1st President Debate

Jolly

Biden was able to stand up and breathe. The press will declare him the winner.

Jolly

I’ve never seen a candidate with such a media tailwind. It’s like they are part of the campaign. There is no pretense any more. Trump will lose the election badly but if he won it would be amazing that he overwhelmed the biggest marketing machine of all time.

You sir, are correct. If Trump wins, the press may commit mass suicide.

taiwan_girl

@Loki said in 1st President Debate:

I can’t see in the moment how more debates makes any difference

Exactly. Both President Trump and Vice President Biden to me looked like little kids. Neither proved to me that that is someone I would be proud to call the President of the USA.

Ouch! Just ouch!!!

It is a sad state that the two people running to be the most powerful person on earth act like this!

No winners at all!!

Copper

Mr Biden was more than ready to babble and show his senility, Mr Trump wouldn’t let him.

Trump has to let Biden talk, he really did start showing the dementia and when he did Trump cut him off

jon-nyc

I still feel a little stunned from the experience.

jon-nyc

That’s a point.

jon-nyc

Tyler Cowen:

“Not pleased, but more of you argue like this than you might like to think.”

jon-nyc

Cliff Asness:

“Is it wrong that I just witnessed a National shit show of epic proportions and part of me is thinking “ok, so what does this mean for value stocks?”

Oh, and by part of me, I mean all.L

taiwan_girl

As I said in the first post,

If you are a President Trump supporter, he did a great job and Vice President Biden was terrible.

If you are a Vice President Biden supporter, he did a great job and President Trump was terrible.

The reality is both men did not look good.

I will vote for which man who says there will be no more debates!! LOL

xenon

If either of them said "I don't want to hold anymore debates", would you hold it against them?

jon-nyc

Seem like most summaries I see are about the debate being a bit of a disgrace. Not really calling winners and losers.

89th

Biden physically looked much older and weaker.

Trump was a bully, but also landed way more punches.

Ultimately it was a disgrace, which would’ve been on Trump’s shoulders alone had Biden not called Trump a clown twice, told him to shut up, told him to stop yapping, and literally called him a racist.

89th

Trump’s mind is so quick and sharp though. Not sure if you saw it, but at one point Trump was making a point and talking while Joe was also talking and giving a list of reasons for something, and Biden skipped reason #2 and when he said “number 3” Trump said without skipping a beat “you’re still on #2”.

Jolly

@xenon said in 1st President Debate:

If either of them said "I don't want to hold anymore debates", would you hold it against them?

Yep.

Jolly

But for the next debate, let's do away with the moderator.

LuFins Dad

I spent tonight literally scrubbing the toilets at work. It sounds like ya’lls night was worse.

xenon

@LuFins-Dad said in 1st President Debate:

I spent tonight literally scrubbing the toilets at work. It sounds like ya’lls night was worse.

You know - I didn't find anything in it unexpected or memorable. Pretty tame and par for the course as far as Trump goes.

Completely useless though.

Jolly

One of the better lines of the post debate: I thought Trump asked better questions than Chris Wallace. Maybe next time Trump should be the moderator.