Donald Trump wins the debate if...

[hay rick]

he doesn't run around naked and spout the n-word. The media will hold him accountable on both points.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The media would make excuses for him if he showed up naked

spouting the n-word.

[BlueKota]

6. Just like all the Republicans make excuses for him.

[Island Blue]

2. They wouldn't hold him accountable even then.

They’d just label that behavior as “locker room activity”.

[bigtree]

3. most Americans haven't seen his nutty stage act

...which is basically all he repeats in every interview and appearance, just a shuffle of weirdness.

Most assume he has something relevant to say, but he can't win anything when all viewers will hear is

[pwb]

4. If Joe

doesn't show up.

[sop]

5. Trump did say "If I took this shirt off you'd see a beautiful, beautiful person."

[BlueKota]

7. More likely I would projectile vomit.

[hay rick]

10. He's got stigMAGA.

Fighting for you and me. About those wounds- I wonder if his bone spurs metastasized.

[Torchlight]

8. I doubt he has the discipline to avoid either.

My guess is the audience tuning in tonight sees him fail miserably and flounder for simple one- and two-syllable words, further illustrating his dramatic decline into abrupt (and inept) irrelevance.

At this point, I'm not sure he can avoid scratching his ass or picking his nose without realizing he's doing it. And while I'm certain more than a handful of his base in sheep's clothing will feign concern he'll be crowned winner by simply doing the bare minimum for kindergarten work and pronouncing a few words coherently, I tend to believe it's a rather naive and misguided concern.

[getagrip_already]

9. if he used racially inflamatory language they would just say he was making aa strong, valid point

and turn it into a positive.

the naked think wouldn't happen, so n point addressing it.

but he could blurt out a curse or seven, and racial slurs, and outright hitler anti-sematic phrases.

And the press would say he was being poetic.

Shit could pour out of his pant leg and they would ignore it.

He could blank out mcconnel style and they would simply cut to joe for another question.

They will keep that horse in this race if they have to pick him up and carry him.