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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions for the country but two politicians who approach big moments very differently.

The vice president is cloistered in a historic hotel in downtown Pittsburgh where she can focus on honing crisp two-minute answers, per the debate’s rules. She’s been working with aides since Thursday and chose a venue that allows the Democratic nominee the option of mingling with swing-state voters.

Trump, the Republican nominee, publicly dismisses the value of studying for the debate. The former president is choosing instead to fill his days with campaign-related events on the premise that he’ll know what he needs to do once he steps on the debate stage at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

“You can go in with all the strategy you want but you have to sort of feel it out as the debate’s taking place,” he said during a town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Trump then quoted former boxing great Mike Tyson, who said, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”

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[–] elgordino@fedia.io 40 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I hope Harris doesn’t over prepare, she does need to maintain a certain level of off the cuff affability.

Over preparation was Biden’s fatal error, he was struggling so hard to hit his talking points he couldn’t keep things straight. Obviously things are vastly different with Harris, but she’d be best to not just be a talking point machine.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's the main reason I gave up on watching political debates years ago, because nothing ever gets directly answered. It's all fillers and boasting about past hurrahs and talking points.

If they just answered the fucking questions I'd be happy.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 18 points 2 months ago

Calling these things presidential "debates" is rich, indeed.

[–] smokinliver@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I totally see your point.

But with the switch from "when they go low,..." to "fuck it, we can hut below the belt even better", I gotta admit I am quite interested to see how she will handle a formal debate: Hammer phrases like everyone before or hitting hard and agile.

Idk, somehow I feel we might see something refreshing this time.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'll watch the highlights or something 'cause I can't stand Trump's voice, his meandering and the bullshit he spews. His mere existence just pisses me off to no end.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The media spent so much time focusing on zingers over ideas, they kinda created the mess.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 18 points 2 months ago

Biden’s stutter leads him to greatly overprepare.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

well one advantage she has is that she's not legally dead.

also she seems to actually study things to understand them, not to parrot them by heart. being a prosecutor she probably knows how to study things and make cases.

[–] Oxymoron@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What she needs to be doing is trumping all over Trump. Like farting all over his face. No cancel that. Not farting. She needs to be consistently SHARTING all over his face, all over his whiskers and in his mouth.

Yessss… yessss.

Side note: fuck Shapiro that guys a fucking sellout like I’ve never liked the guy at all. Obviously. And I’ve never really thought he was actually principled. But like he has always tried to act like he’s super rational and it just makes no sense that he could still be supporting someone who blatantly tried to steal the election to stop the transfer of power.

His excuses to justify still supporting Trump make me sick and he also needs a caking of shart IMO.