US First Presidental Debate - Boomerdome 2020

WELCOME TO THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES!!!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/14/presidential-debates/

Time: Starts at 6:10-6:30pm to 7:40-8pm PST / 8:10-8:30pm to 9:40-10pm CST / 9:10-9:30pm-10:40-11pm EST

Where to watch:

Location: Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland

Moderator: Chris Wallace, anchor of “Fox News Sunday”


Competitors:

Former Vice President Joe Biden


President Donald Trump

Details: The debate will be 90 minutes long and have no commercial breaks. There will be no opening statements, and instead Wallace will dive right in with the first question to Trump. It will be divided into six 15-minute segments that Wallace has chosen. They are:
1) The Trump and Biden records;
2) The Supreme Court;
3) Covid-19;
4) the economy;
5) race and violence in cities;
6) the integrity of the election.

After the debates a poll will be posted on who you think won this first debate. Have lots of fun, keep the commentary fresh as I'm sure we've all heard many of the same lines for months and enjoy the beginning of the end of this presidential election cycle. Just as a reminder, on October 7th there will be a Vice Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
You can view Joe Biden's megathread here, and Donald Trump's megathread here

Previous Democratic debates-
First Democratic debate (two nights)
Second Democratic debate
Third Democratic debate
Fourth Democratic debate
Fifth Democratic debate
Sixth Democratic debate
Seventh Democratic debate
Eighth Democratic debate
Ninth Democratic debate
Tenth Democratic debate
Eleventh Democratic Debate

Democratic primary results-
Super Tuesday
Mini-super Tuesday

Have fun!

 

[TFT-A9]

Damn, it was hilarious when Trump pointed how Biden always wears a mask, even when it doesn't make any sense to do so
"He could be speaking 200 ft away from everyone, he shows up with biggest mask I've ever seen"

For Biden it's a literal fucking talisman, a symbol of compliance and "look-how-much-I-care". It has nothing to do with protecting anybody from germs, for him.

 

[Super Sad Smile]

I honestly don't care if Biden's kids do and/or did drugs. It's not like Trump's don't either. That doesn't matter. What matters is the candidates' policies, and shit. Not what their fucking kids do.

Trump did it to attack his character. Raising a shitty kid makes you look like a shitty person. It's more important than Trump's taxes at least.

 

[LaxerBRO]

This debate isn't going to convince anyone. Biden and Trump supporters are watching two different debates, clearly; each side sees their own guy winning.

I am tired.

Yup. I am voting for Trump not because I think he is a particular good President but to deny the Democrats power and the ensure control of SCOTUS when Thomas retires.

Something tells me Clarance, the RV man, Thomas does not want to die reading legal briefs.

 

[Kane Lives]

No. If they did, it would be international fucking news for one and it would be blatantly illegal. This is the same media that shits on Trump’s kids for indirectly benefitting from Trump’s presidency. Only God knows what would happen if they had an actual conflict of interest take place (which would be rightfully reported on truthfully.)

The lack of any tangible dirt of Drumpf only strengthened my belief that he's really as clean as you can get at such a high position.

The fact that RUSSIA RUSSIA and Pissgate are considered "scandals" are more indicative of their lack of dirt than any actual scandal imo. Meanwhile Joe Biden himself was already caught on camera saying he strongarmed Ukraine and that's just public footage.

 

[Astro Galactic Megalul]

For Biden it's a literal fucking talisman, a symbol of compliance and "look-how-much-I-care". It has nothing to do with protecting anybody from germs, for him.

Yeah, that's how I always understood it.

 

[he who has thus come/gone]

Damn, it was hilarious when Trump pointed how Biden always wears a mask, even when it doesn't make any sense to do so
"He could be speaking 200 ft away from everyone, he shows up with biggest mask I've ever seen"

And his wife looked retarded going on stage afterwards with one on. Everyone was tested beforehand. Why the fuck was she wearing a mask? It's all theatre.

 

[Thorvald Stauning]

I am still riding with Biden off a fucking cliff my god

 

[Kacho]

And Trump's kids aren't?

There's nothing to suggest they are. As Trump pointed out they were forced to give up massive amounts of their existing business to prevent conflicts of interest. They've lost far more than there is to gain. The Trumps sacrificed for the country, the Bidens sacrificed the country for themselves.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Tell me, since when did being the President of the United States ever mean that you are entitled to respect, ever? People have shat all over every president in history. Obama got shat on, Bush got shat on HARD, Clinton got shat on, Regan, Carter, Ford, all of them got guff, but suddenly Trump is someone who can never be insulted or called the forbidden c***n word?

The technicality you're trying to get on makes no sense. A good amount of those people held high positions of political power, are they not entitled to respect either? Only SPECIFICALLY the President is entitled to respect?

The only people who ever say "you need to respect the President of the United States" are partisans who would be singing a different tune if it were a President from the opposing party. Would you demand Obama or Bill Clinton be respected and clutch your pearls when they were insulted? No one has to respect shit, this is America, it's not illegal to not like the president or talk ill of them. I

I hated Hillary with a passion back in 2016 and even before, and despite her holding more power in the world than any of us on the forum do, I'm allowed to insult her as much as I want. Even if she won the presidency I'd still mock her stupid ass, and you would too. No president is entitled to respect or free of scrutiny.

I don't have to respect anyone, and that includes you. But when someone runs for the office of President of the United States one thing they must absolutely be able to do is control themselves and Biden can barely fucking function even when he's being streamed worldwide. It's nothing new, Biden went after people on the campaign trail and those are people he's suppose to win over to his side. Yeah Trump can be a bully but America is a bully, it's why we're the sole superpower on earth. Biden can't keep Trump from rattling him, how the fuck is he going to keep Putin, who is a ruthless politician but also highly educated, multilingual and was a highly respected KGB official in the DDR, or Xi, also a highly experienced and shrewd politician who has literal cadres of CCP functionaries keeping him appraised of everything that happens in the US, from bullying him (and the American people, by default)?

He's challenging Trump for the office of President. If he can't control himself during a debate where he has every advantage and resorts to name calling, that shows he's not fit to hold the office of President of the United States. This was also Obama's opinion and he very publicly told the DNC not to push Biden as the nominee. Hillary is a cunt but even she wasn't this bad, at least until she collapsed and got thrown into her SUV like a sack of potatoes by the SS.

I'm also not a mentally ill sperg ranting about the Clintons and Obongo in the streets and have no desire to do so. I also don't give a shit if you respect Trump or not but you seem to care a lot that I do.

 

[GuntPunt]

Reddits still berning with hatred.

Spoiler: ANGERY

 

[Dafuqisdis?]

It's interesting. The consensus from normies on youtube and elsewhere was that it was a total shitshow and shame on both these men.

So it took Trump one debate to drag Biden into the weeds and make him seem as "unpresidential" as Trump, whose been doing this thing for 4 years.

Trump always engages in these high risk high reward strategies, not through any sort of clever planning but because that's how he operates. He can only go right at a person. I kinda admire it. Don't know if it's going to win him the election but it's interesting.

 

[Basil II]

What's up with that hairline? is she going bald from all the chemical hair straighteners to make her look less black?

she needs no help with that

 

[TFT-A9]

Reddits still berning with hatred.

Spoiler: ANGERY

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"cope, seethe, dilate" perfectly encapsulated in one site

 

[Trust Me I Know]

Late I know, but it feels like Biden won the battle but lost the war. Trump couldn't get out of his own way sometimes and biffed the White Supremacists are bad, Mkay question, but Biden lied and contradicted himself so many times, Trump's campaign (assuming they're halfway competent) will have loads of footage of Biden talking out of both sides of his mouth. Also, Hispanics love Trump's demeanor. Telemundo had a poll showing Trump winning 2 to 1 I believe? That would basically give Trump Nevada, Arizona, and turn Texas back to solid red. New Mexico and Colorado could be closer than people think, as well.

Hit Biden with his lies and avoidance of any actual substantive policies, and courting Hispanics hard is the winning move, IMO.

Edit: Forgot the Latino vote in Florida too. Trump keeping Florida would be huge. Biden would have to sweep the Rust Belt, New Hampshire, Colorado and New Mexico (assuming Trump holds onto every other state he won in 2016, which is very likely).

 

[Vaclav]

That's sort of the interesting part, is that even though this debate got so messy, they didn't get Trump to budge away from his positions, but they basically forced Biden to denounce several things that are integral to Far-Left voters.

This. Trump was rude and pushy as usual, but he kept Biden on the back foot and forced him to step all over left-wing sacred cows. "Violence is never acceptable," "most cops are great," "I don't agree with defunding the police," "I don't support a green new deal." Probably the most humiliating moment was Biden claiming he supports police followed by Trump asking him to name a single law enforcement endorsement he's received. And he got Biden to cop to his son being a crackhead. Biden was constantly on the defensive, giving up ground. His view seems to be that by coming out swinging, Trump is giving up some form of moral high ground to him so he'd rather retreat

People will remember Trump talking over Biden less than the fact that Biden couldn't push back and needed Chris Wallace to bail him out. Will Biden call Wallace when he goes to meet with Xi Jinping? Strong horse, weak horse, you know the drill.

 

[Dafuqisdis?]

What's up with that hairline? is she going bald from all the chemical hair straighteners to make her look less black?

She's only half black from what I remember, her mother is Indian.

But to answer your question she wears some sort of wig like most brown chicks with kinky/tightly curled hair. Hair straightening just does not work very well and the hair gets frizzy again when it's touched by even the slightest moisture.

 

[TFT-A9]

This. Trump was rude and pushy as usual, but he kept Biden on the back foot and forced him to step all over left-wing sacred cows. "Violence is never acceptable," "most cops are great," "I don't agree with defunding the police," "I don't support a green new deal." Probably the most humiliating moment was Biden claiming he supports police followed by Trump asking him to name a single law enforcement endorsement he's received. And he got Biden to cop to his son being a crackhead. Biden was constantly on the defensive, giving up ground. His view seems to be that by coming out swinging, Trump is giving up some form of moral high ground to him so he'd rather retreat

People will remember Trump talking over Biden less than the fact that Biden couldn't push back and needed Chris Wallace to bail him out. Will Biden call Wallace when he goes to meet with Xi Jinping? Strong horse, weak horse, you know the drill.

Trump is ALREADY viewed as a boor, a bully and a jerk by most people and it either tickles them pink or they didn't like him anyway. Biden's now lost his "sweet ol' granddad" image at least in part, and not only does he not have that to fall back on now it's plainly clear he's bad at doing things Trump's way too.

 

[Sweet and Savoury]

I'm gonna go against the grain here and say the Hunter shot was a bit low.

Joe seemed genuinely distressed when he though Trump was referring to Beau.

Other then that it was pretty much what I expected. With Trump taking a slight win only because he acted just like you'd expect while Biden gave up some soundbites and generally came off as less able.

Over all, its a loss for America. A necessary loss as I want another GoP win but I wish some decorum would return to US politics. Such a deep divide cannot go on forever without repercussions.

 

[Vaclav]

From a normie perspective, they may just vote third party or not at all.

I just saw some posts on the debate from people I know with hardcore TDS, like they literally break into impromptu monologues about how much they hate Trump. Their comments were along the lines of "fuck Trump, Trump is an asshole, I hate him so much" but they quickly segued into "Biden sucks, he's so lame, I can't vote for this guy." And one of them finished off with "I'd rather vote for a houseplant than either of these fucking guys."

Biden is so feeble he can't motivate someone with chronic aggravated TDS to vote for him.

 

[JosephStalin]