Second Presidential Debate Thread (at 9pm ET)

[PSOL]

I should have voted for Howie Hawkins if I knew Trump would suck this much

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Ok, I'm tapping out right now.

- I don't give a damn if this will impact the race in any way
- I don't give a damn about Trump's business dealings with China
- I don't give a damn about Biden's business dealings with Ukraine
- I don't give a damn if it's a more subdued Trump
- I don't give a damn if it's a more subdued debate
- I don't give a damn if Horus, Trump Virus & the rest of the hacks are twisting themselves into every knot they can find to cry about why Biden is set to lose by 300 electoral votes after this


I'm just bored. I'm gonna go watch some AEW. See ya'll in an hour

They should take a page from MJF and Le Champion and made a musical number

If Trump had even a quarter of the mic skills that Eddie Kingston has, he'd probably be leading right now

[John Dule]

I love how there were people on this forum, who follow politics religiously, who somehow still thought Trump would do well tonight.

2016 PTSD.

But even then, he never did well in the debates!

He actually did disturbingly well in the first half-hour of the first debate, but ran out of energy after that. However, I think that good first impression was important for a lot of people.

[Virginiá]

So did this site improve its servers or are that many fewer people watching?

I was wondering if there were less too, but either way, Dave and I have been making many big and small changes for over a month to keep the server up during debate/election night(s), and I think the latest changes to the web server last week made a significant difference.

[Indy Texas]

"This was a way of taking care of THEM."

Trump trading in his dog whistle for a bullhorn.

[Roronoa D. Law]

The Eagles are up 10-7 at halftime if anyone wanted an update

Sounds more exciting than this debate, TBH.

Or a Falcons' game.  

(I'm sorry, that was mean )

[Edu]

2016 PTSD.

A dose of attention whoring too

[Alben Barkley]

SlEePy jOe

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

I'm getting 2012 Biden vibes here

[Flo 2.0]

I should have voted for Howie Hawkins if I knew Trump would suck this much

just out of curiosity, what did you learn from this debate versus the past few years?

[Storr]

Perfect response from Joe about how "I don't see red states and blue states" after Trump whines about the House relief bill "giving money to corrupt Democrat run cities".

[Dr. Arch]

Joe is on FIRE!

[TheLaRocca]

I love how there were people on this forum, who follow politics religiously, who somehow still thought Trump would do well tonight.

2016 PTSD.

But even then, he never did well in the debates!

Clinton DEF won them but Trump got across the points he needed. IE on IRAQ, NAFTA, etc. it was a loss but he got across his ideology to the electorate. He also wasint terrible (Clinton was a good debater TBH).

This year its just completely awful.

[Ferguson97]

Trump thinks you deserve to die if you live in a blue state.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

I'm gonna take a second to send big ups to Tom Steyer who probably was the one to red pill Joe on $15/hr tbh.

[Inmate Trump]

2016 PTSD.

A dose of attention whoring too

Yea, not for me though.  I don’t care about attention.  And I’ve said many times I want to be wrong.  But 2016.

[woodley park]

Biden is crushing this debate. He's sharp, focused, and tough. Trump's message is atrocious. This debate isn't going to do him any favors.

[Indy Texas]

Trump attacking the overwhelmingly popular concept of raising the minimum wage.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

So did this site improve its servers or are that many fewer people watching?

I was wondering if there were less too, but either way, Dave and I have been making many big and small changes for over a month to keep the server up during debate/election night(s), and I think the latest changes to the web server last week made a significant difference.

Whatever y’all did, this is the first time in my 8 years here that the forum hasn’t crashed when I’ve referenced on a debate/election night

[Non Swing Voter]

Perfect response from Joe about how "I don't see red states and blue states" after Trump whines about the House relief bill "giving money to corrupt Democrat run cities".

Best line of the night.

[Gracile]

Bold of Trump to go against raising the federal minimum wage.

[BudgieForce]

This is Biden's best debate in a decade.

[American2020]

https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1319458573894717440

[PSOL]

I should have voted for Howie Hawkins if I knew Trump would suck this much

just out of curiosity, what did you learn from this debate versus the past few years?

That if a person is 10 points ahead of the other candidate, it’s safe to vote for a 3rd party in a safe state.

Also that the Republicans are pathetic

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

"I don't see red states and blue states. What I see is America, United States!"