CNN/New York Times Democratic Debate ** Viewing Thread **

Oh, and it's held at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.

[quote]RIGHT NOW The audience begins to file into the debate hall.

Worst part of these debates, by far. Watch them lose their minds over zingers tonight.

The New York Times actually put out an article today on how to prepare a debate zinger. 😩

Is Pete going shirtless?

No, but I'm hearing Yang has another stunt up his sleeve.

Otterbein University lol how ridiculous

r6 Why? Is it a shithole?

Fuck this shit. You can have a meaningful debate with 12 candidates on the stage. It’s little more than a year until the presidential election and the DNC is still fucking around with this candidate circus.

“Otterbein University”? Lol. This is a real-life SNL skit.

Article about the challenges of coordinating the commodes when you're wrangling twelve candidates.

[quote]“It’s a very long debate,” said Alex Conant, a political strategist who prepared Senator Marco Rubio for his primary debates in 2016. “You have to think about things like: ‘When do you go to the bathroom, and how many men can fit into the men’s room at once?’”

[quote]CNN arranged for R.V. trailers — of equal, and ample, size — for candidates and their entourages on Tuesday ahead of the broadcast.

[quote] how to prepare a debate zinger.

You know Kamala “I was that little girl” Harris has been rehearsing her repertoire of totally spontaneous zingers and mic drop moments all day.

Oh there’s DNC chairman Tom Perez looking like the cryptkeeper.

Will moderators have Geritol on hand for some of the ahem...older candidates?

So will they be falling all over each other calling for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, free health care for all immigrants, reparations, trans bathroom rights and the rest of their loser playlist tonight?

Will Kamala ‘justice for jussie!’ Harris wear a (gasp) COLOR for the first time ever?

r14 There's no way we'll have the same Medicare conversation for the fourth time in a row. Syria will definitely be on the agenda. As for the rest, who knows.

r15 Amy tried purple for the LGBTQ town hall the other day and it made her look like a plum. Kamala has a similar body shape, so I can see why she loves black attire so much, at least for the debates.

Does Pete have a fuzzy ass?

Why does CNN have Mitch Landrieu on their commentator panel? Where do they dig these people up?

Analyst on CNN just said he expects Bernie will want to show the voters tonight that he's fine after his heart attack. So expect even more shouting, I guess.

"Twelve minutes each in a best case scenario" - CNN

Fucking hell, that really puts it into perspective.

Biden's campaign posted this...

[quote]Catching up with friends backstage.

R21. I just heard that also. But they usually give more airtime to the front runners. But that does put his circus in perspective.

[quote]Why does CNN have Mitch Landrieu on their commentator panel? Where do they dig these people up?

Why do they have Rick Santorum? That's the question.

Out of all the commentators they could have hired they pick someone with a notorious homophobic background?

Bernie needs to drop out and throw his support to Warren.

She's more likeable anyway.

^ he just called her a capitalist. (Amazing that that is a bad word now)

r25 He'd sooner murder her with his own bare hands than do that. And not after he scored the largest Q3 haul of any candidate, anyway.

Bernie’s history and Biden after tonight (if he turns in the kind of performance I think he will) will self-destruct before the primaries. That leaves Warren as the likely candidate. I don’t see any of the rest stepping up.

Bernie will drop dead before he drops out.

Every time someone says “Otterbein University” I giggle.

We're "moments away from the debate," really, Jake? There's literally an hour to go still.

I want to see Pete top Cuomo

IS BLOSSOM GONNA SHOW UP?? In her new wig?

"Hunter Biden is almost the thirteenth person on that stage." - Cuomo

So they're definitely bringing up that shit, aren't they?

Marianne Williamson has a sweat lodge meeting tonight. She sends her regrets.

Oh, Marianne. Remember those innocent days of her addressing the PM of New Zealand on debate stage...

Who's going to be the bigger stunt queen tonight - Tulsi or Yang?

David Axelrod is not having the Bidens. “Hunter did nothing wrong and he won’t do it again.” Lol Exactly.

^ add Beto. He’s been off the cuff bug time these days

Pete's campaign has some sort of a debate pre-show planned. Starts in five minutes, if anyone here is curious.

Straight lady. But boy Elizabeth Warren is looking foxy in OP’s photo,

Will Pete say something bitchy? I hope so!

I can not, for the life of me, imagine Pete engaging in any sexual activity. And God knows I’ve tried!

Why do Dems muddy the waters? By caving on Hunter...makes the impeachment inquiry weaker. Can’t we stick to simple messages?

"Broadway star" Jordan Donica is now singing the anthem. The theatre queens here must know who he is, I'm sure.

Brava girl

Excuse me, R45. The man is an Otterbein University alumnus.

She doesn't have the range.

Eleanor Clift strongly hinted that Biden better be ready for questions. Joe's been planning to run since Hillary lost, why didn't he see this coming and get in front of it? Nothing illegal happened, but it smells like a fat frau's ass.

Maggie Haberman brought up how Bernie covered up/didn’t tell the truth about his heart attack for several days.

r50 Yes, I couldn't believe when she said that, but good for her.

Yay, a Freedom From Religion ad with Ron Reagan! 🥰

Pre-debate trivia: Eleanor is Montgomery Clift's sister-in-law.

Are all of them career politicians?

Chairman of Ohio Democratic Party warming up the crowd.

Note that Sherrod Brown came out forcefully against M4A yesterday (today?). 👀

And by "warming them", I mean scaring the SHIT out of them. I just randomly unmuted the feed and heard "...two or three more Justice Kavanaughs..." 😂

R55 He’s the one we have to thank for this 12 person clusterfuck tonight.

Just to clarify, Sherrod Brown isn't the chairman mentioned in my first sentence. I just wanted to say two different things about Ohio politicians.

Good grief, Perez is boring. At least the Ohio Dem Chair was brief. Get someone else that is capable to rile up the audience and home viewers.

It's just too much. 'llI skip these debates until January.

r59 Yes, the audience doesn't seem to be into Perez. 😬

r53 I know, isn't that amazing! I love her, especially when she gets riled up.

Speaking of January debates, someone told me to watch this clip the other day of just how nasty these debates can get. I was not prepared...

[quote]We're "moments away from the debate," really, Jake? There's literally an hour to go still.

This morning at 5:30am they were saying “we’re just a few hours away from the debates!”

r63 Double-speaking stammerer. Rude.

They should have had it at Oberlin. Now that would have been a really entertaining SJW Shitstorm!

Gabbard opposes impeachment. Comes across as a plant. Don't trust any of that pro-Assad & Putin association. She's taking up time and space.

[quote]Will Kamala ‘justice for jussie!’ Harris wear a (gasp) COLOR for the first time ever?

She’s wearing a navy blue blazer/pantsuit.

David Axelrod just said Mayor Pete has to prove he's an "alpha" tonight. A sly bit of gay-baiting?

They’re all saying Pete is planning to attack Warren.

Axlerod is a genius!

Liz Warren sure does stick to her capsule wardrobe.

The intro's are so pageant like. I expect Anderson to say "and the first runner up is!!!!!!!!"

Beto is so damned stupid

r65 You alright, love? 🤨

Tulsi got her hair did

Chaste @ R74. Fuck off frau !

So they're just standing there like Avengers now?

Eat a dick 77

When Tulsi came out Kamala studiously looked the OTHER WAY. And they were only a couple of people apart.

Kamala can show that dark shade gurl

[quote]Gabbard opposes impeachment. Comes across as a plant.

I agree. There's something wrong with her. No Democrat running for the nomination should oppose impeachment.

I love you Beto !!! Go get them boy !!!

Steyer is my man !!!!!!!!!!!!

oh hi

R80 Tulsi roughed her up last debate and she’s still pissed.

Who is that Angel in White?

The Devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape.

I like Tulsi. I don’t care what any of you bitches say.

Ugh Erin Burnett

Legal stream is here if you're unable to watch it anywhere else.

Anderson, honey, you’re jowels are growing

AC just said everyone on the stage supports impeachment.

Sanders looking radiant.

R91, really? Because only a few days ago Tulsi said she was against impeachment.

Tulsa came out in favor of impeachment. After everyone else.

Bernie looking and sounding good so far.

Bernie looks and sounds strong. Nice surprise!

R87, Tulsi is a Republican/Russian plant for Trump. I don't know how you can like her.

And she's a homophobe who worked for her father's anti-gay marriage organization.

Senator Sanders, did you have the red or green jello when you were in the hospital?

Ancient Biden quotes come up to haunt him again, quelle surprise.

Bernie doesn’t look recognizable with his hair combed.

If anyone needs a free livestream

Biden sounding embalmed

Did the sound fade down for any of you on Warren and Sanders for a few seconds? Or just my TV?

He said it, R93. And no one has corrected him.

Everyone of these candidates is for impeachment, so why is CNN even asking about it, why ask something everyone is in agreement with. That tells the voters nothing they don't already know.

I don't know why the audience is dead quiet, but I'm loving it!

Since when is Tulsi for impeachment?

Why are they wasting all this time on Impeachment? They all support it, except maybe Tulai.

Kamala's doing that down home Southern accent thing Hillary used to do when she was showing us how warm and real she was.

It really works.

r105 They're asking because some of these senators will serve as jurors during the trial.

Booker’s right eye is wonky.

Why is a woman who was raised in Montreal by an Indian mother talking like she was brought up in the hood?

Am I the only one who felt Liz needed to do a better job with her hair?

Exactly R109-- WTF

Yaaas Amy!

Amy gives me the creeps. Very inauthentic person.

Looks like Gabbard changed her tune between Sept 24 and Sept 27.

SEPT 24:

Tulsi Gabbard: Impeachment against Trump would be 'terribly divisive'

Voters are interested in impeachment, of course they will be asked about it

Oh, Castro... stop pander pivoting.

I will give Bernie points for being the only one so far to actually answer the question

I don't get that vibe from Amy R116. At all.

Kam's slave-descendant roots are similar to Clinton's, true.

Amy is boring.

R92 he had a B-12 shot before this.

ongoingly?

HAWT!

SEPT 27:

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says she now supports an impeachment inquiry into Trump

How do you say "impeachment" in Spanish Julian

I'm waiting for him to say "impeachmento"

R113 She needs different less school librarian-like glasses too.

Kind of agree with r116 but I get more of a shrill type personality. High strung which is kind of off-putting.

The Tulsi Troll is the very first person I've ever blocked on DL

I think Bernie may also have some product in his hair, nice touch.

I really like Kamala...but she does come across as fake and too try-hard. I can see why she’s not connecting with people.

They are each off to a strong start. They are nailing the issues and tackling the questions head on and without hesitation.

I don’t agree that they haven’t answered the questions.

Amy grows on me more and more, and would make for a good secretary of education.

Well Tulsi's still a cunt.

Julian Castro is the only one of these candidates who I truly dislike. Everyone else I’m cool with.

Pete can really speak well. I wish he could win.

Pete also answering the actual question.

But we knew he would.

Ugh. Pete decided to make an opening statement as part of his impeachment "answer."

Pete may have one too many grande Pikes. I see sweat on the upper lip.

At least I hope it's sweat. If it isn't, well done, you!

Tulsi is always trashing democrats. And always appears sympathetic to rethugs.

She needs to be canceled from the Democratic Party until she can lay off the “friendly fire”.

R133, and as I just posted above with a CNN article/video, Tulsi was against impeachment as of Sept 24. She suddenly changed her mind on Sept 27.

Agreed, R139.

Steyer is a waste of space up here

Pete can't win. This country is not going to vote for a married homosexualist.

Please clap.

The sky was so blue that day.

Tulsi is also nowhere near qualified to be president. She doesn’t have any experience and is clearly a quack.

"You've been calling for impeachment for two years"

Fuck, Tom Steyer is old AF. I had never seen a photo of him

Why aren't they putting these on non-pay stations? Older voters need to see this and they are all watching something else now and waiting to turn their favorite Fox News show on later tonight. Even if they happened upon it and then hate watched in on ABC or NBC or something, maybe they'd pick something up but they aren't going to search it out.

Steyer is fucking lame. He's got asshole face.

It's because Amy has a "tremulous" voice. It can be symptomatic of a disordered brain. Thus the flying objects and snit fits she is famous for.

Is Andrew Yang lacking a neck or a jaw?

[quote]I get more of a shrill type personality. High strung which is kind of off-putting.

I can still feel the stapler.

Yang has become officially annoying.

It's on NPR for free R148, but I agree with your greater point.

Beto is so beautiful.

Yang oddly enough has the best answer so far.

Poor Beto... he just has nothing to say really.

R131 That fake down-home Southern drawl is so annoying, from both Clinton and Harris.

Beto's hair looks terrible. I don't think he is good looking, either.

[quote]Beto is so beautiful.

= Chasten, masturbating backstage

Well, droppin' a g is great darn way to get her done if that's what it takes. Anyway, that's what my consultant tells me!

Giant softball for Uncle Joe. He better hit this out of the park.

#SportsballMetaphor

Beto wants Pete’s military dick.

Has Biden addressed the question to you?

I thought DeKamala was trying to appeal to black voters with her homegurl shtick

The only thing now is to blow Beto, while he cries about injustice or something.

[quote]It's because Amy has a "tremulous" voice. It can be symptomatic of a disordered brain. Thus the flying objects and snit fits she is famous for.

Just stop. My voice gets like that when I'm either nervous or hyped up about something. She's both right now. She has no chance but I still like her.

Biden still can't string together connecting sentences.

“My son did NOTHING WRONG. And he won’t do it again.” Okayyy And please spare us the “beat him like a drum” thing.

Was Joe even listening to Anderson? He looked lost. Jesus Christ he's pathetic.

Biden's hoping there will be butterscotch pudding on the after party buffet.

[quote]Biden still can't string together connecting sentences.

I love Joe and respect him, but he is so over coached for these things.

Ugh. Biden is so fucking lost and boring. CNN is spending the entire time attacking Democrats so far. Shocking.

No way R168

That drum line is a killer sound bite and will make Trump mad.

Beto could do better than Pete.

He could certainly do TALLER.

Hehe, Booker freakout. Didn't see that coming. Bitches are thirsty...

R171 I believe you have tried that theory on DL several times. How about - he has some brain damage which effects his language faculty.

Calm down Bernie.

Who's the gay-voiced panelist?

Here come the knives for Warren.

She's fucking up the big weakness for her: she won't answer the cost question. This will be a pivotal moment for her.

Warren has cleaned up her neck wrinkles. Wow. When did she do that?

How is my man Pete doing so far?

[quote]Yang oddly enough has the best answer so far.

No, he said "We've shipped 300,000 jobs overseas."

Unless he is speaking for his corporate overlord class, it makes no sense.

"We" did none of that shit.

r175, I'm not watching this because I hate the format, but did Booker really have a freak out? Over what?

R176, I have argued that, about once. I barely participate in these things. Largely because of people like you. Drink some bleach.

Warren with a sad cancer story so Biden won't go after her.

Warren and Biden are both in their 70's, the former looks and act so much younger and energetic. Biden looks like he's been embalmed.

Angry, or annoyed, doesn't really suit Pete.

Don't Americans feel humiliated that election after election can't deliver universal health care? Sheesh! These sob stories are embarrassing.

oh hi

A yes or no question that doesn't get a yes or no answer

Go Petie go!!!

FUCK, Pete is going in for the kill right now. Warren will destroy him.

Biden should probably have been our nominee in 2016 - he probably would have beaten Trump.

Now he may be past his prime.

Pete swinging on Warren! Oh shit! Get er baby!!

No one says the word corporation like Lizzy.

Warren back to her cancer and MS sob story. 😴

Does Warren think we are that stupid?

[quote]did Booker really have a freak out? Over what?

The lower tier candidates are all probably desperate to make an impact.

I do giggle at Bernie's damn bill line. Cheers me up.

"just diagnosed with Cancer!!!!!!!" SOB!

r192, Biden chose not to run because of his son's death, nobody could have made him change his mind.

The one who REALLY should have run in 2016 is Warren, then we would have been spared BERNIE SANDERS that year and again now.

Bernie loves that "I wrote that bill" line

Okay, I'm not a Bernie fan, but that was a good line.

Shit, I have never seen Pete like that before. I think I'm turned on?

He's so fucking fast, you guys.

Chasten's hole is gonna get WRECKED tonight.

Why doesn't Warren just say, "No, taxes won't go up for the middle class. What's going to happen is that all that money you are paying to insurance companies right now is going to Medicare on a sliding scale so the vast majority of them will pay out much, much less annually."

And, no Petey, the country will not be more divided after Trump is gone. The deplorables will crawl back into the holes and we'll move the fuck on toward a non-Trump future. A bright new day, indeed.

Bernie speaks and I hear Ron Placone.

Ooooh, girl on girl! Go Amy!

Mayor Pete draws blood

I love me some Pete he gets the overprivliged white wokesrers on twitter so triggered!

Amy going in for the kill as well!

Damn They're comin for Miss Lizzie. But I think she'll just come out stronger.

Bernie is explaining honestly what Warren keeps refusing to actually say.

"Costs" will go down--because taxes will go up

GO AMY GO

I feel this is all rinse repeat on health care. Why not discuss foreign policy?

What was Axelrod saying about being an Alpha?

What's up with the purple?

Sorry Amy, kicking people off their beloved private insurance is Republican bullshit. We all know it.

Bernie had a good point. Yes, taxes for middle class will go up, but it'll be less than what people have already been paying for health care.

Actually Lizzie spent half her life as a Republican.

Warren's ascent just levelled off. The narrative tomorrow is challengers hammer Warren on health care as she refuses to say how she'll pay for it.

If the government offers decent healthcare, how many companies will continue to offer healthcare? Companies will be paying higher taxes to pay for the government healthcare, they won't pay the higher taxes for non employees to get government healthcare and pay high costs for their own employees healthcare also.

This will be like Obama saying if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, which was true, nothing in the law forced people to change doctors, just circumstances force people to change doctors when doctors wouldn't accept Obamacare plans.

Bitch got Klobbed!

Okay, I admit I'd laugh a lot if Amy lobbed a stapler at Warren's head right now

WTF is wrong with Warren????

Just say that Bernie is right!!! That taxes will go up but that will be offset by the savings on insurance costs and health care costs

What is wrong with her????

[quote]Okay, I'm not a Bernie fan, but that was a good line.

Every time he says it.

I never "got" the fascination with Warren from Day 1.

Klobuchar has hardcore RBF. I don't hate it.

Pete embarrassed himself attacking her plan.

Amy is 100% right about long term care.

This is a huge issue

KAMALA: "I'd like to be heard"

And we all know what that means "CAN I TALK TO A MANAGER?"

Why are they calling it taxes? It would be premiums paid to Medicare instead of health care corporations just like everyone on Medicare pays today.

Biden says 'Obama'...everyone drink!

They’re ALL coming for Liz.

Pete speaks authoritatively and commandingly, without seeming chauvinistic toward Warren.

Why, yes, R196, she does think people are that stupid. She talks and talks and talks and doesn't just say "yes" which is the correct answer. She also babbles on and on about people getting bumped off of insurance when they get sick and the current laws absolutely preclude that from happening.

Dog-pile on Senator Warren...

Jesus christ, universal healthcare will mean an increase in taxes but a decrease in overall healthcare cost for most Americans. That's it in a nutshell, let's move on!

Tough choice for many in DC tonight, watch the Nationals clinch a World Series berth or be the political nerds we are and stick with the debate.

[quote]Chasten's hole is gonna get WRECKED tonight

Pete recently met DL fave Julian Morris & his boyfriend Landon:

Bernie putting the smack down. good for him.

BINGO R217

Why won't Warren just say that?

I agree with Mayor Pete and Klobuchar; Elizabeth has a good idea but it doesn't seem credible that she could get it through congress.

But why won't she just say that R234

Bernie is kicking her ass on this

Sixth debate? I thought this was the fourth one, Kamala?

I'm at work and can't watch, how's Bernie looking? Weak physically? after all his heart trouble? did he comb his hair?

I was that little morning after pill

Kamala brings in abortion because... why not?

White women will be magically saved in Kamala-world?>

Kam is FIERCE!

I was that little fetus

Bernie is a breath of fresh air in this over-coached world....

I’m still Team Liz and Team Kamala.

But what about trannie abortions, Kamala? What about those?

This was a huge vulnerability for Warren. She comes out of this fighting this question for the rest of the contest.

Bernie does not seem feeble at all. R241

Senator Harris, does even one Democratic Senator or presidential candidate disagree with you on the need to preserve reproductive rights???????

[quote]how's Bernie looking?

Doesn't look grey like I thought he would. Seems normal. Spitting a bit when he talks.

Go Andrew, go Andrew, It’s ya birthday!

[quote]But what about trannie abortions, Kamala? What about those?

Is that a thing? Because frankly, at this point, I am that little girl who'd try anything.

I loathe Andrew so much.

Oh, Corey, don't whine.

[quote] Jesus christ, universal healthcare will mean an increase in taxes but a decrease in overall healthcare cost for most Americans. That's it in a nutshell, let's move on!

Because it's not an increase in taxes. They are premiums, not taxes. She should say that.

Bernie 100% looks stronger than anyone expected. Nothing like a guy who just had a heart attack

R173 “Beat him like a drum” is old man speak.

Fourth Industrial Revolution! Who knew?

No one understood what Yang said

Booker with the Yogi Bear jokes.

I have a secret theory that Corey and Pete also have a side eye on the Veep job if Biden somehow prevails.

Where's Marianne? Did she drop out?

Agree, Bernie looks and sounds great. Strong as ever.

Booker answers an automation question with... abortion. Okay.

Bernie is a horrible old coot. He needs to be put down.

[quote] [R173] “Beat him like a drum” is old man speak.

NSS

Lots of old men vote.

Lots of old men vote for Trump and need to hear that.

Trump is an old man and that is why it will make him mad

[quote]“Beat him like a drum” is old man speak.

Have you heard about the baby boom? They're aging in place... which is often the voting booth.

Marianne stopped qualifying.

Cory Booker is gonna fly out and f there any minute now.

Don't think Biden could pick a male running mate if he wins

"Here Lies Bernie Sanders He Wrote That Damned Bill."

r259, he's still too damn old to be president.

[quote]Yogi Bear jokes

Oh, dear.

Is Beto there? Why aren't they asking him anything?

BErnie scares the shit out of me. He advocates a control economy. I don’t want socialism. I’m for some social progams but he is too much.

Biden-Warren is what his team hopes for.

[quote]Is Beto there? Why aren't they asking him anything?

He's busy writing a poem.

With swear words!

[quote]Booker with the Yogi Bear jokes.

You're kidding, right? Yogi Berra.

[quote]Don't think Biden could pick a male running mate if he wins

He wouldn't pick a white, straight one. But Pete isn't one of those things and Corey isn't either.

If I had a dollar for every time Elizabeth Warren says giant multinational corporation, I could afford healthcare.

Castro makes me moist.

Unfair to Steyer and Tulsi. The moderators are focusing their attention on Warren.

R276 Yogi Berra?

[quote]He wouldn't pick a white, straight one. But Pete isn't one of those things and Corey isn't either.

Win! Win!

I am still shocked that Warren chose to not admit that her plan would raise taxes and explain it in the way Bernie did.

She is going to lose many people because of that I think.

Especially since it started at the start of the debate.

I could get behind klobachar vp

WHY IS YANG TALKING SO MUCH?!

[quote]The introductions are so Pageant like

Yeah. But I was expecting something more old-school like, after all twelve were brought out, “now GIRLS, will you please promenade for the judges.”

maybe, r282, but I don't think he could pick a male at all. not after Hillary lost and after no female nominee. I think women would demand at least a female running mate.

Yang just scored!

[quote]Is Beto there? Why aren't they asking him anything?

They only seem to be asking questions to 5 or maybe 6 of the 12. Poor form CNN.

Okay, I'm lost. What are they talking about now?

Yang is the geek economy soothsayer.

TRAITOR!

And what happened to Beto?

And Steyer?

And that Hawaiian woman?

Why won't they let Marianne Speak?

There’s something off with the timbre of Andrew Yang’s voice.

God, Trump is gonna win again. John Waters was tight. These people are nuts.

Tulsi wants Yang fans now?

John Waters was never tight

We need some Marianne LOVE talk.....

If Biden gets the nomination, he will probably pick a minority woman, not a man.

Pete and Booker would have a better chance at the VP spot if Warren were the nominee.

Is Beto there?

Just curious...has Elizabeth Warren ever worn a dress?

oh hi

R303 Tight = drunk

R303 FTW

Dignity back in work always means how much more wage slavery will the American people stand?

What's R308 about?

Marianne is astral projecting.

WOW! Beto hasn't spoke yet.

This debate feels unfocused.

Shouldn't there be an algorithm that tells them who to ask the question to based on how much time they've had to speak? Would seem easy enough to program

Marianne sings the body electric.

With Enya on backup.

What a disaster this is

r314 Yes, he has and he's speaking again now.

R270 I’m a Boomer and “beat him like a drum” sounds like Angry Old Man talk to me. Just like everything Biden says sounds like Old Man Speak.

Poor Tulsi, she’s been forsaken

No one has noticed, r314.

And he’s talking about Mexican workers rights.

Beto looks gorgeous tonight!

Lovely skin, well rested.

I bet Beto is hung like a horse.

Biden cannot pick a straight white male of any age for Veep. Actually, he can’t pick a male. Neither can Bernie or any other male who may get it.

Warren and Harris can pick males.

I want to see Beto flap!

[quote] Just curious...has Elizabeth Warren ever worn a dress?

yeah a head dress

Otterbein, r312

But you're a gay Boomer R320 and that sort of thing scares you and turns you off

The mass of your male peers? Not so much

It must be so disconcerting for them when they push out a close line and the audience doesn't clap.

[quote]I agree with Mayor Pete and Klobuchar; Elizabeth has a good idea but it doesn't seem credible that she could get it through congress.

Valid point.

In the 1930's-40's when FDR was President, the Dems were able to pass major social safety programs under the New Deal because they had huge majorities in Congress. At one point the Dems managed to get up to around 70 seats in the Senate, which would be impossible today for either party because of the polarization.

So it's harder today for a Democratic President to pass the social initiatives that FDR & LBJ did unless they can win large majorities in both the House & Senate, and that's much harder to do today than it was in the 1930's-1960's.

Pete got to attack Warren, but he's gone AWOL since.

Not good equity time management. Errin Burrnett is not a very good moderator.

Why is Jennifer Aniston asking questions?

Marianne needs to drop out and stop wasting everybody's and her own time.

I want to see Beto naked and swinging as he walks. I know it's big.

Booker is an unfocused mess. Whatever question he's asked, he ignores, and goes on a rant about something else. They need the Gong Show hook for these idiots.

Pete is getting ignored by CNN.

But this billionaire is quite tasty as well...

Steyer doing better than expected.

Let Pete and Beto talk.

What is the difference between this debate and the first set? It’s the same shit over and over and over again. Nobody can really land a punch because the sorts of attacks that will be coming at the Dem nominee in a general election are not the kind of things that a fellow Democrat can use.

This is the last debate for some of these folks, and we are seeing some literally flame out.

Oh......Joe......raise...lower.....

Steyer has a lot of baggage...under his eyes.

Agreed, next debate should be six people. Screw the rules. Make it six people. Not you, Tulsi!

Joe not making a lot of sense there.

Biden is making no sense, clipping coupons in the stock market?

Joe is having a meltdown.

Biden: "I would eliminate the capital gains tax. I mean I would raise it. I would double it!"

"Shoe Shopping With Jane" is on QVC in case anyone's interested.

Those clipping coupons in the stock market? What the F is Biden trying to say??

Lizzy’s piqued.

Nobody puts Lizzy in the corner.

Haul Burnett away. She's focused on her favorites.

Are they going to have "Socialism" costumes this Halloween for all those who want that word to be the boogeyman that will keep people voting against their own best interest. When LBJ proposed Medicare the screams of Socialism could be heard to the moon, the same when FDR first spoke of Social Security. Only now you people who are screaming Socialism against Bernie or Liz are beating a dead horse. People have are beginning to see the truth. People are seeing what a world without "Socialism" is doing to them and what it's costing them, down to their very lives and the lives of their children and parents.

[quote]Pete got to attack Warren, but he's gone AWOL since.

He's done okay on time for a 12-person debate.

He'll get more time in the next one once several people are cut out.

[quote]Let Pete and Beto talk.

Let them fuck!

SHRIIIIIEEEEEEEK

Lol r352, call me when The Find is on!

"I would play a song about the capital gains tax on the old Victrola!"

Oh god....it's going to be either Biden.....Warren.....or Bernie.

or Trump if he beats them.

We are well and truly fucked in this country.

HYSTERRRIA.....

Lizzy won’t LOOK at Pete.

[quote]Haul Burnett away. She's focused on her favorites.

Burnett is rumored to be a Republican.

And I think her husband is a wall street banker or something , yes?

Pete with a good pivot.

R362 we'd be better off with any of them over Trump stop it.

PETE!!!

Well SOMETHING happens, Mayor Pete. Rich assholes do usually get their tax cuts through with Republicans. Can we get anything through? Ever? Do we just suck that much?

Pete, maximizing the value of being a Beltway Outsider

Purple Warren eater.

Fuck, Amy just finished Warren.

[quote]Tulsa came out in favor of impeachment. After everyone else.

Tell me about your nightclub act, Tulsa!

They're given too much time to speak. If you can't answer in 5 seconds you shouldn't be in the race.

I'm worried about Joe going up against Rump in a debate...

I was that little Chevy!

Pete drives a Chevy CRUISE.

Amy has really done well. Maybe I'll be there holding the stapler for her.

Amy having a strong debate again... clearly she and Pete will fight for the middle when Biden has the stroke.

Lol at r376

Love these side by side shots with the other person foaming and seething.

Biden is much better one on one than in multi person debates.

Is this the first time Warren has been on the defensive?

Amy's gonna throw that podium at Liz.

Amy projects authority, and balls - she'd be great up against Trump. Trump would squash Warren like a bug.

Pete may as well be a Republican with his rebuttal to what Warren said.

Amy is on fire!

Is Amy channelling Susan Collins?

I think it’s silly to play identity politics and say that a man cannot pick a mamas a running mate. There’s enough diversity in that pool of candidates so that two men or two women could balance a ticket very well.&

Gotta admit she has r378. Still don't think she'll move much in the polls, but she's had a good night.

[quote]I want to see Beto naked and swinging as he walks. I know it's big.

= Chasten

AMY IS KILLING IT!

Warren's listing rhetoric is drone-like.

Oh my God, Amy is crying.

yup tonight Warren is finally the target. She skated through the first 3 debates. It'll be interesting to see the polls in the next couple weeks following tonight.

R384, Amy is too short. Trump is a foot taller than her and would tower over her.

Warren would look better against him.

[QUOTE] I'm worried about Joe going up against Rump in a debate...

There’s no need to worry about that. It looks like his candidacy is coming to a quick end.

FUGLY pete is flopping and Pocahontas is killing it. Amy is desperate.

This is the Candidates vs. Elisabeth and I'm here for it!

Amy gets that cry-shaky voice thing that is annoying. Maybe she can't help it but it makes it sound like she's whining

I love it. Amy and Pete are finally fighting and speaking up for the moderates. Good for them.

[quote]Amy has really done well. Maybe I'll be there holding the stapler for her.

You mean the comb/salad fork

Tired of Kamala's folksy tales of her childhood

Someone said this on Reddit and it's so true!

[quote]Amy's treating Warren like one of her staffers, and I'm here for it.

Give that Liz, Reagan-Bush voter, hell, Amy!

Harris with that sucking on a lemon sour face, droppin’ those g’s again. Thinking it makes her relatable or something. (It doesn’t, Kam.)

That Uber driver was me.

[quote]Amy projects authority, and balls - she'd be great up against Trump. Trump would squash Warren like a bug.

How, by yelling "Pocahontas" over and over?

Give that Liz, Reagan-Bush voter, hell, Amy!

I'm ready for Steyer, Yang and Gabbard to be gone after tonight

[quote]I'm worried about Joe going up against Rump in a debate

Why in the hell why?

Kamala needs adenoid shrinkage

Warren is too church lady. Needs to find her inner bitch and don’t mess with me face.

Yeah, Kamala's schtick is wearing pretty thin...

beto is so hideous. not as hideous as pete, but still.

Yang is right about not being able to implement a wealth tax, they will just take their money out of the country.

[quote]I want to see Beto naked and swinging as he walks. I know it's big.

Hell, yes.

R407, Trump's already used that one -- it's gotten stale .

You know, it is a real fucking shame that Republicans didn't have such a bloodlust to kill Trump like so many here have for Biden.

Beto calling Warren punitive, uh-oh.

But steyer is Haaaaawt!

wow it's a fucking pile on now

Yang, Klobuchar, Buttigieg, Biden and O'Rourke all gunning for Warren

Castro, Harris and Booker are the least aggressive so far

Did Yang just suggest a VAT on Google searches?

[quote]Is this the first time Warren has been on the defensive?

Amazingly, yes.

And she doesn't seem to handle it optimally.

Trump'll be too busy debating his cellmate for the top bunk.

[quote]Love these side by side shots with the other person foaming and seething.

DRAMA!

They are attacking Liz.

She's shocked, she says.

Yang is right - wealth tax won't work

Why is Warren getting so much time?

And Harris - OY - that whinny condescending voice!!! I can't take it.

surely Warren had to expect this was coming. The press has been dropping hints and also wondering why she wasn't the target yet for the past few weeks

Some of the attacks are definitely landing but overall they just reinforce the idea she's the leader, and probably the nominee

Elizabeth is so cloyingly EARNEST! Ugh....

Warren can't explain costs. Bullshiter.

Shocked at what, R427?

Warren just absorbs the hits and calmly responds. She's taking Beto's "attack" and turning it into a win for her. Beto's going to start apologizing and saying she's right any second now.

[quote]Trump'll be too busy debating his cellmate for the top bunk.

Negotiating, I think you mean.

He will sleep on the floor.

Because everything he touches turns to shit.

Even in jail.

[quote]Why is Warren getting so much time?

If they mention her by name, she gets to respond.

Well there goes all of Warren's moment. Girl, bye.

Oh Liz... You have carved your whole candidacy about wealth inequity. Just say it is time for more equity. Don't be shocked. Explain.

Castro looks hot tonight

[quote]I want to see Beto naked and swinging as he walks. I know it's big.

It's mine, bitches!

r432 Yes, I hate that. She's a multi-millionaire herself as well, ffs!

Warren has had it too easy for far too long, nothing easy about becoming President.

Warren as frontrunner gets attacked from all sides. For the most part handling it well.

Booker is wisely standing out by preaching unity. He knows attacking Warren wouldn't give him a standout moment

Oh, Cory. His entire night has been, "Huuuuggggzzzzzz!!"

Enough with the walking to school uphill both ways stories

Cory's gotta stop being the "scolding dad".

Well stupid and indifferent isn't working nearly as well as people thought. Maybe we need a little earnest.

Booker pivoting to child poverty because he's all about that pivot, baby.

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG

Corey running for vp. Catching Liz’s eye

Corey running for vp. Catching Liz’s eye

It is going to be very telling and interesting to see a debate with a halved group of candidates. Time to cut through the noise!

Have they not realized when you attack a candidate they get more time to talk. Elizabeth has probably talked more than all of them combined.

R415 and R428 are right re: Yang and Europe

The rich move out and/or move their money out in the face of a wealth tax

I find Cory more and more unlikable as this process drags on.

Warren has had double the talking time of any candidate tonight, over 10 minutes, 2nd is Bernie with 5 and a half, Biden close behind.

Anyone checking for Trump tweets? crickets crickets

Pete is too eloquent. Say something plain for the flyovers or you’re through!

There is no purpose for this debate. SNL is off this week.

Ron Jr. should be a drag queen.

Corey and his Kumbaya shtick is not gonna get the job done.

Tuksi stepped out. It's " Ninety Nice Cent Wing" Night at BW3 on High Street.

Who is advising Harris?

Do you think we don't know your mother was an affluent medical researcher with a PhD ... and that you were raised in Canada.

There was grumbling from rightwingers that nothing sticks to Warren and we can see clear evidence of this effect tonight. She’s blocking all the punches being thrown at her. She’s in command of the stage with double the speaking time of any other candidate.

Elizabeth Warren is winning this debate so far tonight.

God Bless Ron Reagan!!!!

Biden has been invisible since that rambling “clipping coupons in the stock market” disaster. Oy.

oh hi

Corey and Julian are going for Liz ‘s VP.

Harris I’m afraid isn’t good when not rehearsed. And the rehearsed bits are slightly off. She needs to do a lot better to remain in this race.

Corey and Julian are going for Liz ‘s VP.

Harris I’m afraid isn’t good when not rehearsed. And the rehearsed bits are slightly off. She needs to do a lot better to remain in this race.

R467 She does.

Exactly, R465. We aren't eejit toerags.

r466 Hard disagree. She's lost completely.

Biden is a disaster.

Warren is doing alright, but could be better.

Amy is really going for the kill.

OTTERBEIN!

I don’t see Warren relinquishing her status as frontrunner. She’s got the torch and she’s going all the way to the finish line.

Is like to see Harris slay Tulsi and then Warren to come back and set Amy K straight.

Tulsi Gabbard is knocking it out if the park. She is the only one that can best Trump.

Running Ron Reagan Jr. atheist commercials during the Democratic debate. That goes over well with evangelicals-ugh. Frocking CNN.

Did Klobuchar qualify for the next debate?

Jesus - what the hell was that Joe?

Amy has balls. And she would TOWER over Trumpov in a debate.

Steyer actually made sense when he spoke.

I think Biden and Harris are taking the biggest hits tonight.

Pete and Amy looking much better

Yang makes great points but I doubt the bulk of the audience knows he is right

As for Warren, it's tough to say-- I think she's getting slammed but not sure if her supporters think she is losing

Otterbay, Otterbay.

WHAT WAS THAT? A STROKE?!

How many times will Biden say “the fact of the matter is”?

Did I miss Harris' breakout moment?

and then maybe Joe's son could get a job in Turkey too.

R479 = escapee from Matt Drudge website

I will gladly vote for whoever the final Democratic candidate is but I fear that Warren will be too easy for repubs and moderates to vilify in the media. She represents a major threat to the 1%'s control over everything and they DO NOT want her to win

Tulsi is gonna get fucked over now with the Syria questions.

No matter how many times you all keep saying that Biden is a disaster is not going to make it so. This is part of his schtick now. Warren is the absolute loser tonight, by far. She's raising taxes.

here comes Tulsi not attacking Assad. Is she his concubine or something?

My live stream cut out.

Hi Don Jr, r489.

[quote]That goes over well with evangelicals-ugh.

I'm sure a lot of them were planning to watch Democratic primary candidates.

On CNN.

Warren is presenting herself well. Joe is the disaster

Serious question:

Is Tulsi a robot?

Didn’t Tulsi just blame the Obama administration for Syria?

Ask Eliz!

It's not that she's raising taxes R493

It's that she is not admitting that she will have to raise taxes

Tulsi is completely nuts

Tulsi trying to play down that she is a Russian asset...

Lizzie is reading off notes now....errr...

Duck and cover, R495

Warren may - may - be winning the debate but she's losing the narrative. It was inevitable.

R500

Seemed that way to me

tell us about how much fun you had Killing brown people chinless pete

Tulsi--

You're the puppet!

The reason why Warren won't explain health care like Bernie is because she knows Bernie is wrong. It came out in 2016 that his plan would end up costing people more.

Carry on.

Who is this chick with the bad skin?

Buttigieg vs. the homophobe! haha

Warren responding nicely to Tulsi but Anderson needs to cut her off.

Pete going against Tulsi, what is happening?

[quote] Let Pete and Beto talk. Let them fuck!

Ooh, I like this idea! Can the next debate just be Pete and Beto fucking? It would be more exciting.

Pete looks thin.

Does Gabbard have a two-tone chest? I can't tell if it's part of her top or she forgot to spray her neck to match her chest?

Pete going to shut her crazy Hawaiian ass down

Drag this bitch, Pete!

Buttigieg with some angry looks tonight

Anderson defending Pete!

Watch out Chasten!

Pete speaking with more force this debate.... even more than content, getting some "attention" through style helps (last debate he was too soft, too cerebral)

Pete looks like Eddie Munster....

Girl, WWII was a regime change war. What the fuck does she think war is.

Anderson is not sexually interested in Buttigieg.

Does Gabbard sound like she's trying to figure out how to speak English? She speaks too slowly

Tulsi's weave has been snatched by the gay veteran.

I love Mayor Pete smacking down Gabbard. She is a fucking asset of Russia

Good for Pete!

TULSI IS WEARING AN EARPIECE!

THAT IS WHY SHE HAD THAT STRANGE ROBOTIC CADENCE.

THEY WERE TELLING HER WHAT TO SAY

Tulsi doesn't care about the troops.

Whether it's glitter or dandruff, Bernie's suit jacket is not a good look for him.

Pete should have told her that he does not support Al Qaeda

Pete is a basic jesus bitch.

I don’t think Liz is doing well at all, not compared to that past debates and town halls.

Down to six: Liz, Pete, Bernie, Kamala, Beto and ... I don’t think Biden is long for this campaign.

I don’t care for Tulsi’s sweaty tits.

It was really a mind-boggling asinine move of hers to confront the only other person with Middle East combat experience.

Tulsi needs a few good subcision treatments to lift those craters.

I think Buttigieg's poll numbers will rise after tonight.

r524 Nailed it.

It sucks to have so many there that don't have a prayer of the nomination taking time away from those we need to hear from. It should be Biden, Warren, Sanders, Mayor Pete and maybe Beto but I'm not even sure if he should be included. I actually like Yang but he's not going anywhere and we need to hear from those that might for longer than 12 fucking minutes each and maybe not even that. I just turned it off. It really is a circus this way. We laughed when the stage was a clown car of Republicans in 2016 and this looks just as ridiculous. I am glad to see Bernie looking and sounding so well. I'm for Warren but I like Bernie and always have and always will but he won't be president. Still if by some chance he's the nominee, he will get my vote. Any Democrat will.

Pete looks like a mole rat

Keep telling yourself that, Chaz/r525.

Pete is doing an awesome job!!

Oh, No! Pete is bringing the heat. I haven't seen him all fired up like this before. Poor Chasten is gonna pay for it tonight!

Pete gets people SO triggered. Anytime he hits a slam dunk the supporters of others get their panties in a bunch! Love it!!

Just railing against Trump is not the answer. Bernie needs to talk about what HE would Do.

Go Amy!!

R535, Biden started at 28% in the polls and all these months later he's still there. He's not going anywhere any time soon.

Beto is not an important candidate. Hello? Extremely low polling.

Waiting for Tulsi to start chanting Hare, Hare...

Amy and Pete together are a fucking FORCE, honey,

Pete would make such a hot bottom. Shame he’s a top.

That Tupsi bitch needs to be shut down.

Chasten's hole is getting SHREDDED tonight.

Pete is all testosterone rn.

Amy's polls are going to go up.

She may be our salvation, hair brushes and salads notwithstanding.

Amy Kuntachar needsnto dorp piggybacking off pete! Get off muh man bitch!

Amy's advisers have chosen a flattering color for her tonight. Is is a true burgundy? Please advise.

I love Warren's plans for Social Security. Why on earth would anyone who depends of SS not vote for her.

Kamala should try out for Policewoman role .....

Pete & Amy are damn good.

Tulsi is a plant.

"Dude gotta go!"

I bet Castro throws a mean fuck.

Stop dropping your fucking G's Kamala and "dude gotta go" ing

You're a smart woman. Lean into that.

That Kurd was me.

Agree r556. I'm only looking at candidates I think could decimate Trump. Amy is my girl after tonight.

[quote]I find Cory more and more unlikable as this process drags on.

And he's a closet case.

Rewatch Tulis last answer and tell me she wasn’t being fed her lines.

That is common with people who are new to broadcasting that are wearing earpieces. There is a second or two delay in between words.

She is so busted.

I AM LIVING FOR all the candidates tearing into Trump right now. I hope he tweets in angry replies

STOP THIS MADNESS!

These people need to go back to obscurity, including Pete and his non policies.

R560 - LOL!!!!

that LITTLE Kurd R565

R558 Amy might be wearing a deep plum colored jacket.

Tulsi called herself out as a foreign asset. “Who me?”

Trump and Fox "News" gonna freak out that Trump is being rightfully linked to ISIS lol

R558, I would say it's Aubergine.

A Pete/Amy team could be just the centrists that can save this country.

I can’t believe that Tulsi was allowed to blame the Obama administration for Syria and the moderators just let it go by. They missed a chance to force a confrontation between her and Joe Biden.

The SNL opening last Saturday was dead on -

[quote]It sucks to have so many there that don't have a prayer of the nomination taking time away from those we need to hear from. It should be Biden, Warren, Sanders, Mayor Pete and maybe Beto but I'm not even sure if he should be included.

John Dean tried to get Beto to drop out last week, saying he'd have a much better chance running for a Senate seat.

lmfao yes keep trashing Trump, Joey! Get 'em!

They don't give a damn 'bout that grape shit

Biden responding to the homophobe

They don't give a damn 'bout that grape shit

Wait!

Did Biden just string several coherent paragraphs together?

new thread somebody?

R577 Yes, it's Aubergine. It is the color of the moment!

New thread.

Finally came out and called him crazy.

Good grief Joe - did you take your meds today?

Whatever one thinks of the rest of Joe Biden, dude knows his foreign policy.

Also, nice moment between Joe and Bernie.

R541, Bernie needs to go.

That’s 2 “the fact of the matter is”s in the same answer.

Also “Iraq- oops I mean Syria”

Somebody throw a bucket of cold water on Joe!

I'm sick of old man Biden - we need fresh people. Not the same old white 70 something white guy again.

I just tune him out. Nothing fresh.

Biden is getting a lot of applause from the audience.

Amy better get off my man Pete's Turf. Get lost bitch get going .

Could someone start a new thread? PART 2?

Did Beto just throw out a Spanish word?

Ademas?

I'll be the last post!

- Marianne channeling the debate from hut in Tibet

r599 Here you go!

Thanks for the Part 2 OP!

Link to next thread?

R604 Here!

I’m agreeing with everything klobachar is saying.

I’m agreeing with everything klobachar is saying.

Beto: “Anderson, you ignorant slut!!”

Uh-oh, here we go...

Sorry, posted here by accident. Go here!

Bernie, whoever you feel, is the most natural on stage. I enjoy his jokes during this season of White Apprentice. He was really crabby in season 1, but he's sort of the highlight of the team this time!

However^

R307 no because Elizabeth Warren wants to be a man. Elizabeth Warren thinks that power means wearing pants. She looks like a crazy masculine woman who doesn’t understand the power of femininity. I am absolutely sure that if she were to wear a dress she would wear it with a sensible smart heel or possibly open toe wedgies with panty hoes.