I'm already tired of the Democratic Debate and it's not for two more days

[StarfishSaver]

The political press is treating it like a sporting event, handicapping the participants, discussing the strategy each should use, etc.

I'm already over it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. All that is true. You could turn off the TV or stop reading posts about it.

You do have control over what you're exposed to.

[empedocles]

5. I don't like seeing; all that time, funds, candidates who can actually win other offices,

media attention, distractions from the trump problems, - lot of dissipated energies which could be more productively aimed at trump.


I block out all but a few headlines on the gang of 24+.

[demmiblue]

9. Indeed (and starting posts about it). n/t

[Cha]

2. I don't have a tv..

but I used to.. so I can imagine.

I'm interested to see who is going to be the one who will take on/down trump. Getting back our Democracy is very exciting to me!

[msongs]

7. no tv here either. think Ill go to the beach lol nt

[Cha]

8. I was going to the beach yesterday

but then we had flash floods so I didn't get to go.. but today's looking good!

[highplainsdem]

17. See this thread for links to watch online:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287164530

[Cha]

19. Thank You, highplainsdem!

[emmaverybo]

12. THAT is the essential goal we should all be dedicated to. NT

[Cha]

13. Right.. Eyes on the Prize!

[mitch96]

15. "I'm already over it."

I agree. I'm voting for who ever the person is who can get rid of the guy who is in the white house now.. VOTE HIM OUT..
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[highplainsdem]

16. You can find links here for watching the debates online:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287164530

[sprinkleeninow]

3. I look forward to watching the Democratic debates,

but alas! I'm just plain ol' tired of much else.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. You and me both!

With 10 candidates in each debate, it won't be easy for any of them to differentiate themselves from the others.

[Sherman A1]

6. That is what they do

For them it is about the horse race and filing airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.

Don’t expect too much from them, you will be sadly disappointed.

[marylandblue]

10. I don't watch any TV news at all, unless you count The Handmaid's Tale.

[Martin Eden]

11. Great minds discuss ideas

The quote below has often by attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, but its origin cannot be verified:

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Our democracy would be much better served by in depth discussions of ideas instead of treating politics as a sporting event with a cast of characters.

[Vegas Roller]

14. Some candidates will be predictable

like Senator BS.

[highplainsdem]

18. I'd be much more interested in this if it were just one night and the top 10 or 12 candidates.

[mcar]

20. And in the meantime,

Children are being neglected in cages
Dotard has yet another credible rape accusation
Iran, will we, won't we?
McConnell continues to block everything
Russia has the green light to interfere in 2020

and the MSM continues to slam Democrats for breathing the wrong way.

[emmaverybo]

21. I feel queasy just thinking about it. The fate of our country, and by extension, the world could

hang on a beauty contest line-up, opening act.