The October debate thread (no videos)

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drummerboy said:

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Pete has been strong. So has Amy.

 lol. that is the exact opposite of what's happening.

 Oh thanks for clearing that up for me. Lolololololol

https://twitter.com/cillizzacnn/status/1184265558495240193?s=21

 omg - are you pointing to cillizza non-ironically? He's like the dumbest guy on TV.

 Whatever dude. Cillizza is a pretty respected and long-time voice for WaPo and CNN which last I heard were left-leaning media organizations. Not sure what your beef is with him but as per usual, you’re right and everybody who doesn’t agree with you is an idiot. 

 He is, literally, a dummy. That's my beef with him. He has exactly zero insight into any and every issue. He is conventional wisdom personified.

 Wow he has fooled a lot of people. But not you.

 oh please. David Brooks and Maureen Dowd still write NYT op-eds. They're both morons. People's lofty sinecures don't automatically grant them wisdom.

 Your definition of a moron is someone who you don’t agree with.

 I think they’re both brilliant. 

I wish Beto had a chance. 

Smedley said:

drummerboy said:

Smedley said:

drummerboy said:

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drummerboy said:

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drummerboy said:

Smedley said:

Pete has been strong. So has Amy.

 lol. that is the exact opposite of what's happening.

 Oh thanks for clearing that up for me. Lolololololol

https://twitter.com/cillizzacnn/status/1184265558495240193?s=21

 omg - are you pointing to cillizza non-ironically? He's like the dumbest guy on TV.

 Whatever dude. Cillizza is a pretty respected and long-time voice for WaPo and CNN which last I heard were left-leaning media organizations. Not sure what your beef is with him but as per usual, you’re right and everybody who doesn’t agree with you is an idiot. 

 He is, literally, a dummy. That's my beef with him. He has exactly zero insight into any and every issue. He is conventional wisdom personified.

 Wow he has fooled a lot of people. But not you.

 oh please. David Brooks and Maureen Dowd still write NYT op-eds. They're both morons. People's lofty sinecures don't automatically grant them wisdom.

 Your definition of a moron is someone who you don’t agree with.

 No. You're quite wrong. But nice try.

Mayor Pete is winning this debate.  

Beto became passionate again after the Texas shooting. He's the Beto so many of us liked originally. And Pete is getting too nasty. 

Go Beto

Pete not looking great going after Beto. Punching down.

sbenois said:

Mayor Pete is winning this debate.  

 Maybe to Chris Cizzilla fans.

Cory’s being too nice. Politics is a contact sport, deal with it.

drummerboy said:

sbenois said:

Mayor Pete is winning this debate.  

 Maybe to Chris Cizzilla fans.

 Once drummer boy on MOL’s comments go viral, CC will get canned for sure. He’ll be driving for Lyft by the weekend.

Cory will align with Beto over Pete. Both have a more courteous way of debating.

I'm finally giving up on Uncle Joe. In this format, he's incapable of putting 2 coherent sentences back to back. It saddens me to see it.

Amy has been far better tonight than ever. She's making a strong move to pick up Biden support. Bernie's done. Liz is holding her own, but not really being exciting. Cory is eloquent,  as usual, but is it enough? Pete's pushing hard, and just destroyed Beto. Yang...no! Are Tulsi and Castro even there? Steyer has been somewhat interesting.

Edited to add...Just realized I forgot Harris. Freudian slip? Meh!

Smedley said:

Pete not looking great going after Beto. Punching down.

 Interesting take on that.  You could be right.

jeffl said:

I wish Beto had a chance. 

Don't look now, but there's a Midwest baseball team that's starting to increase its chances on another channel.

Did Biden just say expodentially?

Biden is meh but every time he seems like he’s really going into a senior moment he comes back from it and skates by. He’s a survivor, gotta give him that. 

Policies aside for a moment, the people that I wouldn't mind listening to for the next 4 years would be Warren Booker or O'Rourke.

Just promise me I will never have to hear or see aggressive, angry or nasty for at least one administration.

PVW said:

 Here on MOL I often reach an audience upwards of tens of people.

 and you and almost everyone here is more insightful than Cillizza, Brooks, Dowd and Friedman. Put together. 

Very sweet Bernie. Wish him well in Queens! 

I think the clock has struck midnight on Tulsi. WTH was she trying to say before the commercial?

Tulsi did a decent pivot. Rather than attack her opponents age, she is discussing fitness as commander in chief pointing to her military service which she apparently believes equips her for foreign policy decisions. 

Mayor Pete seems to be using the "build to a crescendo" style of debate.  

Is this seriously going more than 2 hours? Crikey. 

Wonder if Tulsi will point out that she is vegan too.

Kamala with a lame idea to shut Trumps twitter down. 

Morganna said:

Wonder if Tulsi will point out that she is vegan too.

 She's trying to get votes.   ;-)

Wow. that response from Tulsi was a surprise. That will win her conservative support. (on limitations on late term abortion)

I wish they had polled all of the candidates.

Morganna said:

Wow. that response from Tulsi was a surprise. That will win her conservative support. (on limitations on late term abortion)

I wish they had polled all of the candidates.

 poling the candidates would be pretty painful 

See this is the argument that gets me. Biden talking specific numbers. I'm that kind of voter that wants to see specific numbers. Give me a Ross Perot pie chart. Don't just promise me, show me graphs and charts.

ml1 said:

 poling the candidates would be pretty painful 

 Bet it would increase the ratings though.

What a unique cadence Beto has. I like it. Reminiscent of Kennedy. Even something about his hand gestures.