The VEEP debate

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in The VEEP debate:

Tried to go back and talk about swine flu, which nobody in the US really remembers.

True.

BUt...he brings it back to memory saying, I thought effectively, that 60M americans got the swine flu. Had it been as lethal as SARS-CoV-2, we would be looking at millions of dead.

@jon-nyc

They bring that up a lot. I don’t really see how H1N1 is going to resonate.

True.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah but even that doesn’t make sense because the response has to be a function of the lethality.

[jon-nyc]

I agree with Pence on the clarity of the choice.

[Axtremus]

Neither could bring themselves to talk about their running mate's health and being transparent about their health with the public.

[George K]

(I'm finding Harris's smirks annoying)

And Pence won't shut up.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in The VEEP debate:

And Pence won't shut up

But after last week it doesn’t seem like a big deal

[George K]

FFS.

Harris is complaining about the $2T deficit because of tax cuts?

Has she spoken to Pelosi?

"Believe in science?"

Tell us about those plexiglass shields....

[Axtremus]

@jon-nyc said in The VEEP debate:

@George-K said in The VEEP debate:

And Pence won't shut up

But after last week it doesn’t seem like a big deal

I had hoped that the moderator would enforce the rules more aggressively. No such luck for this debate.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in The VEEP debate:

But after last week it doesn’t seem like a big deal

Yup. He's remarkably restrained, when viewed through that prism.

[Mik]

I am not wild about Pence, who is a better governor than VP. But Harris just offends me in so many ways.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K said in The VEEP debate:

(I'm finding Harris's smirks annoying)

And Pence won't shut up.

Interesting for me listening to it from the internet radio. Not seeing them is a good thing.

So far: I agree - VP Pence is talking over his time quite a bit.

Both: typical politician speak of avoiding the question directly to get their "talking point" in.

[Loki]

Pence is crushing expectations and more on point.

[Mik]

Harris is babbling.

[Loki]

She is a little rattled. I’m surprised.

[jon-nyc]

I wonder if Pence realizes that the trade deficit with China is at a 14 year high.

[George K]

Harris is, politely, telling Pence to shut up.

Good for her - following the rules.

The facts of whether she's right or wrong, however....

[jon-nyc]

That’s a reach, babe.

[Loki]

Obamacare is not a disaster Mr Pence according to the public. Maybe constitutional?

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in The VEEP debate:

Harris is complaining about the $2T deficit because of tax cuts?

Has she spoken to Pelosi?

Harris' complain is that $2T deficit from the tax cut is a wealth transfer to the rich and to the large corporations. This is not a problem with Pelosi/House Democrats' pandemic stimulus plan.

[taiwan_girl]

Questioner: Do you believe in climate change?

VP Pence: Umm, we will continue to listen to science (When did that start?????)

PS: They do need a microphone muting function for the questioner (to mute the two candidates).