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*****Debate Thread 4 This is Delicious!***** (Original Post) nolabear Sep 2024 OP
not if you wear depends. texasfiddler Sep 2024 #1
Underrated reply right here! 🤣 AllyCat Sep 2024 #116
I'm having trouble posting. Lots of us on! nolabear Sep 2024 #2
I actually got a bad gateway error - was off DU for a few min NewHendoLib Sep 2024 #10
It is better than the connection Marthe48 Sep 2024 #18
DU has been sluggish at time tonight, and I had to try 4 times to make a donation through Act Blue. woodsprite Sep 2024 #59
he'll end the war before becoming president fishwax Sep 2024 #3
He's been in his MAGAt bubble too long tishaLA Sep 2024 #4
he's eating his own psycho delusional shit with a fork and a knife.. agingdem Sep 2024 #12
Well done I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2024 #139
Trump praised how smart Putin was for invading Ukraine Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 #5
Good sign. I get pissed off any time he talks about Ukraine because of that. No one ever pushed back on his brewens Sep 2024 #22
Grrrrr......I almost threw my glass at the TV Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #39
thank you once again. NewHendoLib Sep 2024 #6
He has the look of a totally beaten man. He's done Javaman Sep 2024 #7
"Spheres of Tara" -- I keep waiting for Scarlet O'Hara to appear ;) LauraInLA Sep 2024 #8
Is he talkin about his ties yet? Or wait, now its the Houtis and Yemen uponit7771 Sep 2024 #9
"Noun, verb, immigration." phylny Sep 2024 #11
MAGA excuses are going to be interesting liberal N proud Sep 2024 #13
"Harris was nasty, strident, and a WOMAN..." regnaD kciN Sep 2024 #44
so... she hates Jews and Arabs (according to trump)? ecstatic Sep 2024 #14
And tomorrow all of MAGA will believe the same liberal N proud Sep 2024 #19
And that's sad and pathetic Blue_Roses Sep 2024 #27
Yeah, that's what's scary Mz Pip Sep 2024 #37
And Hamas would never have attacked if Trump were President iemanja Sep 2024 #57
There's your pee break, Hurry! N/T piddyprints Sep 2024 #15
I tried to watch. I can't take it. Kept yelling at the TV. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #16
Exactly Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #47
I knew he was going to get crazy, but he's needs a straitjacket nt Javaman Sep 2024 #17
yup, he's showing his hannibal lecter traits onetexan Sep 2024 #36
They need to stop letting him have the last word all the time. AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #20
It does seem like he's getting not just more time rebutting her Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #24
Pee break? I'm one step ahead of you. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #21
She kicked his fat orange ass on the him admiring dictators and being easiy manipulated ny them. CentralMass Sep 2024 #23
Not for the two candidates MissB Sep 2024 #25
She's drawing him into going full Fredo with the "weak" talk fishwax Sep 2024 #26
She is not playing into his bullying liberal N proud Sep 2024 #32
Does he have to drag immigration into everything? anamnua Sep 2024 #28
It's interesting when he goes to orangutan face Mersky Sep 2024 #29
Just started to see the debate has she said his statements are a lie?? FloridaBlues Sep 2024 #30
She's been calling him on them right and left. Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #52
So to sum up the debate so far BluenFLA Sep 2024 #31
Total conspiracy nut exposed on ABC- details at 11 Coexist Sep 2024 #34
And Putin endorsed her! GopherGal Sep 2024 #33
diaper change and a juice box Takket Sep 2024 #35
good relationship with Zelenskyy --who he tried to shake down before the 2020 election? ecstatic Sep 2024 #38
My question to Trump about Ukraine... AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #40
I don't actually think it is sky high, and Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #46
It looked like she was starting to get angry, but took a deep breath. AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #60
So that would be a "no" on Ukraine then. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #41
stop calling him Mr President, dammit! ecstatic Sep 2024 #42
And stop letting him run on like this. GopherGal Sep 2024 #55
Exactly! There's no way that's 90 seconds ecstatic Sep 2024 #88
She's giving him looks like she almost feels sorry for him. Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #43
Agent Orange is losing this debate and he knows it peggysue2 Sep 2024 #45
Another prepared point: GopherGal Sep 2024 #48
"eat you for lunch" Takket Sep 2024 #49
Daaaaamn. That's gonna leave a mark Coexist Sep 2024 #50
Truth...Trump would roll over for Putin. AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #51
Keith Olbermann on muir: "muir is the lester holt of dana bashes." niyad Sep 2024 #106
I know he didn't stay quiet please Dem4life1234 Sep 2024 #53
They keep giving him extra time. ellemb Sep 2024 #54
Yeah, but he used it so well. nolabear Sep 2024 #58
They erred in doing so ailsagirl Sep 2024 #70
A dictator who would eat you for lunch! Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #56
That was great! electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #64
Turn off his mic ! C_U_L8R Sep 2024 #61
Why are they letting him blabb on and on Blue_Roses Sep 2024 #89
I had to go sit outside. treehuggnlibrul Sep 2024 #62
Oh goddess she's good. Re Ukraine. She's talking about NATO and the righteousness of its defense. scipan Sep 2024 #63
But he willingly (gleefully, even) returns to slamming NATO GopherGal Sep 2024 #72
He STILL can't quit Biden. tinrobot Sep 2024 #65
that shit eating grin of his. JUST LIKE THAT SKRELLY(sp). GAH!!!! THE BRAGGING. the bs. pansypoo53219 Sep 2024 #66
He has the ugliest smile Dem4life1234 Sep 2024 #80
They keep giving him extra time Javaman Sep 2024 #67
That's good. He's awful. Let him talk. Funtatlaguy Sep 2024 #98
Trump hasn't ate so much @$$ sky_masterson Sep 2024 #68
Stop giving him all this extra time! Heron5 Sep 2024 #69
Afghanistan. A tough one. nolabear Sep 2024 #71
Her secret weapon?? ailsagirl Sep 2024 #93
Sleepy Trump LeftInTX Sep 2024 #73
She's hitting it out of the park on Afghanistan ET Awful Sep 2024 #74
"And this..........former president..." Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #75
Makes you wonder avebury Sep 2024 #81
I gave a little mental cheer GopherGal Sep 2024 #90
Man she had to bite her tongue there lol Javaman Sep 2024 #76
And this fffffffff-former president superpatriotman Sep 2024 #77
The pause that refreshes Lars39 Sep 2024 #84
I can only follow it here. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2024 #78
Weak! Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #79
She wanted to call him SO many things other than former president nolabear Sep 2024 #82
You know she wanted to call him a mother f.. Dem4life1234 Sep 2024 #113
And here comes the bullshit on Afghanistan Javaman Sep 2024 #83
Already sick of it Dem4life1234 Sep 2024 #96
This, pause, former president. Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #85
OMG, he's defending the Taliban Johnny2X2X Sep 2024 #86
OMG, he's defending the Taliban Johnny2X2X Sep 2024 #87
Who is Abdul?? Lol LeftInTX Sep 2024 #91
Who is Abdul?? Lol LeftInTX Sep 2024 #92
A dear, dear friend by the way he name drops. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #107
Whoever he is, Trump has his personal phone number. AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #112
Race...he's going to step in this SO bad. nolabear Sep 2024 #94
He just can't resist. He's such a fucking racist child Javaman Sep 2024 #95
T "I heard she put out" scipan Sep 2024 #97
Thread5? Javaman Sep 2024 #99
She went there! Dem4life1234 Sep 2024 #100
Yes Kamala! respect for the Central Park 5! YES! Takket Sep 2024 #101
"It was a weak and terrible deal" he made with the Taliban Mersky Sep 2024 #102
Projection!! Javaman Sep 2024 #103
She is crushing this Johnny2X2X Sep 2024 #104
The exonerated five!! nt Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #105
Notice he didn't answer the question about racism Javaman Sep 2024 #108
Putin fucked up :) Ahpook Sep 2024 #109
Shut up, man. AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #110
Jeeeze he's just babbling right now. He won't talk about race or address what he said. CousinIT Sep 2024 #111
Okay he's talking despite the mute. It almost degenerated there. scipan Sep 2024 #114
They're giving him back the mike !!!! uponit7771 Sep 2024 #117
Yeah they keep doing that. Despite that, it seems like she is dominating. scipan Sep 2024 #137
What's wrong with Obamacare? Dem4life1234 Sep 2024 #115
49 million people are using it Marthe48 Sep 2024 #122
She laughed at "concepts of a plan." Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #118
He looks like he's just checked out Javaman Sep 2024 #126
He sounded like a 7th grader Johnny2X2X Sep 2024 #129
Too bad he doesn't like dogs, he could really use that dog-ate-my-homework excuse right now. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #133
The concept of a plan Arthur_Frain Sep 2024 #119
moderator: so, just to make note ... you still don't have a plan fishwax Sep 2024 #120
They haven't come up with a plan since 2008 iemanja Sep 2024 #121
Why won't they cut his fucking mic? GoYouPackersGo Sep 2024 #123
Please go to thread 5. Boy this is fun! nolabear Sep 2024 #124
"I have concepts of a plan." Jirel Sep 2024 #125
I'm surprised he didn't say "in 2 weeks." KatyaR Sep 2024 #130
she's so obviously right about the ACA and pre-existing conditions fishwax Sep 2024 #127
why don't they shut him up? Mossfern Sep 2024 #128
Kamala should have been given the opportunity to rebut the "selling us down the river" BS. AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #135
GOP hates ACA, but has no plan of its own. Tale as old as time. AngryOldDem Sep 2024 #131
Are his eye bags getting bigger? BlueSpot Sep 2024 #132
It's really hard to listen to him whine. Gore1FL Sep 2024 #134
trmp gets the last words....bet they'll be doozies spanone Sep 2024 #136
She did that in heels n/t BlueSpot Sep 2024 #138
tRumpz healthplan comes with a bible and a shovel. CentralMass Sep 2024 #140

Marthe48

(23,159 posts)
18. It is better than the connection
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:04 PM
Sep 2024

for President Biden's debate

I had a little trouble at the beginning of the deabte, but not since

woodsprite

(12,582 posts)
59. DU has been sluggish at time tonight, and I had to try 4 times to make a donation through Act Blue.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:16 PM
Sep 2024

Hope that means Harris/Walz are getting flooded with donations.

fishwax

(29,346 posts)
3. he'll end the war before becoming president
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:01 PM
Sep 2024

he's an unserious man who is out of touch with reality.

tishaLA

(14,772 posts)
4. He's been in his MAGAt bubble too long
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:02 PM
Sep 2024

Where this kind of nuttiness makes sense and gets applause. It's bad for him that voters are seeing this again.

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
22. Good sign. I get pissed off any time he talks about Ukraine because of that. No one ever pushed back on his
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:04 PM
Sep 2024

bullshit.

Farmer-Rick

(12,643 posts)
39. Grrrrr......I almost threw my glass at the TV
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:11 PM
Sep 2024

That Putin suck up is just too much for me. Kamala is handling it well though.

I had to turn it off before I did serious damage to my TV.

LauraInLA

(2,248 posts)
8. "Spheres of Tara" -- I keep waiting for Scarlet O'Hara to appear ;)
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:02 PM
Sep 2024

Sorry to make fun of his accent.

liberal N proud

(61,194 posts)
13. MAGA excuses are going to be interesting
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:03 PM
Sep 2024

Guarantee they are not seeing what the rest of the world is seeing

Blue_Roses

(13,871 posts)
27. And that's sad and pathetic
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:07 PM
Sep 2024

but you're right. None of the facts here tonight will be heard.

iemanja

(57,751 posts)
57. And Hamas would never have attacked if Trump were President
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:15 PM
Sep 2024

Why? Are they in his pocket?

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
16. I tried to watch. I can't take it. Kept yelling at the TV.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:04 PM
Sep 2024

Gave up and came back here. Thank you to everyone who is posting. I don't know how you're doing it. Those of us who have to find out what's happening by way of these threads, we owe you!

Farmer-Rick

(12,643 posts)
47. Exactly
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:14 PM
Sep 2024

I caught myself before I threw something at the Trump image on my TV.

Thank the gods for threads like this.

AngryOldDem

(14,180 posts)
20. They need to stop letting him have the last word all the time.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:04 PM
Sep 2024

Yes, he’s digging a deep hole, but damn…follow your own rules.

Xavier Breath

(6,640 posts)
24. It does seem like he's getting not just more time rebutting her
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:06 PM
Sep 2024

but more chances than she's getting to do so.

CentralMass

(16,964 posts)
23. She kicked his fat orange ass on the him admiring dictators and being easiy manipulated ny them.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:05 PM
Sep 2024

MissB

(16,344 posts)
25. Not for the two candidates
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:06 PM
Sep 2024

They stay on stage the entire time. They don’t get to talk to their staff.

fishwax

(29,346 posts)
26. She's drawing him into going full Fredo with the "weak" talk
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:07 PM
Sep 2024

He's like: "Victor Orban likes me, and they call him a strong man." Like he thinks strong man is a compliment.

Mersky

(5,340 posts)
29. It's interesting when he goes to orangutan face
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:08 PM
Sep 2024

Ya know, that smirk that comes out whenever it’s brought up how he admires dictators or is called out for getting one over on people. Anyone else see that?

Susan Calvin

(2,435 posts)
52. She's been calling him on them right and left.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:15 PM
Sep 2024

And the crazier he gets the better she is doing.

BluenFLA

(229 posts)
31. So to sum up the debate so far
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:08 PM
Sep 2024

Harris poked the bear and the bear went full on MAGA nuts! He's so weird!

GopherGal

(2,903 posts)
33. And Putin endorsed her!
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:09 PM
Sep 2024

And TSF believes him!

hmmm. What about all those RW influencers Putin and his buddies have been funding?

AngryOldDem

(14,180 posts)
40. My question to Trump about Ukraine...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:11 PM
Sep 2024

…how do you fight Russia by weakening NATO?

Why the fuck should Biden call Putin?

And we’re off with the word salad.

Kamala’s blood pressure is sky-high. Steady…

Susan Calvin

(2,435 posts)
46. I don't actually think it is sky high, and
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:13 PM
Sep 2024

I'm the one who said she looked nervous at the beginning. Now I think she's in her element.

Susan Calvin

(2,435 posts)
43. She's giving him looks like she almost feels sorry for him.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:12 PM
Sep 2024

I would feel sorry for the poor jerk if he hadn't caused so much damage.

peggysue2

(12,529 posts)
45. Agent Orange is losing this debate and he knows it
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:13 PM
Sep 2024

The farce of debate prep with Tulsi Gabbard is showing. He’s getting worse as it goes on, practically foaming at the mouth.

As for Kamala? She’s on her game!

Delicious.

: :

AngryOldDem

(14,180 posts)
51. Truth...Trump would roll over for Putin.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:15 PM
Sep 2024

A Trump presidency would lead to WWIII.

Again with the permission to respond. Muir is burning through my goodwill with this.

treehuggnlibrul

(141 posts)
62. I had to go sit outside.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:16 PM
Sep 2024

My heart rate was a little high, lol. It’s a soft breezy evening in Colorado with a chorus of crickets. I can occasionally hear my husband laughing inside which is reassuring. Stepped in long enough to listen to Robert Reich and Heather Lofthouse during the break, but I cannot listen to TFG. Just looking at him pisses me off.

You’re keeping my anxiety at bay. Thank you.

scipan

(3,037 posts)
63. Oh goddess she's good. Re Ukraine. She's talking about NATO and the righteousness of its defense.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:16 PM
Sep 2024

And how he would just give up. "It's not just Ukraine". Oh she's good.

GopherGal

(2,903 posts)
72. But he willingly (gleefully, even) returns to slamming NATO
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:19 PM
Sep 2024

ooh. Now she's going after him on his dealings with Afghanistan.
You go, girl!

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)
93. Her secret weapon??
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:21 PM
Sep 2024
SHE TELLS THE TRUTH

Not only that, she is highly intelligent, forthright, and strong.

GopherGal

(2,903 posts)
90. I gave a little mental cheer
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:21 PM
Sep 2024

when the put that "former" in there.

Now he's on "brand new beautiful military equipment"...

Susan Calvin

(2,435 posts)
79. Weak!
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:20 PM
Sep 2024

I just noticed I've heard that multiple times. Has anybody been keeping count of how many times she called him weak?

Mersky

(5,340 posts)
102. "It was a weak and terrible deal" he made with the Taliban
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:24 PM
Sep 2024

When he invited them to Camp David and agreed to the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners.

Dang, she educated a few folks on that tonight. Was excellent how she emphasized Camp David.

Ahpook

(2,777 posts)
109. Putin fucked up :)
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:26 PM
Sep 2024

Haha. Let's support this fucking dumbass.

Fuck you, Putin. Try harder

CousinIT

(12,524 posts)
111. Jeeeze he's just babbling right now. He won't talk about race or address what he said.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:26 PM
Sep 2024

What a whiney weenie.

scipan

(3,037 posts)
137. Yeah they keep doing that. Despite that, it seems like she is dominating.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:41 PM
Sep 2024

Maybe I'm biased but it hasn't always been this way

Xavier Breath

(6,640 posts)
133. Too bad he doesn't like dogs, he could really use that dog-ate-my-homework excuse right now.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:35 PM
Sep 2024

iemanja

(57,751 posts)
121. They haven't come up with a plan since 2008
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:30 PM
Sep 2024

And we’ve heard it was just around the corner since then.

Jirel

(2,369 posts)
125. "I have concepts of a plan."
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:31 PM
Sep 2024

Busted! “You‘ll hear about it very soon.” It has been over 8 years, dumbass, and you still have nothing.

fishwax

(29,346 posts)
127. she's so obviously right about the ACA and pre-existing conditions
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:32 PM
Sep 2024

and yet, I have acquaintances/relatives who literally would not be alive without ACA, who still opposed Obama and still supported trump in 2016 and 2020 and may still support him in 2024. It's tough to fight that kind of disconnect.

AngryOldDem

(14,180 posts)
135. Kamala should have been given the opportunity to rebut the "selling us down the river" BS.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:38 PM
Sep 2024

Nope — cut to commercial.

But we got a Hunter reference!

AngryOldDem

(14,180 posts)
131. GOP hates ACA, but has no plan of its own. Tale as old as time.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 10:35 PM
Sep 2024

No, I don’t believe Trump has a plan rolling around in his peabrain, either.

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