Official USMB Debate 2020 -- "Round One" Thread..

[conserveguy877]

Phhhhhheewww....oh boy....

First off, hats off to Wallace. That could not have been an easy job. For those of you who say Wallace is a disgrace...you are entitled to your opinion...but I just dont see it.

I imagine wallace, after he leaves tonight is going to have himself a stiff drink.....or 18....

I did not see where wallace was favoring trump at all. He spent most of the debate trying to shut trump down. Again, that chair was a tough place to be tonight.

Say what you will, but biden did it. He held out for the entire debate and didn't cave. Sure, he had a few moments where he got a bit tongue tied, but at the end of it all, he didn't turn into the nonsensical babbling person people thought he would. For the most part, he stayed on point. Its because of this that I think trumps antics actually helped biden.

Biden, by withstanding trumps onslaught, showed people he has more resolve. I think this is going to play well for biden, not so much for trump.

Trump had a good opportunity here to prove all of his critics wrong. He should have stood up there, and respected biden. He should have respected Wallace, and the rules of the debate. They both should have spoken when it was their turn and respected the other person when it wasn't.

Trump had an opportunity to look presidential, but he didn't do it. He had to be the aggressor and the bully. He had to dominate and try to shut biden down. He could have been the bigger man, and people would have gained respect for him, because he would have shown the country that he could stand there and carry on a debate, calmly, and with reservation.

Again, I think this is not going to play well for trump. Let's hope someone talks to him and gives him some constructive criticism before their next debate.

I think most people have already made up their minds, so, in the long run, this will probably not really hurt trump.

200 million?

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Trump is like a battle bot. He is a fighter for sure.

Yeah, he is not a sly politician. He is blunt and effective.

The NBC coverage is hilariously biased in their comments right now. So corrupt.

trump lost. There are rules in debate and when you break them you lose points. trump lost every round.

In a boxing fight he would have been docked points on many rounds...

The losers are the American people. Terrible moderation.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Trump is right, the election is already rigged.

It is, but it still might be enough of a dominating win for Trump.

I hope so, because otherwise, get ready for war.

Trump lost badly...

He looked like he had no plan... Biden was talking policies, trump ended up insulting Biden's dead son...

When did Trump insult Biden’s dead son? What were you watching? Trump was talking about HUNTER, NOT BEAU.

Biden was talking about Beau at the time... Trump was just overreaching...

The debate was awful... Wallace was not at fault...

Trump was filled with false statements...

That was when Biden was lying about Trump calling soldiers losers.

Meanwhile, we have on video Biden calling them stupid bastards.

 

[lennypartiv]

Can you imagine people in other countries watching that horror show?

And why would we care what people from shit hole countries think?

 

[night_son]

Is a total train wreck. LOL

Simmering on the precipice of civil war. Frankly, I was hoping Trump would stick a pen in one of Biden's corpse eyes; game, set, match.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Nobody was a lion in this debate

Trump was a lion

A lion? Only if the lion is rabid, and lashing out insanely like a maniac. Trump was completely incapable of controlling himself. His face was red and sweaty, and he looked like he was ready to pop a vein.

If Donald Trump thought his help his re-election chances, as usual, he was utterly and completely wrong.

Best of all was Trump's refusal to condemn the Proud Bois. When asked to tell them to "stand down and stay home", Trump told the white supremacists to "stand back and stand by".

Angry, defensive, bullying, lying, showering hate on Democrats. Threatening the Constitution and the Republic.

You old Canuck hag, stop interfering in our elections.

 

[Redcurtain]

According to live polls, negative ratings for both candidates were roughly the same.

i.e. no one "won" the debate.

But that's bad for Trump because he's losing in swing states

Agree

Most voters have their minds made up. Nobody will change their view.

But damn.....this thing was scary

It was an abject embarrassment...

I don't care who you are voting for, neither candidate has any reason to be proud of what transpired and Wallace should be banned from moderating anything ever again. Not even a middle school debate.

Can you imagine people in other countries watching that horror show?

Bad moderator

 

[eddiew37]

Left wing media replays the white supremacist clip. You can tell you they want to win.

STAND BY MF

 

[Redcurtain]

His lack of courage in answering the packing of the Supreme Court is interesting. We ll see if this hurts Biden.

Biden punted

Yes. Unfortunate. Shows cowardice.

Trump didn’t punt on condemning White Supremacy
He just can’t do it. Looked like he was going to at first, then backed away

Where is it give us some names of these people

Will you shut up and let adults speak? Jeezuz

Jews are not human we step on you

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Does Joe Biden support the Green New Deal, like he stated, or is the Green New Deal not the Biden Plan, which he also stated moments earlier?

I believe for all intents and purposes, you believe it will.

 

[meaner gene]

Another question:
Does Biden support ending the filibuster and expanding the SCOTUS or is he against those things?

It's not his call.

I didn't ask if it was his call, I asked whether he supported doing so or not.

It's not his call.

If I asked you if you supported teaching english in french schools what would be your position?

 

[Orangecat]

Hunter Biden isn't running for president.

I didn't say Hunter was running for president.
I asked these two questions that you dodged:
Did Hunter get dishonorably discharged for cocaine use or not?
Did he get gravy jobs and huge investment money from China and Russia or not?

 

[BluesLegend]

Biden was doing little more than spewing LIES and Trump drove a bus over him for 90 minutes.

 

[eddiew37]

Yes, I can see this was not a good night for the Trump Cultists. Trump spent more time arguing with Wallace than he did with Biden... He wasn't anywhere near presidential.

Mr. Wallace is a Biden partisan, the President is just recognizing the obvious.

STAND BY MF

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

The thing was, Biden acted like a gentleman who was concerned about the American People.
Trump acted like a petulant child, who spent more time arguing with the moderator than espousing his positions.
And Wallace was probably the most friendly moderator he was going to get.

Trump is the one who cares about real Americans, Biden only cares about the people who came here from shit hole countries.

Biden didn't act like a gentleman lol. Watch the first 10 or 15 minutes and count all the personal insults he slung.

Then count all the times he called trump "man"
That is the dead giveaway that he's losing it. Unfortunately between Trumps insistence on having the last word and Wallace rescuing him by changing the subject the meltdown never materialized

 

[Redcurtain]

I really thought Trump would demolish Biden. I’m glad he did not. The moderator was obviously tough on Trump, but Trump did interrupt constantly. Not a great win for Biden. But a bad night for Trump.

Good observation but I think what we will remember is Joe Biden refusing to answer questions and getting bailed out by Chris Wallace

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

His lack of courage in answering the packing of the Supreme Court is interesting. We ll see if this hurts Biden.

Biden punted

Yes. Unfortunate. Shows cowardice.

Trump didn’t punt on condemning White Supremacy
He just can’t do it. Looked like he was going to at first, then backed away

Where is it give us some names of these people

Will you shut up and let adults speak? Jeezuz

Jews are not human we step on you

Inbreeding has you punch drunk. Stand down.

 

[initforme]

Not bad moderator, bad debaters. Can't follow simple rules.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Joe called Trump a clown twice and called him a racist and Wallace told Trump to observe etiquette. Huh?

Yeah, I wondered why that slipped by. Wallace clearly chose sides

 

[eddiew37]

The thing was, Biden acted like a gentleman who was concerned about the American People.
Trump acted like a petulant child, who spent more time arguing with the moderator than espousing his positions.
And Wallace was probably the most friendly moderator he was going to get.

Trump is the one who cares about real Americans, Biden only cares about the people who came here from shit hole countries.

Biden didn't act like a gentleman lol. Watch the first 10 or 15 minutes and count all the personal insults he slung.

Then count all the times he called trump "man"
That is the dead giveaway that he's losing it. Unfortunately between Trumps insistence on having the last word and Wallace rescuing him by changing the subject the meltdown never materialized

STAND BY QANON