1st Presidential Debate Megathread

[xavier110]

No one has ever really called out Trump successfully and forcefully. I know Clinton semi-did during the debates but even she admits she was afraid to do so due to misogyny and the perceptions of a woman shouting down a man.

Meanwhile the GOP candidates in 16 all floundered and never could lay a finger on him.

Will Biden finally be the one who puts this bully, fraud and all around dumb man FINALLY in his place? I don’t even think it’s that hard to do!

[xavier110]

does anyone else think Trump is going to have a mini nervous breakdown tonight?  between his sagging poll numbers, the tax release, and looming jail time if he loses the election, I think he will...

He’s going to sound unhinged. He’s going to be lashing out at everyone and everything.

[xavier110]

It is just depressing that 4 out of 10 Americans are under his spell. We need to deprogram over a third of this country.


That was a national embarrassment and the GOP owns this. What they’ve done to this country.

[xavier110]

Although I was very pleased with Joe Biden, I personally would have gone even tougher at Trump. When he said "don't use the word smart with me" and falsely claimed Joe Biden was a bad student, I would have responded with "At least I didn't buy my degree as you allegedly have done, because you don't have the intellect. This is the man who said Belgium was a city and who wanted to nuke Hurricanes", since Mary Trump claimed he did so (which is believeable). I would also have hit him harder on tax returns and said "while you at home pay your taxes, this man has paid more for sex than federal income taxes." Now I know debates should be about issues, but you need to knock a bully out. I would totally have punched him again and again where it hurts him the most.

Agreed. But it is what it is, to quote our supreme leader.

If we had a more spry nominee, they would have been better able to parry the attacks, but the trade-off is the warm, comforting feelings Biden provides during difficult times. Another obvious missed moment was when Trump kept saying his rallies were safe...his rally f***ing KILLED Herman Cain?!

[xavier110]

Although I was very pleased with Joe Biden, I personally would have gone even tougher at Trump. When he said "don't use the word smart with me" and falsely claimed Joe Biden was a bad student, I would have responded with "At least I didn't buy my degree as you allegedly have done, because you don't have the intellect. This is the man who said Belgium was a city and who wanted to nuke Hurricanes", since Mary Trump claimed he did so (which is believeable). I would also have hit him harder on tax returns and said "while you at home pay your taxes, this man has paid more for sex than federal income taxes." Now I know debates should be about issues, but you need to knock a bully out. I would totally have punched him again and again where it hurts him the most.

Agreed. But it is what it is, to quote our supreme leader.

If we had a more spry nominee, they would have been better able to parry the attacks, but the trade-off is the warm, comforting feelings Biden provides during difficult times. Another obvious missed moment was when Trump kept saying his rallies were safe...his rally f***ing KILLED Herman Cain?!

Yeah, that was a huge missed opportunity. Also that folks in the lines close to Trump were required to wear a mask, while everyone else wasn't. Trump should have been hammered on this one; he cares for his own health but not about his supporters.

Biden actually did try to mention that, that Trump says keep distance from him and he doesn't care about the hordes piled on each other. It just wasn't very coherent.

[xavier110]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311414741907116032

Is he already mentally processing his defeat? Hm, I guess that's a good step. LOL