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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Trump: 'I'm the least racist person in the room'
Biden: 'He's the most racist president in the room.' and 'He has a dogwhistle the size of a foghorn'
Trump is absolutely furious. He's trying the crime bill.
Biden is allowed to respond to the crime bill: The crime bill was passed in the 80s by 100% of senators. It was a mistake. He's spent his time since then trying to fix that mistake, and launches into his drug treatment plan.
Trump: claiming he got nothing done during Obama's eight years. He's all talk and no action.
Biden starts listing all the actions they did to start the process.
Trump insists on repeating his question 'why didn't you get it done...'
Biden: We had a Republican congress. That's it. We had a Republican congress.
Edited by Wyldchyld on Oct 22nd 2020 at 3:23:00 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.You know, I somehow have even less respect for Trump after seeing this debate. He managed to look like a total D-bag for most of it, and then his 'good' comment. I'm actually glad he made that comment, because it shows something very important: He isn't just a raving, selfish bafoonish clown...he is bone-chillingly evil.
Leviticus 19:34Trump doesn't understand how the environmental policies can be good politically.
Yeah, the tiny windows thing was weird.
Edited by Wyldchyld on Oct 22nd 2020 at 3:29:05 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.Your windows? I hope he's referring to the glass variety, mine suck. I can literally hear a conversation between construction workers well across the street.
Leviticus 19:34No joke, I'm not watching the Debate because I really can't stand Trump at all, but reading that, I just laughed hard for a solid minute. I'm almost certain I'd be laughing for longer if I did watch that.
Edited by DingoWalley1 on Oct 22nd 2020 at 10:29:56 AM
Yeah, Trump has previously claimed that wind power causes cancer.
Biden is now willing to interrupt Trump, as mics clearly aren’t being cut.
Edited by Silasw on Oct 22nd 2020 at 2:31:01 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranMy mom (otherwise a centrist/center-left), thinks that Trump is doing competently tonight, and that he's proving to his base and undecided voters that "he's not a radical".
I can't tell if she's being contrary, or if she's had too much to drink tonight. Because I don't see know Trump is doing anything other than bad in the eyes of anyone other than his base.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Just a quick point - the "coyotes are bringing in illegals" comment is an actual term for someone smuggling people in from Central and South America
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Wind is expensive, kills all the birds, very intermittent. The fumes that comes up when these windmills is worse than natural gas. Natural gas is very clean!
Biden confirms he won't stop fracking because a transition is needed from current energy to clean energy. So, it would still need to exist until the transition is completed.
Trump keeps accusing Biden of claiming he wanted to ban fracking. Biden's challenged him to prove it by putting out a video. Trump's accepted the challenge. Biden points out he said he was against fracking on federal land.
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.Trump thinks he's won because Biden admitted that he will transition from oil to clean technology. "Ooh! Oooh! Oooh!" he keeps saying to the camera, which is really creepy and makes him sound like a cooing pigeon. But Trump has asked Texas to remember that Biden's coming for their oil.
Edited by Wyldchyld on Oct 22nd 2020 at 3:36:07 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.And it’s over, Biden put his mask up strait away, while Trump hasn’t bothered to put a mask on.
Looking at post-debate spin, Trump seems to have been perceived as more focused and on-topic, bit Biden also seems to have had a much better debate than his other debates.
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There are a lot of green jobs appearing in Texas, people in oil who want to still have a job in 30 years may like the idea of transition support.
Edited by Silasw on Oct 22nd 2020 at 2:40:29 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

Trump keeps talking as if Biden had actual power himself as Vice President.
And he keeps saying "politician" as if he isn't one.