Official Democratic Debate thread

Amazing.

Trump (USA) and 'Moscow Mitch" just rammed thru another 13 alt-right judiciaries on the American people for the rest of their entire lives, and there was no question about how to re-shape the judiciary to ensure decades of progress is not overturned by such mischief?

Due to the overflow of candidates, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) changed the requirements for each debate.

The candidates must have 130,000 unique donors and reach 2% in four polls to participate in the third debate.

The former housing secretary Julián Castro and the entrepreneur Andrew Yang have surpassed 130,000 donations and each have three of the four qualifying polls they need, while Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has met the polling threshold and has about 120,000 donors.”

Oops, forgot to say, next debate(s) is Sept 12-13 in Houston (TX).

If no more than 10 qualify, it's only a 1-day event.

umm, simple logic here wrote:

Who cares if Yang is right about UBI in 20 years, if the Planet is Doomed after only 10??

Virtually every candidate supports taking steps to fight climate change. The thing that distinguishes Yang is UBI. And to be clear, the Earth isn't just going to explode in 10 years. It will gradually get warmer over the next 100 years, and we'll have to deal with the effects of that. So, we'll still be here in 20 years, and still eventually have to deal with automation and UBI.

We removed the comment at the bottom of the post above where the person called a political party "pieces of trash".

We want civil discourse on LetsRun. Poster is banned for 3 days.

UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:

umm, simple logic here wrote:

Who cares if Yang is right about UBI in 20 years, if the Planet is Doomed after only 10??

The thing that distinguishes Yang is UBI. And to be clear, the Earth isn't just going to explode in 10 years. It will gradually get warmer over the next 100 years, and we'll have to deal with the effects of that. .

Wrong again. Yang explicitly said: "we also need to start moving our people to higher ground". As in soon/now, not 100 years from now (which would mean it isn't really a problem anyway, and the trillion+ climate industry is just a boondoggle - but I digress).

That, and his being the "opposite" of Trump as an Asian man who likes math, is what distinguished him in the loony crowd last nite. He only got 08:38 minutes, so UBI was just another spending-other-peoples-money (O.P.M.) sound-bite that got lost in the sound-bites of every other candidate promising zillions more for everything too (except maybe Tulsi, she might actually cut the military, but no-one else on stage could broach that I'd think).

pack the courts wrote:

Amazing.

Trump (USA) and 'Moscow Mitch" just rammed thru another 13 alt-right judiciaries on the American people for the rest of their entire lives, and there was no question about how to re-shape the judiciary to ensure decades of progress is not overturned by such mischief?

Yep, only Rachel Maddow covered this.

But the "deal" was that these 13 would be voice-voted, and 4 Obama left-overs would be shuffled through too.

You'd think the SCOTUS (nominees, pledges, packing) would be a Debate topic, but they'd rather have sound-bites.

Higher, need not be better wrote:

... promising zillions more for everything too (except maybe Tulsi, she might actually cut the military, but no-one else on stage could broach that I'd think).

Running on fiscal responsibility is a never-win strategy, though admittedly someone could out-flank Trump (USA) on the issue. But he'd likely shift the blame (as always) to Congress in any event.

So the 1000$/month is going to come with strings attached, that I have to move away from the coasts (where elites like Yang live) and inhabit the Rockies?

Conundrum wrote:

I have absolutely no respect any longer Democratic elected officials. They lost any claim of the moral high ground after their total obsequious cave in to Bill Clinton when NOT ONE OF THEM WOULD VOTE TO IMPEACH HIM. DEMOCRATS HAVE NO MORALS!

Totally agree with your statement above Conundrum. How can we as liberals point the finger at Trump and the Republicans when the same thing happened with the Democrats and Bill Clinton. We, meaning me and you, were both ok with them supporting Bill because of his political party which showed that they have no morals to speak of.

The debate match-up we need to see, one to one, is Warren vs. Harris. The DNC has done a great job of keeping that from happening until now.

It's a better bunch of contenders than I would have expected, but Delaney is embarrassing, my own mayor De Blasio can't figure out where to land next, and Gillibrand is a shameless careerist - which is not a surprise, coming from a politician, but she can't even disguise it. And two guys from Colorado is at least one too many.

All Of The wrote:

The debate match-up we need to see, one to one, is Warren vs. Harris. The DNC has done a great job of keeping that from happening until now.

It's a better bunch of contenders than I would have expected, but Delaney is embarrassing, my own mayor De Blasio can't figure out where to land next, and Gillibrand is a shameless careerist - which is not a surprise, coming from a politician, but she can't even disguise it. And two guys from Colorado is at least one too many.

As I said earlier, we don't need to see Warren or Bernie anymore. They just can't win a general election. If you Dems want to repeat 2016, nominate Warren or Bernie. Good luck to you.

How to lose the 2020 election (by the Democratic Party):

1. Attack & gang-up on Biden, the best hope of winning in 2020.

2. Belittle and/or disavow Obama's legacy, and offend most of the Democratic base in the process.

3. Veer hard-left. Watch moderates either not vote at all, or hold their noses & vote either third-party or (gasp) Republican.

4. On election night, express disbelief & act insane as the electoral votes in Trump's favor start piling-up.

They need for it too get down to a debate of no more than the top six for it to be worthwhile.

Same night

Biden

Warren

Harris

Sanders

Buttigieg

Booker

Conondrum wrote:

Conundrum wrote:

I have absolutely no respect any longer Democratic elected officials. They lost any claim of the moral high ground after their total obsequious cave in to Bill Clinton when NOT ONE OF THEM WOULD VOTE TO IMPEACH HIM. DEMOCRATS HAVE NO MORALS!

Totally agree with your statement above Conundrum. How can we as liberals point the finger at Trump and the Republicans when the same thing happened with the Democrats and Bill Clinton. We, meaning me and you, were both ok with them supporting Bill because of his political party which showed that they have no morals to speak of.

Misquoting someone with fake statements is the calling card of those incapable of contributing to the discussion.

L L wrote:

They need for it too get down to a debate of no more than the top six for it to be worthwhile.

Same night

Biden

Warren

Harris

Sanders

Buttigieg

Booker

Biden: totally confused and/or Incoherent at times. Example: warned against another 8 years of Trump (apparently unaware of term limits).

Warren: Thinks any business with more than 100 employees is too large to manage, yet thinks government should be virtually infinite in size & scope.

Harris: I have no opinion about her. My point: what exactly does she believe in or stand for? I just don't know.....

Sanders: The Crazy uncle who everyone tip-toes around at holiday dinners. ("Careful kids: Uncle Bernie is off his meds!")

Buttigieg: Thinks the planet will self-destruct in 12 years, yet travels by private jet more than any of the other Dem candidates.

Booker: He'd throw his grandmother under a bus to score points in a debate. Particularly against Biden.

Summary: wrote:

Biden: totally confused and/or Incoherent at times. Example: warned against another 8 years of Trump (apparently unaware of term limits).

Trump will have a bigger gaffe than that in a tweet within the next half hour. Count on it.

Here is my question... Whenever something goes wrong, Trump blames someone from the past.

But something good, he is front and center.

I wonder if he will blame Lincoln for people of color not liking him.

critic 100 wrote:

Here is my question... Whenever something goes wrong, Trump blames someone from the past.

But something good, he is front and center.

I wonder if he will blame Lincoln for people of color not liking him.

What does trump have to do with the dem debate?