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You are here: Home / Past Elections / 2020 Elections / Presidential Debate Open Thread, Part II

Presidential Debate Open Thread, Part II

by Anne Laurie|  October 22, 20209:37 pm| 366 Comments

This post is in: 2020 Elections, Proud to Be A Democrat

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The Bobinski dude come up yet?

Hopefully the appearance at the debate will clarify what the hell Tom Bombulinski was doing in the Lord of the Rings

— Owen Barcala (@obarcala) October 22, 2020

From the Guardian liveblog:

Trump seemed agitated as he remarked on Biden breaking fundraising records in August and September.

The Democratic nominee raised $364.5 million in September, smashing the previous single-month fundraising record, which Biden had set himself a month earlier.

“I can blow away your records like you couldn’t believe,” the president said. Trump then attacked Biden over ties to Wall Street.

Biden responded by simply saying, “Average contribution: $43.”

TRIGGERED!

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  1. 1.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    Biden should keep pushing his button by talking about how awesome it is that he has more attention.

  2. 2.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    Welker can’t say no to Trump.

  3. 3.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Another “strong email”

  4. 4.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    “Oooohhhh, I have to respond to that…”

    Such a whiny ass bitch.

  5. 5.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Look at Dolt45’s face. He is HATING the rules of this debate.

  6. 6.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Mexico China is going to pay for it!

  7. 7.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    @Baud: Yeah, I’m already annoyed by the tennis match back and forth. Give each one a response, maybe two, move the fuck on.

  8. 8.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Trump looks like he doesn’t understand Joe’s answer.

  9. 9.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Trump …doesn’t understand economics.

  10. 10.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    Malarkey!

  11. 11.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    Twitler is being disciplined by not talking over Joe much – his handlers may have planted a shock device in his pants. Starting to fray, though. And drink – MALARKEY!

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    It’s not about his family or my family, it’s about YOUR family.

    This was Joe, not Trump, in case you were wondering.

  13. 13.

    L85NJGT

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    @Yutsano:

    Body languange is starting to look defeated.

  14. 14.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    MALARKEY! DRINK!

    EDIT: SHUT. HIM. UP!

  15. 15.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    Malarkey sighting.

  16. 16.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    “Malarkey.”

    That’s worth a double sip o’ drinky.

  17. 17.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    MALARKEY! yay!!! ????????

  18. 18.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    He’s not going to take 10 sec Kristen, STOP DOING IT!

  19. 19.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    mute him! MUTE HIM!

  20. 20.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    “Who gives a fuck about normal people?”

    -Trump.

  21. 21.

    Splitting Image

    October 22, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    I just realized tonight that the main reason Rudy Giuliani was willing to go so far to help defeat Joe Biden is that Biden did to him in 2008 what Obama did to Trump in 2011.

    I mean he’s an evil, corrupt piece of shit too, but I think that Mr. “Noun Verb and 911” was in it for revenge as much as anything else. Strange that I didn’t even think of that until tonight.

  22. 22.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    October 22, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    Trump’s strategy seems to be pulling a lot of new bullshit out of his ass that I guess came from a new flood of fake emails? So they haven’t yet been debunked?

  23. 23.

    MobiusKlein

    October 22, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    Malarkey Culkin!

  24. 24.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    @dmsilev: I am pretty sure now he doesn’t. The “info” he spouts is fed to him.

  25. 25.

    L85NJGT

    October 22, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    @dmsilev:

    Which means he can’t respond even if Joe gives him an opening.

  26. 26.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    October 22, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    “Malarkey” – drink!!

  27. 27.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    Kristen has been doing pretty good as moderator.

  28. 28.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Gish Gallop.

  29. 29.

    Yarrow

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    It feels like Trump is getting at least twice the time to talk than Biden is.

  30. 30.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: No, they’ve been debunked but he’s just going to keep on spouting the bullshit. It’s all he has. He doesn’t know facts, policy, information, it’s all conspiracy theories. The first three require study/discipline and that’s not him.

  31. 31.

    Wag

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    Joe is kicking ass

     

    and the moderator is calling out Trump, which is nice to see

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    Biden: “I would contain North Korea by pressuring China.”

    I’m paraphrasing. But Joe is right. And calling Kim a thug LOL.

    EDIT: STOP LETTING HIM TALK OVER!!!

  33. 33.

    different-church-lady

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    I gotta say, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is doing a heck of a job moderating this thing.

  34. 34.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    @Yarrow: “ok Mr President, 10 sec” and it’s 45 sec later and moving.

  35. 35.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    10 seconds!

    There’s the Friedman unit, now there’s the Welker unit.

  36. 36.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    If Dolt 45 again brings up anything involving Biden boys having been in the military, the response ought to be, “Remind me, please. What rank did Don Junior and Eric achieve?”

  37. 37.

    Fraud Guy

    October 22, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    So was Bobulinski agitprop, useful idiot, or both.  I have a screamer in my home citing him as reason to have Biden and the entire Democratic Party arrested before they turn us over to China.

  38. 38.

    John S.

    October 22, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    @Leto: She’s only marginally better than previous moderators. She keeps letting the orange shitstain rant and rave like a lunatic. And that’s ok, because he sounds like a lunatic.

  39. 39.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    Cut the mike! You have the power!

  40. 40.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    C’mon! President is going out of control.

  41. 41.

    Wag

    October 22, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    She’s awesome, actually.

  42. 42.

    Central Planning

    October 22, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    I can’t wait for all the analysis of Dolt 45’s facial expressions, like we got about Kamala’s.

  43. 43.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    October 22, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    @Leto: Yeah, she’s kinda sucking.

    Still say Samuel L. should have moderated.

  44. 44.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    Welker just lost control on the Korea thing. Should have muted Trump instead of doing the futile “Mr. President, we have to move on” thing.

  45. 45.

    Danielx

    October 22, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    I’m liking my contribution to rotating tag lines better all the time, and no sexism intended:

    The President is a whiny little bitch.

  46. 46.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    Every time Trump talks over Welker, he comes off as a rude boor.

  47. 47.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    @Fraud Guy:

    Let’s turn him over to China.

  48. 48.

    pat

    October 22, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    I can’t watch.  Trump lies and lies and lies about Biden and all the money he has received from China and Welkin just goes on to the next topic. She is pathetic.

  49. 49.

    different-church-lady

    October 22, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    @Central Planning: Knee-slapper.

  50. 50.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    @Baud: 
    Only the Debate Commission has that power, not Welker. Though she doesn’t have to give him “10 secs” to respond every 5 secs

  51. 51.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    @Yarrow: Look who’s here!!!!

  52. 52.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    That’s a lot of words to not say anything.

  53. 53.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    “Come up with a better health care.”

    WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PLAN YOU PROMISED???

  54. 54.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    HALFTIME

    Eagles 10

    Giants 7

  55. 55.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    @Fraud Guy: Both. Read this thread:

    1. A few thoughts about Tony Bobulinski, Trump's guest at the debate tonight.

    According to Trump, Bobulinski has dirt on Biden that's disqualifying.

    What's really going on?

    Follow along if interested.

    — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 23, 2020

  56. 56.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    He just got muted: DRINK! Lolol

  57. 57.

    Princess

    October 22, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    I listened to about 30 seconds during the tax stuff and I couldn’t any more. Thanks to those of you with stronger constitutions than I.

  58. 58.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    @Baud: She doesn’t. The person with control of the mics is in a separate location.

  59. 59.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 22, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    @cain: 

    Kristen has been doing pretty good as moderator.

    Holy shit that’s a bad take. She lets Trump take as much time as he wants. She’s weak AF.

  60. 60.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    @Central Planning: 
    INORITE?

  61. 61.

    debbie

    October 22, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    Did Trump end up bringing Bobulinski?

  62. 62.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    @Yutsano: They’re in the book of blank pages.

  63. 63.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 22, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: it shouldn’t be discretionary.  If it’s discretionary there’s too much pressure not to use it.

  64. 64.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    I’m torn: I feel like Biden might be losing a little ground by not doing Trump’s “I need to respond to that” thing, but maybe to do that is just wrestling with the pig. I guess the underlying question is whether anybody believes the crap Trump is spewing. Right now he’s taking credit for the good parts of Obamacare.

  65. 65.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    Infrastructure!  And Trump taunting….

  66. 66.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    all the people with COVID are going to have pre-existing conditions.

    I have been waiting for Biden to say that for a long time.  yay!

  67. 67.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    @Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant):  Pulp Fiction Samuel Jackson!

  68. 68.

    Ivan X

    October 22, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    So is Joe landing any solid blows? It sounds like he got in a couple of good zingers, but it’s easy to imagine that he isn’t when the jackaltariat keeps coming up with the things he ought to be saying. (I sadly cannot listen to Trump’s voice without violent spasms being induced.)

  69. 69.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    Mocking reference to infrastructure week! Drink!

  70. 70.

    Yarrow

    October 22, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:  I never left.

  71. 71.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    Joe is more liberal than Bernie Sanders… jeeezus.

  72. 72.

    Kay

    October 22, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    @debbie:

    That whole line of attack isn’t working though- I’m not sure why. He just doesn’t seem to be able to tie it together and Biden looks almost bored by it.

  73. 73.

    different-church-lady

    October 22, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    Christ almighty, Biden is live-tweeting the debate.

  74. 74.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    @Ivan X:

    I’m looking at clips on Aaron Rupar and Biden is excellent.

  75. 75.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    Goddamn, Welker is letting Trump run long, long, long!

  76. 76.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    “He’s a very confused guy”.

    Truth.

  77. 77.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    @Steeplejack: Joe’s laughing at him. Joe’s doing fine. Orangezilla is looking like a clown.

  78. 78.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 22, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    The thing is, even though it’s Welker’s fault, a lot of men will see this as Trump being dynamic and taking charge and Biden being weak.  Trump was on the ropes even with male voters and facing an epic beatdown and she just gave him a lifeboat.

  79. 79.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    BJ is losing it.

  80. 80.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Luckily none of you are here at home where I’m screaming MUTE HIM! MUUUUTE HIIIIIIIM!!

  81. 81.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    Christ almighty, Biden is live-tweeting the debate.

    I want a President who can multitask.

  82. 82.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    B-J site is really, really, really struggling now.

    “If he’s elected the stock market will crash.” Looney tunes balderdash.

  83. 83.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    He must be confused. Ha!

  84. 84.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Twitler’s attacking Kamala and Bernie, Joe’s going Trumpy “I beat all those people, he’s running against Joe Biden, not somebody else.” Welker has lost control

    Joe’s not talking much, but when he gets a word in, he’s devastating. He’s attacking McConnell saying the HEROES Act has been out for months, Mitch can’t get his people to pass it, why didn’t Twitler drop the hammer on his party’s senators? Excellent.

  85. 85.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    Nice Biden rant on Wall Street.

  86. 86.

    Wag

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    What happens to ordinary people

  87. 87.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @Bobby Thomson:

    Debates don’t actually change people’s minds. Come the fuck on. Biden is laughing at him

  88. 88.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @Baud: The blog gerbils are definitely wheezing tonight.

    EDIT: Joe bringing up the HEROES act in response to “Why aren’t you pushing the Democrats?” Nice move.

  89. 89.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @cain:

    Joe is more liberal than Bernie Sanders… jeeezus. 

    Forget DRINK! on that.  That’s a DO SOME SHROOMS line.

  90. 90.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @Bobby Thomson: agree. My fear.

  91. 91.

    Danielx

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant):

    I said two minutes, motherfucker!

  92. 92.

    Ivan X

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Excellent. Thanks for the report and for all of you with a stronger stomach than me.

  93. 93.

    James E Powell

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @John S.:

    She keeps letting the orange shitstain rant and rave like a lunatic. And that’s ok, because he sounds like a lunatic.

    @Baud:

    Cut the mike! You have the power!

    I applaud the diversity of opinions on this blog. It’s no wonder it’s almost in the top 10,000.

  94. 94.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    it is never his problem, it is all about Nancy Pelosi!

  95. 95.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @Bobby Thomson: You aren’t seeing what I am seeing.

  96. 96.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    Stupid ignorant question about pushing Dems.

  97. 97.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    @Yarrow: This is an existential or metaphysical thing, isn’t it?

  98. 98.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    Joe getting mad at Welker: “Why didn’t you tell the Dems to do a covid relief bill?”

    ”THEY DID IT BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER?”

    Again, what office does the FORMER VP hold? /foreheaddesk

  99. 99.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    If Nicolle, Joy and Rachel sing Welker’s praises after this, as they were before the debate, I’ma be pretty upset.

    Her question to Biden just now: “Why have you not pressed the Democrats to get a deal for the American people?” Jesus H. Christ. That is beyond both-siderism into the Republican-framing zone.

  100. 100.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    @Bobby Thomson:

    That’s what they thought in the first debate.

  101. 101.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    Are you guys back up again?

  102. 102.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    Let’em go bankrupt.

  103. 103.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    @Baud: It set up Joe for the HEROES Act answer.

  104. 104.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    @Baud: Yeah, like I just asked: what office does he hold? JFC bad question. Wallace did the same thing. So dumb.

    @Omnes Omnibus: It does, but at the same time it’s bad framing.

  105. 105.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Seems a little better.

  106. 106.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Okay, I need to make my (first) rum and tonic. My blood pressure is rising. I feel like Biden is on the defensive a little bit, but it’s all because Trump is spewing complete bullshit. Ugh.

  107. 107.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    @Steeplejack:  He smacked that right back at her.

  108. 108.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Yes, Joe’s doing well.

  109. 109.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    I disagree – I think this is where he could have fucking kicked McConnell’s ass. The bill is out there – the Senate is not taking it up.

  110. 110.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Joe is getting angry in a good way.

  111. 111.

    JWR

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Yeah, I’ve about had it with Welker, not because of this muting problem, which as Adam just noted is not hers to control, but with her gawd-awful Qs. “Mr Biden, why aren’t you pushing the Dems to do something about health care?”.

  112. 112.

    khead

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Joe is rolling.

  113. 113.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    “Republicans are going to take the House because of her.” [Pelosi]

  114. 114.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Unites States aim hit the mark.

  115. 115.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Trump doesn’t know shit about small business

  116. 116.

    trnc

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Joe is doing a good job quickly explaining things I wish more dems would explain, like why the US can deficit spend while the states can’t.

  117. 117.

    Morzer

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    I’m suspect that Trump would have been better off just refusing to show up for this debate, wretchedly weak though the moderator has been.

  118. 118.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    @Baud: Plugin gone wild.  Less fun than Girls Gone Wild.  Turned off, hopefully it will be better now.

  119. 119.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Thank you. I think the gerbils are much happier.

  120. 120.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Trump’s “quiet serious voice” is even more offensive than his shouty voice.

  121. 121.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Well, supposedly raining the minimum wage is popular. We’ll see.

  122. 122.

    John S.

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    @James E Powell: Just give me 10 seconds to respond to that. ?

  123. 123.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    @cain: Dump knows about scamming small businesses.

  124. 124.

    debbie

    October 22, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    His presence doesn’t seem to be rattling Joe.

  125. 125.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    Child separation.

  126. 126.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    @dmsilev: How can you tell?

  127. 127.

    Anya

    October 22, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    @Ivan X: The Obama Bros and associates are loving Joe’s performance. They think Joe is winning.

  128. 128.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    @WaterGirl: “Plugin gone wild.”

    Little early for BJ IT after dark, but I’ll allow it :P

  129. 129.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    Immigration trainwreck alert.

  130. 130.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    He is refusing to answer the question about kids.

  131. 131.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    Yes, the moderating is about as bad as Wallace. Biden very sharp, concise and on-point.

    My concern is that the pundits will worry that Biden will lose the incoherent ranting and ignorant ‘roid rage’ vote.

    And anyone on internet or media get a read on the color swatches to see what Trump’s hue is tonght? I’m guessing forest and tire fire sunset. One of my favorites, to be honest. Point for Trump!

  132. 132.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    Children separation. 4000 miles of brand new wall?

    EDIT: Joe is beating him with facts.

  133. 133.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @cain: Mom, is that you?

  134. 134.

    JWR

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Good point, and I’ll give her a bit more room before I lay into her again. ;)

  135. 135.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: You live in Wisconsin.  Don’t you understand GGG redneck?

  136. 136.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I have access to sensitive scientific instrumentation.

  137. 137.

    West of the Cascades

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    I’m girding myself for the savvy hot takes that “Trump didn’t bite the head off a live bat, tonight is the night he became President.” Time for another drink.

  138. 138.

    Geminid

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @cain: He just knows how to screw small vendors.

  139. 139.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @dmsilev:

    Trump’s “quiet serious voice” is even more offensive than his shouty voice. 

    Yeah.  It’s got this gross whisper quality to it like he doesn’t know how to just talk at a normal tone.

  140. 140.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @WaterGirl: Who wants to know?

  141. 141.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    Biden is good on the refugee kids.

  142. 142.

    L85NJGT

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    @Morzer:

    I agree. He’s doomed, but this will help pull under some GOP Senate seats.

  143. 143.

    Kay

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    @trnc:

    He’s capable of going off the question and extending it because he actually knows a lot. It was apparent in the Democratic debates too. He can discuss any of this – you have to know it to be able to do that. He has a lot of experience. Wildly under-rated.

  144. 144.

    steppy

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    Fat Bastard’s pupils are YUUGE.

  145. 145.

    Jeffro

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    @different-church-lady: I saw that and love it!  He’s like Superman, our Joe ;)

  146. 146.

    Kent

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    They are in facilities that are SOOOO clean….

  147. 147.

    khead

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    Joe is clubbing Trump with the separated kids.

  148. 148.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    @Yutsano: A Gish Gallop of outrageous lies.

    I don’t think Trump has broken a new Biden scandal for 4 or 5 minutes though. Why not?

  149. 149.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    mute him goddam it!

  150. 150.

    Morzer

    October 22, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    @L85NJGT: Thoughts and prayers for those crooked, racist motherfuckers.

  151. 151.

    laura

    October 22, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    Just an amazing performance by the president of these united states. Easily debunked lies and conspiracies and fantabulizing and redirecting and working the refs. If that pig shagging spackle faced con manages to get reelected I’m going to cut a bitch. If Joe gets elected, I’m still going to side eye republicans till the end of days.

    Joe’s good on the separations. It’s criminal and trump is culpable.

  152. 152.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    @debbie: Biden is doing fine.

  153. 153.

    trnc

    October 22, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    @JWR: Yeah, I’ve about had it with Welker, not because of this muting problem, which as Adam just noted is not hers to control, but with her gawd-awful Qs. “Mr Biden, why aren’t you pushing the Dems to do something about health care?”.

    But he had a great answer. That’s why I like the tough questions.

  154. 154.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    @steppy: I can’t unsee that… why’d you do that to me???

  155. 155.

    Yarrow

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:  I’m here. I’m everywhere.

  156. 156.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    Okay, back from making a drink.

    Did Trump even answer the minimum-wage question, or did he blame it on Hunter Biden somehow? Rhetorical question.

  157. 157.

    Cameron

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    @Steeplejack: I don’t think she’s doing him a favor by doing that.

  158. 158.

    James E Powell

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    @jl:

    My concern is that the pundits will worry that Biden will lose the incoherent ranting and ignorant ‘roid rage’ vote.

    They are all deleting the “NEW TONE PIVOT READY TO LEAD” columns they wrote in anticipation of the event.

  159. 159.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    Good on immigration. I hope it helps with the Latino vote.

  160. 160.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    @Bobby Thomson: Yeah, I live in WI, and I recognize the blowhard at the end of the bar who everyone avoids.

  161. 161.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    She brought up the kids who lost their families. Do you have a plan? Sure! Joe smacks him down. It’s a violation of decency and ruins the name of our country! It’s criminal!

    Good job. The moderator parrots Republican talking points – Obama deported more. Joe says DACA kids will get citizenship. Trump keeps saying Obama built the cages.

  162. 162.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @Baud: no, Trump completely lost control in the first debate while Biden stayed calm and laughed at him.  That showed dominance.

  163. 163.

    Anya

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    I wonder if the Biden team has polled attacking Trump’s grifter kids and it didn’t poll well? Maybe that’s why he never mentions the concrete examples of Trump’s use of his public office to enrich himself.

  164. 164.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @Quinerly: Damned right!!

  165. 165.

    laura

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    Solid statement on Dreamers.

  166. 166.

    patroclus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    My take is that while Trump is infinitely better than in the first debate, Joe is kicking ass and taking names on actual policy.  If voters are really listening and care about actual policy (COVID; kids in cages; minimum wage, health insurance; Dreamers), then this is an excellent debate for Biden.

  167. 167.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    So much accordion hands.

  168. 168.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @Yarrow:

    Schrodinger’s Yarrow : )

  169. 169.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: those blowhards are more numerous than you realize.

  170. 170.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    Mexican rapists.

    Playing the “greatest hits” record.

  171. 171.

    Immanentize

    October 22, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @Leto: heh

  172. 172.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    @Baud:

    BJ is losing it.

    just a couple of  people

  173. 173.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    RAPIST!

  174. 174.

    Skepticat

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Where is the freaking mute button?

  175. 175.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    @Kay:

    Yes.

  176. 176.

    Kent

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    You have 525 kids who lost their parents

    “good”

    Sigh

  177. 177.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Do they brainwash all the moderators to parrot GOP talking points before the debate? Or give them drugs? Unbelievable.

    Welker almost as bad tonight as Wallace . And Wallace was much worse in moderating the first debate than he usually is in interviews. So, what gives? Anyone know?

  178. 178.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Trump has gone back to rapists and other shit. I like the fact that Joe uses his expression to show his feelings on the matter.

  179. 179.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    @dmsilev:

    It’s coming full circle.

  180. 180.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    Oh, jeez—“the talk.” Good issue, but lame-ass question.

  181. 181.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    @Bobby Thomson:

    I see you didn’t respond to my reply

  182. 182.

    James E Powell

    October 22, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    @Anya:

    Venom isn’t Joe’s brand. Others need to do that if it’s worth doing, i.e., if tests show it moves voter.

  183. 183.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    @Kent: You heard that too?  I though I imagined it.

  184. 184.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    Good question.

  185. 185.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 22, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    @Bobby Thomson: and their ex-wives, estranged siblings, alienated neighbors and embarrassed children are even more numerous

    For your own sake: Go for walk, have a drink, count your breaths.

    Something.

  186. 186.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    “Only those with the lowest IQ showed up for immigration hearings.”

    head/desk head/desk head/desk

  187. 187.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Bobby Thomson:

    Well then I guess we’re doomed Doomed DOOMED!11!

    Seriously, take Jim’s advice

  188. 188.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Yarrow: I saw The Lawnmower Man. It did not end well.

  189. 189.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Nope.  It was strong.

  190. 190.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Baud: Stacks of CDs in the foyer, discounts, hundreds of the greatest hits, with never before seen outakes!

  191. 191.

    James E Powell

    October 22, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @NotMax:

    What the hell was that about?

  192. 192.

    Wag

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    Joe has it.

  193. 193.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I heard it too, but I fear that these sharp little points are getting lost at the end of the exchange. I did note that that shut Trump up. He said, “Go on.”

  194. 194.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    @dmsilev: The voice you are referring to is condescending.

  195. 195.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    “I’m tremendous at the blacks!”

  196. 196.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    1. Abraham Lincoln
    2. Donald Trump
  197. 197.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    @Anya: He never mentions it because that’s just not who he is. And he doesn’t have too because The Lincoln Project is doing it for him. They hit Ivanka today and have teased that Jared’s coming. They did Jr at the end of last week.

  198. 198.

    L85NJGT

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    Trump’s starting to look like the perps at the end of Dragnet.

  199. 199.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    @Kent: I thought I imagined it!!

  200. 200.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Trump’s meds are wearing off.

  201. 201.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Yes, I’m sure this will appeal to the minority communities.

  202. 202.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Crying in my office.  ?????

  203. 203.

    Captain C

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Did I just hear Trump say “good!” when Biden mentioned the 500+ kids whose parents they can’t find?

  204. 204.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Anya:

    I wonder if the Biden team has polled attacking Trump’s grifter kids and it didn’t poll well?

    they’ve been grifting and stupiding for four years, and a whole lot of people don’t seem to care. To my great chagrin and enduring surprise. Joe Biden isn’t gonna wake them up with a quip at this point.

  205. 205.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Baud: “Perhaps” Abraham Lincoln.

  206. 206.

    Cameron

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @jl: He’s out there fighting fires in California while you snark, libtard!

  207. 207.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Man, I don’t know how much more of this I can take. I thought I was fairly immune to Trump’s bullshit, but it is coming in extra strong tonight. And I feel like it is not being countered. Biden is doing a good job, but there’s just too much volume. And I still think Welker is giving Trump more time.

  208. 208.

    Jeffro

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Wag: Totally.  Absolutely and completely.

  209. 209.

    trnc

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @Captain C: He said “Go ahead”

  210. 210.

    MomSense

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @Captain C:

    Yes you did.  That motherfucking mandarin menace.

  211. 211.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @WaterGirl: Yes.  Condescending orange shitpile.

  212. 212.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @Baud: some people say they are interchangeable.

  213. 213.

    What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @Captain C: Yes. I heard it too.

  214. 214.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @jl: How do you make someone who won’t shut up unless you physically restrain him, sedate him, and muzzle him shut up?

    That’s the challenge.

  215. 215.

    Jeffro

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @Baud: agreed

  216. 216.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @L85NJGT:

    Hahaha, you’re tempting me to tune in.

    Is he dropping bennies and goofballs and chasing them down with cheap port wine?

  217. 217.

    Kent

    October 22, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    @Captain C: Yep, he said it.  My daughter says it’s already on twitter

  218. 218.

    Jeffro

    October 22, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: good point.

    the mic-muting helped.  the drugs trumpov’s team put into his system around 7pm tonight helped even more

  219. 219.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    I am literally shouting – “FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU”

  220. 220.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    @dmsilev: Biden bringing up how he continued to call for the death penalty for the exonerated Central Park 5. Good.

  221. 221.

    Amir Khalid

    October 22, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    41 shots:

    Lena gets her son ready for school

    She says,”On these streets, Charles,you’ve got to understand the rules

    If an officer stops you, promise me you’ll always be polite

    And that you’ll never ever run away

    And promise Mama you’ll keep your hands in sight”

    Is that The Talk?

  222. 222.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    How do you make someone who won’t shut up unless you physically restrain him, sedate him, and muzzle him shut up?

    I’m seeing a few promising options here.

  223. 223.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    There’s that lie again and a crying story on top of it.

    And a sop to Tim Scott.

    And lying about HBCUs.

    BASTARD.

  224. 224.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Joe should have gotten a blow dart and sedate him.

  225. 225.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    Site good again for everybody?

  226. 226.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    @NotMax: I was rendered speechless by that one. Law abiding people are stoopid! Joe should have commercials on that in the Spanish language media in half an hour. Lincoln Project too.

  227. 227.

    Kay

    October 22, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    Jonathan Chait
    @jonathanchait
    ·4m
    Did Trump just respond to Biden citing 525 kids separated from their parents with “Good”?

    Good. That should be noted. He’s such a nasty piece of work. Couldn’t resist, even with the meds.

  228. 228.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    @MomSense: “mandarin menace.“

    Oh, I like that!

  229. 229.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    I’m not watching — just clips on Aaron Rupar’s twitter feed — but what I see is not better than how he was in the first debate. People are sick of his domination routine. Biden is like a cool drink of ice water on a hot day.

  230. 230.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @Captain C: You did.

  231. 231.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @WaterGirl

    Improved. Paws crossed.

  232. 232.

    TriassicSands

    October 22, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @Baud: 

    Pretty much no one says “no” to Trump.

  233. 233.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    Welker said Biden was going to respond and then tbey would move on, but again she let Trump jump in.

  234. 234.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @dmsilev: Tranq darts. Tranq ? are good.

  235. 235.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP RUSSIA EMAILS! Drink!

  236. 236.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @L85NJGT: I checked over on a Right Winger’s FB page. Those on his page are thrilled. Think Trump is pitch perfect and brilliant tonight. Mostly criticizing Biden for corruptness and his stutter tonight.

  237. 237.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    Character

  238. 238.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Seems okay now..

  239. 239.

    MomSense

    October 22, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    Russhaa Russhaa Russhaa

  240. 240.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    @Quinerly: Doesn’t fucking matter.  They are a lost cause.

  241. 241.

    Kent

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    I’m the least racist person in this room!    I can’t even see race!

  242. 242.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    He can’t see race now because the lights are too low? Lol, wut?

  243. 243.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    @Leto:

    HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP RUSSIA EMAILS!

    It’s the new MAN WOMAN PERSON CAMERA TV?

  244. 244.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Haha. “Abraham Lincoln here…”

  245. 245.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Those people don’t live in reality, so of course they think he’s hitting it out of the park

  246. 246.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    @Quinerly:

    This is no surprise. They’re in a cult.

  247. 247.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Serious charge from Trump: IF you are guilty of crimes, then you aren’t innocent. Many people are saying….

    I don’t see how Biden can answer that.

  248. 248.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    “Abraham Lincoln here is one of the most racist Presidents in American history”

  249. 249.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    “This guy has a dog whistle as big as a fog horn”

  250. 250.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    LOL! “Abraham Lincoln here.” ROFLMAO!!

  251. 251.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    “Abraham Lincoln over here….”

  252. 252.

    Morzer

    October 22, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: General Bonespur’s Chicken – available at all good Chinese takeout and trade war restaurants…

  253. 253.

    Adam L Silverman

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @Jeffro: They’re starting to wear off.

  254. 254.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    “Oh god.”

  255. 255.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    We need to Marsha Marsha Marsha clip with Russia Russia Russia dubbed in.

  256. 256.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    This is the longest ten seconds I’ve ever seen.

  257. 257.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    “I am the least racist person in this room.”

    No bolt of lightning, no yawning chasm opened. So much for that “God hears everything” trope.

  258. 258.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    dog whistle about as big as a fog horn

  259. 259.

    FlyingToaster

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    From what I can tell (not watching; just reading here and Wonkette and Twitter), each side is playing to their base in this debate.

    It’s all gonna be GOTV.  That’s all that’s left.

  260. 260.

    Kay

    October 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @Leto:

    I think he blew it though. It had to be in the first half hour and instead that was all about how he doesn’t pay income taxes. It just didn’t work for some reason.

  261. 261.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    “oh god”

    We feel ya Joe.

    This crime bill bullshit is so fucking galling while the GOP funds its private prisons.

    What a fucking loaded question.

  262. 262.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    She made a noble effort to talk about race, gets the “nobody since Abraham Lincoln has done more than I have” treatment.

  263. 263.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    @Kay:

    Plus, it was incoherent.

  264. 264.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    @NotMax:

    This is a lie that EVERYONE knows. Especially his supporters.

  265. 265.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    Pop Quiz:  one candidate said this about something they had previously done.

    “It was a mistake”

    Who said it?  10 seconds

  266. 266.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    @WaterGirl: Pretty much. Or at least for the next 48 hours.

  267. 267.

    Suzanne

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    “Oh, God.”

    Say it again, Joe. I feel you.

  268. 268.

    Eljai

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Totally with you!  Jesus, trump is such a dumbass.

  269. 269.

    MomSense

    October 22, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Poor stupid Abe didn’t even get the joke.  He’s such a dumbass

  270. 270.

    Kent

    October 22, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    ‘You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything….Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.’ –Donald Trump

    When McCain died, in August 2018, Trump told his senior staff, according to three sources with direct knowledge of this event, “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral,” and he became furious, according to witnesses, when he saw flags lowered to half-staff. “What the f— are we doing that for? Guy was a f—ing loser,” the president told aides.

    “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 Marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed. …

    ——————————————-

    We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. –Abraham Lincoln.

    It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. – Abraham Lincoln

    I can see how easy it is to confuse the two

  271. 271.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    Maybe I’ve just got battle fatigue. I’m not feeling great about this debate. I don’t think Biden is losing any ground, but Trump is not taking many hits.

  272. 272.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    @Suzanne: He speaks for millions of us.

  273. 273.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Damn, that’s tough. Trump never admits mistakes on the one hand. However, on the other, he always tries to make excuses

  274. 274.

    Anya

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Hi Amir! How do you think Virgil van Dijk’s injury would affect the team? ?

  275. 275.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    Trump has about four lines and keeps repeating them.

  276. 276.

    trnc

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @Suzanne: We laughed our asses off at that.

  277. 277.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I know. I still dip into these pages once and awhile. Plus, get out of the boat and read on line comments to local news paper articles… I know.. Waste of time. So much sickness

  278. 278.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    38k federal prisoners released; “what did you do Joe?”

    Fucking maroon.

  279. 279.

    TS (the original)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I did something else for 10 minutes, came back – it’s good

  280. 280.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @Steeplejack: I felt like that maybe 30 minutes ago, but I think Joe is strong again and Trump has turned into his usual disaster.

  281. 281.

    John Revolta

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Yes. Part of raising a Black child in the US of A.

  282. 282.

    MomSense

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    Republican Congress!

  283. 283.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @Steeplejack: A tie is fine, given where we are in the race.

  284. 284.

    debbie

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @Kent:

    Absolutely appalling, especially for a Christian. //

  285. 285.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    This guy doesn’t know shit about anything climate change.

  286. 286.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @NotMax:

    And he tries to look out into the audience and he says, “I can’t even see, it’s so dark in here” — I guess he was peeking to see if there were any black folk out there but it was too dark to tell! Maybe they should smile so he can see their teeth.

  287. 287.

    MomSense

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    More bullshit means more accordion hands.  It’s a fucking tell.

  288. 288.

    Morzer

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @Steeplejack: All we need is a draw and no player injuries.

  289. 289.

    Baud

    October 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Trump started off beating his low expectations.  He’s back to his old self.

  290. 290.

    dmsilev

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    ….does Trump know that his EPA head is basically a Captain Planet villain?

  291. 291.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    His base is gonna love this.

    Tremendous. The best. Never seen them this good.

  292. 292.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    Trump just said ‘When I’m president’? I guess he listened to so many tapes of his 2016 act, he lost his place?

  293. 293.

    debbie

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    @Leto:

    Still hasn’t apologized for that.  ?

  294. 294.

    cain

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    oh shit.. he just insulted India and China – the Indians are going to be pissed about that line. That was a grave mistake.

  295. 295.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    Did someone say the drugs were wearing off?

  296. 296.

    mad citizen

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    @Steeplejack: Just rejoined it after an hour away.  Don’t worry, trump is done.  One third of the votes are in and millions are voting every day.

  297. 297.

    Kay

    October 22, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    @Baud:

    Because the story is incoherent. Their laziness just kills me. They had a solid year to prep that Biden smear and there’s no narrative. I not only don’t know what they’re claiming happened, I don’t know what they’re accusing Biden of doing. There are so many of them! They couldn’t give this fantasy a beginning, middle and end? Why does it start in 2017 now?

  298. 298.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 22, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    The only way Trump would be the least racist person in the room is if he was enjoying a private dinner with Stephen Miller. #Debates2020— Adam Best (@adamcbest) October 23, 2020

  299. 299.

    Immanentize

    October 22, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    Susan Page just made me hate reply:

    This isn't the first time an incumbent president has had a disastrous first debate, then seemed to learned some lessons for the second. Witness Reagan in 1984 and Obama in 2012.— Susan Page (@SusanPage) October 23, 2020

  300. 300.

    khead

    October 22, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    Joe should’ve just looked straight at the camera and said “If Black folks think you have done so much for them, they SHOULD vote for you”. And then laughed.

  301. 301.

    Amir Khalid

    October 22, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    @Anya:

    Fortunately, we still have Fabinho.  Let’s pray he doesn’t taken out for the season by some clumsy fool of a goalkeeper.

  302. 302.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    Trump is doing the Mussolini pose while Biden speaks.

  303. 303.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    The center of his hair patch wasn’t combed over as well this time. Seeing a bit of that Vader scalp.

  304. 304.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    @dmsilev:

    ….does Trump know that his EPA head is basically a Captain Planet villain?

    I remember thinking in 2017 that his entire Cabinet were Captain Planet villains

  305. 305.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 22, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    on twitter a lot of people likely to run into Kristen Welker at a social function are defending her.

    Tom Nichols is very much not having it

    Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom ·2m
    Trump has gotten the last word on every subject here. If this is debate moderation, it’s a version of debate moderation I’ve never seen before

  306. 306.

    trnc

    October 22, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    Joe is having just a bit more trouble tonight with the stutter. I’m surprised DT hasn’t jumped in and outright made fun of it, but I guess he’s trying to remember the enormous amount of BS he has to spew.

  307. 307.

    WaterGirl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    New debate thread up.  #3

  308. 308.

    West of the Cascades

    October 22, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    @Immanentize: Fuck Susan Page, she was a worthless moderator.

  309. 309.

    errg

    October 22, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    It’s just refreshing to listen to someone who says China instead of Jina…

  310. 310.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Thanks for the pep talk, people. I guess what worries me is how this comes across to the “normies”—is that the right word?—who aren’t massively on line like us.

  311. 311.

    Leto

    October 22, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    “AOC plus 3” is my new ska-fusion jazz band name.

  312. 312.

    jl

    October 22, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    @Kay: Trump said ‘IF he committed crimes, then he’s not so innocient… many people are saying…’. Seems like an airtight charge to me. Biden can’t answer that.

  313. 313.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 22, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Trump is doing the Mussolini pose while Biden speaks.

    if that’s the pose I’m thinking of, part of it is sucking in his gut

  314. 314.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    @Kent: Why he wearing blackface though

  315. 315.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Is this thing about to end? Please don’t tell me it’s going to 11:00.

  316. 316.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    AOC plus three

    What the fuck is that?

  317. 317.

    MomSense

    October 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    The Democrats want to steal your windows!

  318. 318.

    Immanentize

    October 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    @Steeplejack: That means Biden won, hands down.  This wasn’t a prize fight where a KO was a must.  Biden needed not to stumble.

    Would I have loved an embarrassing crushing of Trump?  Absofuckinlutely.  But, not necessary because Biden is ahead.

  319. 319.

    James E Powell

    October 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    We don’t need “hits” on Trump. He’s swirling around the drain; he is the one who needs “hits” – in fact, he needs back to back to back homers just to tie the game.

    I’m not saying it’s over or anything. We have twelve days of getting our people to vote and then making sure those vote are counted.

  320. 320.

    patroclus

    October 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    “Abraham Lincoln here” was the best line in a debate since Lloyd Bentsen’s “you’re no Jack Kennedy” line in 1988.

  321. 321.

    Quinerly

    October 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Trump is dumb.

    I pretty much knew it. Very obvious tonight.

    AOC Plus 3….windows…..”tiny, small windows….”

  322. 322.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    @Kent: Like Trump, Lincoln was a Republican, not many people know that.

  323. 323.

    NotMax

    October 22, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    “AOC plus 3.”

    Someone in the West Wing got a bonus for coming up with that. Won’t make a lick of sense to the non-base at all.

    And now, “I know more about wind than you do.”

  324. 324.

    different-church-lady

    October 22, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: There’s a different Mussolini pose I’d like to see him do…

  325. 325.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    There it is, it’s the fucking head tilt.

  326. 326.

    MomSense

    October 22, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    I think he’s talking about the squad.

  327. 327.

    zhena gogolia

    October 22, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    WAIT DID HE MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT RACISM AND THE ROOM BEING TOO DARK TO SEE PEOPLE— Meena Harris (@meenaharris) October 23, 2020

  328. 328.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Some really fucked up way to refer to the “Squad”, I’m guessing?

  329. 329.

    Mary G

    October 22, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    The new tone folks are on their 1000th Lucy and football. I mean tiny windows? What?— Neera -Vote Early- Tanden (@neeratanden) October 23, 2020

  330. 330.

    Suzanne

    October 22, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    “Little tiny windows” LMAO LMAO LMAO.

  331. 331.

    Eljai

    October 22, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Kristen has a lot more questions?  I can’t take much more of this.  Let’s just wrap it up.  It’s been many years since I was on my high school debate team, but I know that you are not allowed to just pull things out of your ass, which is what trump has been doing all night.  Biden won this, hands down.

  332. 332.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    “Did you know John McCain was a prisoner of war”?

  333. 333.

    Immanentize

    October 22, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    @West of the Cascades: That is pretty much what I replied

  334. 334.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 22, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    @MomSense: @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    Oh I know, he’s attacked Bernie the Squad and as Joe said he’s the one running for president.

  335. 335.

    Immanentize

    October 22, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: the one where he is hanging upside down on a balcony?

  336. 336.

    TS (the original)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:33 pm

    @Immanentize:

    You weren’t the only one. Maybe 1 person agreed with her.

  337. 337.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    @Immanentize:

    Goddamn, Page should be cordially invited to keep her piehole shut for the duration. She has no credibility at this point.

  338. 338.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 22, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    @Mary G:

    The new tone folks are on their 1000th Lucy and football. I mean tiny windows? What?—

    Tiny windows…. in the wine…

  339. 339.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    It’s a very pathetic line of attack to try to tie Biden to “socialist radicals” who will “use him like a puppet”. I remember that stupid “Trojan Horse” ad

  340. 340.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 22, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    @MomSense: What?  Then I’d have to use a Mac.

  341. 341.

    Immanentize

    October 22, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    @TS (the original): ratioed!  Sweet!

  342. 342.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    October 22, 2020 at 10:35 pm

    Wait, was there an unemployment crisis among MIT valedictorians that he fixed?

  343. 343.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:35 pm

    This (hopefully last) question about leadership—“What would you say in your inaugural address to Americans who did not vote for you?”—is complete bullshit.

  344. 344.

    Kent

    October 22, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    Biden nailing the closing

  345. 345.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 22, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Shhhh, he didn’t like to talk about it.

  346. 346.

    James E Powell

    October 22, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @Immanentize:

    Not just you. I read the replies. Her take is not very well received.

  347. 347.

    West of the Cascades

    October 22, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @Steeplejack: It did give Trump a chance to drop his pants and take a dump on the American people. Good Biden answer.

  348. 348.

    Kent

    October 22, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @Steeplejack: Its’ a softball question to let the do their final pitch.  Biden nailed it.  Trump fucked it.

  349. 349.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    @Kent:

    Biden nailing the closing

    But what about the drunks at the end of the bar vote!? Biden looked weak! //

  350. 350.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:38 pm

    Okay, back to MSNBC. Hopefully Brian Williams is just marking his territory before throwing it to the three.

    And if they start squeeing about what a great job Welker did, I might stroke out.

  351. 351.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 22, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    @Kent:

    Its’ a softball question to let the do their final pitch.  Biden nailed it.  Trump fucked it.

    I have to admit I’m not watching; can’t stand Trump’s voice. How badly did Trump fuck the question up?

  352. 352.

    Fraud Guy

    October 22, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Thanks much.

  353. 353.

    Suzanne

    October 22, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    Mrs. Greenspan just said that “the facts are with Joe Biden”.

  354. 354.

    Anya

    October 22, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Yeah. Hopefully it doesn’t affect the team morale.

  355. 355.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    @Suzanne:

    Well, I can relax, then. Whew.

  356. 356.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    New thread upstairs (after “On the Road After Dark”).

  357. 357.

    frosty

    October 22, 2020 at 10:52 pm

    @WaterGirl: Never had a problem, here. Thanks for your help!

  358. 358.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 22, 2020 at 10:54 pm

    @Immanentize:

    Susan Page can fuck her own self.

  359. 359.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 22, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    Calmed down.  Joe found his groove in the last 20 minutes.  Laughing Joe is a winner.

    And yeah, his closer started out as mediocre platitudes but finished strong.

    Lacking a foil, Trump self immolated by pining for the days “before the plague” when “everyone” thought he was doing a great job.

  360. 360.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    October 22, 2020 at 10:57 pm

    @cain: YES HE DOES! He runs *many* of them. It’s just, they were *LARGE* businesses when he started on them.

  361. 361.

    Steeplejack

    October 22, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Has been running okay for me lately.

  362. 362.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    October 22, 2020 at 11:01 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): “Vote for me or Joe Biden will cause the biggest depression you’ve ever seen, Joe is terrible, I’ll make everything better”. Note: question was, what would you say IN YOUR INAUGURAL to people who didn’t vote for you. Not only was it a rally style ramble, it ignored the question entirely.

    (On the other hand, I wouldn’t be surprised if what he’d *really* say to those who didn’t vote for him: “We’re coming for you! You didn’t know a good thing when you had it, did you? You had to try to mess it up! Did you think I’d let you almost send me to jail, and you’d get away with it?”)

  363. 363.

    JaySinWA

    October 22, 2020 at 11:02 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Are you guys back up again?

    Is this a Toobin poll?

  364. 364.

    Matt McIrvin

    October 22, 2020 at 11:22 pm

    @different-church-lady: Kamala Harris’s account was doing that during her DNC speech. This is what it looks like when you have a competent social media team.

  365. 365.

    TriassicSands

    October 22, 2020 at 11:49 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    “It was a mistake”

    Who said it? 10 seconds

    3, 2, 1…

    Abraham Lincoln? (On letting the South back into he US.)

  366. 366.

    Uncle Cosmo

    October 23, 2020 at 7:19 am

    @Yarrow: Yarvita!

    Don’t bitch at me, Balloon Juicers!
    The truth is, I never left here!
    All through these dark days, this bad existence,
    I’ve kept my presence at six feet distance…

    ;^p

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