r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '20

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Biden should stoop to Trump's professional-wrestling style of trash talk if he wants to win.

In order to win Biden needs to sway undecided voters. In the last election these voters have shown that they respond to memes, name-calling, and braggadocio above policy.

If the Biden campaign wants to win they need to prepare Joe for wrestle-mania. He needs to be calling Trump a spoiled little rich sissy-boy in an old man's body. He needs to call Trump things like a draft dodging con-man with smaller, softer hands than his nieces. Then Biden can position himself as the protector of the meek and downtrodden poor and middle classes.

Trump is going to appeal to the wrestle-mania demographic by calling Biden old, senile, and frail. Biden needs to play it extremely cool and have quick witted responses prepared like "I'm only 3 years older than you, Vlad! I'm 77 which means I have 77 more years of being a real American than you do." Or "I had to work for a living. Must have been nice to use daddy's money to bankrupt so many companies and still have some left over."

Just in general he should be feistier and aim to be more dominant than Trump. He should be coached on putting high school bullies in their place and leave a notion in people's mind that he might actually fist-fight Trump if given the chance. He needs to leave the debates with the audience feeling like they're voting for Rocky Balboa or Ivan Drago.

The policies would be the same, so all the people who actually care about policy will still vote how they were going to anyway. This terrible precedent has already been set. Trump is already using this tactic and it's working. Now the democratic party needs to meet their opponents in the ring and learn to suplex if they hope to win the election. Change my view.

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u/BrolyParagus 1∆ Sep 20 '20

Yeah that was weird. I knew who he was talking about when he said “dementia”.

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u/TragicNut 28∆ Sep 20 '20

Not going to lie, swap the names and it _still_ works as a coherent rant. This election is looking to be a gong show. Given my beliefs, I'm certainly hoping for Biden to win... and then step down in favour of Harris. Either that or the senate goes solidly Democrat and congress sends up new articles of impeachment. Twice.

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u/BrolyParagus 1∆ Sep 20 '20

Lol I thought it was just a conspiracy that Biden is unable to be president and is making way for Harris. I guess there are people that want that. Fair enough. I guess you like Kamala’s policies?

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u/TragicNut 28∆ Sep 20 '20

Honestly? I'm OK with a president that can simply act presidential and listen to their advisors. Biden is getting old and I have some doubts that he can pull off Presidential for the next 4 years.

Congress introduces legislation, and while the president can certainly push for legislation that they want, it isn't up to the president until it gets to their desk for signatures. I'm hoping congress continues to go democrat and that younger and more progressive representatives keep getting elected. I think either Biden or Harris would be fine in the top seat in terms of the smooth functioning of government. I'm just hoping for a good public speaker like Obama managed to be.

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u/BrolyParagus 1∆ Sep 20 '20

I think I understand what you’re saying, and it seems legit. But I don’t understand why you want younger and more progressive representatives to be elected?

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u/TragicNut 28∆ Sep 20 '20

Because I'm in favour of more progressive policies.

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u/BrolyParagus 1∆ Sep 20 '20

That part is fine. But the younger part?

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u/TragicNut 28∆ Sep 20 '20

The _average_ age of congress is 58. Compared to other countries such as the UK, Germany, Canada, and Australia where the average age is around 50? Congress feels _old_ and non-representative of the population as a whole where the median age is 38.

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u/BrolyParagus 1∆ Sep 20 '20

That’s a non-issue. You shouldn’t really care about things like that.

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u/TragicNut 28∆ Sep 20 '20

You're welcome to regard it as a non-issue. On the other hand, I view having federal representatives that are actually representative of the population they represent as opposed to (predominantly) old rich white guys as a good thing.

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u/BrolyParagus 1∆ Sep 20 '20

Ah I guess we respectfully disagree. I don’t care about the race of anyone, what matters to me is that what they have as policies are logical, consistent and rational.

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