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NewJeffCT

(56,842 posts)
42. This Trump "working the refs"
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 12:54 PM
Aug 2024

There is no way he can resist a free prime time audience.

He is just doing this so ABC will kowtow to his demands of cutting the mic when his turn and Harris' turns are over - One of the most memorable moments of the 2020 debates were when Biden made that "off mic" comment when Trump was talking. Biden couldn't do that on the CNN debate back in June.

Trump also wants no live fact checking - that killed him in 2020 when even Fox called him out for some of his blatant lies. This killed Biden in 2024 because it allowed Trump to get up and spew lies for his entire time with no pushback from the CNN moderators.

The media & Democrats are falling for the same old shit yet again.

"Working the refs" is a sports term where the coach of one team yells & screams about how unfair certain types of calls are (the block vs charge in basketball) in the hopes that the 50/50 calls later in the game will the way of their team. Coach K at Duke used to be an expert at this - he had a guy (Shane Battier, for example) that he would sell as an expert at taking charges & then get upset if the call ever went against Battier. And, more often than not, at key times late in the game, if there was a close call on block vs charge, Battier would usually win it.

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trump knows VP Harris will slaughter him in a debate. Signaling he will... brush Aug 2024 #1
This is the same repeated story we heard adnauseam before the Biden-trump debate. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #5
The title to the article should have been: DENVERPOPS Aug 2024 #47
Trump wants to replicate the Biden/Trump debate.. agingdem Aug 2024 #36
I saw something on Raw Story about this last night before going offline BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #2
This just continues the "profit over the good of society" march that we've been on for decades mdbl Aug 2024 #11
Well... as a note BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #15
It will be interesting to see where it goes mdbl Aug 2024 #52
IF I hit the jackpot, my wish is to buy Faux News and have it be a 24 hour yoga and liberal Evolve Dammit Aug 2024 #54
Doesn't have the stamina to do the debate rpannier Aug 2024 #3
... ailsagirl Aug 2024 #58
Just more desperation to stay in the news and rile up supporters BWdem4life Aug 2024 #4
Drama Boy. mpcamb Aug 2024 #16
That's it exactly maxsolomon Aug 2024 #34
bawk! bawk! Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #6
He likes to play these games. Ignore him. He BS's all the time. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #7
No one should debate a pathalogical liar like trump mdbl Aug 2024 #8
TMI Roy Rolling Aug 2024 #9
"Really? The WaPo thinks the mumbling of a serial liar are worth publishing?" BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #22
Typical page out of the reality tv handbook pimpbot Aug 2024 #30
Well here's the thing - BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #31
Chickenshit prick Betty Boom Aug 2024 #10
Such a *Brave* man! *Sigh* bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #12
Great!! Harris gets 2 hours of solo primetime national TV. aeromanKC Aug 2024 #13
Rx: Bone spurs live love laugh Aug 2024 #14
chicken man n/t DemonGoddess Aug 2024 #17
Maia Rudolph can pull this one out again on SNL forgotmylogin Aug 2024 #38
Just bdamomma Aug 2024 #18
He really is a chickenshit ................ turbinetree Aug 2024 #19
Looks like orange is the new yellow! ananda Aug 2024 #20
coward.nt Javaman Aug 2024 #21
It really is a shame that he hasn't fucking stroked out already Orrex Aug 2024 #23
Scared little chicken IronLionZion Aug 2024 #24
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. birdographer Aug 2024 #25
If he doesn't debate call him out as a liar and a coward and why JohnSJ Aug 2024 #26
Why? Because you agreed to it. underpants Aug 2024 #27
🐔 Chicken intensifies! JohnQFunk Aug 2024 #28
They aren't too pleased with him Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 #46
Ignore this. Jirel Aug 2024 #29
Meh. Trying to control the narrative, because he's got nothing else. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #32
But I bought all this popcorn. . . no_hypocrisy Aug 2024 #33
Despite commitment, Trump hedges on scheduled debate with Harris LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2024 #35
Why anyone listens to this blankety blank so and so jerk off is beyond me Ray Bruns Aug 2024 #43
Neil Katyal nails it FelineOverlord Aug 2024 #37
He is such a worthless fucking asshole. Initech Aug 2024 #39
It would be shameous if he backs out of the debait. BobTheSubgenius Aug 2024 #40
Trump no show bromeando Aug 2024 #41
This Trump "working the refs" NewJeffCT Aug 2024 #42
I don't think his waffling is quite the show of strength he thinks it is. Torchlight Aug 2024 #44
Sort of like how he acts around dictators. Crowman2009 Aug 2024 #49
As far as I'm concerned, the less we see of him the better mdbl Aug 2024 #56
We all fall for it. SayItLoud Aug 2024 #45
Weird and a gutless coward! Crowman2009 Aug 2024 #48
that picture! he is so ridiculous BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 #50
This is just old orange ass being a fight promoter. Klarkashton Aug 2024 #51
Do we really care if he debates or not? mdbl Aug 2024 #53
As stated before CRK7376 Aug 2024 #55
DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison says it would be "A huge disappointment" if he doesn't debate ailsagirl Aug 2024 #57
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