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The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate

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  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    this is worse moderation than Chris Wallace

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Krathoon wrote: »
    Oh. Obama had a pandemic team. I didn't know about that.

    I did as it was a point the troll brought up when he dismantled it pre pandemic

  • No-QuarterNo-Quarter Nothing To Fear But Fear ItselfRegistered User regular
    Also apparently Pence's eye is really fucked up.

  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    Pence is a slimy nightmare hiding in a nice suit, and Kamala is treating him like a child, which is great. But then she's like "we're not gonna ban fracking!" and I'm like...but maybe you could though?

    Banning fracking is an excellent goal. I fucking hate fracking. But if we banned fracking in January it'd be a disaster. We need all that infrastructure and renewable energy investment first. Then we can ban fracking. What I want to hear is, "I want to ban fossil fuels? Yeah, I do! But only when it won't cost a single job or raise a single energy bill because we've invested in new energy sources and we don't need fossil fuels anymore."

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  • RozRoz Boss of InternetRegistered User regular
    Yo this segment from Pence about American soldiers being killed and tortured is really gross and off putting.

  • sanstodosanstodo Registered User regular
    Biggest takeaway I’m hearing from non-politically engaged friends is that Pence’s eye is weird and makes him look like a weird broken doll.

    Now they’re all googling about covid eye. So while we worry about policy, remember what low engagement voters care about :)

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited October 2020
    ED! wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    ED! wrote: »
    So no opinion on CHINA then.

    That topic is way, way too broad and regularly changing for the format. I don't blame either for talking around it.

    I'm not sure how broad a question it is to ask a candidate their general opinions regarding another foreign power and how such can impact the American voter. It isn't like CHINA is Some Country I Can't Name. It's CHINA.

    it's like asking what is your opinion on food

    china isn't a single soundbyte topic of debate, and if you view it as such, your views on china and international relations relating to china are probably not terribly informed

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  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    Good one Kamala, talk about Trump's disdain for troops.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    ED! wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    ED! wrote: »
    So no opinion on CHINA then.

    That topic is way, way too broad and regularly changing for the format. I don't blame either for talking around it.

    I'm not sure how broad a question it is to ask a candidate their general opinions regarding another foreign power and how such can impact the American voter. It isn't like CHINA is Some Country I Can't Name. It's CHINA.

    Then I'd contend you don't have a particularly strong grasp of the importance surrounding what someone in their position says when our relationship with China fills a few book shelves.

  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    Thank you Vice President Pence Thank you Vice President Pence Thank you Vice President Pence Thank you Vice President Pence Thank you Vice President Pence Thank you Vice President Pence

  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    I have an alternate theory about why Pence just keeps talking past his time allotments: Pence has never been thanked so much in his entire life, so he's trying to force the debate moderator to keep saying it to him because he never knew what that could feel like before today.

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    FoolOnTheHill wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Fracking is one of the few new sources of income which has come to rural America the past few decades - companies roll in, pay for the use of your land, pump income into the local community via temporary construction jobs, etc.

    I'm not sure if you're arguing for fracking or just pointing out why it's popular, but what happens when those fracking sites are no longer profitable? This is just the next evolution of coal towns. As someone from PA, I don't exactly see fracking as a long term solution but as another way to loot poor areas, then cut and run and leave locals to pick up the pieces.

    I'm not arguing for it, I'm just noting party of why it's popular among conservatives. Even if it's not long term, it's something, which is more than what they normally get.

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    She is making a power move about the military now.

  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    Pence Bot is unhappy.
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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    "I really have to respond to that"

    No Pence, you fucking don't.

  • HeirHeir Ausitn, TXRegistered User regular
    Ugh...this moderator is terrible. Just keep talking over him.

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    The moderator has balls.

  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    Moderator: Shut the fuck up Mike Pence.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Thank you, Moderator.

    More balls than Wallace.

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  • jmcdonaldjmcdonald I voted, did you? DC(ish)Registered User regular
    ED! wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Krathoon wrote: »
    Oh. Obama had a pandemic team. I didn't know about that.

    The Trump Administration disbanded it.

    Depends on who you ask.

    Did you bother to read the result?

    Partly false: The Trump administration disbanded the “pandemic response” team, but some of the team members were reassigned to roles that included pandemic response

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Oh hey, moderator is actually laying down the law.

  • GoumindongGoumindong Registered User regular
    Krathoon wrote: »
    The moderator has balls.

    Not really. She has let him walk over her the entire night until that point.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    Holy shit. Pence can't help but act like a condescending sexist dickbag when a woman who is on his fucking side begs him to shut up.

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    Aridhol wrote: »
    I feel like some folks are watching a different debate.
    I think pence is doing shitty and just repeating old right wing talking points and I dunno who that's for.
    He hasn't given 2 shits about the american people in any answer.

    What he’s saying is lies but he delivers it very polished

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  • OneAngryPossumOneAngryPossum Registered User regular
    Mike Pence giving his permission for the moderator to move on, because he’s incapable of being anything less disgusting.

  • ED!ED! Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    ED! wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    ED! wrote: »
    So no opinion on CHINA then.

    That topic is way, way too broad and regularly changing for the format. I don't blame either for talking around it.

    I'm not sure how broad a question it is to ask a candidate their general opinions regarding another foreign power and how such can impact the American voter. It isn't like CHINA is Some Country I Can't Name. It's CHINA.

    Then I'd contend you don't have a particularly strong grasp of the importance surrounding what someone in their position says when our relationship with China fills a few book shelves.

    PENCE was able to make a chance at the question. If the question is so broad say that instead of meandering as HARRIS did.

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  • AlexandierAlexandier Registered User regular
    She shut him up without dangling candy in front of him like Wallace, 100% improvement

  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Fuck you, Pence.

    FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK YOU

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    jmcdonald wrote: »
    ED! wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Krathoon wrote: »
    Oh. Obama had a pandemic team. I didn't know about that.

    The Trump Administration disbanded it.

    Depends on who you ask.

    Did you bother to read the result?

    Partly false: The Trump administration disbanded the “pandemic response” team, but some of the team members were reassigned to roles that included pandemic response

    politifact pants on fire rating

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    Holy fuck, cut his mic.

  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    Drez wrote: »
    I have an alternate theory about why Pence just keeps talking past his time allotments: Pence has never been thanked so much in his entire life, so he's trying to force the debate moderator to keep saying it to him because he never knew what that could feel like before today.

    A woman? Thanking me?! I have a tingle in my secret regions!

    For real, though, I'm pretty sure Trump laid down the law with him that he'd be very displeased if Pence let those women talk. You gotta be tough! You gotta keep talking! A B C! Always Be Talking!

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Hahahahaha “Kamala Harris is more liberal than Bernie Sanders”

    Okay champ

    Heard that one going around for a couple days now and its the dumbest fucking thing

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Pence: "Thank you for your question. I'm ignoring it and talking about other shit."

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    "If Roe v Wade were overturned, what would you want Indiana to do?"

    Pence: "Thank you for the question. I will now ignore it and go back to the last one."

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    Pence: "Thank you for the question, I'm going to answer the previous one." every. single. time.

  • OneAngryPossumOneAngryPossum Registered User regular
    His other eye is looking red now.

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