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Debate Warm-Up Open Thread

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Per the Washington Post:

The fifth Democratic debate is tonight and is co-hosted by The Washington Post and MSNBC. Here’s what you need to know.

When: Coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time, and the debate will run from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern time.

Where: It’s being held in Atlanta, at Tyler Perry Studios, and you can watch it on washingtonpost.com or our apps or on MSNBC.

Who: Ten candidates have qualified to be onstage, hitting at least 3 percent in four approved polls or at least 5 percent in two early-state polls, plus bringing in donations from at least 165,000 unique donors…

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  1. 1.

    TomatoQueen

    Oh dear. Senator Paul Simon, gorbless’im.  And William Fucking Buckley. David Frye had his number.

  3. 3.

    TomatoQueen

    First interviewee on Snooze Hour was Judy and KellyAnne Kissing in a Tree. I learned that KellyAnne talks through her nose as she spins her fantasies.

  5. 5.

    Yarrow

    @Baud:  I don’t have the oomph to watch the debate. Been keeping an eye on impeachment hearings today. Tired of politics. Wonder if others feel like I do.

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    Anne Laurie, I just put up a site post, but I don’t think it will be any competition for the debate threads.  I figure debate threads will be going up all night, so I figure now is as good a time as any.  Plus, it will give anyone who can’t bear to watch the debates something to read, if they are so inclined.

  9. 9.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud: 

    I’m Sondland’ed out.

    Totally in love with Maloney, Himes, Schiff, Quigley, Spiers, Sewell, etc. Maloney was on fire today!

  11. 11.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Baud:

    @Yarrow:

     

    I want to watch, but I find that PT, while working wonders, really exhausts me. I guess I’ll watch the debate ‘til I fall asleep and catch the rest of it tomorrow.

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    mrmoshpotato

    Coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time, and the debate will run from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern time.

    And the hour of pregame is for what? Chuck Todd yelling that all Democratic candidates are equally as bad? Fuck Chuck Todd and his 10-sided bullshit.

  21. 21.

    Roger Moore

    @susanna:

    Anyone know what a “unique donor” is?

    It means a specific person.  So if you give your favorite candidate a monthly donation for a year, that’s 12 donations but only one unique donor.  If you convince 11 friends to donate with you, that’s 12 unique donors.

  22. 22.

    mrmoshpotato

    @susanna: Different people.  You and I would be considered 2 unique donors, me donating to a candidate 5 times would not be considered 5 unique donors.

  23. 23.

    Dan B

    @zhena gogolia: Maloney’s questioning was featured for a couple minutes last night on something my Mike’ster and I were watching.  I said to the Mike’ster that Maloney was the gay one.  I was met by disbelief because a decade ago this would have been “openly gay Representative” Maloney.  The Mike’ster was bombarded by a fussilade of pictures of Maloney , his very handsome and very happy looking husband, their wedding, and their three happy, adopted kids.

     

    It’s deeply moving for a couple old gay guys who grew up with the Joe Mc Carthy hearings being the only place we’d ever heard the word homosexual – the only time we realized we might mot be alone but we were not saved from endless loneliness but instead thrown in with pedophiles and loveless perverts.  And the AIDS era.  Need I  say more?

     

    To watch Maloney’s superb interrogation caused the living room to fill with dust and chopped onions.

  24. 24.

    Jay

    https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/arts/music/article-spirit-of-the-west-singer-john-mann-dies-at-57/

    A clever lyricist and charismatic showman, Mr. Mann is no doubt best known for his band’s anthem Home for a Rest. The song, from its slow, signature start (“You’ll have to forgive me, I’m not at my best”) to its rollicking chorus (“I’m so sick from the drink; I need home for a rest”) has been sparking sing-alongs and bringing down the house at frosh parties, New Year’s Eve celebrations and weddings since its release in 1990.

    But when Mr. Mann revealed his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014 and continued to perform with the support of his band, he became as beloved for his bravery as he was for his musical brilliance.

    Rest in Power,….

    Home for a Rest,

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=crIk87-mPzY

    And if Venice is Sinking,

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3tepxOAEBIE

    First saw them in London, England, on tour. Stoked to find out they were from just down the block from me and I could see them perform almost anytime I wanted.

  27. 27.

    zhena gogolia

    @Dan B:

     

    He is fantastic. We were getting a young-Jimmy-Stewart vibe, a little bit crossed with slightly-older-Jimmy-Stewart vibe when he gets really righteously indignant.

     

    I think he was born in Canada, so maybe can’t run for President?

  28. 28.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Yarrow:

     

    Tired of politics. Wonder if others feel like I do.

    Let me put it this way: I’m skipping the debate to write a post-hearing brief. A BRIEF.

  29. 29.

    satby

    I’ve just come back from a moving Transgender Day of Remembrance  service at a local church. I have no heart right now to watch either hearings or the debate. I want to fast forward to the day when one of the Democratic candidates is elected President, and I’m becoming deeply agnostic about which one. Just as long as Trump is gone.

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    Mary G

    That 1988 primary was the first and one of the few times I was enthused to vote for someone, Rev. Jesse Jackson. Of course the race was long over before California voted.

  32. 32.

    Redshift

    @Yarrow: One advantage of living in a place that has elections every year is that I’m sorry in the afterglow of having kicked Republican ass all over the state, which has rejuvenated me quite a bit.

     

    I’m not watching the debates, though; I never do. They always just make me tense, and I’d rather read transcripts afterwards.

  33. 33.

    FelonyGovt

    @Yarrow: Not watching tonight. I’m somewhat burnt out and would probably throw something at the TV the first time a moderator asks a dumb question intended to divide our side. And there are still too many candidates.

  37. 37.

    Mary G

    @WaterGirl: No, I’ve got 2,112 emails piled up in my box because even though I’ve been unsubscribing like crazy more keep coming. Somebody who’s running for city council in a small town in Iowa?

     

    I went and looked at it, and just ignore that complaint; scratch it off the punch list. I’m the only person with the problem and it’s probably due to cranking up the Chrome zoom to 125%. The site looks fine on the tablet and laptop. Some people were talking about a Google app that might help. I am getting used to it as is.

     

    May I add my name to the many compliments on all your hard work? The numbered/bullet point lists are fantastic.

  38. 38.

    susanna

    @Jay: Lucky you, and thanks for passing this on.  No debate for me this cool evening,  and this music is way more to my liking.

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