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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:52 PM Oct 2015

__________ clearly won the debate because ___________

Fill in the blanks with your version of reality:


"___________ clearly won the debate because _____________."

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__________ clearly won the debate because ___________ (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 OP
No words, just a pic Catherina Oct 2015 #1
Love it Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #3
the question wasn't 'whose supporters flooded CNN and clicked a name the most times?" wyldwolf Oct 2015 #7
Woot!!!!! MissDeeds Oct 2015 #8
I can't wait to see if this holds. It's HUGH!!!!11!!1 n/t Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #9
Not quite holding... Bernie's numbers going up lol Catherina Oct 2015 #18
Anybody that doesn't admit moobu2 Oct 2015 #2
The Democratic Party clearly won the debate because we don't tolerate imbeciles. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #4
This^ we can do it Oct 2015 #10
+1000 femmocrat Oct 2015 #11
Thread Winner!!! 2naSalit Oct 2015 #19
Don't know who won, but the NRA lost. (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #5
Sanders edged Clinton TO ME (which is important) because that is the lens NRaleighLiberal Oct 2015 #6
Clinton, because she just needed to be likable and she was. ucrdem Oct 2015 #12
Well GummyBearz Oct 2015 #15
I didn't catch that question, but she gave the best, really the ONLY answer. ucrdem Oct 2015 #22
The Dodgers !!! jaysunb Oct 2015 #13
My opinion angrychair Oct 2015 #14
No clear winner Blasphemer Oct 2015 #16
Bernie: Black Lives Matter. Fearless Oct 2015 #17
Sanders clearly won the debate because he's leading in unscientific online polls where people Metric System Oct 2015 #20
Sanders clearly won the debate. No explanations or excuses needed. Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #21

NRaleighLiberal

(61,910 posts)
6. Sanders edged Clinton TO ME (which is important) because that is the lens
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:57 PM
Oct 2015

that each person watching this will use. It is inevitable. So I can't answer this as an absolute - each of us need to make that conclusion for ourselves.

For me, Sanders separated himself clearly from the status quo politician. His answers on Snowden, health care, social security, big banks and the NSA did it for me.

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
15. Well
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:03 PM
Oct 2015

She definitely separated herself from Obama with the "I have a vagina" answer...

ucrdem

(15,720 posts)
22. I didn't catch that question, but she gave the best, really the ONLY answer.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 04:30 AM
Oct 2015

She's not running against Obama and she'd better not even think about pulling an Al Gore. So what else is there to say but the obvious? Any effort to answer in policy terms is going to hurt her chances. So she found the perfect non-answer to a question she'll probably be hearing a lot.

angrychair

(12,501 posts)
14. My opinion
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:02 PM
Oct 2015

Is Sanders won the debate because he stuck to the issues, stayed on task and talked to the issues that mattered the most.

Blasphemer

(3,624 posts)
16. No clear winner
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:03 PM
Oct 2015

The first half, I have the edge to Clinton as she handled the more challenging questions better. Her slip-ups came in the second half when Sanders came on strong as questions shifted to his comfort zone and he effectively stayed on message without seeming evasive. Overall, the leading candidates reinforced existing strengths and weaknesses. That said, Clinton had more to lose and she did what she had to do - give a strong performance and head off a post-debate slide narrative. I don't think Sanders added to his support. While O'Malley did well, his opponents were too strong for him to make any inroads.

Metric System

(6,048 posts)
20. Sanders clearly won the debate because he's leading in unscientific online polls where people
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 12:14 AM
Oct 2015

can vote multiple times, even if they didn't watch the debate. Duh.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
21. Sanders clearly won the debate. No explanations or excuses needed.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 12:17 AM
Oct 2015

We hold this truth to be self-evident.

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