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bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:47 AM Oct 2020

Tweeter, Talker, Debate Stalker

I have DJT blocked on Twitter, but this one popped up. I think it's more marketing ploy than anything. Don't collect your thoughts, just blast away.




Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I will be live tweeting during the debate tonight.
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Tweeter, Talker, Debate Stalker (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 OP
Ha how's he going to do that soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
Sound like an excuse to cheat and receive answers, suggestions and tips. TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #12
Maybe it will keep him from interrupting Joe Biden? csziggy Oct 2020 #2
Good point PatSeg Oct 2020 #8
Yeah, normally during a debate a person listens to their opponent's statements csziggy Oct 2020 #9
Yes PatSeg Oct 2020 #10
His followers will see it as a campaign event no matter how disasterous it is csziggy Oct 2020 #13
Sadly, that is true PatSeg Oct 2020 #15
Huh? Really? Laelth Oct 2020 #3
I expect they'll prepare pre-packaged tweets for him bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #5
Oh Boy, onethatcares Oct 2020 #4
The date threw me off. nt Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2020 #6
So they get to have a phone hooked up to the internet for the debate? Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2020 #7
Would be a hole in the rules bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #11
it was a tweet from 2012 SoonerPride Oct 2020 #16
2012? I'm almost certain it said 2020 this morning. Seriously. bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #21
That is whackadoodle but not out of character for 2020 SoonerPride Oct 2020 #22
Well I haven't changed the link. bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #24
Anyone else hear the Steve Miller Band reading this thread title? Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #14
yep 0rganism Oct 2020 #17
Oh, no, it was not intentional, you're asking me about music bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #19
lol i really thought you were going to have a song parody queued up 0rganism Oct 2020 #23
Hey, I do recognize that song, but if you asked me the performer bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #25
"Hold it Kristen, I'm busy tweeting to my followers"! imanamerican63 Oct 2020 #18
Sung to the tune of "Space Cowboy?" lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #20

csziggy

(34,135 posts)
2. Maybe it will keep him from interrupting Joe Biden?
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:54 AM
Oct 2020

I suspect his staff came up with this idea to act as Dolt45's pacifier. It might keep Dolt's head from exploding, though I would be disappointed if it did.

csziggy

(34,135 posts)
9. Yeah, normally during a debate a person listens to their opponent's statements
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:52 AM
Oct 2020

So they form a rebuttal. Of course, you know that Dolt45 is incapable of listening and probably does not know what a rebuttal is, much less be capable of forming one.

PatSeg

(47,370 posts)
10. Yes
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:55 AM
Oct 2020

He just wants to filibuster. The only time he actually listens is when someone is talking about him. He probably won't even pay attention to the topics or the questions. He will try to turn it into another campaign event.

csziggy

(34,135 posts)
13. His followers will see it as a campaign event no matter how disasterous it is
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:01 PM
Oct 2020

They will think he was great and that Biden screwed up. Reality has nothing to do with their view of things.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
3. Huh? Really?
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:55 AM
Oct 2020

So, when they mute him, he’s going to pull out his phone and start tweeting?

That’s going to look really Presidential!

And it’s stupid too. No time to carefully edit. If he does this (and I don’t believe that he will), he’s bound to put his foot in his mouth ... bigly.

-Laelth

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
5. I expect they'll prepare pre-packaged tweets for him
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:46 AM
Oct 2020

and they will appear none too relevant. Also expect attacks on Biden: Hunter's laptop, taxes, courts. Throw in a few "Sleepy Joes" and Trump will think he's flying.

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
11. Would be a hole in the rules
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:57 AM
Oct 2020

Maybe it'll be theatrical. He's keying furiously but an accomplice is actually tweeting.

I just don't know why you wouldn't listen to the opposition and form your thoughts instead of tweeting. But take heart: Trump will be multi-tasking!

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
22. That is whackadoodle but not out of character for 2020
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 05:01 PM
Oct 2020

I am sure you are right.

But the tweet that’s posted above says 2012 🤷🏻?♂️

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
24. Well I haven't changed the link.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 05:05 PM
Oct 2020

Last edited Thu Oct 22, 2020, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)

I did look at it twice. Originally I don't think there was a 10:35am time stamp on it.

Also it popped as part of another tweet by a mainstream tweeter who put a sarcastic spin on it, something like "this ought to be good." So he believed it too.

Johnny2X2X

(19,024 posts)
14. Anyone else hear the Steve Miller Band reading this thread title?
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:03 PM
Oct 2020

I'm a Tweeter, I'm a Talker, I'm a deeebate stalker, grab my porn stars in the daaark.

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
19. Oh, no, it was not intentional, you're asking me about music
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:57 PM
Oct 2020

you've hit a black hole. I recall a few phrases here or there of this or that, but I don't listen to music period. Growing up my house was at war with different types of music. I never got to listen to anything I liked. So it's a matter of discord to me.

No the 'Tweeter, Talker ...' is a takeoff on 'Tinker, Tailor ...'

0rganism

(23,937 posts)
23. lol i really thought you were going to have a song parody queued up
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 05:04 PM
Oct 2020

your takeoff fits the Steve Miller Band "The Joker" song like a glove

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