The Official Democratic Convention Thread

The rule is crystal clear. Have a 15% poll count and a candidate gets to debate.

This is not about rules, but the fact that the debates are not fair.

Thus he has good grounds for demanding that they are,

which would also improve his position of course.

Regardless the rules, if Clinton agrees then all 4 candidates will participate.

If she doesn't, then she looks very weak, and Trump has an out.

He's right that the debates won't be fair without including the 4 candidates.

Ironically, lipstick on a pig is exactly the phrase Schwartz used in describing what he did for Trump.

lipstick on a pig wrote:

destroyed by the Clintons could tell you much scarier stories than Schwartz will ever dream up.

He's wrong about that wrote:

The rule is crystal clear. Have a 15% poll count and a candidate gets to debate.

It is crystal full of shit.

There is nothing official about the Commission on Presidential Debates, it's a private organization whose purpose is to exclude other parties and keep things between GOP and dems. If they refuse to debate anyone else, it's on them, they can't hide behind calling it "rules."

The way it ought to be done is the way the Greens are saying, any candidate on enough ballots to be a choice for more than half the nation's voters should be in the debates. The COPD is not going to listen to anyone though, unless Trump refuses to play by their rules.

Bad Wigins wrote:

The way it ought to be done is the way the Greens are saying, any candidate on enough ballots to be a choice for more than half the nation's voters should be in the debates.

callaspadeaspade wrote:

Go Trump! wrote:

That was the worst speech of both conventions. Trump will rip her to shreds in the debates.

Trump is going to chicken out of the debates. Here is how:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/no-certainty-debates-will-happen-at-all

It is completely out of character for Trump to back down from any fight. I completely disagree with the writer's thesis. Any negatives thrown at Trump are always answered back by him. Trump is similar to Gen George Patton, he is always on the offense and always fights back.

Conundrum wrote:

That was a few idiots, not reflective of Democrats. But that was HORRIBLE! The extreme segments of the BLM movement are KILLING any sympathy people have for their cause.

Says it all wrote:

Jeering during a moment of silence for slain police officers should be all you need to know to understand what Democrats are like.

A friend of mine posted this on his FB page last night:

A car full of young black women pulled up to me at 2:45AM with phone recording and asked me if Black Lives Matter. "I said yes they do but then again don't they all?" to which they all replied "No!" Personally I'm sick of this shit. We will only get along if we learn to stop trying to separate ourselves and treat each other as if we are all the same!

Not just 15%. It has to be 15% in 5 different polls selected by the debate commission.

He's wrong about that wrote:

The rule is crystal clear. Have a 15% poll count and a candidate gets to debate.

Conundrum wrote:

Ironically, lipstick on a pig is exactly the phrase Schwartz used in describing what he did for Trump.

lipstick on a pig wrote:

destroyed by the Clintons could tell you much scarier stories than Schwartz will ever dream up.

Oh Barry wrote:

It is completely out of character for Trump to back down from any fight. I completely disagree with the writer's thesis. Any negatives thrown at Trump are always answered back by him. Trump is similar to Gen George Patton, he is always on the offense and always fights back.

Trump would be creating a fight, not backing down from one.

The onus would be on Clinton, to either accept his challenge or back down.

Agree with you wrote:

Conundrum wrote:

That was a few idiots, not reflective of Democrats. But that was HORRIBLE! The extreme segments of the BLM movement are KILLING any sympathy people have for their cause.

A friend of mine posted this on his FB page last night:

A car full of young black women pulled up to me at 2:45AM with phone recording and asked me if Black Lives Matter. "I said yes they do but then again don't they all?" to which they all replied "No!" Personally I'm sick of this shit. We will only get along if we learn to stop trying to separate ourselves and treat each other as if we are all the same!

Was there a point to this story?

An anonymous person repeats a story they read on FB about something that a car full of drunks supposedly said.

That's supposed to be significant politically?

Order restored after the conventions:

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/#now

He's right about that wrote:

"I suspect Trump will start claiming that that the process is "rigged" because Gary Johnson and Jill Stein aren't included."

I hope he does this and stands firm.

The debates are not real unless all 4 parties are included.

Great plan for the Dean of clown college. I hope this happens..

He can drive his teeny tiny car on stage and his hair will come out 10 seconds ahead of his head and everyone will laugh.