debate with Hillary. They dropped out of the race already.

 

[Paperview]

And Chicken McDonald ran like a scared little cluck.

30 Million could have gone to charity....but nope.

cluck cluck cluck

Chicken McDonald has tiny tiny nuggets.

 

[Texmex]

Then let's get Hillary to debate Cruz or Rubio. Same difference.

The DNC had already shown it won't allow Bernie to be the nominee no matter what, so why should Trump bother with a nobody?

Trump agreed to debate Sanders, Clinton didn't agree to debate Cruz or Rubio. Of course, I imagine you will find a way to continue to support Trump.

 

[MTAtech]

Thank God that he turned down the debate with Bernie Sanders because people vote with their pocketbooks and Trump is more "Rehearsed" at sharing the values of U.S. Capitalism than Sanders is. Sanders would of looked like an Economic Amateur.
...

While voters see Mr. Trump as a hugely successful businessman, and they believe that business success translates into economic expertise, they are probably wrong about the first, and definitely wrong about the second: Even genuinely brilliant businesspeople are often clueless about economic policy.

An aside, while Republicans promote legend of economic and jobs growth under Ronald Reagan (who was never a businessman), Reagan's record was easily surpassed under Bill Clinton (who also was never a businessman).

Leave questions about whether Mr. Trump is the business genius he claims to be on one side. Does business success carry with it the knowledge and instincts needed to make good economic policy? No, it doesn’t. Judging from advice prominent businessmen give on economic policy it's often startlingly bad -- a country is nothing like a corporation, and running a national economy is nothing like running a business.

As proof of bad Trump ideas: Remember, Trump started a mortgage company shortly before the burst in the housing crisis and last fall, the now-presumed Republican nominee declared: “Our wages are too high. We have to compete with other countries.” Then, as has happened often in this campaign, Mr. Trump denied that he had said what he had, in fact, said (straight talker, my toupee.) The point is that wage cuts are the last thing America needs right now: We sell most of what we produce to ourselves, and wage cuts would hurt domestic sales by reducing purchasing power and increasing the burden of private-sector debt. Lower wages probably wouldn’t even help the fraction of the U.S. economy that competes internationally, since they would normally lead to a stronger dollar, negating any competitive advantage.

Another point, however, is that these feedback effects from wage cuts aren’t the sort of things even very smart business leaders need to take into account to run their companies. Businesses sell stuff to other people; they don’t need to worry about the effect of their cost-cutting measures on demand for their products. Managing national economic policy, on the other hand, is all about the feedback.

So, there is no evidence that Trump knows any more about economics than Sanders -- and Sanders is far more well-read than Trump and would likely make orange minced-meat out of him. That's exactly why Trump reneged (this is getting tiresome) on Trump's own offer for a debate.

 

[MrT]

Why would the winner on one side debate the loser on the other side?

I'd like to see it, but of course he won't. That would be stupid.

Yea...and if he had started off this whole thing by saying something along those lines, I wouldn't call him out as a chicken ****. But no, he started off by accepting Bernie's challenge. And then by imposing some very public requirements for the debate because he wants to help charities...supposedly. And then, after receiving confirmation that those charities would receive the donations - that's when he backed out.

And blamed it on the Democratic nomination process.

Like I said, Chicken **** Donald.

 

[calm]

While voters see Mr. Trump as a hugely successful businessman, and they believe that business success translates into economic expertise, they are probably wrong about the first, and definitely wrong about the second: Even genuinely brilliant businesspeople are often clueless about economic policy.

I quoted you just to have you aware that I replied. Pay no attention to my cutting the quote for brevity.

I don't think that real economic policy is ever discussed at a debate. Debates are usually filled with buzzwords and I think Trump would be great at that as opposed to Bernie Sanders.

I think Ray-Gun economics look good on paper, but he was the first president to increase the Federal Debt by a trillion dollars or more. In addition, he introduced NAFTA which in essence was simply a means for the U.S. Capitalists to move their wealth offshore and to walk away from any/all the promises made to the working class since the end of WWII.

Ronnie Ray-Gun failed to include rules concerning "Currency Manipulation" within NAFTA and that is what destroyed the U.S. economy.

Calm

 

[Winchester]

 

[duan]

I quoted you just to have you aware that I replied. Pay no attention to my cutting the quote for brevity.

I don't think that real economic policy is ever discussed at a debate. Debates are usually filled with buzzwords and I think Trump would be great at that as opposed to Bernie Sanders.

I think Ray-Gun economics look good on paper, but he was the first president to increase the Federal Debt by a trillion dollars or more. In addition, he introduced NAFTA which in essence was simply a means for the U.S. Capitalists to move their wealth offshore and to walk away from any/all the promises made to the working class since the end of WWII.

Ronnie Ray-Gun failed to include rules concerning "Currency Manipulation" within NAFTA and that is what destroyed the U.S. economy.

Calm

Perhaps that the fact that buzzwords are more important in debates that ideas is the fact that there are a lot debates. The debates between republicans were really symptomatic about that. Perhaps that if it would be less debates, people and journalits would be more interested by ideas.

 

[Roger1]

Bernie Sanders needs money <> Donald Trump does not need money
Trump already has a monopoly on media attention, so if Bernie doesn't agree to a charity benefit, why should Donald waste his time?

Bernie Sanders is not a "real" candidate, he's just a bad joke.
No one in America wants to move to socialist Argentina, but Argentinian's would love to move to capitalist America.
If nothing else, Bernie serves as a sounding board for quantifying America's hate for Hillary Clinton.
Differently put, Bernie isn't winning anything, but Hillary is losing everything.

 

[poweRob]

The Dems are just shooting themselves in the foot and paving the way for a Trump upset. The party leadership needs to shut down Bernie- he's got no chance and all he's doing is handing the election to Trump by playing in his hands.

If Bernie has not chance, why would they need to "shut him down"? Anyhow... you must've not been paying attention this election. That's all the DNC and party leadership have been trying to do.

 

[PoS]

If Bernie has not chance, why would they need to "shut him down"?

Because Bernie and his fans are now a joke- he doesnt know when to quit even though he has no chance anymore. All he's doing now is wasting everybody's time and money.

 

[poweRob]

Because Bernie and his fans are now a joke- he doesnt know when to quit even though he has no chance anymore. All he's doing now is wasting everybody's time and money.

Ah... I see. You aren't getting your way so democracy sucks eh?