Clinton has decided to skip the last scheduled debate. We want Sanders to have an opponent…so let's invite Trump. #SandersTrumpDebate
— Brooks Travis (@brookstravis) May 20, 2016
This is actually a very good idea. For one thing, could demonstrate important differences btw left & right populism. https://t.co/MIlz9YBbFn
— Joel Bocko (@LostInTheMovies) May 21, 2016
Buried in that Fox poll: Sanders up just 4 points on Trump, down from up 13 points in April. It’s about GOP voters coming home.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) May 19, 2016
Spoiler: That won’t happen, because I’m pretty sure Trump regards Sanders as a political asterisk whose only use is to leach a few deluded leftists’ votes away from Hillary.
Per The Hill, “Sanders accepted an invitation by Fox News earlier this week to take part in an upcoming debate ahead of the California primary”, because he’s about to run out of money in one of the most expensive media markets. Does anyone here feel we haven’t had enough debates already? Has either Sanders or Clinton changed any policy positions since their last debate in Michigan? Can anyone pretend Fox News has any goal beyond trying to ding up Clinton with the same discredited garbage they’ve been slinging 24/7?
And what would be Deadbeat Donald’s motivation for agreeing to debate St. Bernie? Is he gonna persuade any Bernistas that, hey, maybe the man they really want in the White House is a xenophobic plutocrat who hates women, minorities, poor people, and global harmony? Will his shouting-slogans-from-the-podium “debate” skillz shine against Sanders’ (not all that dissimilar) style, or will they both come off as a couple of alte kackers who need a snack and a nap?
Honestly, if this rises beyond the murk of twitter fantasists, it’ll mean that Fox News has a hole in its schedule and hopes for a good, noisy, Jerry-Springer-style chair-throwing melee among the audience. And I doubt the Secret Service will let them entertain that idea for long.
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