I didn't watch the debate. But around midnight one of our better state senators sent around a fundraising email with the subject line: Sen. Jeff Jackson—Not a train wreck. Which suggests the debate had a certain resonance.
And reader, I donated.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Sep 30, 2020 1:59:08 am PDT #26889 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Laura - Sep 30, 2020 2:47:16 am PDT #26890 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
The debate was an absolute shit show. Biden was fine. Trump had no emotional control, and Chris Wallace had no idea how to moderate him.
Exactly. I just hope they don't have two more of these. I had very low expectations, but it was so much worse than I expected. No moderator should agree to this ever without a mute button for the clown's mic.
Fred Pete - Sep 30, 2020 3:11:10 am PDT #26891 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
I didn't watch the debate. I decided to be kind to my blood pressure. Also, it's an infusion week, and one potential risk of the infusions is a spike in blood pressure. I've read a couple of post-debate reviews, and I think I made the right decision.
I DID watch the revival of The Weakest Link, and I recommend. Especially to fans of Jane Lynch. Really, how can I resist a line like, "Whose Pinky and the Brain are the same size?"
-t - Sep 30, 2020 4:20:31 am PDT #26892 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think getting by seeing people's comments here and on FB + the occasional clip was plenty. I have a low tolerance for political debates at their best
Kate P. - Sep 30, 2020 5:30:18 am PDT #26893 of 30019
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh yeah, I have zero regrets about not watching.
Jesse - Sep 30, 2020 5:40:30 am PDT #26894 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I sort of regret watching, except the red-hot fury I felt at one point kind of snapped me out of my lethargy, so that was good I guess?
Gudanov - Sep 30, 2020 5:52:19 am PDT #26895 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
I feel good about my decision not to watch. It sounds like the debate was mostly Trump being an asshole which is something I feel like I already knew.
chrismg - Sep 30, 2020 5:58:07 am PDT #26896 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Yeah, the only thing I was really wondering was if Biden would let himself get run over, which didn't sound like it happened. But I have no need to subject myself to the other guy for 50 minutes to learn that.
meara - Sep 30, 2020 6:21:44 am PDT #26897 of 30019
I had to keep getting up and busting myself with the dog. (Who, after two hours outdoors, came inside afterward and promptly peed on the carpet. Thanks dog)
But I never thought I'd see the day CNN called a debate a "shitshow" on air.
Also interesting: apparently Joe Biden DID say "inshallah"! Secret Muslim conspiracies are a go.
Jessica - Sep 30, 2020 6:22:52 am PDT #26898 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My son had to watch the debate for Social Studies homework so we watched about the first half of it and then let him go to bed.
I thought Biden was terrible, honestly. I think he was going for quiet dignity but he just sounded old and tired to me. Trump as nothing to gain by good behavior - his voters *like* that their candidate is a bully.