{"id":176012,"date":"2020-09-29T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T01:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/09\/29\/sober-blogging-the-presidential-debates\/"},"modified":"2020-09-29T20:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T01:07:00","slug":"sober-blogging-the-presidential-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/09\/29\/sober-blogging-the-presidential-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"Sober Blogging the Presidential Debates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>10:38pm<\/b>:<br \/>It&#8217;s over.  Jeebus.&nbsp; I need a f%$#ing drink.<b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>10:34pm<\/b>:<br \/>Chris Wallace asks the candidates to ask their supporters not to freak out during a progracted recount, and not to declare victory , Trump&#8217;s response, &#8220;If it&#8217;s a fair election \u2026\u2026\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s response, &#8220;Yes, and the fraud issue is bullsh%$.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>10:30pm<\/b>:<br \/>Chris Wallace pivots to election integrity.&nbsp; (He is well and truly sick of Trump not following the rules)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Biden exhorts people to vote, and he weakly implies that Trump is trying to steal the election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump just said, &#8220;Crooked Hillary Clinton.&#8221;&nbsp; If this were a drunk blog, I would have finished all the alcohol in the house, and gone to hospital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump is pushing his fraud strategy, big time.<\/p>\n<p><b>10:24pm<\/b>:<br \/>Did Trump actually suggest dropping a nuke on a hurricane?<\/p>\n<p><i>Furious Googling<\/i>: Sweet mother of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes-97231f38-2394-4120-a3fa-8c9cf0e3f51c.html\">it&#8217;s true<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>10:19pm<\/b>:<br \/>The environment is the next segment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump blusters.<\/p>\n<p>Biden talks a bit about what he plans to do, but it does not sound sincere.<\/p>\n<p>This is a mass-extinction crisis, a literal end of the world as we know it.&nbsp; I would appreciate some more enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p><b>10:16pm<\/b>:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ye05KnP.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ye05KnP.gif\" style=\"cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a>I am finding it increasingly difficult to pay attention.<\/p>\n<p>Shoot me now!!!<\/p>\n<p><b>10:11pm<\/b>:<br \/>Chris Wallace is clearly pissed at Trump, demands that he call out right wing milita groups, Trump refuses, and tells Trump, &#8220;We&#8217;re done, sir.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m wondering if any of the moderators at the later events are drafting their resignation letters as I type.<\/p>\n<p><b>10:07pm<\/b>:<br \/>Biden says that Trump has been pouring gasoline on a fire.&nbsp; True, but meaningless.<\/p>\n<p><b>10:03pm<\/b>:<br \/>Now they are spewing crime stats at each other.<\/p>\n<p><b>10:01pm<\/b>:<br \/>Trump is attempting to conflate anti-racism with hating America.<\/p>\n<p>He actually has a point:&nbsp; Racism in America is as American as Apple Pie. <\/p>\n<p><b>9:59pm<\/b>:<br \/>Biden is stuttering a bit.&nbsp; It&#8217;s the first time that I have noticed it.<\/p>\n<p>Biden flat out says that justice is not administered fairly in the US.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:57pm<\/b>:<br \/>Race comes up, and Biden criticizes him, but Biden should call him a racist using that word.&nbsp; It will drive him crazy.<\/p>\n<p>OMFG, Trump tells the truth about Biden&#8217;s record on crime and race, particularly on the Clinton crime.<\/p>\n<p>This may be the first True thing he has said in the debate.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:54pm<\/b>:<br \/>Wallace actually called out Trump for his constant interrupting.&nbsp; I did not expect that.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:53pm<\/b>:<br \/>Biden may have had the best line so far, &#8220;You had good people, and you fired them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More crosstalk, and I am feeling pity for Chris Wallace.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:49pm<\/b>:<br \/>Did Trump just say to Biden, &#8220;No, you&#8217;re number 2?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Really mature dude.&nbsp; This is not middle school.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:48pm<\/b>:<br \/>Trump is arguing that the stock market is the economy.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:45pm<\/b>:<br \/>Biden just called Trump the worst President ever.&nbsp; Cool.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:43pm<\/b>:<br \/>Wallace asks Trump about his taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump evades, and Wallace presses (I&#8217;m impressed), and Trump says that he pays, &#8220;Millions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:41pm<\/b>:<br \/>Trump goes off again, and Chris Wallace is quietly losing his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Trump claims that he saved football.&nbsp; Yeah, right.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:40pm<\/b>:<br \/>Biden explains the K-shaped economy, raises Trump&#8217;s taxes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an OK strategy for him, and he does sound sincere when he talks about the plight of first responders.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:38pm<\/b>:<br \/>Wallace is pivots to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump: China China China.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I think that Trump is even more <span style=\"color: #f1c232;\">orange<\/span> than normal.<\/p>\n<p>Also Trump:&nbsp; Democrat governors are conspiring against me.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:35pm<\/b>:<br \/>Wallace is asking about the size of their rallies vis a vis Covid.  WTF?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now dick measuring. <\/p>\n<p><b>9:33pm<\/b>:<br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>GAWD!!!!!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chris Wallace has the worst job in the world. <\/p>\n<p><b>9:32pm<\/b>:<br \/>Trump objects to Biden calling him stupid.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a raw nerve, hammer on it constantly.<b> <i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Trump will lose his sh%$ if you do this.<i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>9:31<\/b>:&nbsp; <br \/>Biden calls Trump a liar again.&nbsp; When do you call him a con-man and a tax cheat?<\/p>\n<p><b>9:28pm<\/b>:&nbsp; <br \/>The entire back and forth over Covid is heat completely devoid of light.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like some bizarre collapsing star.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:25pm<\/b>: <\/p>\n<p>Trump is claiming that &#8220;Democrat Governors&#8221; are praising his actions.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:22pm<\/b>: <br \/>Wallace moves on to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Biden goes first, and tears into Trump, brings up his praise for Xi Jinping&#8217;s handling of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s response, &#8220;China, China, China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>9:20pm<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>Wallace asks about packing the court and eliminating the filibuster, Biden is very non committal, though I liked his, &#8220;Keep Yappin&#8217; man barb to Donald Trump.<br \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>9:18pm<\/b>:<br \/>And then he pivots back to Obamacare, because he&#8217;s trying to run as Obama&#8217;s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> term.<\/p>\n<p>I think that this is a losing proposition. <b>9:17pm<\/b>:<br \/>Biden just dropped the, &#8220;L-bomb,&#8221; and called Trump a liar.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:15pm<\/b>:<br \/>Trump is arguing more with moderator Chris Wallace than he is with Biden.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:13pm<\/b>:<br \/>Biden notes that Trump is trying to reverse <i>Roe v. Wade<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p> Trump tries to sleaze out of his support of criminalizing abortions.<\/p>\n<p> <b>9:12pm<\/b>:<br \/>Trump is a noun, a verb, and socialism.<\/p>\n<p><b>9:07pm<\/b>:<br \/>First question on Amy Barrett&#8217;s nomination to the Supreme court.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s respnse is, &#8220;Neener Neener, I have Mitch McConnel, so f%$# you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden pivots to it being an assault on Obamacare.<\/p>\n<p>Then he compliments Barrett.  (No, just no, you moron)<\/p>\n<p>Trump is saying that there are not 100,000,000 people with pre-existing conditions.<br \/>Yes, there are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10:38pm:It&#8217;s over. Jeebus.&nbsp; I need a f%$#ing drink. 10:34pm:Chris Wallace asks the candidates to ask their supporters not to freak out during a progracted recount, and not to declare victory , Trump&#8217;s response, &#8220;If it&#8217;s a fair election \u2026\u2026\u2026&#8221; Biden&#8217;s response, &#8220;Yes, and the fraud issue is bullsh%$.&#8221; 10:30pm:Chris Wallace pivots to election integrity.&nbsp; (He &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[415,385,374,405],"class_list":["post-176012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-entertainment","tag-media","tag-politics","tag-presidential-campaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}