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30 Sep 2020, 8:43 am

Mr Reynholm wrote:
Trump won. Biden was doddering on and trying to regurgitate talking points but had no real facts or strategy.
Trump was his usual blustery, bloviated self.  Biden was certainly less than memorable.

How can anyone determine a winner between Geriatric Joe and Donny Demento?  If those two are the best their respective parties have to offer, then a drunken dog-catcher would make a better president than either of them.


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30 Sep 2020, 9:35 am

It's quite possible that the winner(s) of the debate were those who did not watch\sit through it...



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30 Sep 2020, 10:20 am

Sounds like they found a new and ingenious way for both to end up losing



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30 Sep 2020, 10:22 am

Biscuitman wrote:
Sounds like they found a new and ingenious way for both to end up losing.
<* insert negative comment regarding wealthy, old, white men here *>


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30 Sep 2020, 10:39 am

I couldn’t even watch it all.
Nobody won, the biggest loser is the American people.


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30 Sep 2020, 10:42 am

Compare the Nixon/Kennedy debates with this one. There's your answer.

We need a presidential campaign like the ones which occurred with Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Do you feel ANYBODY would have made a disease like COVID a political issue back in the 1950s? Hell no! They would have batten down the hatches and imposed NATIONWIDE STANDARDS of dealing with COVID (like they did with polio).



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30 Sep 2020, 10:52 am

Perhaps they should hold the next two debates by remote feed, and not in person.

So when one candidate is given time to present his points or answer questions, the moderator can mute the other candidate and prevent interruptions.



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30 Sep 2020, 11:06 am

The U.S. is circling the drain, and neither candidate discussed any real policy solutions. That was truly depressing to watch.


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30 Sep 2020, 1:41 pm

GGPViper wrote:
Perhaps they should hold the next two debates by remote feed, and not in person.

So when one candidate is given time to present his points or answer questions, the moderator can mute the other candidate and prevent interruptions.

Or just let the moderator use shock collars when they interrupt each other and start yelling.


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30 Sep 2020, 2:17 pm

Neither Trump nor Biden although it was fun entertainment. :lol:


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30 Sep 2020, 2:35 pm

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The 'moderator' won, by protecting one candidate from all follow up questions while posing harsh questions to the other.


House rules. Are you saying you wish there weren't a Fox News employee moderator?

Why on earth would Trump supporters take issue with harsh questions? Trump basically only asks inflammatory questions. The truth hurts.


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30 Sep 2020, 2:36 pm

During the debates, Trump told the Proud Boys to stand back and standby.
Looks like America will experience sociopolitical genocide after all, in the coming months. Told ya my nightmares were coming true.


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30 Sep 2020, 2:36 pm

Biden Didn't Commit 'Suicide'
And Trump 'Shot Himself
on Fifth' Avenue; Yet,
Again Now, for Refusing
to Condemn 'White Supremacy'
And Telling the 'Neo Fascist Political
Violence Movement', 'the Proud Boys',
to Stand Back And Stand By Now For
What They Do in Political Violence;
Trump, isn't only a Man Now With
No Naked Genuine Self-Esteem
Wearing An 'Evil Clown Mask';
He is Dangerous
To Democracy
And A Threat
to Human Life;
Indeed, Trump Proves
Himself as a Worst Leading
Kind of Human Cultural ViRuS
Still ATTeMPTiNG to Spread
Through Easiest, A ViRuS,
CuLTuRaL Like Him
Will through
Fields
and
Fields
of Human
Ignorance Sold,
For What He is Selling
On '5th Avenue'... Folks
He Bamboozles Continue
to not only Drink For Free
In Modern Kool-Aid Ways
But Even Pay Dearly in
Life with no
Masks to
Save
A Loved
One's Life; yet, Now
the Scientific Study of
Politics SHows His Days
Are Indeed Numbered at
the Bottom of the Top Now
Hallelujah'S iN Salvation from
Trump's Truly CuLTuRAL ViRuS
Reign as Simple as Falling Down on
5th Avenue, Ker-Plunk' by HiS Own TriggeRed
'Bird Finger'...
Trump is
Definitely
A 'Dirty Bird Dude'....

Giving 'the Op Here' Lots
of Credit For Just Telling
The Truth Completely Here with no Restraint... too..:)


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30 Sep 2020, 2:41 pm

Misslizard wrote:
GGPViper wrote:
Perhaps they should hold the next two debates by remote feed, and not in person.

So when one candidate is given time to present his points or answer questions, the moderator can mute the other candidate and prevent interruptions.

Or just let the moderator use shock collars when they interrupt each other and start yelling.

Well, that would probably increase the ratings, as well... but then the viewers would likely be cheering on both to interrupt each other just for the LULZ...

Anyway, the Commission on Presidential Debates (not to be confused with The Commission) has now released the following statement:

CPD wrote:
The Commission on Presidential Debates sponsors televised debates for the benefit of the American electorate. Last night’s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. The CPD will be carefully considering the changes that it will adopt and will announce those measures shortly. The Commission is grateful to Chris Wallace for the professionalism and skill he brought to last night’s debate and intends to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debates.

Source: https://www.debates.org/2020/09/30/cpd-statement-4/



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30 Sep 2020, 2:54 pm

Turned out to be an interesting evening of TV.

Was already cringing at the very thought of even watching the debate, but did watch some of it. Basically Trump just interrupting, and talking over Biden, and the moderator, and flinging accusations, and personal attacks, to see what would stick. Biden didnt even have time to talk policy, or even ...to be doddering. Though there were hints of dottage in his voice. And there was more than a large dose of desperation in Trump's voice. Not a moment to make you proud as an American.

Biden by default because of Trump's embarrassing behavior.

Only watched a couple minutes of it, but I gather that it was fair sample of what the whole evening was like from all reports.

I then surfed the dial seeking escape from the debate, and ended up watching an interesting cable doc about the making of "Hamilton" the musical.

I hadnt realized that Lin Manuel Miranda not only starred in, but wrote the libretto, and the music, and directed the play, as well as sang and acted in the starring role. Was stunned to see Miranda demonstrate genius comparable to that of ...the real Alexander Hamilton himself. He and the real Hamilton would probably not have seen eye to eye politically anymore than Trump and Biden, but between the two of them- the founding father of old, and the living artist who portrays him, it restored some of my hope for America.



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30 Sep 2020, 4:51 pm

I'm fairly certain I won by not watching. Hit my limit on Trump debates ~ March of 2016.


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