Politics Wednesday's Nevada Debate

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  1. RR7

    RR7 Well-Known Member

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    Saw the discussion about independents. I'm not an official Independent, but undeclared. Sometimes similar or lumped together. I do it because I just hate getting election mail, so I forfeit my right to vote in democratic primaries, for the ability to not get all sorts of political fliers in the mail. Only reason.
     
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    I guess Warren's decided that if the mainstream media is going to pretend she doesn't exist, she can say what she wants
     
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    Bloomberg said women want NDAs. Told sign or you get nothing isn't much choice. And lifting NDA doesn't require victim of sexual harassment to go public, just means they have the option.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Bloom is done.
     
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  9. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Best debate yet
     
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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    Lol Bloomers took a bigger beating than my meat when I was 13.

    Still, he ain’t going anywhere lol he’s gonna drag his stumbling ass out there every week and throw money around like James Harden at a strip club.
     
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    I thought Pete did well...He's the only one to take on Bernie's socialism.
    Looks though as the democratic party just might select Bernie...
     
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    Everyone got to repurpose their Trump barbs for Bloomberg. Efficient.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Really enjoyed that debate. Everyone gave, and took, hard punches.

    Bloomberg and Amy lost from my point of view (despite a few good moments from each).
    Bloomberg because he had a terrible answer on the NDAs; Amy because she got panicky trying to defend herself.

    Biden was surprisingly solid. Probably won't help him.
    Bernie didn't get attacked as much as he probably ought to have given the polls - he can thank Bloomberg for taking the fire, and Liz for treating him, and him alone, with kid gloves.
    I'll be interested to see if Attack Liz is more popular than the prior version of Liz. She certainly had a lot of great lines.
    Pete was solid as usual.
    Steyer was invisible in this debate. As was Tulsi.

    barfo
     
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    I’m depressed. None of these yutzes appeal to me, and Trump is still a jackhole.
     
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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    Lol I’ll say one thing, Mike rattled Bernie with the millionaire socialist with three houses line... it honestly wasn’t a lie.
     
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    Biden and Pete I thought did very well.

    Sanders is ridiculous. No matter how many times people ask him where he's going to pull 25 trillion dollars from he just avoids it and starts again talking about universal healthcare. As if nobody else on that stage has similar aspirations for healthcare. The difference is they won't need to force a hundred million people to change their healthcare when they don't want to. So you actually get to choose! Wow what a rarity in a democracy. And they won't even have to pull 25 trillion out of their ninety year old ass to do it either.

    Bloomberg spends all the money to get stuffed into a wood chipper the moment his first debate starts. Whoever was "prepping" him for the debate should perhaps also jump into the wood chipper.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Warren knocked it out of the park. Biden didn't hurt himself, we will see if he helped himself. Sanders put out his positions and per usual didn't reply when challenged. Klobuchar had some moments but not a strong performance. Buttigieg not so good. Bloomberg dreadful; defensive, arrogant, struggled with questions he had to have known were coming. Rolled his eyes when Warren referred to underpaid women who care for young children.

    Lawrence O 'Donnell has pointed out any candidate if elected will sign the health care bill Congress passes, which, if Moscow Mitch is still running the Senate, will be none. Yet we have the same argument every debate. No questions on foreign policy and totally ignored the complete destruction of rule of law Trump and Barr are carrying out right now.

    Warren supporters say she gets iced out of media. A recent poll did not even include her, they said they had Klobuchar instead, a quota of one woman? While everyone agrees she dominated the debate, headlines from NY Times to Politico to NBC all were some variant of Bloomberg and Sanders spar.
     
  19. yankeesince59

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    All things considered, I don't think Bloomberg did all that badly, especially since is was his first debate and it seemed that the others, at least initially ganged up on him. He was also given less time to speak than the others.

    Was he especially impressive?...no. And yes, he could have been better prepared and I'm sure that will be addressed before the next round. But again, it was his first debate while the others have had the experience of doing it multiple times before. Pete is by far the more polished debater compared to the others but that alone does not mean he's automatically the best choice.

    I was not especially impressed with any of them last night and I'm not going to count Bloomberg out just yet.
     
  20. illmatic99

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    NBC is terrible at these things.
     

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