DNC Caters to Old Joe – Changes Rules So Biden Can Sit Down During Arizona Debate

[mystery-ak]

DNC Caters to Old Joe – Changes Rules So Biden Can Sit Down During Arizona Debate
 by Cristina Laila March 8, 2020

The DNC changed its rules for the upcoming March 15 Democrat debate in Arizona so old Joe Biden can sit down.

CNN will be hosting the town hall style debate next Sunday and agreed to a format change that would have the candidates seated.

The Sanders camp is accusing Biden’s team of a backdoor deal with the DNC to allow old Joe to take a load off rather than go toe-to-toe with Bernie.

“Why does Joe Biden not want to stand toe-to-toe with Sen. Sanders on the debate stage March 15 and have an opportunity to defend his record and articulate his vision for the future?” asked Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ senior advisor.

Politico reported:

    After a private call Friday with CNN, which is moderating the March 15 debate with the Democratic National Committee, Sanders’ team balked at a new proposed format for debate, saying it gives his opponent Biden too much of a break in their first one-on-one face-off. Biden’s camp denied that it was pressing for a sit-down debate.

    The format for the next debate in Arizona — their first since Biden’s blowout Super Tuesday victories — would have the candidates seated for the first time this election cycle and take multiple questions from the audience. In the prior 10 debates, the candidates stood at lecterns and nearly all questions were asked by the professional moderators.

    Biden’s campaign and the DNC said the format for the debate was decided by the party and CNN. The news network declined to comment and referred questions to the DNC.

    “We will participate in whatever debate CNN choses to stage: standing, sitting, at podiums, or in a town hall,” Biden’s deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said. “The problem for the Sanders campaign is not the staging of the debate, but rather, the weakness of Sen. Sanders’ record and ideas.”

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/dnc-caters-to-old-joe-changes-rules-so-biden-can-sit-down-during-arizona-debate/

[mountaineer]

Bluster aside, I  suspect heart patient Bern will be happy to sit down.

[XenaLee]

Ye gads.   I'm getting a feeling of deja vu here....

[mountaineer]

Ye gads.   I'm getting a feeling of deja vu

ha ha, Izzy Mandelbaum. 

[240B]

Imagine the founding fathers. In their time very few people lived to be 80 years old.
And if by some miracle they did, they certainly would not be running for office of any kind.
Liberal Politicians are a special kind of sociopath. Power is more important to them than anything else, including their own health, their own family, even their own life. And "reelection" is their only God.

[collins]

Bluster aside, I  suspect heart patient Bern will be happy to sit down.

you would think standing for some time would be harder for a heart patient than a dementia patient, but who knows? They both ought to be debating sitting in wheelchairs, this is close to elder abuse IMO.

[240B]

you would think standing for some time would be harder for a heart patient than a dementia patient, but who knows? They both ought to be debating sitting in wheelchairs, this is close to elder abuse IMO.

Don't feel pregnant there Mr. @collins. There are a lot of people all over the world saying the same thing about elder abuse.
Never has there been an election like this before. Both the Dem candidates are running on behalf of their VP choice.
Biden has already expressly said that his VP will likely be the President, and he is right.
And I have serious doubt that Sanders will survive 4 years in the most taxing job, one of the most difficult jobs on Earth.
Both of these guys should be sipping iced tea on a porch somewhere. They are both out of their element with this craziness.

[Cyber Liberty]

I can't wait for the debate over what the shape of the table should be.

[mystery-ak]

Here It Goes – DNC Says Joe Biden Needs Chair and Desk for Next Debate…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/08/here-it-goes-dnc-says-joe-biden-needs-chair-and-desk-for-next-debate/