Subj : Dems in NH To : aaron thomas From : Lee Lofaso Date : Thu Feb 13 2020 01:58 am Hello Aaron, >LL>I doubt Trump will agree to debate any candidate who wins the >LL>Democratic nomination. Or any other candidate who wins the >LL>nomination of any other party. He is a poor debater, as shown >LL>in his debates with Hillary Clinton. Why would he want to make > >I don't see it that way at all. I saw Trump crushing Hillary in the debates, >with Trump being specific about what he was going to work on, and Hillary >being vague like she'd already been hired for the job, but was already >planning her vacation. I'm confident that Trump will be willing to debate, > and will prove his case better than any of these Dems, including the barely >impressive Amy. A candidate cannot "win" a debate. But he/she can lose a debate. The idea is not to make a mistake so bad as to doom a campaign. Walter Mondale's quip about raising taxes made his campaign the shortest in US history. George HW Bush looking at his watch made himself look bad, and doomed his chances against Slick Willie. Al Gore sighing on stage next to GWB made himself look bad, and would have been worse had GWB not made mistakes of his own. Hillary Clinton had a better resume than Donald Trump. But she was not Bill Clinton. And not really a good debater. Had it not been for her debates with Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primaries, her debating skills would have been virtually non-existent. Trump did not make any glaring mistakes against Clinton. But that does not mean he is a good debater. Bill Clinton would have torn him up. But he was facing Hillary, who did not have the same skill set. Bill Clinton could made his harshest critic believe he was right. The best Hillary Clinton could do was say she was not wrong. Donald Trump just makes stuff up on the fly and pretends it is right. And then repeats the lie over and over again until everybody believes the lie as gospel truth, his two most famous words being "Believe me!" >LL>"Hi, Bernie people" is how she greeted Sanders supporters >LL>who tried to disrupt her at an event in New Hampshire. The > >It's a good sign that she's got Bernie's people's attention, but she hasn't >offered anything to us that we need yet. She's been pretty vague, which is a >fatal mistake when/if she debates with Trump. "We need to unite this divided >country! We need to provide equal opportunities for African Americans!" <- >That's a bunch of junk. She has class. And is quick-witted. Uses humor with great effect. If Biden fades, as expected, voters will flock to her camp. Sanders needs a crowded field in order to win the nomination. Bloomberg needs an exit by Biden to make that happen. That is why Bloomberg decided to wait until Super Tuesday in order to compete. However, if Klobuhar replaces Biden, that screws the pooch for Bloomberg. And also Buttigieg, who is only a novelty candidate rather than someone with real experience. Tom Steyer is interesting, as he is gaining support among African Americans, as noted in South Carolina polls. It is possible he could even win the state. >Divided how? Who's divided? Conservatives vs liberals? What else is new? >Black people need more help than anyone else? How is that? That makes no >sense. "The black community" is another ridiculous statement that she makes. >Last I heard, we're not segregated anymore, so what's the black community? A large segment of the population in South Carolina is African American. Without strong support from African Americans, a candidate has no realistic chance of winning. >I'll be back later - I'm gonna go visit the black community, and I'm gonna > help them because I feel so sorry for them. LOL Larry Bird used to be a waiter at restaurants in Indiana. This was when he was going to school, long before he became famous playing the game he loved. In order to get better, he would go out of his way to find the best players to play against. That meant hitting the streets, finding a court to play on, where players you never find in school can be found. And they taught him how to really play the game. So, who was helping who? The white guy who needed help in order to get better? Or the black guys who gave him all the help he could ever want or need? Years later, after his playing days were over, Larry Bird told the press - "White men can't jump." He also said most players in the NBA were black. That comment drew a lot of criticism from sportscasters and the like. But the statistics are there for all to see. He was right. The point I am getting at is this. In order to become good at whatever you do, you have to work at it. And those who become professional basketball players worked very hard to get where they are. Whether black, white, brown, yellow, or whatever race they may be. There is only one other white player who was able to play basketball as good as black players. Actually two players. And both of them played basketball at LSU. "Pistol" Pete Maravich was one. He never played in the NCAA tournament, but did play in the NIT tournament. I forget the other player's name, but did play in the NCAA tournament. "Magic" Johnson said he was the best white player who he ever played against. >LL>The USA is going bankrupt due to Trump's policies. > >How? Is this a MSNBC breaking story? I don't get that channel. Trump is so abysmal he has cut the pay for federal employees. Rather than get a 2.5% increase in pay, he cut it to 1%. Why? Because his great economony of his is having a crisis. --Lee -- Often Licked, Never Beaten --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb * Origin: nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)