1st Presidential Debate Megathread

[MABA 2020]

Will this debate be worth staying up for or should I just watch it tomorrow? I'm already pretty tired

[Badger]

Tonight, 60 million people will see how old and frail Biden looks . That will make a difference. People don’t watch debate for substance, to get actual insight. They don’t listen to what the candidates say. They go by impression, and the way a candidate looks is often critical. It shouldn’t be this way, but it is.

Craven Sweatband is sweating like a pig! Love to see it!

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

[OSR stands with Israel]

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.

Republicans here on Atlas follow much the same pattern.  They learn from their king.  Just ignore 99% of the devastating post you're replying to and focus in on some minor point where you think you can stand your ground, or shift the topic to some other attack line and pretend like you didn't just get owned.

You really had to throw a shade in at blue avatars here

[Hammy]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

Most of those Soviet-made automobiles are still on the road. Haven't seen too many Hummers around, hmm.

[GoTfan]

ABC's coverage went frm an ad about people talking about the issues important to them, then halfway through, cut to an ad for Disney+.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Will this debate be worth staying up for or should I just watch it tomorrow? I'm already pretty tired

If you stay up and watch it, nothing much will happen.

If you go to bed early, you'll miss something major.

You know that's the way it works.

[MABA 2020]

Will this debate be worth staying up for or should I just watch it tomorrow? I'm already pretty tired

If you stay up and watch it, nothing much will happen.

If you go to bed early, you'll miss something major.

You know that's the way it works.

Maybe I'll go to bed then, give the rest of you a show

[YE]

Reminder that users are asked to not derail the thread during the debate. Doing so repeatedly can result in a mute for the duration of the debate.

[W]

Anyone watching the ABC stream? Nate Silver's appearance has changed a bit in quarantine.

[Bootes Void]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

Hummers have bad gas mileage, they probably can run for than 15 minutes without refueling. It's not a good thing to compare Trump to a hummer

[Person Man]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

Hummers have bad gas mileage, they probably can run for than 15 minutes without refueling. It's not a good thing to compare Trump to a hummer

I’ve driven one. They suck. A lot. Horrible in rain.

[Ye We Can]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

What

[GoTfan]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

Hummers have bad gas mileage, they probably can run for than 15 minutes without refueling. It's not a good thing to compare Trump to a hummer

Also horrendous for the environment.

Which is why I count myself lucky to own a Nissan Leaf.

[Crumpets]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

This, but ironically for expectations game reasons.

[KaiserDave]

My commentary may not come until I get over the nerves in the first 20 minutes. But I don’t expect this debate to change the race in either direction.

[Rand]

Let’s all be brutally honest - we are watching this first presidential debate for all the car crashes.

Donald Trump is a United States made Hummer. Joe Biden is a Soviet automobile. I lived in Moscow right at the downfall of the Soviet Union - brace yourselves.

www.autotrader.com/car-video/hummer-h2-most-embarrassing-car-you-can-buy-262363%3famp

Hummers might make you look tougher than you feel or help you forget the average or below average size of certain body parts, but they’re trash. Nobody drives them.

[Calthrina950]

I have my television on, and I'm looking forward to the debate! It's going to be strange without an audience, but I'm eager nevertheless. If Biden retains any of how he handled himself against Paul Ryan in 2012, he should be able to blunt Trump's attacks.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1311095192343252992

[Woody]

I have my television on, and I'm looking forward to the debate! It's going to be strange without an audience, but I'm eager nevertheless. If Biden retains any of how he handled himself against Paul Ryan in 2012, he should be able to blunt Trump's attacks.

Donald Trump is a whole another animal. There is no way he would let Joe treat him like that lmao.

[mardigrappa]

All my Republican friends are hellbent that Trump is going to crush biden lol.

[Badger]

I've got salmon and red beans, you plebs. Debates are a high-class experience.

Steak, flank and  T-bone. Straight from my wife's nieces Farm. The former made with a cajun rub, the ladder with a layer of Marissa dark blue cheese. Sweet potato mash with the blue cheese mixed in. A linguine bake with a Panko and parmesan crust. Johnnie Walker red.

I will now accept my accolades.

( or rather my wife, the amazing cook, shall)

[Splash]

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1311095192343252992

"Fair and Balanced."

[Badger]

I've got salmon and red beans, you plebs. Debates are a high-class experience.

There is nothing high class about red beans, lol

Me and the boyfriend are starting out with a negroni each; then balsamic blueberry and brie burgers with roasted Brussel sprouts and an oaked chardonnay.

Will probably drink Miller Lite after the bottle is gone though

Had me impressed up to the end there.

[We Live in Black and White]

By the time this thing's over, I'm going to be neck-deep in cream soda bottles. The pitfalls of being a teetotaler.