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    Why is there a live audience at the debate on Monday? Should there be?

    By jollyroger on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 2:22pm |

     

    Mark Cuban, as an honored guest of HRC, will be in the front row Monday night.

     

    Prediction markets place the likelihood that he will heckle Trump if things are not going well for Hillary at 72%..

     

    I make it a lock.

     

    On a larger note, it certainly was not historically a "given" that there would be any audience at all.

     

    I think it gives Trump too much opportunity to dodge and duck.

     

    I'm against it.

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    He's been rehearsing:

     


    by jollyroger on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 2:45pm

    I was sorta joking, but, on reflection, this could be the Cuban Missile Crisis for Trump...


    by jollyroger on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 2:48pm

    Really I think this is the smartest strategic move Hillary has made. If Trump looks foolish (because of Hillary) in frfront of Marc, Trump will behave in a way he will regret. 


    by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 5:54pm

    It raises the pressure on Chump for sure ( that alone a measure of his insecurity...)


    by jollyroger on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 8:16pm

    Mark Cuban is the Kim Kardashian of political punditry. He's ubiquitous but no one really knows why.

    PS I think it's because of photos like this:

    The media loves to put pair this with his Trump rants.


    by Michael Wolraich on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 6:43pm

    I can easily see a heckle ( singular?).  Cuban has been ejected more than once for aggravated vehemence with enhancements:body language,


    by jollyroger on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 8:13pm

    See, this is why there shouldn't be an audience...

     

     http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-gennifer-flowers-at-debate-m...


    by jollyroger on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 1:42pm

    I am lobbying for a face book stream from Cuban to his page--stay tuned.

     

    Rex Visigothis

    Today at 2:16pm

    Can we hope for a "CubanCam" chyron inserted into the tv coverage of the debate (to memorialize the facial "stylings" )? Better yet, the "MarkMic" for pithy voice over commentary... All in all, a new chapter entitled :"Cuban Missile Crisis" in Deadbeat Donald's next ghost written auto-plug.

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    Rex Visigothis

     

    Rex Visigothis ok, no chyron, but can't mark stream live to this page?


    by jollyroger on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:12pm

    Great idea!  Where did you write it?  Didn't see it on his FB page.


    by Ramona on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:27pm

    There's a visitor posting column on the right side

    ETA which moves FAST--I posted a while ago...

    Just thinking that Cuban is streaming will make Trump turn Rubio's fantasy real...


    by jollyroger on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:31pm

    Also, I tweeted him, and I think I copied Trump--truth is, I'm not really up on the Tweeter thing.


    by jollyroger on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:43pm

    Rex Visigothis ‏@rexvisigothis  6m6 minutes ago

    @mcuban Livestream to your FB page from Hofstra--or just pretend to...@RealDonaldTrump

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    Assuming that twitter handles are not case sensitive, I guess my foray into psych. warfare is on like Donkey Kong


    by jollyroger on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:50pm

    serverstutter

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    by jollyroger on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:51pm

    Took care of the repeats.  Looks like you've been busy.  Hope Cuban gets the message.


    by Ramona on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:57pm

    Gennifer Flowers is reportedly nixxed by Kelly Anne Conway & Friends...Pray to the deity of your choice that Cuban reprazents.


    by jollyroger on Sun, 09/25/2016 - 1:52pm

    She'll be livestreaming soft-porn chats on NetFlix trying to eat into their draw. The circus is truly in town.


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/25/2016 - 2:01pm

    Hey, RUBE!

    put differently:

     

     

    I think that Trump has practically established a R/O Rabies level standard, and they can prolly shoot hi m up with one iof those Hell's Angels' cocktails with just the right combo of neurotransmitter agoniststs, blockers and modifiers that he zombies through.


    by jollyroger on Sun, 09/25/2016 - 7:10pm

    Speaking of their draw, may we pause and tip a hat to P.T. Barnum as we contemplate Super Bowl level ratings for a presidential debate.

     

    This is what it took to bring the American Lumpenproletariat to politcal consciousness curiosiity


    by jollyroger on Sun, 09/25/2016 - 7:13pm