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BUMPED2002
10/18/20 10:04:58 AM
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Did you watch the first presidential debate?



First presidential debate

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Lokarin
10/18/20 10:50:59 AM
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No, I wasn't around in 1780

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ParanoidObsessive
10/18/20 11:53:26 AM
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Lokarin posted...
No, I wasn't around in 1780

It was a real ripsnorter, I tell you!







Actually, there were no official Presidential debates until TV was a thing, when Kennedy basically won the 1960 election by taking advantage of his looks and Hollywood-level make-up techniques while Nixon just treated it as if issues and politics should matter more than appearance and presentation (ha ha, what a nerd). A lot of people point to that debate as the moment when American politics turned into the PR campaign BS they are today, where what you stand for doesn't actually matter compared to what lies you choose to present as your image, though there's a case to be made that was always the case and TV just made it far more blatant than it had ever been before.
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KaijunoKami
10/18/20 11:58:41 AM
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I'm assuming you mean the first Biden/Trump debate, but I didn't watch it. I have no interest in wasting time listening to Trump talk bullshit, especially when I already knew I was going to vote for Biden since he is the only one that has any chance of beating that ugly ass oompa loompa.

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papercup
10/18/20 12:01:11 PM
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I watched the highlights

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Judgmenl
10/18/20 12:34:41 PM
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Watched the entire thing like with every Presidential debate since like 2008.

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FatalAccident
10/18/20 12:54:58 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Actually, there were no official Presidential debates until TV was a thing, when Kennedy basically won the 1960 election by taking advantage of his looks and Hollywood-level make-up techniques while Nixon just treated it as if issues and politics should matter more than appearance and presentation (ha ha, what a nerd). A lot of people point to that debate as the moment when American politics turned into the PR campaign BS they are today, where what you stand for doesn't actually matter compared to what lies you choose to present as your image, though there's a case to be made that was always the case and TV just made it far more blatant than it had ever been before.
lmao

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MarioLinkNES
10/18/20 5:14:39 PM
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I have watched every one since Bush/Clinton in 92 when I was 8.

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Zeus
10/18/20 5:20:45 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
It was a real ripsnorter, I tell you!

Actually, there were no official Presidential debates until TV was a thing, when Kennedy basically won the 1960 election by taking advantage of his looks and Hollywood-level make-up techniques while Nixon just treated it as if issues and politics should matter more than appearance and presentation (ha ha, what a nerd). A lot of people point to that debate as the moment when American politics turned into the PR campaign BS they are today, where what you stand for doesn't actually matter compared to what lies you choose to present as your image, though there's a case to be made that was always the case and TV just made it far more blatant than it had ever been before.

JFK really was the worst, tbh.

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CaptainStrong
10/18/20 5:22:04 PM
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I watched it and I'm glad I did. It was some great entertainment. Too bad Trump was too chickenshit to do the one on the 15th. Hopefully he does the one on the 22nd.
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TheWorstPoster
10/18/20 6:02:26 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...
I watched it and I'm glad I did. It was some great entertainment. Too bad Trump was too chickenshit to do the one on the 15th. Hopefully he does the one on the 22nd.

Actually, it was due to corruption by Steve Scully asking Anthony Scaramucci on how to attack President Trump. Scully was also an intern under Joe Biden back in 1978.

https://tinyurl.com/FederalistSteveScully

https://heavy.com/news/steve-scully-moderator-tweet-scaramucci-hacked/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/10/15/steve-scully-cspan-suspended-twitter-hacked-lied-trump/

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Decoy77
10/18/20 6:09:44 PM
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Got to watch most of it, was working at the time so had a few interruptions but I'd say about 85% of it I got to see.

Trump really took it to the debate opponent Chris Wallace. I think there was some other 3rd party guy there too.

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Metalsonic66
10/18/20 6:11:30 PM
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The Weird Al version was the best

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Zeus
10/18/20 6:33:31 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...
I watched it and I'm glad I did. It was some great entertainment. Too bad Trump was too chickenshit to do the one on the 15th. Hopefully he does the one on the 22nd.

The committee changed the rules on him, so he said "fuck that." It's on them.

Decoy77 posted...
Trump really took it to the debate opponent Chris Wallace. I think there was some other 3rd party guy there too.

Kek. Then the town hall he did was mostly the moderator giving him a one-on-one interview instead of letting him talk to the tons of people who had shown up to ask him questions.

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CaptainStrong
10/18/20 7:13:26 PM
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Zeus posted...
The committee changed the rules on him, so he said "fuck that." It's on them.

What, doing it remotely? Is there something wrong with not having him spread the virus to Biden and probably other people?
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Kyuubi4269
10/18/20 7:22:27 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...


What, doing it remotely? Is there something wrong with not having him spread the virus to Biden and probably other people?

That's what masks and screens are for.
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Zeus
10/18/20 7:29:51 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...
What, doing it remotely? Is there something wrong with not having him spread the virus to Biden and probably other people?

It's almost like other reasonable accommodations aren't available... oh wait, NBC literally HAD other accommodations, and that wasn't even with the screen and other measures.

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CaptainStrong
10/18/20 7:30:43 PM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
That's what masks and screens are for.
It's still better to not be anywhere near a person who has it. Especially in Joe Biden's case. With how old he is, there's a decent chance he'd die if he got it.
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ParanoidObsessive
10/18/20 7:39:34 PM
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Zeus posted...
JFK really was the worst, tbh.

Nah. Even just limiting things to 20th century Democrats, FDR and Wilson were way worse. And the Republicans have a few stinkers in that timescale as well. And it's not like every President prior to 1900 was a sterling example of humanity.

It's part of why I always sort of scoff when [insert person under the age of 40] says [insert name of President from the last 40 years] is the worst ever. It shows a profound lack of awareness of just what sort of Presidents we've HAD.

And then there's this asshole:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLiI6kXZkZI
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CaptainStrong
10/18/20 8:01:29 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Nah. Even just limiting things to 20th century Democrats, FDR and Wilson were way worse.

How was FDR worse?
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ParanoidObsessive
10/18/20 8:35:34 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...
How was FDR worse?

About 20 minutes worth of research would probably have answered this question for you, but since you're lazy, I'll give you the lazy answer myself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
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CaptainStrong
10/18/20 8:45:47 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
About 20 minutes worth of research would probably have answered this question for you, but since you're lazy, I'll give you the lazy answer myself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
You can't even tell me in your own words why he's worse and instead you link me to a Wikipedia article, and I'm the lazy one?
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KaijunoKami
10/19/20 12:52:50 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
About 20 minutes worth of research would probably have answered this question for you, but since you're lazy, I'll give you the lazy answer myself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt

You do realize you are on a message board, right? It's a place for discussion. If you don't want to actually discuss things, then why bother coming to a message board? Take your lazy Gen Z ass out of here.

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Zeus
10/19/20 2:22:16 PM
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KaijunoKami posted...


You do realize you are on a message board, right? It's a place for discussion.

If somebody comes to discuss facts, posting those facts is itself a discussion. And whether somebody posts completely uncited information or supported information, you're free to discuss it.

KaijunoKami posted...
You do realize you are on a message board, right? It's a place for discussion. If you don't want to actually discuss things, then why bother coming to a message board? Take your lazy Gen Z ass out of here.

Not for nothing, but PO's account might be older than you are >_> Even if you knew nothing else about PO, the account creation date gives you a rough idea of a minimum age.

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