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IcyPeas

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84. Look, there's just no equivalence......
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 10:41 PM
Sep 2020
Look, there's just no equivalence.

Biden makes some false and misleading claims. It's important to note them. We will. But his assertions of fact have been largely factual.

Trump, as we saw at the town hall and see again tonight, has been incessantly and egregiously dishonest.



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Good heavens, how desperately do we need Joe! DonaldsRump Sep 2020 #1
He's very passionate tonight. Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #2
My God Im watching a great President in action Tribetime Sep 2020 #3
We need Joe! He's doing great. I'd like to see him speak more slowly. Take your time, Joe! OrlandoDem2 Sep 2020 #4
Biden's tremendously articulately and knowledgeable, alot easier to listen to than the Con onetexan Sep 2020 #40
cnn has some sort of graphic plastered over the screen. wonder if it will stop playing soon nt msongs Sep 2020 #5
sign in required to watch the whole thing nt msongs Sep 2020 #7
He catches himself rambling and apologizing for it Mossfern Sep 2020 #6
He needs to tone it down Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #8
He's calmed down some since the break. crickets Sep 2020 #19
whoa they actually asked him that? Damn fool in the WH bought his uPenn degree & is dumb as a rock onetexan Sep 2020 #43
Anderson Cooper said that it had been mentioned in the news recently. crickets Sep 2020 #54
As someone who stuttered badly as an adolescent, I know exactly... SKKY Sep 2020 #35
you know, i never noticed Joe's stuttering until it was pointed out the last couple years. He's onetexan Sep 2020 #67
I think he is great. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #74
It shows Joe's HUMANITY. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2020 #9
Yes, we know that Mossfern Sep 2020 #11
As opposed to Trumps.... Xolodno Sep 2020 #22
What I noticed right away ballabosh Sep 2020 #10
That is very on purpose. Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #12
Agreed, but one disconcerting thing ballabosh Sep 2020 #13
different networks JI7 Sep 2020 #15
And how do you know that .. Iliyah Sep 2020 #24
Because everyone is introduced as a Democrat ballabosh Sep 2020 #36
past several questions there have been Republicans who voted for the Con though onetexan Sep 2020 #45
I noticed ballabosh Sep 2020 #50
I hate that I can't watch it! Sogo Sep 2020 #14
Go to avebury Sep 2020 #16
Thanks. Sogo Sep 2020 #26
Ivy League! Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #17
It is true. He graduated from Syracuse University and got his law degree Blue_true Sep 2020 #30
i believe Syracuse is now considered Ivy League. I feel Biden's combo of both U of Delaware & onetexan Sep 2020 #48
No, it isn't... regnaD kciN Sep 2020 #56
i'm aware ivy league athletic conference classification, but that's all the more reason that the IL onetexan Sep 2020 #64
Good point, Stanford and Duke are pretty high brow institutions that are Blue_true Sep 2020 #68
Yes, i've read in recent years there's been all sorts of ivies - west coast ivies, southern ivies, onetexan Sep 2020 #82
UT is a very good public U academically. nt Blue_true Sep 2020 #85
I am disappointed in the anti-intellectual aspect of having to point out Blue_true Sep 2020 #65
My low opinion of those schools have to do with them letting in people like W Bush, Kushner JI7 Sep 2020 #70
LOL greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #81
Joe pays attention to each individual so well. nolabear Sep 2020 #18
Joe is gonna wipe the floor with Trump vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #20
Spanky has better hang onto that podium for dear life. nolabear Sep 2020 #23
Throw down! vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #39
ive teared up several times already.... samnsara Sep 2020 #21
Unfortunately, I don't think he handled the last two questions well... regnaD kciN Sep 2020 #25
Disagree. Felt those were his strongest answers of the night. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #31
He answered both well. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #32
Agreed and the way he pivoted into bringing up Trump's gassing protesters was great. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #33
I came in at 7:30 cst MustLoveBeagles Sep 2020 #27
Joe speaks in complete sentences. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2020 #28
tuning in now bdamomma Sep 2020 #29
Fact check from Daniel dale, CNN... IcyPeas Sep 2020 #34
One thing that's going to rankle a few people... regnaD kciN Sep 2020 #63
I am Episcopalian and that is not true. We do not consider ourselves reformed Catholics. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #77
was gonna say. I've never heard of the "reformed Catholic" thing. Catholics refer to any other onetexan Sep 2020 #86
I was baptized Catholic, but I'm now an Episcopalian. Native Sep 2020 #78
It's damned sad fact-checking Joe on this little shit, compared to the whoppers told by tRump groundloop Sep 2020 #75
So CNN should not fact check both sides? Nt USALiberal Sep 2020 #79
Look, there's just no equivalence...... IcyPeas Sep 2020 #84
It's damned sad fact-checking Joe on this little shit, compared to the whoppers told by tRump groundloop Sep 2020 #76
You posted this twice. Nt USALiberal Sep 2020 #80
But that's okay because it needed to be said twice! unitedwethrive Sep 2020 #83
Republican question Mossfern Sep 2020 #37
Another Trump Republican Mossfern Sep 2020 #38
She was really determined to hate him. He gave such a good reply. nolabear Sep 2020 #42
She probably bought into the idea he's a bumbling fool and couldn't answer the question... Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #71
Good answer, but his interrupting her before she was finished... regnaD kciN Sep 2020 #44
Except he apologized vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #47
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Sep 2020 #41
That woman irritated me vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #46
You mean the idiot whining about environmental regulations? nt SunSeeker Sep 2020 #55
Yes vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #57
I guess she finds clean air and water a pain in the ass. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #59
YES. He wants to be America's President. As it should be! nolabear Sep 2020 #49
Joe looked great. OMG, like a tall cool drink of water on a scorching day. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #51
He was good rockfordfile Sep 2020 #52
I loved him but he failed on the racial inequality question SlogginThroughIt Sep 2020 #53
Did he fail worse than Trump? BlueIdaho Sep 2020 #58
I mean how could he? SlogginThroughIt Sep 2020 #61
That's fair enough... nt. BlueIdaho Sep 2020 #89
"Joe is talking to people, not over them"...or around them. A few hiccups here and there but.... George II Sep 2020 #60
Stammering DemUnleashed Sep 2020 #62
He did it all standing up, too. GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #66
Nor did Joe Denegrate anyone... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2020 #69
I loved the retired police chief. "Don't I know you?" nolabear Sep 2020 #72
Go Joe!!!!!!!! BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #73
I loved the confident smile on his face when he said he was looking forward to the debates. Talitha Sep 2020 #87
Trump will go in over confident and coked up... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2020 #88
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