I think this is probably true. It is a very common tactic in dysfunctional organizations (that I’ve even employed myself a few times). When someone is being incredibly obstinate and heading down a path you know leads to disaster, sometimes all you can do is switch to a cheerleader encouraging them to rush headlong off the nearest cliff. Then nobody can ignore the crash and there is the opportunity to build something better from the wreckage.
The thing is debates are always at 9 eastern, because that’s 6 on the west coast, and allows people to get home and turn it on after work. You can’t do it any earlier unless it’s on a Saturday, and then in the fall you’re competing against college football
Edit: the move here is to do it on west coast time and do a weeklong tour of mountain states to try to get his sleep schedule shifted earlier
and for the record, since we’ve apparently got some semi-literates hanging around today, sabotaging Biden is probably the only cool/good thing the responsible staffers have ever done in their lives
I think this is probably true. It is a very common tactic in dysfunctional organizations (that I’ve even employed myself a few times). When someone is being incredibly obstinate and heading down a path you know leads to disaster, sometimes all you can do is switch to a cheerleader encouraging them to rush headlong off the nearest cliff. Then nobody can ignore the crash and there is the opportunity to build something better from the wreckage.
Nobody could have thought Biden would do well at 9 PM, agreeing to that time slot is prima facie evidence of sabotage
The thing is debates are always at 9 eastern, because that’s 6 on the west coast, and allows people to get home and turn it on after work. You can’t do it any earlier unless it’s on a Saturday, and then in the fall you’re competing against college football
Edit: the move here is to do it on west coast time and do a weeklong tour of mountain states to try to get his sleep schedule shifted earlier
You know, like a toddler
and for the record, since we’ve apparently got some semi-literates hanging around today, sabotaging Biden is probably the only cool/good thing the responsible staffers have ever done in their lives