*****DEBATE THREAD #1*****

[MustLoveBeagles]

And away we go.......



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-debate-south-carolina-tonight-time-channel-stream-online-cbsn/

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[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. Hope they go after Trump

more than at each other

[trueblue2007]

113. i am ashamed for the way they are acting. Amy, Joe and Tom are being civil

they are acting like bullies. I hate it.
they are talking over each other..... this is a rotten debate

For crying out loud. I am voting for my cat for president

[question everything]

138. Agree. Warren still goes after Bloomberg instead of Trump

[iluvtennis]

161. ++agree. just ridiculous. this is round II of nevada. PLEASE DISCUSS what you will do if elected.

[SamKnause]

3. Let's get ready to rumble !!!!!

[tishaLA]

4. Thanks. I thought it started at 6 PT, not 5

Bad start time for commuters

[Apollo Zeus]

5. Any predictions or drinking game cues?

Bernie says "top 1%"

Pete says "folks"

Biden says "Here's the deal"

[Happyhippychick]

7. I'm drunk already

[oldsoftie]

137. How about arm waving?

[Mossfern]

6. Done!

HOw many miutes in?

[Apollo Zeus]

9. but he didn't say "top"

[Just_Vote_Dem]

8. What a loaded question to start

[elleng]

11. Right, cbs' way to get our attention?

[rockfordfile]

10. Nora O'Donnell? A right-winger

[emmaverybo]

12. Damn! Warren finally going after Bernie hard.

[blm]

15. She contrasted. She has accomplishments, he does not.

[tishaLA]

13. Lotsa sharp elbows from Sen Warren and

El Bloombito

[Apollo Zeus]

18. Bloomberg seems shakey, obviously uncomfortable

[helpisontheway]

14. Hope this debate is better than the last one but with same amount of viewers.nt

[highplainsdem]

16. Warren finally going after Sanders. Good.

[highplainsdem]

17. And Biden hitting Sanders on his votes against the Brady bill.

[emmaverybo]

23. Damn good!

[rockfordfile]

19. Well

The problem in our country today is a Fascist / Despotism economy. We need moderate capitalism to come back.

[Kali]

20. is it on a you tube channel anywhere?

my connection can't seem to handle feeds from news sites.

[nolabear]

24. No CBS?

[zeusdogmom]

46. It's on CBS

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. Yes

Here's the link:

[Kali]

40. that's it!

thanks!

[Aaron Pereira]

21. Looks like Bernie is officially the frontrunner now.

All shots turned his way so far.

[nolabear]

22. Hi all. Well this is going to be juicy. That audience is in it!

[tishaLA]

25. 5 votes against the Brady Bill. Shameful.

[Apollo Zeus]

26. Wow

[MsLeopard]

170. Thanks for the laugh!!

Good one!!

[Mossfern]

27. Oh, shouting already

Another circular firing squad.
I guess the last person standing gets the nomination.

Have we heard from Amy yet?

[highplainsdem]

31. Nothing from Amy yet.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

55. Your wish is her command!

[highplainsdem]

29. Pete just did really well against Bernie.

[StevieM]

45. Totally agreed. Pete made me proud with how he handled that. (eom)

[ecstatic]

30. I so agree with Pete on the blood pressure thing. nt

[highplainsdem]

34. Yep. I've always loved Jill Biden asking people to imagine watching the news after Trump is gone.

How different it will be.

[PatSeg]

44. That was an excellent statement!

[melman]

32. WTF is Pete talking about?

"imagine the better part of 2020 Trump vs Bernie" - does he mean to suggest he'd be kinder and gentler with Dump? Not good!

[highplainsdem]

38. No, he's talking about the nonstop attacks on Dems as socialissts that a Sanders nomination would

guarantee.

And about Sanders replying as a socialist.

[melman]

42. That's not what he said

That's what you say.

[eissa]

33. Warren contrasted herself from Bernie masterfully

They share the same ideology and vision, but she has a record of actually getting things done. She can implement the policies they both advocate, something he hasn’t been very successful at.

[highplainsdem]

39. Yes. I wish she'd done this much sooner.

[Blue_true]

163. Yep. nt

[brooklynite]

35. Does Amt not want to participate?

Everyone else has found a way to work themselves in.

[brooklynite]

36. Bloomberg should have used this opportunity to pivot to gun violence

[Apollo Zeus]

37. Bloomberg's favorite number is "95%"

[Drunken Irishman]

41. Very strong answer from Biden on his support in SC.

[UncleNoel]

47. Short and sweet fromBiden. He nailed it.

[juxtaposed]

43. is amy there tonight

[elleng]

51. 'talk about where we go forward.'

[MustLoveBeagles]

53. She speaking now finally

[tishaLA]

48. Did someone muzzle or tranquilize Sen Klobuchar?

Oh, she finally gets to speak, 17 minutes in

[Miles Archer]

49. Bush league so far.

Loaded questions from the moderators.

Moderators interrupting during responses.

Bush league.

[highplainsdem]

50. Finally, Amy getting a question. Great quote from MLK.

[Mossfern]

52. Amy finally

She's doing well.

[SDANation]

54. I'm more in touch with minorities. no I am!

[Apollo Zeus]

56. "I can't imagine what that is like" "Neither can I"

[MustLoveBeagles]

58. Oh my

[emmaverybo]

57. Bloomberg did not inherit a policy he let get out of control. He was responsible for an aggressive

and wide-spread police state version of the.policy that had been in place. He denied civil liberties to AA and Latinx youth. S+F is a crime fighting tool, that can be done in a perfectly constitutional
way without profiling; it is stop for reasonable suspicion of a crime, question with respect, and search only if probable cause.

He fudges.

[DanTex]

60. Yup.

[PatSeg]

78. Exactly

[tishaLA]

59. Sen Warren is El Bloombito's kryptonite

She's a stone cold killer

[zackymilly]

69. Bloomberg is good at the side-step. n/t

[Glimmer of Hope]

70. Indeed she is.

[blm]

95. She's honey badger when she confronts power and corruption.

[melman]

61. Bloomberg did not reduce stop and frisk by 95%

That is simply not true.

[LaurenOlimina]

65. He was forced to stop.

He's a weasel.

[melman]

74. Yes and it's insane how there's no follow up

This shit needs to be challenged.

[LaurenOlimina]

62. Jesus Liz is good...

[tishaLA]

72. "Operator? 'd like to report a homicide"

[amuse bouche]

92. She went too far with the 'kill it' comment. She was booed

[LaurenOlimina]

140. They were not booing her.

[amuse bouche]

157. I'm sure I'm not the only one that thought that

I do wish Steyer would drop out and spend his money helping Dems get elected

[lostnfound]

166. That was SHOCKUNG. nt

[PatSeg]

135. Wow, she really came prepared!

[Apollo Zeus]

63. Warren tearing up Bloomie again

[madaboutharry]

64. Not to be shallow

but all the candidates look really good tonight and seem to be very composed. I think none of them wanted to repeat the melee of the Nevada debate.

[highplainsdem]

77. I'm glad they're more composed.

[amuse bouche]

168. I agree and I'm enjoying it

[melman]

66. Savage!

Warren nailed him again.

[DanTex]

67. Bloomy goes 9-11!!! Someone must have just won something!

[Baitball Blogger]

73. That was one hell of a sidestep.

[highplainsdem]

68. Bloomberg's debate practice is showing. He's doing better than last time. Don't know

if it will help enough, though.

[MustLoveBeagles]

85. He is doing better

but there was nowhere to go but up after the last one.

[eissa]

71. Warren obliterated Mikey again

My god, the man must be a masochist to keep taking such a beating!

[highplainsdem]

93. I don't think so.

[Renew Deal]

75. When Warren was 21 years old she was a Republican

[Submariner]

158. I think much the same way Hillary was a republican at Wellesley

and after a few years out from college, they both came around to Liberalism.

[Blue_true]

167. Hillary became a democrat at Wellsley. She led a big protest effort while

there. Hillary served as a democratic legal staffer on the House Comittee that impeached Nixon.

Warre became a democrat in the mid eighties after seeing how people in debt were getting screwed.

[melman]

76. Nice!

Warren is destroying Bloomberg.

[elleng]

89. enough from Eliz W on Bloomberg's past acts; move on.

[melman]

97. Disagree

Strongly.

[Bradshaw3]

79. Electing repubs is a "sideshow"?

Sheesh he is terible.

[ecstatic]

80. EW: Bloom is the riskiest candidate!

I agree, 1000%.

[ecstatic]

86. HOLY SHHH! Bloomberg told an employee to kill her baby?

WTF?

[Renew Deal]

87. He denies it

And it is hard to believe

[Liberty Belle]

129. Amale employee has said it's true and that he witnessed it.

[Bradshaw3]

146. Not if you've read his other quotes and know about his NDAs

One NDA is one thing, but almost 40? And his numerous quotes that were included in his own book? Anyone not looking at his behavior and comments has their head buried in the sand.

Aso to this charge? WaPo reported on it and the settled out of court. With an NDA no doubt.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/

[Apollo Zeus]

81. Warren - "kill it" and NDAs

Bloomberg: eye roll

[nolabear]

82. Damn, Liz. Big mistake. If you claim he said "kill it"

she had better have proof. That was not a good idea.

[spooky3]

98. It is in the .pdf of the case (posted at DU earlier). nt

[nolabear]

107. Thanks. That needs to be out there.

[nolabear]

141. True dat. We don't need another authoritarian in Dems clothing.

[Bradshaw3]

115. As reported in the WaPo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/

They eventually reached a sttlement. Probably NDA too.

[blm]

118. She was a law professor, she knows the answer.

[denem]

123. That abacedit has been out for years.

We are going to find out, are we not?

[nolabear]

132. Maybe so. I hope so!

[spooky3]

136. No, because the case was settled, so it will not go to trial.

(I hope I understood your question correctly).

[denem]

165. NDA CYA BYE

[Bradshaw3]

153. Settled out of court

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/

Of course that way he can deny it but could very well be true. Who does that sound like?

[LaurenOlimina]

83. I hope they find that woman...

Bloomberg sucks so bad.

[rockfordfile]

84. Need more focus on trump

[mdelaguna]

121. Yes yes yes

[tishaLA]

88. The audience is booing Sen Warren?

Do they think she's being too tough on Bloomberg, of all people?

[Renew Deal]

96. People want a president that cares about their issues, not an attack dog

She has no chance to win. All she does is attack other people.

[tishaLA]

125. Her first answer, the rebuke of Sandersism, was good because

she talked about how her personal attributes (doing her homework, implicitly unlike him) led to success.

[Renew Deal]

133. That's fine

The "kill it" part was dirty

[shanti]

99. Prob

just a lot of his noisy supporters.

[nolabear]

100. I can't figure out who's booing whom.

[elleng]

105. Sounded like it,

as I said, 'enough' on his past acts, discuss other things.

[zackymilly]

106. Bloomberg said he was releasing everyone under an NDA and they booed and yelled "Liar"

[madaboutharry]

112. She seems to be myopic on this issue.

Bloomberg apologized and stepped up. Sometimes you need to let things move on to the next topic.

[blm]

149. I think they were booing Bloomberg's words

[redstateblues]

164. She's doing Bernie's dirty work

[zackymilly]

90. Someone just yelled "Liar!" at Bloomberg.

[LaurenOlimina]

91. Bloomberg is the worst democrat I've seen in my life.

[Renew Deal]

103. Worse than Zell Miller?

Or Eugene McCarthy

[LaurenOlimina]

131. Wasn't around for MCCarthy...

Yeah, he's worse than Zell Miller.

[dotism]

108. Agreed. nt

[nolabear]

94. "How many hours do you have?" "Two."

[highplainsdem]

102. I like Norah O'Donnell.

[nolabear]

111. So do I.

[ecstatic]

101. Enough is never enough with this woman? WTF? nt

[Apollo Zeus]

114. Did Bloom say "Senator" or "woman"?

I think "senator" but the attitude was there.

[zackymilly]

117. Yeah that made him look real good. n/t

[zackymilly]

142. Joe Biden is just letting them go at each other. n/t

[Apollo Zeus]

104. "Sure the cost are lower according to Yale but how will you PAY for it?"

[KewlKat]

109. PLEASE TAKE ON TRUMP, issues the voters want answers for

This attacking each other turns some of us off

[mdelaguna]

126. So true

[Raven123]

110. Turned the debate off after the 3rd question

Asking Joe about polls concerning his African American voter support and whether he will quit if he doesn’t win in SC is a waste of time. Ask about policies.

[MH1]

143. The moderators suck badly here.

but they did finally let Steyer speak.

But now she tried to cut him off after much less time speaking than the others take. Grrr.

[highplainsdem]

116. Amy just mailed Bernie on the cost of his proposals.

"A bunch of broken promises that sound good on bumper stickers."

[SDANation]

119. How do you pay for it?

Bernie:: well, platitude, platitude, platitude, payroll tax...

[Renew Deal]

120. Klobuchar is tearing up Sanders

And Buttigieg is trying to help.

[brooklynite]

122. And THERE'S the Hat Trick...Every has taken a swipe at Sanders

[Wabbajack_]

124. I can see why Mike ran for Mayor as a Repug

Even though he was a supposedly a moderate Democrat before he switched for the race.

[elleng]

127. Moderators not doing their job.

[rockfordfile]

147. I agree

[KewlKat]

128. This is so nonproductive...what a horrible impression with all there is to talk about

[oldsoftie]

134. Oh God what a train wreck@8:29pm. Trump is loving this nonsense.

tell us HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BEAT TRUMP & stop bashing the hell out of each other.

[amuse bouche]

151. They can't be polite. They must show passion

The nominee will go after trump. I have no doubt

[mdelaguna]

156. Crikey indeed

[Liberty Belle]

139. Why are the moderators letting them all interrupt and shout over each other?

Very poor handling. I've moderated several debates and would not have tolerated that.

[highplainsdem]

144. Debate thread 2:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287582041

[MustLoveBeagles]

145. I started another debate thread

ttps://www.democraticunderground.com/1287582041

[Renew Deal]

148. Someone woke up Biden

[Baclava]

150. ayep, another screaming match, just like i predicted

[tishaLA]

152. JOE WANTS TO TALK DAMMIT

The time differential really is ridiculous.

[Renew Deal]

154. Steyer is amped up now

[SDANation]

155. Dang Biden looking powerful

[Cha]

159. Good to know.. I'm not watching.. Thank you!

[oldsoftie]

160. Finally got the chance!

[NellieStarbuck]

162. I love that Bloomberg slipped up and admitted that he buys politicians.

[Control-Z]

169. I'm sorry I missed that.

But I'm sure there will be a clip of it to watch soon enough. I'll just have to be patient.