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When Trump attacks Hunter, why not Biden just look into camera and say something like, He’s obsessed with lies about my family, I’m obsessed with telling the truth about your family
Yes, Joe is a kind man but fight fire with fire. Really there’s so much damning corrupt behavior by Trump’s kids and son in law. Oh, how I do wish Obama was in the front row in front of Trump’s heavily made up face.
Tony, I know it’d be tempting for Biden to go after Trump’s family but I’m against it, leave that to surrogates, keep the focus on voters and what they need for their families
I am so hopeful that Biden will be tonight the man he was in the town hall interview …. down to earth, decent, calm but serious, intelligent, and forthright about issues that are hard to deal with. Regarding his response when T goes after Hunter, I hope he says “I think the American people deserve better from us than attacks on the other’s children. Let’s talk about the issues facing this country and how each of us plans to go about dealing with them.”
TONIGHT’S FORMAT | The debate will run for 90 minutes without commercials and will be broken up into 15-minute segments on these topics: •Fighting COVID-19 •American Families •Race in America •Climate Change •National Security •Leadership
Trump is bringing a debate guest, a former Hunter business partner who says Joe got a kickback, a story mainstream media hasn’t confirmed and isn’t reporting. Look for Trump to point him out in the audience to force media to talk about it.
I also want him to say that T’s refusal to “sound the alarm” about COVID when he learned about it early on had nothing to do with T not wanting to cause a panic. It was pure and simple incompetence bc he’s not smart enough to know that he’s not the smartest person in the room – he doesn’t believe in listening to experts b/c he perceives himself, with no basis in fact to believe such, as being smarter than everyone else without even having to read, listen, or learn anything new. And the American people deserve a leader who is capable of tackling tough issues by listening to those who have studied the issues, who are experts in that field, who can provide guidance on a “best approach” to handling a problem, and who is then willing to put a plan into place without regard for whether it is a popular move or not.
It’s Biden’s basic calm decency that helps with whatever unless might still exist and gives comfort the GOP who are reluctantly leaving their party because of Trump’s disgusting behavior
I agree with Craig and MJ… Biden should ignore trump’s attacks on Hunter and talk issues. The polls said that voters were disgusted with trump’s attacks in the first debate. So yeah… let the idiot do it again.
47 million Americans have now already voted—more than a third of the total vote in 2016. Makes the impact of anything potentially game changing in this debate less impactful.
Notice how they ~found~ this business partner just in time for tonight’s debate. Propaganda. Very Rushun of the Republicans to use lies to deflect.
HMMM, hard to deflect from 200,000-plus dead Americans.
Oh Ciraig, I LOVE that about your Dad, and he LOOKS great!! My mother has always considered herself “conservative” and she was not a fan of the Obama/Biden administration, but she will be casting her vote for Biden/Harris and is horrified that 2 of her 4 children are T supporters. BY THE WAY my brother, who is not one of those two T supporters, is quoted in an WSJ article out tonight/tomorrow, by Stu Woo, on the woes not being able to obtain ZTE products and hardware support for rural telephone companies.
So many emotions. Laughter, among them. He’s immune. Maybe for 4 months, maybe forever, but he’s immune. 🤣🤣🤣
COVID came from China…where tRUMP has a secret bank account! Which is why he said Xi was being transparent early on.
I am of the opinion that one reason T was so slow to act is that he and his family members were trying to figure out how they could make money off of this …. looking into which pharmaceutical companies to invest in, what companies were making products that the government would be buying in large quantities.
I am sooooo glad he’s going to release his tax returns as soon as possible. I cannot wait for Biden to hit him with the 60 minutes interview in which he said that he wanted to kill Obamacare.
At some point I want Biden to say ….. Mr. President, you must think the American people are pretty stupid if you think they are goin to believe this crap you are spouting.
Is anyone else noticing that when Trump makes an insult against Biden, Biden is cut off from answering, but in the reverse – Trump seems to always get the time to respond?
Can’t wait to get to HEALTHCARE. SFB told “60 Minutes” he wants SCOTUS to take away your healthcare!
THE MODERATOR NEEDS TO TAKE BACK CONTROL!
Dammit, shut up, Donald!
My “great, private healthcare” was going up 22% this fall. My employer couldn’t do it and so I now have a plan that costs only 6% more for LESS coverage and higher copays/deductibles.
SINGLE PAYER!
Poobah, criminal justice reform is Biden’s Achilles’ heel. Joe needs to make it clear that he does not agree with the results of the criminal justice reform act. I think he did that. But it’s hard to tell in the orange fucking hurricane that follows every comment he makes.
Dump’s tell is “and many other things.” When he says it it means that he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about and he’s just making it up on the fly.
Why does tRUMP get to rebut the rebuttal? He’s controlling the clock. She was not up for the task of moderating this debate. tRUMP is a loose canon. Is she afraid she’ll loses access to the WH?
Biden won the first half hour, on the virus, which is the biggest audience. Good thing the criminal justice and energy stuff came later, he didn’t fare so well on those topics
SFB is definite teeing up COVID to be the scapegoat for losing. Hey, if it allows him to save orange-face and go away…
Greenpeace is all over tRUMP’s lies about climate, already.
Biden would’ve looked better if the moderator had control of things.
tRUMP was and interrupting asshat, again. I hope he pissed off his base with his “least racist” garbage. He didn’t win over any black voters with his BLM lie. And yes, he did say he couldn’t tell if there were any black folks in the audience because it was dark, for crying out loud.
What folks care more about right now is COVID, healthcare, and, jobs/wages. tRUMP saying it should be up to the states AND fed minim wage should be $15…he doesn’t even bother keeping his lies straight.
Joe talking to the camera is always a winner.
When Trump attacks Hunter, why not Biden just look into camera and say something like, He’s obsessed with lies about my family, I’m obsessed with telling the truth about your family
Yes, Joe is a kind man but fight fire with fire. Really there’s so much damning corrupt behavior by Trump’s kids and son in law. Oh, how I do wish Obama was in the front row in front of Trump’s heavily made up face.
Tony, I know it’d be tempting for Biden to go after Trump’s family but I’m against it, leave that to surrogates, keep the focus on voters and what they need for their families
Or Biden could look into the camera and say, Ivanka, Junior, & Eric!
Statement
I am so hopeful that Biden will be tonight the man he was in the town hall interview …. down to earth, decent, calm but serious, intelligent, and forthright about issues that are hard to deal with. Regarding his response when T goes after Hunter, I hope he says “I think the American people deserve better from us than attacks on the other’s children. Let’s talk about the issues facing this country and how each of us plans to go about dealing with them.”
TONIGHT’S FORMAT | The debate will run for 90 minutes without commercials and will be broken up into 15-minute segments on these topics: •Fighting COVID-19 •American Families •Race in America •Climate Change •National Security •Leadership
Trump is bringing a debate guest, a former Hunter business partner who says Joe got a kickback, a story mainstream media hasn’t confirmed and isn’t reporting. Look for Trump to point him out in the audience to force media to talk about it.
I also want him to say that T’s refusal to “sound the alarm” about COVID when he learned about it early on had nothing to do with T not wanting to cause a panic. It was pure and simple incompetence bc he’s not smart enough to know that he’s not the smartest person in the room – he doesn’t believe in listening to experts b/c he perceives himself, with no basis in fact to believe such, as being smarter than everyone else without even having to read, listen, or learn anything new. And the American people deserve a leader who is capable of tackling tough issues by listening to those who have studied the issues, who are experts in that field, who can provide guidance on a “best approach” to handling a problem, and who is then willing to put a plan into place without regard for whether it is a popular move or not.
It’s Biden’s basic calm decency that helps with whatever unless might still exist and gives comfort the GOP who are reluctantly leaving their party because of Trump’s disgusting behavior
I agree with Craig and MJ… Biden should ignore trump’s attacks on Hunter and talk issues. The polls said that voters were disgusted with trump’s attacks in the first debate. So yeah… let the idiot do it again.
47 million Americans have now already voted—more than a third of the total vote in 2016. Makes the impact of anything potentially game changing in this debate less impactful.
Hi MJ, always nice to see you for the big events
Craig happy to be back ….. had lots going on lately. Visited with my mother for a bit, she’ll be 93 in Dec. How is Bill?
See the last post MJ, he’s looking good
https://trailmix.cc/home/2020/10/22/my-favorite-senior/
Of Biden can take Florida, Trump can start packing. I only hope someone will be be watching the silver.
Looks like Trump family keeping their masks on this time
Hunter is not a debate topic. I, too, hope Joe doesn’t take the bait.
Surrogates can do the dirty work.
Joe, Joe, Joe!
They were told to stay masked or they would be asked to leave.
Notice how they ~found~ this business partner just in time for tonight’s debate. Propaganda. Very Rushun of the Republicans to use lies to deflect.
HMMM, hard to deflect from 200,000-plus dead Americans.
Bloomberg is spending big bucks in Florida. Lots of folks with visible, high profiles like JLo and Lin Manuel Miranda, too.
Oh no……audience participation
Joe walks in wearing mask, takes it off. None for Don
Oh Ciraig, I LOVE that about your Dad, and he LOOKS great!! My mother has always considered herself “conservative” and she was not a fan of the Obama/Biden administration, but she will be casting her vote for Biden/Harris and is horrified that 2 of her 4 children are T supporters. BY THE WAY my brother, who is not one of those two T supporters, is quoted in an WSJ article out tonight/tomorrow, by Stu Woo, on the woes not being able to obtain ZTE products and hardware support for rural telephone companies.
Some people would say it’s a cure ….. those people are dumb asses
I thought the question was, how will you lead the country. T’s response? “It’s going away” WTF???
I hate Trump’s voice so much I will follow the debate here and other places…
Vaccine is ready … no within a few weeks, I mean by the end of the year …. but no guarantee …..
He’s run out of lies
Jabba the trump
So many emotions. Laughter, among them. He’s immune. Maybe for 4 months, maybe forever, but he’s immune. 🤣🤣🤣
COVID came from China…where tRUMP has a secret bank account! Which is why he said Xi was being transparent early on.
Gold Star families HATE tRUMP!
Now, it’s not going to be over soon. We are learning to live with it.
Joe going to camera — always at his best with that
No he doesn’t want to go to a beautiful room in the WH… he wants to go to the golf course!
Syringes full of bleach?
Dancing in the streets!😂😂😂
What a fucking idiot. (Is that offensive?)
tRUMPsky already tried to bring up Hunter (got money from somewhere)…. god, tRUMP is a worthless ass.
i liked trump’s face when Biden pre-empted him on “kidding” about bleach
I am of the opinion that one reason T was so slow to act is that he and his family members were trying to figure out how they could make money off of this …. looking into which pharmaceutical companies to invest in, what companies were making products that the government would be buying in large quantities.
lmao “forget about him the Dem governors…”
Teachers in classrooms are dying. The kids come home, give it to their parents. Their parents die. Orphans. tRUMP will make kids orphans.
Time for Joe to go after him on herd immunity. that’s what Trump is advocating here
“ one reason T was so slow to act” -MJ
…they’re not that smart
I’m crushing your head. I’m crushing your head. (Kids In The Hall)
They would have money if REPUBLICANS WOULD ISSUE MORE STIMULUS!
I wish Biden would say something about let’s look at what the countries where they have had low rates of transmission did and learn from them.
You can see that idiotic hollow in the yellow froth on D’ump’s head.
Trump so far is taking his team’s advice not to interrupt, no way he can keep it up for 90 minutes
🤣🤣🤣He gets along ~very well~ with Dr. Fauci!
I am LOVING Biden’s looks/faces!!
trumpity talks out of both sides of his stupid mouth in the SAME sentence!
BOOM BOOM BOOM — Joe ended this topic with a bang. “Americans don’t panic, he panicked”
What did they drug tRUMP with before the debate and did they time out how long the meds would last?
He lasted 45 minutes for “Sixty Minutes.”
AHA THANK YOU BIDEN MENTIONING THAT T WAS MORE INTERESTED IN INFORMING Wall Street
Biden driving, trump along for the ride
Getting ahead of the Giuliani business
What we’re seeing here is three days of debate prep pays off
T never got any money from Russia … you heard it here folks!!
Now would be a good time to ask Trump who he owes 400m to
Here we go
What WAS the question?
What does he mean by Biden sold pillows and sheets?
Nice response Joe.
Maybe trump thinks Biden is the My Pillow guy.
What are you hiding?
Technically, tRUMP’s Russian money is laundered and arrives through Duetsche Bank, or something, right?
The moderator needs to get control. tRUMP has redirected with HUGE LIES.
MJ maybe he’s confusing Mike “ my pillow” with Biden.
Trump is starting to ramble incoherently…
I am sooooo glad he’s going to release his tax returns as soon as possible. I cannot wait for Biden to hit him with the 60 minutes interview in which he said that he wanted to kill Obamacare.
Ha, Joe turned the tables on Trump with the tax returns “What are you hiding?”
lol Biden’s expressions
At some point I want Biden to say ….. Mr. President, you must think the American people are pretty stupid if you think they are goin to believe this crap you are spouting.
waaaahhhhhhh😭 🍼
trumpity whines and whines….here’s some cheese.
Was there a little bit of a “twelve angry men” statement there by T?
Joe needs to tie it Ivankers licenses to trumps meetings.
Yeah… in very soon the voters are gonna give trump a big piece of stinkin blue cheese!
Now employing orange-out (mute) button
Time to mention IVANKA!!!
I’ll wait for Seth Meyers to do a recap of tonight’s SFB word salad.
Is anyone else noticing that when Trump makes an insult against Biden, Biden is cut off from answering, but in the reverse – Trump seems to always get the time to respond?
Yep, Ivanker and her Chinese shoes. Hell, if SFB is wearing a tRUMP-brand tie, it was made there, too.
the squeaky baby gets the grease
Bingo! Joe to camera: “It’s not about his family or my family. It’s about your family”
Dumbass needs to wipe the Kim cum off his chin.
The T hand movement is killing me!
OMG… it’s melting!
Seemed to me moderator has let Biden respond whenever he asks to
Now Rick and I are now laughing our asses off!
Can’t wait to get to HEALTHCARE. SFB told “60 Minutes” he wants SCOTUS to take away your healthcare!
THE MODERATOR NEEDS TO TAKE BACK CONTROL!
Dammit, shut up, Donald!
No she cut joe at least twice I saw
Trump starting break away from the leash
Dumbass’ game plan is to get the last word on every issue. Kristen needs to stop his ass.
You had 4 years and did NOTHING!
You are in court asking the Supreme Court to terminate and invalidate Obamacare’s pre-existing conditions provisions.
Healthcare- repubes have had 12 years to come up with something/anything!
My “great, private healthcare” was going up 22% this fall. My employer couldn’t do it and so I now have a plan that costs only 6% more for LESS coverage and higher copays/deductibles.
SINGLE PAYER!
Trump is half a “stable genius”. He’s a horse’s ass.
Joe… boom!
She needs to use the mute button on the constant responses.
She needs to be calling bullshit on some of the answers they’re giving (mostly Trump)
Joe getting tough!!
Go, Joe… GO!
Thank you Joe for bringing up education. I’m a teacher – and these bastards have put nothing into the system and demanded more
The coach needs to give her a talking to at half-time… tell tRUMP to shut the eff up!
Biden killed him on separated kids in cages — that’s how GOP started losing suburban women in 2018 midterms
tRUMP just comes off like the lying a-hole that he is. He would’ve benefited from a muted mic. Let the bastard hang himself with his own words.
We’re back to they’re all murders and rapists???
Oooh. Will SFB denounce racists tonight?
Trump: “Only the lowest IQ” immigrants come back to court. HUH????
MJ, he replays things his asshole redneck racist supporters bought into the last time.
“Good.”
🤣🤣🤣OMG! Abe Lincoln and then tRUMP. The next Lincoln Project ad just wrote itself.
Now, denounce white supremacists.
Was waiting for it …. and there it is “nobody has done more for the blacks than this president”. O.M.G. … how dumb does he think people are??
Trump called people reporting in for hearings stupid
WHY don’t people talk about all this great trumpity stuff????
Sorry, Joe didn’t say super predators. He’s forgetting who he’s running against this time.
YAYYYYY to Biden to there should be no minimum mandatory sentences.
Trump if is on a tweet storm of lies while daddy is doing debate lies.
I’m calling BS in his BLM comment.
Trump “I’m the least racist person in this room” still means he’s racist
Abraham Lincoln is rolling over in his grave.
tRUMP’s racist followers might not like his lies about being the “least racist” person who’s done more for blacks than anyone ever.
trump says too much dumb shit too quickly to live blog
It’s fun to see many familiar names tonight
I am finding Dr. Pimple Popper to me more relaxing viewing tonight. I hope you’re all doing well
trupity continues to PROJECT onto Biden all that is his own stuff! “all talk & no action”
Trump is making this about Biden claiming to help at Blacks.
Trump drew a little blood on that criminal justice stuff, dammit
Bear, LOL great comment.
“I love the environment.”
That’s not love, it’s rape.
it’s a joy to see so many old pals return.
I fear Joe is running out of steam
Poobah, criminal justice reform is Biden’s Achilles’ heel. Joe needs to make it clear that he does not agree with the results of the criminal justice reform act. I think he did that. But it’s hard to tell in the orange fucking hurricane that follows every comment he makes.
Biden talks PLANS! Hooray!
Hi Bear. Good to hear from you. Hope all is well.
Goldman Sachs said the economy will recover faster under Biden.
I am SO tired of hearing trumpity’s voice and his LIES! So tired.
What does “She’s got a good line of stuff” he said about AOC mean?
Dump’s tell is “and many other things.” When he says it it means that he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about and he’s just making it up on the fly.
trumpty on WIND! He knows wind!
Hi Bear!
Fracking is a very expensive oil.
lol g1 X
Why does tRUMP get to rebut the rebuttal? He’s controlling the clock. She was not up for the task of moderating this debate. tRUMP is a loose canon. Is she afraid she’ll loses access to the WH?
trump actually said he “knows more about wind.”
Trump’s sole goal in this debate is put in the last word on every goddamn topic.
tRUMP’s plague! We are in the highway to hell.
NOPE! Goldman Sachs said the economy will recover faster under Biden. PERIOD!
The debate won’t matter to anyone who has picked a side. What might matter is “60 Minutes” and HEALTHCARE!
There aren’t piles of dead birds under windmills and Europe has figured out how to prevent the ones there are by painting one arm black.
Someone who gives a shit please follow dumb ass’ tweets tomorrow (or tonight).
Nice to see a husband and wife who actually love each other. Joe & Jill!
Jake Tapper: “He did lie like pinochio.”
Oh yeah…. Pogo you do get the bragging rights.
Biden won the first half hour, on the virus, which is the biggest audience. Good thing the criminal justice and energy stuff came later, he didn’t fare so well on those topics
I hate to be dense RR, but what bragging rights do I have?
trump was objectively a buffoon, Craig
Bink, very concise analysis.
ty esteemed Sir
Pogo…. that the debate took place. I didn’t think trump would do it.
However, I am not happy that trump was less of a buffoon than he usually is.
I think the main takeaway is Joe got a draw at worst, so he’s still the leader. This was a radio talk show host vs. a President
Twitter is gonna shred trump, tomorrow. Once again, he said so much dumb shit your brain might not have processed it all, yet. A fatal performance.
Oh, Renee. Small item of bragging rights.
Could someone please explain to me why in the fuck CNN has Rick Santorum on as a commentator?
he said he couldn’t tell if he was the least racist person in the room because it was dark for Christ’s sake
windmills kill birds
windmills emit tremendous fumes
”Good.” responding to 525 kids that can’t find their parents
Biden was a class act, the stutter humanized him
ok, enjoy the implosion✌️❤️🇺🇸
Well, the good news is that was the last time we’ll ever have to watch Donald Trump in a presidential debate
SFB is definite teeing up COVID to be the scapegoat for losing. Hey, if it allows him to save orange-face and go away…
Greenpeace is all over tRUMP’s lies about climate, already.
Biden would’ve looked better if the moderator had control of things.
tRUMP was and interrupting asshat, again. I hope he pissed off his base with his “least racist” garbage. He didn’t win over any black voters with his BLM lie. And yes, he did say he couldn’t tell if there were any black folks in the audience because it was dark, for crying out loud.
What folks care more about right now is COVID, healthcare, and, jobs/wages. tRUMP saying it should be up to the states AND fed minim wage should be $15…he doesn’t even bother keeping his lies straight.
Joe talking to the camera is always a winner.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/politics/mitch-mcconnell-bruised-hands/index.html
What happened to Yertle? It’s not just the bruised hands, but look at his mouth an lips.
Watching Trump tonight I can imagine most viewers thinking “I just can’t live like this anymore”
Elaine Chao forgot Mich’s safe word.
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