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Laura PourMeADrink

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16. Much more accurate

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #15)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 10:10 AM

Sep 2020

(CNN)President Donald Trump turned his first debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden into a chaotic disaster.

Trump bullied, bulldozed and obfuscated his way through the 90-minute showdown, interrupting Biden and moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News at every turn. He ignored substantive questions and Biden's policy arguments, and instead swung at a straw-man version of Biden, taking aim at both Biden's son and a distorted description of his record that exists primarily in far-right media.

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Dan Rather: This was a sad, sad, sad night for this nation... [View all] babylonsister Sep 2020 OP

KNR niyad Sep 2020 #1

Botherism? I honestly did not see that. marble falls Sep 2020 #2

?? Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #3

I do not think Joe Biden was a disappointment. marble falls Sep 2020 #6

Where did DR indicate that? Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #7

Rather doesn't seem to separate the two candidates in his disappointment. marble falls Sep 2020 #10

I guess I just keep up with DR more than the average person. He hates OrangeAnus Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #11

Dan Rather stated a description of a painful national mindset peacebuzzard Sep 2020 #4

A MAGAT in my neighborhood rolled up and hid his giant Trump banners this morning. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #17

Really? calimary Sep 2020 #18

Yes; those banners have been up through all kinds of craziness. Rolled up this morning. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #20

Maybe enough really IS enough! MoonRiver Oct 2020 #32

around here, magats. crawl around unless in a group. peacebuzzard Sep 2020 #24

Drove past an ardent tRumpers home this morning Squidly Sep 2020 #25

wish some of the citizens here were smart like that!! peacebuzzard Sep 2020 #26

Wow.. & trump thought he was being so Cha Sep 2020 #27

When, just today? nt BainsBane Sep 2020 #28

Yup lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #30

Awesome! BainsBane Oct 2020 #31

Let it sink in... Hugin Sep 2020 #5

Dan Rather is right. bdamomma Sep 2020 #8

No president is bigger than the nation 634-5789 Sep 2020 #9

Do you think you would have done any better than Joe under the circumstances? Probably not. Illumination Sep 2020 #12

Well, very nice, but he should have been more explicit about who created the sad moment Escurumbele Sep 2020 #13

I think it's understood and Mr. Rather knows his audience. nt babylonsister Sep 2020 #14

Bullshit. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2020 #15

Much more accurate Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2020 #16

The first line here is spot-on. calimary Sep 2020 #22

TY .. could we h have a link, please? Cha Sep 2020 #29

VOTE. dalton99a Sep 2020 #19

These debates are useless in their current format. Without the ability to turn off the mics Trump Pepsidog Sep 2020 #21

Well its goes to show FOX NEWS can't control the circus Historic NY Sep 2020 #23