Dem Debate Tonight

It will be Biden / Warren ticket in 2020. Bernie goes third party. I win again.

I don't know how Yang didn't make it. He should have.

While I liked Yang, we're at the point where it should clearly be the top 4 or 5 candidates.

I don't feel like Steyer should be there right now either.

R3 Which is why the 'Time' pic shows just the other 5 candidates - Steyer is the invisible man!

Yang gives me Jill Stien vibes. Why is he so pro trump and and uses foreign talking points.

They need trap doors at this debate so the audience and viewers can chose who goes away tonight.

Hopefully Yang.

r6 Yang failed to qualify for this debate. He needed one more poll.

I'm hoping for a Warren Klobuchar ticket.

If warren gets the chance tonight she will go after BErnie. But Bernie may come for her before she gets a chance, so I hope she understands she has to kill him tonight. Maybe Amy will help. Personally I see this debate as a chance for Biden Amy and Elizabeth to emerge as the most viable.

Chasten and Mandy with Griff, the Drake University mascot. (Drake University is where the debate takes place.)

Prayer for Pete. 🙏🏻

Will Bernie bring in future VP Tulsi to take the hits for him?

Little Mayo Pete is not going to be the nominee for either President or VP.

Always with the infantile name calling with these people... So very Trumpian.

It’s time for Bernie to finally be cancelled. If Elizabeth doesn’t have the balls, then Amy needs to do it.

I'd rather watch the grass grow. All they'll do is try to shit on Joe Biden, and to a lesser extent each other.

Klobuchar's throbbing forehead vein pulsates in anticipation.

They'll all have reiterations of the same answer to each question, and will waste most of their time taking pot shots at each other's pasts.

They would be wise to put on a united front against repugs and their evil deeds. There is plenty of material to draw from.

Infighting is not as valued by democrats as it is deplorables. They are playing to a different crowd than plump. It’s not about being the most scrappy.

They can come out positive and focus all the negativity on the real enemy.

They don't want to come out positive, they want to come out on top in Iowa. And you can't do that by playing nice. Such is the nature of the primary, i.e. the winner takes it all.

We can be united once we have the nominee.

Months ago I thought Kamala and Beto would still be there. Klobuchar's and Steyer's success surprised me.

Die an incel, R12, you racist homophobic little prick!

I think Amy will go hard against Warren tonight. Amy is a viable running mate for Biden, Sanders and Pete, so she'll take out Warren for them. Plus, she hates the way Elizabeth acts all snooty and superior.

They never talk about what they can do for the country. Only what the others can't do for it.

Yes R6. The stage should be set like "The Weakest Link".

They need to start getting serious about undoing the damage the white race, the gentile religions, and the heterosexual lifestyle have done to the whole world.

Matt, take your goddamned meds and step away from the Internet.

Warren is the best candidate. She be good for leveling out the economy, which I don’t see happeneing with Biden or Pete, who both come off as almost republican in many ways. The old school type.

Liz has a vision and guts. But she has been taking it from all sides. It’s not looking good for her at the moment, but she can turn it around. It has to be tonight though.

I don’t trust Yang and there is something just a little bit off about Bernie. Just a little smoke there but not sure there’s a fire. I can’t picture him in an administrative role. God forgive me if I’m wrong.

But to be clear, I would vote for anyone, and I mean ANYONE else other than the commander and THIEF that we have now! I don’t care if he cures cancer between now and November, the menace has to go.

What would Warren possibly bring to a Biden ticket? Nothing.

Republicans will be laughing their asses off tonight. Whatever happens.

Sorry but Biden only needs to step back, let Warren and Bernie claw at each other and he wins.

Agree. Biden needs to looks presidential while saying a little as possible. He is still the default option.

R22 I think Amy would much faster slit her wrists with a salad comb than play second fiddle as VP to the little homosexual mayor boy from Indiana.

This is very personal for her ...

It's time for Kloubachar to pack it in. She's not going any further, and she's just taking up space.

I have a feeling, that a different scenario will be in play tonight. Everyone expect Warren and Sanders to tear each other apart, but unless E.W. goes rogue, that won't happen. Instead they are gonna team up and go after Pete and maybe even J. Biden ( even though all of them almost always leave him alone, that's how he gets by). Hopefully I am wrong and that won't happen, but I really do think they gonna make unexpected U-turn and gang up on Pete and try to finish him off. I hope that Pete is prepared for the worst. I wish him the best, he is my fave.

Amy is angling to be Biden’s VP. She going to go hard at Pete, Liz, and Bernie...but she won’t touch Biden.

I think Amy will have her strongest performance yet tonight.

[quote] Republicans will be laughing their asses off tonight. Whatever happens.

MAGAts are very stupid, low IQ people, so it makes sense that they would laugh at nothing.

Oh, HONEY...Pete is SO not afraid of these clowns.💅🏻

Save your prayers for the rest...

Big DINK energy, suckas.

Cool as a cucumber

🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒

[quote]Amy is angling to be Biden’s VP.

Oh good grief if that cuntola beats out Harris or Abrams.

A nose holding vote if there ever was one.

R38, that article about her votes for some of Trump’s judges just supports the fact that she is able to work across the aisle with Republicans at times to get things accomplished. Which is exactly the same message Biden has been touting about himself recently. Which is why she’ll likely be his VP pick.

I just hope Biden doesn't ah....ah.....ah......lose his ah....train....ah of thought. That's all.

Pete is no longer a threat to any of them. He has peaked and is waning. The only way any one will catch Biden is if Bernie can knock out Warren and pick up her crowd or unlikely visa versa.

Kamala has nothing to offer the Biden ticket and this campaign showed it.

[quote]supports the fact that she is able to work across the aisle with Republicans at times to get things accomplished

Supporting judges who have views no better than Mike Pence is not a winning strategy by any means.

And it makes her obsessive, demeaning attacks against Buttigieg worse and a little more obvious in their reason and nature.

Klobuchar is functioning under the misconception that Pete has siphoned off her supporters when the truth is she simply lacks the temperament and charisma to be POTUS. Like Hilary she thinks if she does twice the work she can compensate for intangibles.

Will Amy be making milkshakes on stage?

Looking forward to every time Liz says "Look," and "multinational corporations"

It’s going to be a Biden/Pete ticket. Bernie and Liz don’t stand a chance.

Biden is no going to pick another white man especially a gay white man.

[quote] Will Amy be making milkshakes on stage?

Maybe. But she won't have a straw, so she'll have to create a makeshift one from a tampon instead.

Biden/Klobuchar will be the ticket for sure.

Amy has zero appeal.

Klobuchar just needs to stay in the Senate. She’s good at it.

[quote]Supporting judges who have views no better than Mike Pence is not a winning strategy by any means

According to the linked article, she voted for that judge because she believed the alternatives Trump would propose next were even worse. So she essentially voted in favor of what she felt was the lesser evil.

Sometimes leaders need to make difficult decisions, and vote in favor of things they don’t fully support. Otherwise, there would be no progress and complete government gridlock if there was never any compromise.

Not everything in politics is black-or-white litmus test like some of these candidates (Bernie) believe.

[quote]“Her vote was based on the reality that given the choices, on balance she thought he was better than the other candidates who would have been nominated from other states,” the spokesperson said.

Huh? It's Biden who is famous for "LOOK... " Take a shot every time you hear Joe say it, you'll be drunk in no time, r46.

So, anyway, which Democrats will be running for the White House in 2024?

Amy has the balls, R14. And an enormous cock that even Bea Arthur would stand back and applaud.

Liz always says “Look, here’s how I see it...”. “Look, the way I think about this is...”

Team Pete!

If Mayor Pete is the eventual nominee, hopefully he won’t pick any of these fools for his VP.

Pete's an automaton. He doesn't connect with the public. They are hungry for a smart guy but he's not the one.

Then you’re not paying attention, Pete’s got momentum. He’s appealing to voters that the Democrats need to win back.

They’re all going to be gunning for Bernie since he’s been surging in the polls. And Mayo Pete has been sinking so he really needs to step it up tonight.

Pete wouldn’t be where he is if he wasn’t connecting with people.

I'm very impressed that Pete is still around. He's a modest guy to have made it this far.

Pete is only connecting with billionaires in wine caves.

Liz wishes that we’re the source of his success.

Oh my God Bernie's National campaign co-chair, Nina Turner on Chris Matthews right now -- girl is unhinged.

Look, I gotta be honest with you. John Smith was handsome man, and I was young, and my father told me to be nice to him. But let me tell you....

I wonder if Klobuchar will be snotty and disparaging towards Pete again tonight like in the last debate.

I hope so, r69!

She may but she has to know this is her last debate. There is nothing going to save her candidacy.

Amy might be nasty, but Pete is Presidential.

[quote] Pete wouldn’t be where he is if he wasn’t connecting with people.

He’s not connecting with much of anyone outside of white bread Iowa. He’s in single digits everywhere but Iowa and he’s even slipping there. Pete’s about as exciting as a wet noodle.

Pete is just as much of a nasty bitch.

R72 I keep thinking about that SNL skit lampooning one of the debates where the moderator says to Pete “You look so cute in your little suit.”

With due respect to Amy and Pete, please just sit down and give Warren and Bernie some space to hash a few things out.

R74 It would be nice if Pete could show a tiny spark, a hint of life tonight. SOMETHING.

It would also be nice if Bernie and Liz could call a truce in their recent war.. Liz accused Bernie’s campaign of sending volunteers out to smear her and Bernie came right out and called Liz a liar.

This is not helpful.

I don't think Biden will pick Warren but he will pick a woman-- someone younger.

R11 it will be a cold day in Hell when Tulsi becomes VP for Bernie. That spot is taken, bitch.

R32 - Get on your knees and collectively suck our cocks you hateful cunt. It’s not so much that you’re down on Mayor Pete, it’s the way you said it. Your hate is caustic, and palpable through my iPhone.

“little homosexual mayor boy”? Are you even gay? If not; then double fuck you.

Biden will chose Harris.

There will be blood.

[quote]I don't think Biden will pick Warren but he will pick a woman-- someone younger

He will pick Klobuchar.

R80, AOC is not old enough to be President or VP.

Biden has California and he does better than her with minorities. He’s not going to pick Harris as VP. Likely no one from the Senate.

Klobuchar only appeals to other centrists like Biden. He'll have to pick somebody more progressive. Warren would be better.

more of you delusional fugly pete fraus in full delusional mode tonight yay.

R81 I believe that poster was "speaking in tongues" meaning that is how Amy fews Pete.

[quote]Klobuchar only appeals to other centrists like Biden. He'll have to pick somebody more progressive. Warren would be better.

The voters he needs in MI, WI, OH, and PA want a centrist. A progressive like Warren will make those voters stay home.

So gurl, lets move on to the important things.

Will the HOT lumberjack been seen in the audience tonight? Did we ever find out who he is?

No Biden already appeals to those centrists himself. They will probably turn out for him. What he needs to do is also excite enough progressives to turn out, and not for some stupid fantasy third party candidate. He is going to have to excite the base more than Hillary did, and not just have an all centrists, all the time strategy.

R88 PRESENT, Ms. Gabbard!

Biden is going to chose a woman and it won't be Klobuchar because she is boring. But she would be the best choice because he could rely on her to know what to do with Congress. With Warren as VP he'd have to keep her on track, because she'd go off the rails on her own. I think Kamala will be his running mate and Klobuchar or Tim Kaine will be the new Democratic Majority Leader in the Senate because the Dems are taking the Senate.

petes wife is one hideous queen. Barf what a pair of ugly gays

Biden knows what to do with Congress. This isn’t Trump or even Obama.

[quote]He is going to have to excite the base more than Hillary did, and not just have an all centrists, all the time strategy.

Hillary didn’t excite the centrists in the Midwest. They voted Trump it they stayed home.

She also didn’t excite blacks who mostly stayed home.

Progressives are not important. They mostly live in liberal states that will go blue anyway.

[quote]Biden knows what to do with Congress.

Amy knows the current Congress better than he does. She’s passed more bills in it than any current Senator.

Will Amy be wearing purple again?

Yawn. Tracy Flick for VP

Bring Back Jackie Evancho!

National anthem - screech!

Alexa told me this morning that she can play the debates live on my Echo.

I hope Chasten is prepping for later.

Looking forward to Amy and her vibrating head. She’s desperate to break out of the pack and tonight’s her last chance.

Her head might literally explode.

Lol that was so bad. My ears

Democrats should stop subscribing to the GOP"s definition of what a Progressive is. Unions, civil rights, social security, Medicare, marriage equality are all Progressive. All the candidates support them. But Bernie is a Socialist masquerading as a Democrat. And Warren is falling into his trap. Biden's been in Washington for 40 years and all he's known for is pissing off Anita Hill. Klobuchar is comatose.

[quote] Republicans will be laughing their asses off tonight. Whatever happens.

Only if something funny happens on Fox News, they wouldn't care to be caught watching CNN.

I miss Maryanne. And that goofy Booker.

I want my eardrums back.

That anthem was so bad. The singer seemed like someone who would use “them/they” pronouns.

Bernie just rolled up to the venue.

How long is the debate? 9-11?

God I hate that stupid count down clock, that has to be the most idiotic idea EVER.

Amy is going to unleash her shaking powers on Sanders, Warren and Pete tonight.

R107 You coulda fooled me. Listening to past debates they were all about reparations, busing. decriminalizing illegal border crossings, free health care for illegal immigrants and free college and child care for EVERYONE!

If the singer had just started lower everything would have been okay. What the hell was they thinking?

They were thinking subject/verb agreement.

1. I hope one of them (Bernie? Liz?) tells Steyer he needs to get the fuck off the stage, that running for president isn't just an item on the Billionaire Bucket List™ and that he's proof of how much control the rich have over our electoral system.

2. The rest of them really do look like a freaking family: Grandma and Grandpa (Warren and Sanders), Grandma's brother, Uncle Joe, Mom (Klobuchar) and her precocious son (Pete)

Why am I always "folks" at election time? I don't think I'm ever folks anytime else. But I'm folks ever four years.

Who are these people that get to sit in the audience of these debates.

Why does every speaker sound like a preacher?

Perez is awful.

More hilarious jokes from Amy Klobuchar! Can’t wait.

[quote]Who are these people that get to sit in the audience of these debates.

former candidates

I am nervous. Hold me, David. Go Pete

I think Amy will wear Orange.

Look, folks, let me tell you something.

Will the ladies be wearing grape or aubergine?

[quote]Listening to past debates they were all about reparations, busing. decriminalizing illegal border crossings, free health care for illegal immigrants and free college and child care for EVERYONE!

Don’t forget free abortions for Trans Men!

I refuse to watch because of its lack of diversity.

I love it! They're talking over Boring Blitzer!

We’ll never have a president named Amy, for fuck’s sake. Especially with someone as arrogant as Klobuchar. And that voice is so abrasive.

We got a gay and two chicks r131

i will watch because it's lack of diversity

R125 I hope Beto is sitting front and center - A hard dick could supply just the right boost of energy and confidence to propel Pete over the finish line. Let’s go, baby!

Why does it start so late? I thought it usually starts at 7.

Man, I cannot stand Axelrod. Cannot stand him. And Dana Bash has lost so much weight her face looks like a skull with a very thin layer of rubber skin over it.

There’s a troll in another thread saying that Jews aren’t white. So Bernie is actually a POC.

Awww, Pete looks so cute in his little suit.

Amy wearing Red, gurl. She came to play!

My husband's 54, going on 13.

My daughter's 16, going on 29.

I'm ready for anything tonight. BRING IT ON!! My stapler is in my purse, just in case.

oops Amy and Tom didn't shake

Ugh Elizabeth Warren waving up at the rafters.

Is this the Academy Awards?

I already miss Yang

so Biden is the only guy who's not short

Go Pete!!

go pete

BINGO buzzwords tonight?

Amy came to cut some bitches.

Go Pete!

YES PETE CAN!

YES PETE *WILL*!

Anyone have a link to watch?

R151 “Look, folks..”

Jungle Red! The Bitch is ready.

I'm not one of the questioners tonight, so I will be hating Pete from afar.

middle American competitors Pete and Amy are neighbors tonight

No Rachel, No Rachel, It’s your birthday!

I hope they ask about federal judges tonight

Bernie looks upset at Liz.

What time is in Iowa?

Abby is so pretty

That’s ok Rachel, I’ve got this.

it's 8 PM in Iowa

The winning ploy for any of them is to hit Trump and hit him so hard he falls off the toilet.

Wallerstein?

Tom is so cocksure.

Swoon

🤤

It’s starting now.

good starting with Iran first

that is a very philosophical question r163

Classic interview question

No lapel pin for Pete

Did Bernie lose his top teeth?

Thanks r166.

r163

I'm watching with my Daddy in the WH.

YASSS Abby Philip is a moderator!

why can we only see Bernie's bottom teeth when he speaks? never his top row

Beto vs Bernie in a jazz hands contest!

Abby Philip is going to have a long career ahead of her.

Does Joe even remember that far back to to the Iraq vote?

Amy's pantsuit is Swingline Red!

On No! The gaffe machine is in full tilt!

Joe putting me to sleep already.

Messy Wolf already starting haha

Focus Joe. Focus! Uh Oh.... losing train of thought already..

I TOOK TO THE FLOOR

messy Wolf reigniting the Amy Pete feud lol

Whoa Pete into the fray!

enough with Iraq War

go back to what's happening NOW on Iran

Why does Wolfe Blitzer have to SCREAM every question!? I have to adjust my volume every time he speaks

Amy looks like she's about to cry

What's Amy running for - Norma Desmond?

Amy: too much blush!

Amy's hair is shaking, shaking, shaking

good Amy to move this back to Iran

Wolf has only one decibel level, r192. LOUD

I can deliver the midwest on a silver tray!

Serving up Genevieve Bujold realness, that Amy.

[quote]Why am I always "folks" at election time? I don't think I'm ever folks anytime else. But I'm folks ever four years.

I hate that.

And if one candidate uses the analogy "Folks sitting around their kitchen table trying to make ends meet" I'm not going to vote for them. The DNC should have retired that meme years ago.

What did Pete just say?!?!🧐

Juzz doan call me Natasha... but you vill vote for me.

Pete's going full on Obama.

Warren and her three brothers again.

Warren's voice sounds more presidential.

Lizzy not Presidential looking tonight 🙁

Pete said I’m not old and won’t make the mistakes these old fucks did.

Plaid tie 😍

Warren has three brothers?

I do like Warren's answer on this military industry complex.

“Mr Steyer, you have never held elected office...”

I don't remember-did Trump have to answer a question like what qualifies him to preside over our military in 2016?

Warren has been practicing in front of the mirror with a lower voice.

Agree, Tom Perez is awful and yet he’s still here.

I LOVE R120. Yes, we are folked.

Tom is SUCCINCT!

Dayum

Mr. Steyer, please leave the stage, and leave your checkbook. We'll take it from here.

Tom’s tartan tie? Terrific!

I was about to make a similar comment, r205. More sedate, less hyper, hysterical, jittery.

Yes, R210, Squanto, Chief Joseph, and Crazy Horse.

I'm just going to say it. I really like Biden's tie.

Any of these people would be better than our current unfortunate situation.

[quote]Folks sitting around their kitchen table trying to make ends meet"

That was Kammy Harris’s specialty.

I'm glad they are bringing up the Iran Deal in a positive light to reclaim the false right wing nutty narrative

^^^ Make that r206, sorry.

r219

It’s his signature statement r218.

I’m bored. Staplers need thrown, now.

No Tulsi, thank goodness.

I dislike Pete’s tie. It’s youthful, I guess.

I would consult my astrologer!

[quote]Warren has been practicing in front of the mirror with a lower voice.

This is the first time she doesn't sound like a distressed high school teacher. Everyone is very calm and measured.

Klobuchar looks horrible. Helmet hair. Clown blush. Crazy eyebrows. Overall her look is completely too severe.

I wish they would call them soldiers instead of troops.

No red ties EVER!

Hate to say it. Amy looks and sounds defeated. Needs to spark up.

Warren: I don't really care about army shit. Our army is the finest on earth. They should sit around and do nothing.

Amy wears more rogue than Miss Piggy.

R231, now is where it counts. They’re circling the drain!

Liz mentions Miss Lindzey -. 5 stars!

Why is Pete shouting?

[quote] Warren: I don't really care about army shit. Our army is the finest on earth. They should sit around and do nothing.

Good. We shouldn't be spending as much of our budget on military as we currently are.

Pete's make-up is bomb hunny. That face is dusted for the gawds

Warren showed up in Plum and forced Amy to switch to Red and it's throwing her whole vibe off.

Pete focuses on Trump. Easy out.

One thing I hate about Pete is every answer has to be a Kennedy moment. Dial it down, dude.

R233 Pimped warriors of the Donald

Oh noes, through the eyes of a child ...

r240 He's learned how to whisper-yell like Warren.

Warren always has the clearest answers

Plus her skin looks utterly amazing for her age

WAWS

Once again, Biden looks as though he just flew in from a shuffleboard tournament.

r245 he has improved a little, with sounding like a robot, but there is still some work to be done.

Is it just me, or does Joe Biden look like he had some plumping or Botox?

Amy K’s hair dye job is awful

ENOUGH with the military stuff

I just wish Biden were sharper but age is taking its toll

Biden's Tie: He looks very presidential.

[quote] Our army is the finest on earth. They should sit around and do nothing.

By all means, r136, let's start another needless war to give the troops some busy work.

Alexa, please dial Pete down one notch and have him drop the sing-songy filter.

“Soldier” only applies to the army

Why is CNN making them all wear body mics as well as standing directly in front of stand mics? It looks ridiculous.

Warren, as always, makes me want to listen.

Why is CNN making them all wear body mics as well as standing directly in front of stand mics? It looks ridiculous.

Are they drawing Pete out to see if he knows his stuff about the military?

Did Pete get his eyebrows down at a mall kiosk?

Warren always has an immediate answer. No hesitation. I like that.

[Quote] let's start another needless war to give the troops some busy work.

How else will the oligarchs make money?

Yeah r253. BIden doesn't look a day over 42.

I just want to be clear...

biden is reasonably coherent, but he is still coming across standard old man politician who has accepted a lot of shit when it comes to military because, meh, we always do it that way. Presidents get to kill foreigners pretty much cause they feel like it.

Contingencies are important

Pete’s makeup job is a bit...red

If you will pardon me, Madame, the shadow over the left eye is not quite balanced.

GET MY COMB!

Give Steyer some questions, Wolfe.

Pete sounds so phony tonight.

Pete needs to lose that commercial actor spokesperson earnest fake talk.

[quote]Did Pete get his eyebrows down at a mall kiosk?

Actually, that's Amy.

Somebody is in shit after the show.

LOVE Abby

Go, Warren—glad she’s calling out the generals who do nothing put continue to push war

I wish Yang were there.

[quote]Pete sounds so phony tonight.

He always sounds like a recording.

Why is Steyer up there? Obviously solely because he’s a billionaire

Steyer is just a fucking clown.

yes yes keep mentioning how the Iran Deal was working

TRASH Trump!

Abby Philip is gorgeous

Nuclear EEE-Rawn.

Yes or no!!!

Pete is scared to DEATH of that black woman.

Anyone else see Topo Gigio when they look at Pete?

Amy Klobuchar is SHAKING.... again! And no one is buying her old excuse that it's just the "AC blowing her hair."

Does Biden really think it is a great idea to mention he was 29 at the time of the Vietnam War? He constantly does things to reinforce his senility. He might as well have said, "When I voted for the war of 1812...".

Warren is revolting. Fake ass...

Eyelift, r253

LET MARIANNE SPEAK!

Amy's makeup tonight is very late-career Anne Bancroft.

In this religious war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, sorry, I don't see an obvious "side" to be on.

I see Lady Elaine Fairchild when I look at Amy.

When SNL returns, Rachel Dratch better walk out COVERED in blush.

The way Klobuchar constantly says THE MAYOR is such a Karen passive-aggressive putdown of Pete.

FYI- Rachel is breaking all the Lev Parnes stuff and it is SCARY! Sounds like they were trying to take out the ambassador

Don't worry r294. Marianne will be "dropping in" periodically to speak through other candidates. Please don't be alarmed when Amy breaks into a song about crystals. Just roll with it.

I think Biden's had too much botox to the forehead causing his eyes to look too tiny.

Joe Biden is absolutely correct regarding "legitimacy."

Okay, this debate is only 20 minutes old and it’s already clear that the Dems’ best chance is Michael Avenatti.

Amy's right eyebrow is severely arched and at least half an inch higher than her flatter left eyebrow.

I’m Canadian so I don’t care who wins - USA is third world right now with your “President”. I wanted to like Pete but his speech about his friend who went to war and turned around to see his 1 year old “wondering why daddy was going to war” made me laugh out loud. Yes. All politicians are fake. But Pete can fuck himself. I cringed.

Tom has great eye contact with viewers

[quote]Anyone else see Topo Gigio when they look at Pete?

More Eddie Munster.

Biden has too many wrinkles in his forehead for him to be using botox

If Warren is the nominee I'm voting third party. Who's with me?

This moderator with the squeaky upspeak—is she a Kardashian?

Agree R310.

Pete's on point tonight.

No one, R310.

Enjoy earning 10 cents an hour at the Russian troll farm.

Who comes up with these crappy fluff questions ?

Does Monica Lewinsky work as a panelist for CNN now?!

R310, no real Democrat who wants to unseat Trump, troll.

This is a debate, not a series of interviews. Where’s the debate?

Bring back Abby!

it's gonna get ugly between Warren and Sanders over trade deals lol if not tonight, their camps will put out stuff about the other tomorrow

What’s with the presumptive question?!?!

Good response by Warren.

Bernie is not shouting as much tonight. They are all rehearsed.

Bernie is having the best performance.

Pete is one of those gays that if he wasn’t doing this he’d be at an anon gloryhole doublelist posting. Fake as fuck. Warren is fake too. They’re all horrible. Trump can and will beat them all sadly.

The moderators abrupt interruptions are annoying.

Amy trying to look like The Good Wife.

Warren is faltering.

Yes Amy!!!!! Trash Trump for his policies that are hurting the everyday worker

The Klob's rage is again barely concealed. She reminds me of that boardroom scene in Mommy Dearest "Don't FUCK with me, fellas! This ain't my first time at the rodeo."

That Iowa girl is gonna make the goddamn trains run on time come hell or high water. NEXT QUESTION!

Amy wagging that finger.

[quote]Amy's right eyebrow is severely arched and at least half an inch higher than her flatter left eyebrow.

Yes, she was going for something that said, "Bold... New.. Fresh... CUNT!"

Amy did really well with her last answer.

Is Pete doing that Ryan Phillippe deep voice thing?

Pete’s gotta turn the oratory down about seven levels.

Don’t do the smug incredulous look Pete, it’s a bad look!

Biden looks like he is recovering from a chemical peel, and Amy's blush looks like she was shot with Homer Simpson's make-up gun set to whore. The moderator in red with the long name - Brianne something - sounds like a teenager (she is extremely interrupty.) Liz looks good in purple - did you know she has 3 brothers in the military? Bernie looks like he actually brushed his hair. Pete managed to restrain himself from slapping the moderator who asked him to answer about a nuclear Iran when he already did, he looks so good in blue.

Steyer needs to go away.

agree r334. not a fan, but agree.

So impressed by Bernie tonight and every night.

"thank yeeeew"

I hate the way she says it

Oh, I liked that look.

SICK AND TIYAHD

Bernie doing well tonight.

Bernie is "sick and tiyad" of everything!

we need to accept that not everyone is going to be a brilliant AI engineer. Once we accept that, we can start to have a real discussion about the future of work.

It would be fun to imagine a debate between Bernie and DJT. Sparkles would fly!

Bernie sounding exactly like Trump about making corporations pay if they outsource jobs.

I didn't know Conan was a pizza faced boy.

Betting is against my religion but I would put money on Bernie to win Iowa if I could.

right now, I actually wish Andrew Yang were up there. Maybe just for this discussion. But it's important.

Liz does speak simply and clearly. Pete always couches everything

Agree, 348.

This little cookie moderator needs to stop interrupting everyone. Sit down and shut up hunny.

Iran’s real gross domestic product growth rate stood at -1.3 percent in 2015, it surged to +13.4 percent in 2016. But President Trump’s election in November 2016 and his new policy directives upended that. Iran’s real GDP growth rate tumbled. What specific economic levers will you pull to assure that this situation continues to benefit the United States and our allies? You have three seconds.

Pete is like “WTF??”

Steyer had 4 kids in 5 years. Where’s Mrs. Steyer?

wow Tom had 4 kids in a 5 year period

fugly petes threaded brows have taken me completely out.

Pete’s over-manicured eyebrows are distracting.

Steyer needs to throw his money behind a candidate and get out of the way. He is wasting insane money for nothing.

I dont like this baby voiced moderator either. Abby Philip needs to snatch her wig and throw her out of the debate hall!

Abby needs her own news hour on CNN

Oh god, Pete with another anecdote about “the children.” Please stop.

[quote]Betting is against my religion but I would put money on Bernie to win Iowa if I could.

How does your religion feel about sucking dick and takin' it up the ass?

Smoking a cigarette and wearing Depends.

Pete sucks R352. He's so boring. He's directly mentioned by Steyer and I can't even remember what his response was. Zzzzzzzz.

Mrs. Steyer is at home trying to keep her vagina from falling out, R357.

Steyer is not hurting anything.

Ooh gworl here we go

uh oh the sexism debate

AND GO

Sanders takes shots at CNN

Here we go, Bernie going after Liz.

damn, popcorn time

As a speaker, Pete has all the right raw materials. He just hasn't figured out how and when to use them for the biggest effect. At worst, he sounds like he's dumbing stuff down for the rest of us. It's okay to do that, but not to telegraph it with speaker flourishes that you might use when reading a book to a group of elementary students.

He's fucking smart enough to figure this out if his handlers confront him with videos. So why aren't they doing that?

Is Warren spoiling for a fight?

Oh, here we go.

Bernie like “uh uh uh, gone to Youtube” when asked about his comments to Warren about the electability of a woman.

Warren doubles down saying he said it.

Fuck! Steyer is only 62!!!

I thought he was 70

Is that a rough looking 62, DLEGs or more or less normal?

Warren is lying here, it's obvious. She is trying to get women riled up to vote for her.

Great response by Warren.

Bernie denies telling Warren that a woman couldn't win, and we all know he never said that to her, so CNN's phrasing of that question to Warren is fundamentally unfair IMO.

I’d bet $50 that Pete couldn’t tell you what “threaded brows” means

Steyer gets the black vote!

Oh god, let’s Have Liz and Bern trade Jabs. Why??

GO LIZ!

Sisters doin it for themselves!

Bernie has good answers but he always delivers them as if he’s saying, “Get off my lawn!”

Go Bernie go!! Take that evil mean old fake ass bitch out!

Oh damn, forget red, Purple did NOT come to play!

Warren is definitely lying.

I don't love Warren, but that was an own for the ages: The only people on stage who've won every election are the women.

Biden’s cheeks are completely wrinkle free—Botox or surgery?

You can see the wrinkles on his forehead when he speaks. Eyes read OLD

Amy is so clearly bubbling with rage right under the skin. I love her <3

omg what is going with amy?

Warren is overall the best debater

Thanks foer that competent answer, Amy.

Amy is reading imaginary notes. Staring up at the ceiling.

How does Warren keep her skin so wrinkle free??

Amy is a damn disaster tonight.

Other than the big one, did Hilary Clinton ever lose an election?

We’ll find out soon whether a woman can win. This is pointless.

This is stupid.

Lol, thirty years ago!

I have no problem with Warren being a lesbian or a woman but she should not use it as a "get out of jail free" card.

oh, dahaammmmnnnn! counting the years. daaaaammnmmmnnnn

Dumb question

Oh Amy guuurl

They all look like idiots on this.

Poor Amy. Really. She lost her mogo along the way.

ENAHGY AND EXCITEMENT

They are holding back. Don't think Trump will hold back against Warren.

This make up tonight is terrible. Warren doing well. I like Bernie but it's the same thing over and over. Not that hes wrong, just repetitive. Pete is also doing well

Look, here's the thing. Let me tell you folks. Look.

When I say all I mean Warren, Sanders and Combover.

r409 I agree, it's time to move on.

Liz is killing it with her responses.

R399 you can see her forehead is botoxed. It doesn't move. I'm most impressed with her neck and undereye areas though

But can a gay man win?

African Americans AND blacks!

Warren is right about women being the backbone of the Democratic Party. If you don’t win women and African Americans, you don’t win.

Let me tell you. Look, folks. Here's the thing.

Jeez, Joe is positively mummified!

1990 was 29 years and 14 days ago which is less than 30 years

Just saying

Joe looks mottled

Warren is overdoing it. She is now alienating men who might vote for her.

Okay, Liz just fucking broke into the stratosphere there. That was just funny.

Except for the tie, Biden looks awful tonight.

Warren playing the "I'm a woman" card is sickening.

[italic] If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and whoops like an Indian, it must be Liz Warren !

Bukkake parties in wine caves, R399.

Has anyone learned anything yet? This is all rehash. What would some creative questions be?

Yeah, I think Liz is giving good answers and delivering in a good way. Also, she again isn’t afraid of challenging someone right in front of her, as she did with Bernie and “30 years”.

I miss having Beto there and involved.

Maybe Amy wants it too much. She's just a terrible performer.

To address the question above regarding Clinton, The Establishment handed her the critical nomination when Senator Moynihan retired, and then she proceeded to have two general elections in one of the most heavily Democratic states in the nation.

I'm going to give it to you straight. Look, folks. Here's the thing. Let me tell you.

Trump is killing it with his rally tonight! Huge energetic crowd!

[quote] This make up tonight is terrible.

No, they all look gawd awful because of the LED lighting.

We have enough mess, though, R434.

Such softball questions.

Not preparing them well for Trump.

Warren never struck me as presidential material. I always feel like she's one speech short of a meltdown. She's very stilted physically on stage, rigid and not at all relaxed. She makes me nervous looking and listening to her. That aside, if she doesn't make it past the debates, she should definitely explore doing a facial moisturizer line.

oh pleeezze r412. Trump's mushroom dick is already shriveling up at the very thought of debating her (not that he will, the stupid grify whore).

Beto's involved tonight, R434.

WITH MY PUSSY.

Jealous, bitches?

r433 It was 29 years ago though, she's wrong.

[quote] I wanted to like Pete but his speech about his friend who went to war and turned around to see his 1 year old “wondering why daddy was going to war”

Yeah that was CRINGE.

Amy thanks people too much, tries to reference people by name, etc. I don’t think that’s effective for a President. And Trump will kill her.

and I love the bots moving in quickly for damage control. Doesn't matter. We saw what we saw.

Warren can take her feminist identity politics and shove it.

I love Bernie because he stands against all that tomfoolery and so does Pete.

I really hope that this campaign doesn’t become a Battle of the Sexes

I thought the reference to the one-year-old made by Pete was actually fairly effective.

I think Warren tried to milk it one clever Warren moment too far. Either she should have gone for his throat, which she didn't, or got her shot in and moved on. The failure of all three of them to take the kill made it all seem flat and suspect.

Fuck. Healthcare. Now the argument about Medicare for all bullshit.

she ruled. it's actually kind of over at this point. Warren won this. Hands down.

[quote] Not preparing them well for Trump.

Yes, because Trump is such an insurmountable, stellar debater...

We kept hearing there were too many candidates in the debates and now we’re missing the ones who are gone?

[quote] Not preparing them well for Trump.

Yes, because Trump is such an insurmountable, stellar debater...

Amy and Liz look like they hit Happy Hour at Chi Chi's before the debate.

“To pay fer it”

Fuck, my stream just cut - anyone got a link to a new one?

TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLAHS A YEAH

R445, it’s 30 years at the election, but who’s counting. Besides, 29-8/12 is 30.

Amy does look like she drinks.

Yes, Amy and everyone else who mentions talking to "Jim from Pleasantville and his wife Jane" sounds insincere

Pete's anecdote about the one-year-old was great. If George Dubya or Trump had delivered it, it would be elevated as a brilliant moment. Oh wait–they didn't go to war!

The anti-Pete Russian troll action has really skyrocketed. They see him as a real threat.

And Warren looks like she wins elections.

Here's the deal. Look. First of all, folks. What we're talking about. I'll tell it to you straight. Look!

I keep seeing Larry David doing his Bernie impersonation.

If I had Amy's co-workers to deal with, I'd drink, too.

r462 it was November of 1990, which is 29 years and 2 months.

Amy is falling into the Biden trap: over rehearsed.

Amy’s right eyebrow is distracting.

Amy wore her best hair helmet tonight.

Oh, Christ her dad... she's fuckinmg babbling. He got married three times.

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaandom.

That eyebrow on Klobuchar- HOLY FUCK.

Amy's dad again, gezz

Liz will be good for the middle class and lower.

Jeez Joe! Does he even know where he is tonight?

Damn, that is a woman ready to be president.

Is Amy's dad the alcoholic?

Joe’s stammer is bad tonight.

Liz just pulled "on the first day" 🙄🙄

Regardless of the nominee, Trump will not debate. His debate days ended in 2016.

I'm glad Joe mentioned the possibility of there being a gay president. Warren obviously wasnt going to with her hating ass.

Steyer sounds good on healthcare.

Amy totally lost it on that my dad was married three times, Etc conversation.

I think people confuse Joe's stammering, with his slowness in response aside from that.

R480, yes, Amy’s dad is the alcoholic. I bet he has dementia.

the bots are panicking. That is really funny actually.

Elizabeth is the best speaker by far. She's cogent and concise and cuts right to the quick without getting tongue-tied or appearing tentative.

Trump never debated. He quarreled.

Look.

Look,

LOOK!

Look?

Liz steals from Pete constantly. I'm surprised she hasn't answered any questions yet " As a young Mayor..."

Did Yang drop out? I liked him.

Warren had the best answer by saying she'll take the Democrats' side any day over a repub regarding healthcare. The point they should all be making is THEY ALL WANT TO KEEP THE ACA AND BUILD ON IT. repubs want to tear it down

Agree, R490. He insulted and lied. That's not debate.

Is that a Vermont accent?

“A yeahhh”

Healthcaeah”

Give Pete a question, tired of listing to that finger-wagging old goat, Bernie.

Can we agree Amy is ovah?

Trump is gonna win. This is a circus.

Amy sounds like a woman always on the verge of crying. I realise its some nerve disease, but.....

Warren is having a good night because she was COMPLETE MESS last time.

I want Steyer in me quite deeply... if it would mean he'd drop the fuck out.

Crackpot healthcare solutions.

What is Tom Steyer even doing in this race ?

Bernie has New Yowk Jew accent. Is that Brooklyn, I hear?

Shut up when your time's up, Amy.

The paid cunts and whores aren't even trying. They do not know what to say. Warren is dominating and it panics them. It's actually funny. Warren imitate's Pete? Really cunt/whore? That's what you think? That is what you are paid to post? Why?

Here's the thing: Bernie is right. We do need a universal plan. A wonderful well-managed national health care plan.

The problem is the "wonderful well-managed" part

It's the government. The odds of it winding up being the "DMV of Healthcare" is high

People are afraid of that and that is why they are afraid of Berniecare--because they are afraid it will actually be WORSE then Blue Cross or Horizon.

Not because they LIKE Blue Cross or Horizon

R496 for a real Vermonter accent listen to rep. Peter Welch. Sanders is so NY

Mayor's voice recording ZZZZZZZZZ 😴

Pete looks cuter than usual. Is it because all the others are so old and haggard?

Warren good response to funding healthcare.

Amy just doesn't have any passion in her voice. She's operating from a survival mode. No passion, or semblance of energy, excitement.

Massive ad money, R504.

AMY KLOBUCHAR'S EYEBROWS HERE- any questions?

Pete is that kid in class who raised his hand up like a lightning bolt. Sanders is lapsing into self-parody, God I hate him.

Well, of course, Pete's cuter than the alter Kakers.

Look.....On second bottle of tequila

does Pete have a typical Maltese look?

Amy piling on!!!!

Pete has a delivery that sounds sleazy.

Pete is a psycho

[quote] Pete is that kid in class who raised his hand up like a lightning bolt.

And that is why I like him

Amy is aiming her stapler at Liz!

I don't understand this rhetoric. I don't see how this is a "debate". They don't even look at each other. They aren't debating each other. This is a long LONG LONG run of speeches.

[quote]We do need a universal plan.

We need competition and choice. A monopoly, in government or in private enterprise, produces a bad result. One size does not fit all.

The fix is in for Warren. Shes the only candidate that hasn't faced scrutiny.

But here's the other thing YMV, the DMV actually does get the job done. It's not always great, it's not always pleasant (although I have to say, last time I had to go there after buying a new car, it actually worked pretty efficiently. big crowd that moved through the process pretty quickly). But often the alternative is ... NOTHING UNLESS YOU ARE RICH. If we let the market run the DMV a whole lot of people would simply not be allowed to buy a car or register a car or get new plates or get a license. The profit system just sucks in many ways.

Did she say Big Pharma?

Don’t do “little boy lost” look PETE! Take CHARGE!!!

Ucch I hate when they go after each other on healthcare. Time to switch to Lawrence

Indeed, R527. It is so obvious.

Yes Amy's look is an homage to Kay Ballard

Bernie needs to calm down before he has another heart attack on stage!

Yes, she did say Big Pharma

Yes, Pete does look Maltese; they are Semitic (Arab).

The official Bloomberg campaign Twitter account is tweeting “funny” comments about the debate.

Bloomberg confirmed that the account has not been hacked

It's like the Post Office. Not always great, not always efficient, not always easy. But it does get the letters where they need to go. The alternatives, FedEX, UPS, etc. simply out of reach for most people most of the time. Great for the rich, nothing for everybody else. pay a lot to get things delivered or, oh, you can't afford it, fuck you, don't ever get anything delivered. Sorry.

Props to Steyer for his superb eye contact with the camera.

India can't remembuh whay're I pawked my cahr.

A lot of government programs work well. Such as social security. My Post Office works great. You have to consider the work they do. 50¢ will send a letter from your house to a farm in Iowa that’s a mile away from its neighbor. It’s a huge accomplishment to link the country together as it does, for its cost.

But R528 people don't want something that's just okay when so many of them have had something very good, if not now, then in the past.

The DMV may be what is needed but Americans think they deserve something better and they will not be happy about it.

(And your personal positive experience with the DMV is what it is, I was calling it out as an easy shorthand for Frustrating Government Bureaucracy That Feels Like A Giant Clusterfuck

R508 , your argument doesn’t hold water simply because Medicare and the VA health system, probably the two most popular government programs, do a great job of managing -if satisfaction surveys are to be believed- and paying for the healthcare of a large portion of the population which has, by far, the most frequent and involved medical care received in our medical system.

r525 the field has been very crowded. This is the first time people are really getting to hear everyone's real positions. Time for all the bullshit arguing is over. We will get plenty of that with the Trump debates.

R533 I'd love to see a reboot of "The Mothers In Law" with Amy and Liz

R528 and R537 well said!

Amy looks like she smeared pink chalk on her cheeks.

People fear that MFA is going to be worse than what they have now.

They also confuse "Medicare" and "Medicaid"

DId your hero Hitler have a better plan R542?

R521, it’s too car salesman/carpetbaggerish!

FedEX and UPS cherry-pick the most lucrative services leaving the PO with the more expensive services, too.

Poor Amy.

Warren and Pete are the 2 who would not crumble in the Oval Office as POTUS

Biden wouldn't crumble but he might fade off into dementia. Though, he might not. I don't mind Biden. Bernie and Amy are nut jobs.

for many people, including many doctors and nurses, NOTHING, seriously nothing feels like a bigger clusterfuck than dealing with some insurance company bureaucracy, YMV. Seriously, nothing. That is the shittiest experience anyone has had in their life, for anyone who actually NEEDS the insurance they thought they were getting. That is definitely part of this conversation. A Big Part.

With birthrates nose-diving, the issue of childcare seems... quaint.

Um, YMF, not sure why I keep calling you YMV.

This Kardashian vocal-fry moderator needs to go.

The baby voiced moderator is just too much.

[quote]let’s Have Liz and Bern trade Jabs. Why??

RATINGS!!

No Liz... not Aunt Bea.

Wish one of these candidates would respond to the childcare cost issue with

“If you can’t feed your baby, then don’t have a baby!”

Nothing phonier than Liz'z mammas and daddies schtick.

Is Pete getting shut out of this debate?

Honestly, Bernie should get the Nobel Peace Prize for Ideas. Commitment. Sincerity.

Bernie seems off tonight.

I heard Pete say, "Writ-large." Now all I need is a "Conflate" and a "Full-Stop" to win debate-speak bingo.

R554, do as I do and just call him CUNT for short.

Is this moderator a robot? Dear god.

Great answer by Biden on the child care question.

Dr. Jill prepared him well.

omg they've fucking spent 20 minutes on healthcare ENOUGH MOVE ON

Pete is getting ignored big time. It's almost like theres a conspiracy to make him irrelevant.

All of Warren’s plans and promises crumble if she doesn’t get her wealth tax. There is zero evidence that she will be able to pass that into law, or especially that It won’t get tied up and thrown out by the courts. I find her bluster really offputting.

Sing out Pete! SING OUT!!!

They're Yang'ing pete. I see what you're doing CNN!

Amy needs a breakout moment to be viable in Iowa, and I just don't see that she's really had one yet.

Amy needs a breakout moment to be viable in Iowa, and I just don't see that she's really had one yet.

Buttigieg is right on about this.

R569, he’s been directly addressed several times. HE NEEDS TO INTERJECT!!!

Pete speks like an Amway distributor.

Could be impact of any meds, I would suspect, r563. When you've had a heart attack, maybe he's been told to adopt a more relaxed approach to life. Maybe he's had an "awakening" of m mortality. Who knows but I agree, I see your point. In fact, if I remember correctly at the last debate (shortly before his heart attack), he looked awful, red, sweaty, uncomfortable. Others also noticed. Maybe this is the new and laid back Bernie.

r570 BINGO! She is going on an on about it now! Most voters with sense know that shit aint gonna fly.

yeah, agree, Amy just kinda there. fading fast. Warren through her a line, but meh, it's down to four people right now.

This moderator is horrible. What the fuck?

ugh, THREW here a line. Oh dearing myself.

Warren made a funny joke about the super rich and college. I think it goes over many heads.

Pete must get more feisty. Too polite.

Amy is completely correct about jobs in the next 10-20 years.

can they talk about federal judges?

jesus fuck her not here. I'll try to stop now.

[quote]When you've had a heart attack, maybe he's been told to adopt a more relaxed approach to life.

Then don’t run for fucking President!

Bernie and Cardi B is the only way to win

When Pete interjects he gets called "Mean" or "catty". If he waits his turn he gets called boring.

He can't win.

R570, Then you’ll have to trust her judgement. I trust that she will advocate programs that help people up through the middle class, and she’ll fund these programs. Maybe she’ll cut the military, or raise the top marginal tax rates, or raise the inheritance tax. What she does will be consistent with what she says.

In a representative democracy, we should choose leaders based more on their philosophy than on specific programs.

Amy actually has the most realistic and achievable plans. She’s just a terrible speaker.

Biden will be seen as the winner cause everyone else sucks

I think Biden is kind of getting lost in the shuffle tonight in a sense.

Biden and Klobuchar are doing well. The others not so much.

Who called him mean??!?!?!

[quote]He can't win.

Um, sure you want that to be the takeaway r590?

I'm not a Warren backer but she's the only one giving a decent performance. Which is not to say she's electable. But she can present.

I'm sick of all of them tonight. All of 'em.

haha LOVE Ron's atheist commercials

R593, Well that was the plan

lol...I meant relative to high functioning human "running for president" measurement criteria, r588.

r578

yeah, Warren is winning this. Then, maybe Bernie. Biden's doing fine, but honestly not great and needs to start doing great.

Ron is too smug and the lighting is bad tho.

Someone make a new thread and link it

Biden and Pete may be adopting a strategy of just trying to stay out of it. When they do speak, Pete seems canned, Biden seems slow.

Ron Reagan now looks like Bob Denver.

Biden is snapping. He's like a ghostly apparition of himself.

Moderators are terrible. Rehashing the same old questions and calling on Bernie the most. Hearing the same old canned answers.

Oh joy, now the Ron Regan Jr. atheists commercials again; and pro-Trump PAC commercial.

YES back to impeachment

^^ not snapping

Look....Antoher shot of TdQIila

I’m against the wealth tax. I’d rather we just raise income tax rates on the wealth and increase the inheritance tax and cut the military. None of these are new, or require new infrastructure.

The wealth tax is a new thing and will have implementation problems and unintended consequences. Plus, wealth is already taxed as income or capital gains.

That said, I support Warren as most aligned with what I want. And she’s capable.

Part 2 at link.

Only a few posters have mentioned Bernie..Random groups of voters watching live think Bernie is slamming the rest of them. Yet of all the whopping six of you shilling here tonite scarcely a whisper of Mr Sanders. Is DL in denial as you were in 2016? Because Sanders is not going away.

Sayonara