Who would be the best debate moderator for Trump and Biden?

No moderator on the planet could control Trump’s deranged babbling, except by Taser.

Darth Vader might just about manage it.

Carrie White, five seconds after the bucket.

Maybe a kindergarten teacher. She couple put Trump into timeout.

They should be in separate rooms and the microphones muted when it isn't their turn to speak.

How about Mama Fratelli? She's used to dealing with squabbling fuckwits and has knowledge of career criminals.

Yes cut the mic off. Go to a panel of factcheckers before going back to the candidates. Neither has any thing important or interesting to say. So just the facts. And scorecards like at iceskating shows.

Mrs. Garrett

"Girls! Girls!"

Sigourney Weaver, but only if she dresses as Ripley.

"GET AWAY FROM HIS TWO MINUTES, YOU BITCH!!!"

Donnie blew it. No more debates.

I don't think Biden should bother to debate him again unless the moderator can turn off the mic. Otherwise, it's another shitshow.

Trump looked and sounded like he was on crack. If they aren't answering the questions, why listen?

Trump refused the mic mutes.

Beetlejuice!

just let the two old bastards argue.

How about...

How about...

In order to be able to cut the mikes, both parties have to agree to it first.

Both "debaters" should be threatened with a tranquilizer gun if they interrupt. Hard telling how many darts you would have to fire into Trump to counteract whatever uppers he is on.

The second Presidential debate will be a town hall type debate, moderator will be Steve Scully of C-SPAN.

The next debate will be between Harris and Pence. Trump will be upset with Pence for not talking over Harris and making himself a huge ass like Trump did but the number of lies Pence will tell might be the same.

I think Baron Trump would do the best job!

Elektra Abundance, but only if she brings her whip

Yes, they need to do a fact check. It was so embarrassing. What a joke!

Nurse Ratched - when she ultimately lobotomizes trump for not following the debate rules, it will turn him into a sane person, or a vegetable... either way a win-win.

Wanda Sykes

Susie Essman

Miss Karen Huger

Maybe they have to invite a Brit woman to moderate the debate, probably the BBC woman who did the car crash interview with Prince Andrew.

Electrodes that will shock them when they speak during a rebuttal.

But it is pointless at this point. Biden should put out a statement saying that as Trump will never allow him to speak without constant interruptions it will no longer be in anyone's interest to continue these debates. Trump's base will support him no matter what ridiculous thing he says or does and the undecideds will continue to be decided because God knows why.

It should be on Zoom, the moderator could mute whoever is not supposed to be speaking.

Matt Lauer.

Judge Judy.

Sadly, the American public was prepared for last night's debacle because of shows like hers. Still, I would have liked hearing her say "I'll cut off your mic".

I pity the poor fool who tries to interrupt his opponent!

little Billy Douglas, superannuated

Joan Rivers if she was still alive, but Madame (Wayland Flowers) could handle Trump, oh wait, also dead. How about someone with a gun and permission to shoot anyone who interrupts?

Wallace lost control of the debate within the first 5 minutes. He may as well not have been there. Useless.

Another vote for Wanda Sykes.

Faye Dunaway. Give her some salads to toss.

These debates should just be on zoom, with the moderator setting the timer to have the mics automatically shut off after the allotted 2 minutes ... its always hilarious to watch the orange buffoon gesticulate wildly with no sound

Barbara Woodhouse is, unfortunately, not available.

Maxine "Reclaiming My Time" Waters

Helen Lawson.

Candy Crowley

A expert marksman who always hits the target.

All he’d have to do is stand up. One second later he could draw and take another second to cock the trigger.

Something tells whoever was wasting our time would shut up in five seconds or less. Or find themselves welcoming the floor around the 7-second point.

Jean Randolph

[quote]In order to be able to cut the mikes, both parties have to agree to it first.

Both sides agreed for this debate that they wouldn't let the other side speak uninterrupted. Wallace told Trump that during the debate and he smirked and said "yeah so?"

Acoustic isolation and a kill switch on the mic. Or they just cut to commercial and let him stew.

If I were Biden, I wouldn't do any more debates. Biden showed us "Sleepy Joe" doesn't exist, he did a fine job considering what was going on. That was their last line of attack.

Miss Manners

Nancy Pelosi was right. What's the point when one person is there ready to debate and the other is there to shout insults and lies?

Politics wasn't served: understanding the issues and their positions barely happened. If they refuse the moderator control of the mic, they should have no debate. If the network broadcasting one can't get them to agree - and operate under rules of engagement unlike those last night, why bother? Let Trump walk off or not show up. It then becomes a fully-paid primetime ad for Biden that Trump can't replace. If they agree to show up the next time, and do, let Trump storm off in a huff if he doesn't like the way he's forced to follow the rules.

Nothing serves us better than the contrast between Trump's drug-fuelled lunacy and Biden's calm demeanor.

There probably won't be any more Biden/Trump debates. After last night's debacle, the Debate Commission has promised to enact unspecified changes to the format - which Biden will accept, and Trump will reject as "unfair" and "rigged." Thus giving him an excuse to pull out of the last 2 debates.

Anne Robinson. “You are the weakest link. Goodbye”

How about Barbara Kane from Gotham? She's blonde.

Dawn Davenport.

Jimmy Dore or Joe Rogan, without a single doubt.

Fred Kruger.

Wilma Northrup.

Judy Shiendlin or Dolly Parton (cross her and America kills you)

Jane Lynch.

Condoleeza Rice.

No, seriously. She's no fan of Trump, and she WILL NOT take shit from him. She'll scold him, then put him in his place & tear him a new asshole for bringing disgrace to the Party she loves. If he attacks HER, he'll lose whatever habitual-Republican support he had left, because Condoleeza is held in *very* high esteem by non-Trumpet Republicans.

And GOD HELP Trump if he questioned her patriotism, intelligence, or integrity on TV. She might or might not have drank a bit too much neocon Kool-Aid growing up, but even Democrats respect her beliefs as heartfelt & genuine. Trump disrespecting Condoleeza is the kind of thing that would get the BUSH family to go on TV to urge Republicans to vote for Biden.

It would be the perfect set-up & Trap, and Trump would walk directly into it thinking she had his back, instead of having a knife ready to jam INTO his back while calling him the Antichrist.

I like that idea, R56.

Laura Palmer.

I mean, she's seen worse.

[quote]Jimmy Dore or Joe Rogan, without a single doubt.

Fascist fanboi Joe Rogan? Srsly?

You want a presidential debate where Don-don and Rogan spent 2 hours talking about how cool Nazis are?

There isn't a woman alive that Trump respects, we saw how he treated Hillary, Kristen Welker from NBC is the moderator for the last debate, it will be even worse than this one, Trump will run all over her. If it even happens.

Patti Lupone—she knows how to deal with inappropriate public behavior.

Joy Behar.

I vote for The Girls from the Facts of Life.

Miss Piggy.

I would love to see Rachel Maddow or Nicolle Wallace moderate a debate.

Drunk Don Lemon

Nancy Grace

Judge Judy

I'd love to see Steve Coogan do it in the character of Alan Partridge. Or the South Park guys as Mr. Garrison.

Drunk Don Lemon seconded.

Judge Judy

R51 I like Rogan. Dore on the other hand is genuinely ignorant. He genuinely has no idea how anything in government works. He has no idea how power operates. He is ignorant on political issues as well. And pop culture. He just has this wild leftist perspective which is ok with me but he's ignored mainstream media for past twenty years (if he ever read it to begin with). Not sure what the appeal is for Rogan there, other than it fits with his enjoyment of real outsider perspectives. There's a reason he had Tulsi and Yang on the podcast (but did virtually no preparation beforehand).

A team of Joe Scarborough, Stephanie Rhule, and Judge Nepolitano.

Joy Reid.

Betty White

Nicolle Wallace would be good, though Dump is such a psychotic you couldn’t count on him not to try to physically attack her on live tv.

I agree with the votes above for Judge Judy. She doesn't suffer fools and is quick to shut down idiots.

Joe Rogan is well-respected podcaster and host who people are campaigning to moderate one. He’s a former UFC fighter and announcer. I don’t think he’ll be intimidated to interrupt Trump.

Anton Chigurh

Theres no one who could shut Chump up in a dignified way so the only thing possible is to shut off the mics after the allotted time which i think they'll do. The next debate is a townhall which should solve the problems unless Trump is such an ass he interupts Biden when he's answering a voters question.

Judy Judy

[quote]Joe Rogan is well-respected podcaster and host who people are campaigning to moderate one. He’s a former UFC fighter and announcer. I don’t think he’ll be intimidated to interrupt Trump.

He's a Trumper, you moron.

It should be Howard Stern. He’s interviewed Trump at least 20 times and knows him well, but he supports Biden now.

Dick Cheney

[quote] Joe Rogan, without a single doubt.

You mean, someone who has ALREADY announced he will vote for Trump over Biden, because he has decided (with no medical evidence) "Biden has dementia"?

What could possibly be more fair?

I think Trump would become enraged if his mic was turned off. Like, he would stroke out.

[quote] There isn't a woman alive that Trump respects,

*ahem*

Instead of turning his mic off, can;' they work it so that if he interrupts or refuses to relinquish his turn, he drops through a trapdoor into a pool of piranhas?

So Rogan when says out of the two he’d prefer Trump, that immediately disqualifies him. But Howard Stern supports a Biden so therefore he’s a great choice?

We’re not looking for a home health aide to help a dementia patient. We’re looking for a moderator to ask tough questions to people who are trying to be leader of the free world.

I guarantee this would never have happened if the League of Women Voters were still in charge.

Judge Judy.

In fact, let her decide the election.

So long as she has power of capital punishment, just this once.

Rosie O'Donnell

R89, let's have a debate between Howard Stern and Joe Rogan instead.

Let me take a crack at it.

Alyssa Edwards

Seconding Joy Reid instead of Welker.

Joy used to regularly cut off assorted Trumpistas on her weekend show. She knows how to handle bullies and liars, and can talk a mile a minute.

Walter Cronkite

Amazon Alexa.

There should be no moderator because there should be no debates. Joe Biden is already president right now. In fact, start calling him President Biden.

They need to put both of them in separate rooms and cut their mic's off when their time is up. Trump is doing this shit on purpose to derail the debates, and Wallace barely called him out specifically on it. Wallace shouldn't have been saying stuff to the tune of "guys, calm down" - that's normalizing Trump's childish behavior and giving the false impression that Biden was behaving the same way. He wasn't.

Where’s Maxine Waters when you need her?

Brianna Keilar

That Australian woman

[quote] That Australian woman

Well, that narrows it down to thirteen million people.

Helen Reddy was not available.

Tony Soprano!

How about a Democrat with an assault rifle?

All these responses and no one has mentioned the OBVIOUS choice—Simon Cowell. God, I'd pay serious $$$ to see that.

It doesn't matter who they pick for future moderators, Trump will just continue to pull his shit hogging up the debate time throwing tantrums and screaming over everyone. His only tactic is to run out the clock without having to answer anything directly.

The only solution left is to just cancel the debate and install Joe Biden via a military coup. Maybe Our Pete can fill pull a few strings to make that happen.

Obama -- guaranteed Fat Cheeto will stroke out on camera.

How about Oprah? I think she'd be able to keep her cool and be objective.

Oprah. trump fears her and would know not to get too out of line lest he wants to get schooled by a powerful black woman.

Oh R112. I didn't see your reply until after I hit the post button. But Oprah could handle that pain in the butt Trump and his tantrums.

Megan Kelly

Brianna Keilar. She gave everyone a masterclass on how to deal with loudmouthed asshole Trump enablers.

Dr. Ruth, or RiPaul.

Grace Jones. Give her that stick she had in [italic]Conan the Destroyer[/italic] to slam down on the podium if someone talks out of turn.

"Hold my earrings," said a smiling Joy Reid, edging alongside Chris Wallace on the moderator's bench, "...and my wig!"

This thread is proof that that professor who called debating imperialist and racist was right.

Judge Judy or Queen Latifah came to mind first.

Too bad they are deceased.

Geraldine - Flip Wilson in drag

Aunt Esther- Lawanda Page

David Letterman. Trump would be leashed somewhat.

Christiane Amanpour

The ghost of Heather Chandler.

"Joe needs something to write on. Donald, bend over."

Judge Judy

Could it be.....Satan?

Hulk Hogan

Harriet Hubbard.

Addison DeWitt.

Actually, fuck Addison, I vote for Shere Khan.

Chris Wallace wasn’t at fault.

Queen Elizabeth

The talented Mr. Ripley?

I'd settle for the Talented Mr. Ripley's Believe It or Not.

Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos.

Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland, both in their superhero costumes.

It ends with a zipless fuck that sends the ratings through the orbit of Mars.

Stormy Daniels.

Stone Cold Steve Austin. My first and best thought was, as people have said, Judge Judy.

Would he listen to Ivanka if she was the moderator?

Harry Roat, Jr.

“INTERRUPT ONE MORE TIME! I DARE YOU ... I DOUBLEDARE YOU MOTHERFUCKER!”

omg, Samuel L. Jackson would be *perfect*.

If she were still alive (but as ornery as ever), Ann Richards would have been *epic*. Especially if she interjected zingers insinuating that Donald is *poor*.

Ditto, if Margaret Thatcher were still alive. One icy cold sneer would tear Donald's self-esteem in half. This was a woman who survived *years* of grueling weekly "Question Time" against Labour, and was literally ready to have a submarine throw a nuclear missile at Buenos Aires (before Reagan told her, point blank, "America won't condemn you... but we won't be able to *save* you when the UN declares Britain to be a pariah state the next day. Please think carefully"). I think she could have easily handled Trump with both force and dignity.

A porn starlet who runs her own online empire & could unexpectedly flash her tits at Donald just to throw him for a loop (and goad him into saying something crude & non-Presidential).

Karen Walker

Steve Harvey

John Waters

The Senatrice, just so she could put the final nail in her own coffin.

But seriously, obviously, as has been mentioned several times, Judge Judy. Without a doubt.

The Supreme Dalek.

Lord Humongous.

Manos: The Hands of Fate

I would have said The Wicked Witch of the West, but she's too obviously a Bernie supporter and both candidates have glasses of water, so...

Howard Stern

Judge Judy or Ada McGowan

Jerry Springer

Meghan McCain

[quote]Aunt Esther

"Donald Trump, you CAME here with teeth ..."

When Wallace accused them both of yelling I knew what was up. Wallace is a FOX piece of shit. He was as rehearsed as Trump was.

R132 "Chris Wallace wasn’t at fault. "

Bwahaha!!!!! Wallace was a like an ineffective substitute teacher who allowed the unruly child to run wild, and that equivocated that they were basically acting similarly.

KATIE PORTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A foreign news analyst who doesn't have a political/professional stake in the outcome.

This really hurt Wallace a lot. He was way out of his league with this. He should be ashamed of himself the way he let this get out of hand. It didn't occur to him this would happen? Like the Donald team agrees to this before hand and they couldn't be laughing at these rules behind his back? He was completely unprepared. He had no idea of Trump's aggressive bullying tactics? He blamed them BOTH?!!!

They needed somebody like that black woman at that town hall meeting who told Trump in a civilized firm way to shut the fuck up until she was finished asking her question and he stayed quiet like an embarrassed chastened school boy.

Would it hurt Biden very much if he refused any further debates with Trump? Instead he could put out a very forceful well detailed explanation of why attempting to debate this man with his constant inaccuracies, pathological inability to tell the truth, his constant unending interruptions not allowing Biden to speak, and vicious personal attacks on his family preclude any possibility of civilized informed debate.

Even that fact that they might have to turn off Trump's mic because of his madness and make further(impossible) rules is such a scandal I am shocked they are even considering it.

That gay robot on ABC.

I wouldn't consider participating in any future debates if I were Biden. What's the point?

Rachel from "Blade Runner".

It took nearly a hundred questions, after all.

Judge Judy

The fact that Wallace got so flustered when he knew what Trump was all about was very unprofessional.

And 'Mr. President you're going to be happy with this question.' WHAT THE FUCK! He didn't feel the need to ask Biden any happy questions.

This guy. Trump's acting up would be inconceivable!

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"I guess I didn't realize - and there was no way you could, hindsight being 20/20 - that this was going to be the president's strategy, not just for the beginning of the debate but the entire debate," he said.

Duh. Yes this was absolutely impossible to see despite covering Trump for years. It was a total shock!

Chris it was your job and your many advisors who helped you prepare as well to see that there was going to be a 99% possibility that this was going to be his strategy.

... stop... quiet... time out... quit... people... hey... stop... silence... time out... quiet

General Colin Powell, preferably in uniform.

Martha Stewart

Mrs Alfred Steele

Bea Arthur would have been perfect.

“Say it bitch.... SAY IT!!”

Well, at least he couldn't accuse her of "having blood coming out of her ... whatever" r170

I came here to post Samuel Jackson's name. Tweeters were suggesting him as the debate wore on. But I also like the Judge Judy suggestion.

I cannot lay too much blame on Wallace. There's no way to control Trump without a kill switch for his microphone.

Genghis Khan.

If it has to be someone from the Anglosphere, suggest Henry II (Plantagenet).

Either one would sort them out quickly.

Don Corleone (Sr. or Jr.)

Max Cady (Mitchum's not De Niro's)

Why not just get Putin in and have done with it?

Xi would be another possibility as well. Donald and he love one another.

'There's no way to control Trump without a kill switch for his microphone.'

Shouldn't that be unacceptable for a presidential debate? Besides he would start yelling anyway. A taser every time he interrupts would be preferable and you know it wouldn't keep him quiet for more than two minutes. If that.

for damn sake, the grifter con artist family didn't even FOLLOW THE RULES by not wearing masks! only the whore did and that was briefly and of course only for show...

JOAN CRAWFORD: "DON'T FUCK WITH ME FELLAS!"....

Jesus

Wendy Torrance.

She has experience with abusive men.

And she certainly seems to have got the better of you, sir.

Judy Tenuta.

Minerva Mayflower.

The Very Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam.

"Gentlemen. Put your hands inside the box..."

Stephen King's "Christine"

Fuck with me and I'll grill you like you've never been grilled before"

Patrick Bateman, clad only in running shoes and a chainsaw.

Titus Andronicus.

The Countess Groan of Gormenghast.

And her birds.

And cats.

And the goat.

Michelle Obama

I'd love to have seen what a non-FOX moderator would have done with the situation. Martha Radditz would stop the show. George Stephanopoulos isn't afraid of Trump.

Dr Fauci, perhaps?

Billy Eichner

A dominatrix.

[quote]Who would be the best debate moderator for Trump and Biden?

Dr. Jill Biden