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On ALL future debates TFG has (Original Post) bluestarone May 2023 OP
Easy to do.... MyOwnPeace May 2023 #1
YEP, maybe add bluestarone May 2023 #3
That might work, but it will take more volts than a cattle prod Walleye May 2023 #5
Like the episode of Cheers where Clif Clavin got wired up and zapped AdamGG May 2023 #15
How about if a trapdoor opens up under his feet when he lies? Ocelot II May 2023 #2
OK! got my vote bluestarone May 2023 #4
Vegas could place betting odds on how many seconds he would last AdamGG May 2023 #14
Wish we could just get his nose to grow MadameButterfly May 2023 #6
I thought Trump said he wasn't going to debate? gab13by13 May 2023 #7
Or at least shut off his mic if he goes over the time limit or interrupts. TheRickles May 2023 #9
He did and you are right! I highly doubt he'll debate President Biden when the time comes PortTack May 2023 #12
Remember when Romney was factpchecked in real time MadameButterfly May 2023 #8
If CNN wanted to host a town hall for Republican candidates, they should have inckuded Lonestarblue May 2023 #10
to consider him 'the likely nominee' mopinko May 2023 #19
How about wire him up so he lights up each time he lies. Bev54 May 2023 #11
hooking up dials and meters to the debate speakers. Heart rate, perspiration, eye blinks, breathing, keithbvadu2 May 2023 #13
Great idea! judesedit May 2023 #16
How about an ankle monitor? BOSSHOG May 2023 #17
MAGAWorld is an alternate universe where lies and untruths are ALL that matters. NoMoreRepugs May 2023 #18
You're joking, right ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #20

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
1. Easy to do....
Sun May 14, 2023, 09:56 AM
May 2023

Just 'hot-wire' it - there's no need for an off/on switch.
It should be RED and BEEPING full-time.
If he is speaking - he is lying.......

AdamGG

(1,291 posts)
15. Like the episode of Cheers where Clif Clavin got wired up and zapped
Sun May 14, 2023, 12:36 PM
May 2023

everything he said something obnoxious. That would be the best debate ever.

AdamGG

(1,291 posts)
14. Vegas could place betting odds on how many seconds he would last
Sun May 14, 2023, 12:32 PM
May 2023

and then the casinos could make a fortune off of the dumbass MAGATs who don't think he lies.

TheRickles

(2,063 posts)
9. Or at least shut off his mic if he goes over the time limit or interrupts.
Sun May 14, 2023, 11:01 AM
May 2023

Which is to say, whenever he lies. But it's a more objective framing - "You agreed to these guidelines before the debate, Mr. Trump, so now we are enforcing them". No judgments needed about whether a statement is true or false.

PortTack

(32,767 posts)
12. He did and you are right! I highly doubt he'll debate President Biden when the time comes
Sun May 14, 2023, 12:01 PM
May 2023

Hopefully he’s in jail…not holding my breath on that one.

MadameButterfly

(1,062 posts)
8. Remember when Romney was factpchecked in real time
Sun May 14, 2023, 10:59 AM
May 2023

by Candy Crowley during a debate with Obama and it turned the whole debate around and had a big impact on the election? Can you even imagine now that proving a lie would make a dent?

Lonestarblue

(9,988 posts)
10. If CNN wanted to host a town hall for Republican candidates, they should have inckuded
Sun May 14, 2023, 11:30 AM
May 2023

Nikki Haley and Asa Hutchinson. Both have announced that they’re running for the nomination. By focusing on Trump only, they were essentially endorsing him instead of being neutral in the run-up to the primaries. Not a good look for a news site.

mopinko

(70,103 posts)
19. to consider him 'the likely nominee'
Mon May 15, 2023, 07:06 AM
May 2023

is absurd. it’s a long way to the nom, and he has a lot of baggage.
if this were a dem, he wouldnt even be taken seriously. yeah, i know that was a deadly assumption 8 yrs ago, but c’mon.

he should be treated like the same longshot he was then.

Bev54

(10,052 posts)
11. How about wire him up so he lights up each time he lies.
Sun May 14, 2023, 11:39 AM
May 2023

and it gives him a large jolt of electrical charge.

keithbvadu2

(36,802 posts)
13. hooking up dials and meters to the debate speakers. Heart rate, perspiration, eye blinks, breathing,
Sun May 14, 2023, 12:03 PM
May 2023

Wall Street Journal had an article one time about hooking up dials and meters to the debate speakers. Heart rate, perspiration, eye blinks, breathing, stuff like that. Indicators that the audience could see. Even better would be that the speaker could see them and try to adjust his speaking style accordingly.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,423 posts)
18. MAGAWorld is an alternate universe where lies and untruths are ALL that matters.
Sun May 14, 2023, 07:57 PM
May 2023

The beast is being fed. It’s been dormant for decades until trump woke it up.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
20. You're joking, right
Mon May 15, 2023, 04:03 PM
May 2023

Because the alternate universe of lies and untruths has existed since Nixon, and went into overdrive with that traitor reagan, then kept going with the bushes, too.

A shame that it's only since TFG that you noticed it.

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