For those of you worried about the watch thing

[BeyondGeography]

Link to tweet

[Cha]

1. TY.. yeah, rick santorum knows fuck all.

[soothsayer]

2. He looked at it when the moderator said "we're almost out of time"

He was planning which nuggets to use.

[Tribetime]

8. Exactly 100% 😄

[yankeepants]

3. Please, I think most Americans would do that listening to Trump.

[msongs]

4. geez is this blowhard done talking this turn? that's what joes watch was about nt

[klook]

5. LOL, Santorum.

I’m guessing Biden’s name will never become a euphemism for a rather unsavory byproduct of amorous activity.

[EarlG]

6. Yeah I mean

I think any normal person who was stuck in a room with Trump for 90 minutes would probably look at their watch multiple times.

It’s not like Biden started reading his phone while while Trump was talking. (Maybe he should have.)

Nobody gives a crap about this. It’s some kind of weird collective fantasy flashback aging RW pundits are having because it reminds them of the good old days. If this is the best spin they’ve got... LOL.

[VarryOn]

7. Even when Bush did it...

It wasnt a big deal. I didn't even notice it tonight and learned it only when it started showing up on Twitter.

Just shows you how they are scraping the bottom of the barrel to find something to bitch about

[Polybius]

9. Exactly

I wasn't for Bush in 1992 but at that point I thought the media was way too hard on him. It was my first election.

[yellowcanine]

10. Oh well if Ricky Santorum said it..........

[Celerity]

12. he is a meme expert, lolol

[crimycarny]

11. Didn't watch the debate (too neurotic) but overheard parts of it

I keep hearing people (on DU] discussing him looking at his watch, or maybe flubbing the answer to oil a bit, etc. But—as someone who hasn’t watched yet—what is the main thing that Trump has been telling his voters a about Joe? That Joe has dementia. Did Joe show any signs of being confused? Meek? Cowed? (edit: this is a facetious question, answer to which is "hell no"!). From the small portion I heard Joe sounded strong, was even talking much faster than usual (in a good way). I read people commenting on how prepared Joe was.

So, the narrative Trump has been constantly telling voters is that Joe is too old and feeble of mind, and from what I’m hearing Joe was much more aggressive, was prepared, and showed he knew what he was talking about. That kills that angle for Trump.

The watch? No one gives a damn. Especially since he did it in a response to the moderator stating they we’re running out of time (at least that’s what I’m hearing). That’s a natural reaction.