Debate day….
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 02:20 last edited by
This has been, by far, the nastiest "debate" I can remember seeing. I thought Christie would be the asshole.
He is an asshole, but this evening, he's not the asshole.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 02:24 last edited by
Feels like america was marked safe from Vivek tonight.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 02:27 last edited by
DeSantis didn't get enough air tonight - which he desperately needed.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 02:37 last edited by
"Christie shutdown Vivek so hard he now goes by George Washington Bridge."
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 02:50 last edited by
@Horace said in Debate day….:
Feels like america was marked safe from Vivek tonight.
Indeed. He actually thinks he can shut down a plethora of agencies and departments. His nuclear family stuff was good, but that’s about it.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 02:51 last edited by
@George-K said in Debate day….:
"Christie shutdown Vivek so hard he now goes by George Washington Bridge."
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 02:58 last edited by
Bret and Martha did a decent job of management, even with the crowd.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 03:02 last edited by
Vivek’s close was good.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 03:22 last edited by
I think Manchin did pretty well tonight.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 05:59 last edited by NobodySock
And with this clown show, the Republican party is dead. They are going to lose house senate and Oval Office for many many years to come. Sane people, for which still hold the majority of this country , are not going to let these dreadful people govern anything. Even with your electoral college, which has been to only way republicans can win anything the last 25 years.
Lindsey Graham, the biggest pussy in America, was right about one thing some seven years ago. -
wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 11:24 last edited by
Speaking of sane people, how's your therapy going?
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 11:32 last edited by
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 12:25 last edited by
I didn't catch much of the debate, just the closing. So I'll take your word that Vivek's performance soured you... that being said, he seems to be trending well online today, perhaps he's picking up the Trump crowd and can run with it. Maybe he's playing 5D chess and getting the Trump support then he'll convert back to a conservative Obama for the GOP.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 12:40 last edited by Mik
This commentator thought Haley won. She's probably still my first choice. From what I've read this morning, a lot of younger voters still like Vivek.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 12:46 last edited by
The NRO editors: "It Was Ramaswamy’s Night, but Not in a Good Way"
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 13:03 last edited by
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This commentator thought Haley won. She's probably still my first choice. From what I've read this morning, a lot of younger voters still like Vivek.
wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 13:03 last edited by@Mik said in Debate day….:
This commentator thought Haley won. She's probably still my first choice. From what I've read this morning, a lot of younger voters still like Vivek.
I thought she won too.
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wrote on 24 Aug 2023, 13:07 last edited by
His clear contradictions turned me off. I liked his attack on the Trump/Pence administration over the incredible deficit spending even before COVID, but then a few minutes later he’s calling Trump the greatest republican president of the century (which, by the way, he’s one of only 2…)
Personally? DeSantis did better but he started off like a very bad robot impression and his responses actually sounded like ChatGPT. He has made a mistake by not aggressively attacking Trump. This DEI and Trans Idealogy crap didn’t start under his administration, but it surely flourished in the schools durin the DeVos years. And beyond that he needs to attack the shutdowns and directly tie all of those policies to Trump.
Christie was horrible, but he did find some footing with the Pence defense and I thought it was a particularly human moment when he started to raise his hand about supporting Trump then waffled. His statement about not allowing this behavior to continue was weak, but was the only attempt by anybody to really start to address the issue.
I actually came out liking Hutchison. He has no chance, but he stood by his guns. And in everything else not Trump related he came across well.
But yeah, Haley came across the best.