2020 Presidential Election

[CameronBornAndBred]

So, it's debate day. I'm still uncertain if I have the intestinal fortitude to watch, but I feel a certain obligation.

According to the headline of this article that flashed on my screen this morning, 74% of voters are planning to watch.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...a2C?li=BBnb7Kz

[PackMan97]

According to the headline of this article that flashed on my screen this morning, 74% of voters are planning to watch.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...a2C?li=BBnb7Kz

I'm planning to watch just for the train wreck quality. Besides, my wife and I need a break from real life.

I do predict that should the debate be carried on the DBR Presidential Election Thread that these two things would happen.
1) Neither candidate will get dinged for policy discussion.
2) Both candidates will get banned for personal attacks.

[bundabergdevil]

I'm planning to watch just for the train wreck quality. Besides, my wife and I need a break from real life.

I do predict that should the debate be carried on the DBR Presidential Election Thread that these two things would happen.
1) Neither candidate will get dinged for policy discussion.
2) Both candidates will get banned for personal attacks.

Gold! Love it!

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

I'm planning to watch just for the train wreck quality. Besides, my wife and I need a break from real life.

I do predict that should the debate be carried on the DBR Presidential Election Thread that these two things would happen.
1) Neither candidate will get dinged for policy discussion.
2) Both candidates will get banned for personal attacks.

Wow. We hold DBR posters to a higher standard than presidential candidates in real life.

Yikes.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

I'm planning to watch just for the train wreck quality. Besides, my wife and I need a break from real life.

I do predict that should the debate be carried on the DBR Presidential Election Thread that these two things would happen.
1) Neither candidate will get dinged for policy discussion.
2) Both candidates will get banned for personal attacks.

And both candidates would get dinged for making statements that they cannot factually back up.
I would also like a penalty for extreme hyberbole - over-usage of words like "biggest," "best," "greatest," etc. That would make this the best and greatest debate ever.

[fisheyes]

I suggest that a resourceful DBR poster could come up with a computer program for tonight's debate where we could have a "chat" online but the only thing we could see would be "sporks" or "flames" in real time to reflect how you think each candidate is doing at the moment.



Go at it!

[MarkD83]

I'm planning to watch just for the train wreck quality. Besides, my wife and I need a break from real life.

I do predict that should the debate be carried on the DBR Presidential Election Thread that these two things would happen.
1) Neither candidate will get dinged for policy discussion.
2) Both candidates will get banned for personal attacks.

I am a bit tired of it all so won't be watching but if you see some boxing gloves on the podium or a steel cage being rolled out I may tune in. Seeing these props would indicate the train wreck is on the way.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

I suggest that a resourceful DBR poster could come up with a computer program for tonight's debate where we could have a "chat" online but the only thing we could see would be "sporks" or "flames" in real time to reflect how you think each candidate is doing at the moment.



Go at it!

Those sporks and flames would be colored by your self-assigned political preference, i.e. blue sporks if you are blue, red sporks if you are red, etc. I think folks around here are a lot better than the rest of the population at admitting biases but they will still influence people's perspectives on the debate.

[fisheyes]

Those sporks and flames would be colored by your self-assigned political preference, i.e. blue sporks if you are blue, red sporks if you are red, etc. I think folks around here are a lot better than the rest of the population at admitting biases but they will still influence people's perspectives on the debate.

And the undecideds could be purple!

[PackMan97]

I am a bit tired of it all so won't be watching but if you see some boxing gloves on the podium or a steel cage being rolled out I may tune in. Seeing these props would indicate the train wreck is on the way.

Two septuagenarians enter, one septuagenarian exits?

[JasonEvans]

Two septuagenarians enter, one septuagenarian exits?

[MartyClark]

Must see t.v. for me.

Will Biden be on point and articulate? If so, it will go a long way toward dispelling the narrative that he is cognitively impaired?

How will Trump respond to the tax return issue? I thought the best points made by Hilary in the last debates were concerning Trump's refusal to produce tax returns. The returns would say, according to Hilary, that Trump wasn't as rich as he claimed, wasn't as generous as he claimed or didn't pay his fair share of taxes. Trump will probably avoid the issue but I'm interested in how he responds.

How does Covid19 play out in this?

Lots of interesting issues in the ultimate reality t.v. show.

[sagegrouse]

Must see t.v. for me.

Will Biden be on point and articulate? If so, it will go a long way toward dispelling the narrative that he is cognitively impaired?

How will Trump respond to the tax return issue? I thought the best points made by Hilary in the last debates were concerning Trump's refusal to produce tax returns. The returns would say, according to Hilary, that Trump wasn't as rich as he claimed, wasn't as generous as he claimed or didn't pay his fair share of taxes. Trump will probably avoid the issue but I'm interested in how he responds.

How does Covid19 play out in this?

Lots of interesting issues in the ultimate reality t.v. show.

Ditto for me. I watched the first presidential debate between Nixon and Kennedy (in Kilgo Quad)and haven't missed many since then.

[CameronBornAndBred]

I mean this as a serious, mundane, non-controversial question, and directed not at symphony139 but to anyone who has a sense of Chris Wallace and the news folks at Fox News (as opposed to nighttime entertainers).

Are Fox News and Wallace in particular now included in the pejorative connotation of “MSM”?

Just yesterday I saw a linked article from Fox that said something along the lines of "MSM won't report on blahblahblah". Which I thought was pretty funny; I guess the largest news network in existence doesn't consider themselves to be "mainstream".

[nmduke2001]

I think this has been addressed on this thread before, but I still think that there is a greater than zero chance that this debate doesn't happen tonight or ever. Yesterday, Trump was tweeting about Biden refusing drug tests and Don Jr and Rudy G. were all over the news claiming the same thing. Would anyone be surprised if an hour ahead of time we hear that Trump is refusing to participate without a drug test? On a related note, has anyone checked the whizzinator website for a possible purchase by D. Trump or J. Biden?

[OldPhiKap]

I think this has been addressed on this thread before, but I still think that there is a greater than zero chance that this debate doesn't happen tonight or ever. Yesterday, Trump was tweeting about Biden refusing drug tests and Don Jr and Rudy G. were all over the news claiming the same thing. Would anyone be surprised if an hour ahead of time we hear that Trump is refusing to participate without a drug test? On a related note, has anyone checked the whizzinator website for a possible purchase by D. Trump or J. Biden?

I have a federal appointed case years ago where a guy got his probation yanked for using a whizzinator. I was joking with the agent in the hall before the hearing that I was gonna object without the item being introduced into evidence, and he says "oh, well -- I got it right here" and pulls it out.

Needless to say, my guy copped to it and we avoided showing a nice genteel federal judge said item.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

I think this has been addressed on this thread before, but I still think that there is a greater than zero chance that this debate doesn't happen tonight or ever. Yesterday, Trump was tweeting about Biden refusing drug tests and Don Jr and Rudy G. were all over the news claiming the same thing. Would anyone be surprised if an hour ahead of time we hear that Trump is refusing to participate without a drug test? On a related note, has anyone checked the whizzinator website for a possible purchase by D. Trump or J. Biden?

A few questions:

Are drug tests the new birtherism (is that a word?)? It is so embarrassing that Americans are so distracted by all of the shiny objects that Trump keeps throwing at them.

Got to go. I think I saw Superman fly by.

[JasonEvans]

I think this has been addressed on this thread before, but I still think that there is a greater than zero chance that this debate doesn't happen tonight or ever. Yesterday, Trump was tweeting about Biden refusing drug tests and Don Jr and Rudy G. were all over the news claiming the same thing. Would anyone be surprised if an hour ahead of time we hear that Trump is refusing to participate without a drug test? On a related note, has anyone checked the whizzinator website for a possible purchase by D. Trump or J. Biden?

Given Trump's standing in the polls, I can't see him ditching the debate. It is probably his best shot at making the race into... well... a race.

[MarkD83]

It would be much more interesting if they both took Covid tests before the debate. You could opt out of the test if you were willing to participate in one of the vaccine trials.

We would really see how much faith the candidates have in solutions to the pandemic.

[Phredd3]

Given Trump's standing in the polls, I can't see him ditching the debate. It is probably his best shot at making the race into... well... a race.

You beat me to it. If Trump skips this, Biden won't need to make Trump into a laughingstock. The entire comedic world will be having a field day doing it for him. Trump certainly won't make up any ground by ditching the debates.