Il Douché and His Discontents: The 2016 Primary Voting Thread, Part 4

i love bernie's tie tonight

oh shit, this is actually heating up

Any way to watch this in Canada?

Or even stream audio?

Signs of life, both sides...Preview of how a crowd reacts when a male snaps at Clinton to stop talking--not positively. That's something that could really blow up in Trump's face.

rofl

if we're going to argue the merits of candidates based on the recorded history of their actions,

yeah i just saw a few dozen tweets go by immediately with women like.. just wow, how many times has a man talked over me like that, etc. i'm certainly familiar with it.

trump looked terrible in debate vs fiorina and megyn kelly embarrassed him pretty bad

amazing that we actually hear candidates talking about policy rn and not just who's a loser and a liar and their poll numbers and whatever

alright bernie your 15 seconds is up. Senator CLinton *DING DING DING!* oh wahts that sound? Looks like Senator Clinton activated the unbiased BONUS POWERUP SUPREME just by accident which gives her unlimited time. Incredible. How does she do it. That'll be our next question. Senator Clinton: How Do You Do It?

Cruz, Rubio, and Democrats should go back at look at that Fiorina moment; it was the one time, I think, were Trump was completely diminished and clearly embarrassed (and dug himself an even deeper hole with his follow-up comment). It happened so early, it's been forgotten.

Neither candidate with much of an answer for the father whose daughter was shot in the head. "It's a hard issue."

Sanders is great when he talks about his early-'60s experiences; very modest.

i don't think it's a good idea for bernie to voice his concerns about policing in quite these terms; i think too many will interpret it as anti-cop. there's a way to say the same thing in more mollifying language.

neither of them answered the 'racial blind spots' question, of course.

Neither candidate with much of an answer for the father whose daughter was shot in the head. "It's a hard issue."

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repeal the 2nd amendment

tbh though the fiorina thing was mostly that she was v sharp (i don't agree with her but just in terms of debate skills).. but the other part is that trump couldn't respond to fiorina with a tirade of verbal abuse like he does to rubio or cruz because bullying a woman face to face in a debate is still a bad look even for trump (he just waits until later on twitter or whatever because he has some kind of psychological issue where he can't let anything go without responding with some stupid tirade)

wonder if in a few generations we will get to the point of banning nearly all guns, i'd be for it

I would love to be in my 80s and tell my grandkids "let me tell ya about when guns WERE legal".

One can hope.

Bummed that I missed first hour of this and forgot to DVR it

Any clear edge in the first hour?

Any clear edge in the first hour?

i have to admit that even as the outlook for the election gets bleaker and bleaker, i like sanders more and more. there's a weird mismatch between the aspects of his affect that make him look doddering and out of touch, and his obviously pretty fleet and clever mind.

sanders just made a face like a bored five-year-old waiting for his teenage brother to stop whining

ok i lol'ed at sanders joke re the investing in mental health after that gop debate

Yeah that joke was delightful

i love bernie but i thought it was sort of offensive tbh

hilary's taking the 2nd half by smirking evilly every time bernie brings up her taking donations from the industries that own her

What was Sanders going to say about Trump that he thought better of? Intrigued!

i think he was basically saying he would eagerly support a clinton candidacy against trump

I think he was just about to say he would give his right arm to run against Trump

"do you believe that god is relevant?"

oh, i see.

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"proud to be jewish" didn't get much applause

hilary's taking the 2nd half by smirking evilly every time bernie brings up her taking donations from the industries that own her

Trying to be nice here! Damned if I do, etc

Half expected Sanders to snarl, "What do you care?"

I hTe these meddling questions about faith

"to whom and for whom do you pray?"

man, i fucking hate religion. what is this bullshit?

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Intrusive rather

such a hectoring question

"who? who? huh? who?"

More than Bill Clinton -- more than Barack Obama -- Hillary Clinton strikes me as a secular candidate. I can't believe her as someone who prays.

Hate this stuff too. Humiliating.

also the smug piety on the countenance of the woman who asked it

ugh

There's something really obscene about talking about your spirituality in a political context

this is bringing out the worst of the candidates -- no wonder they believe in drone rockets

tbf bernie didn't talk about spirituality at all, he dodges the question about as artfully as he can

I agree amst

"I don't intend to get into the gutter with whoever they nominate."

Well, I'm going to guess that'll change.

You think she'll brag about her bra size?

To quote a relative, depends what the meaning of gutter is.