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First Dem Debate Lineup Set
This will be the first debate where the lecterns are replaced with bleachers. Fill out your brackets now!
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Anita Hill says she could see herself voting for Joe Biden.
Huh?
I’ve heard the names of 18 out of 20 of those candidates. Can anyone top that??
All.
It is a shame and a pity that Montana Governor Steve Bullock barely missed it. He is perhaps the most sane of the 23. Unless the Dems nominate a socialist, they have a very good chance of winning in 2020. I would much rather a saner Dem.
How many times will they say “white privilege” during the debates. Will they ever utter the word “tax” or will it always be replaced by “investment”.
Unless they find a way to include Vermin Supreme (the boot-headed free pony guy) or Jimmy McMillan (the Rent is Too Damn High guy) I won’t be watching.
That’s the trick.
I have my money on “cages” and “authoritarian”.
Yes. I’ve made fun of all of them.
I’m sad Shelldon Thompson and Irving Smedlap didn’t make it.
The loopy hick from Colorado got booed for saying socialism is a bad idea. Sooooo, Trump is going to win.
Sounds like we have a “buzzword bingo” card under development . . .
It was a joke, big fella.
I’d love to see a word cloud generated as the debate moves on, for key words (as others have noted above) that pop out of this mob’s mouth during the course of the “debate”.
Is there any word on Candace Crowley giving some key candidates the questions ahead of time? In between big bites on a doughnut?
Breaking news:
The new debate format will use the set of the popular TV show Hollywood Squares. Voters will have to determine if they are telling the truth or lying.
Mayor Pete will occupy the “center square” in homage to the late Paul Lynde.
If you have to explain…. but, thanks Chris.
They all know that only Comrade Sanders and Old Retard have a chance at the Presidency, and they’re wrong about Sanders. The rest see the primary as a stepping stone to celebrity.
That means they can all win, just like they did back in school. Isn’t that nice?
(Cut me some slack. Vague approving murmurs are said to raise their oxytocin levels. It’s an experiment.)
The only way to win a debate like this is to be totally bonkers and we’re talking about a group of people who think Trump is literally Hitler…….literally. This is a group of people who want to kill babies. This is a group of people who get excited when a new gender is created. These people think having a certain type of sexual intercourse makes you a hero but being in law enforcement makes you evil.
We used to fight wars to keep 3rd world countries from being ruled by people like this.
We’ve had 2 -plus years of economic and foreign policy victories under Trump and no small percentage of the American populace will not even consider voting for Trump regardless of which of these lunatics ends up on top.
Its time to face facts. This debate is going to be a caricature of what our culture has become. This is who we are and the only person poised to save us from it is Donald friggin’ Trump.
I’ll drink to that.
On the bingo card:
The word “Trump” has to be in the center.
Runners up are “Collusion” and “Obstruction” . . .
I’m going to prep for the debate by binge-watching Lie to Me. I plan to compare incidences of the deep concern face (eyebrows up, features round) vs. the angry emphatic face (eyebrows down, pointy face with teeth).
But I’m in if y’all come up with a set of bingo cards.