2020 Democratic presidential primary thread, pt 3: life is very long

it's so nice to watch a debate that gives people time to talk.

And without VIPs booing for other candidates

I am imagining it looks like this

the coronavirus emptying the stadiums and turned professional wrestling's high-octane zaniness into a taut and terrifyingly tense Beckett play https://t.co/mev27EWiDR

— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) March 15, 2020

You might be able to see it on cnn.com. That is where I am streaming it.

I wasn't expecting Biden and Sanders to compete for compasson. Each offers a knitting of the welfare net that the other would knit were he president.

Bernie got real thrown off by Biden’s rambling just now

They are just going back and forth repeating the same points over and over

the only thing that works on Americans

Works to put them in a coma

This is surreal

Really sad watching this. I’ll keep fighting, but really sad that Biden has floated to the top. Not even feeling much personal animus against him, but it’s just so clear how locked into the status quo he is.

yep

did Biden knock on his head when he said "knock on wood".

Oh shit, this is getting personal

so proud of Bernie for that

weird watching these people shake canes at each other

it's depressing

Bernie looking very Columbo

lemme ask you a question

They're gonna start slapping each other

this is pretty depressing

dude bernie’s face when biden said “the bankruptcy bill only affected 10% of people”

Biden says, with apparent sincerity, that he'd support and urge his followers to support the Democratic candidate. Were he not the nominee, Sanders said he would do "everything humanly possible" to defeat the evil Donald Trump. That's NOT the same as Biden affirming that he'd support and urge his followers to support the Democratic candidate.

I noticed that too

oh come on, of course he's going to campaign for Biden

he sped through that affirmation in order to make his next point

unnecessary

he wouldn't have debased his morality for agreeing

Quick commercial-break comment: Sanders' Ebola save was brilliant (and funny). "You're talking so much about Ebola, now I've got Ebola on the brain." (After which, Biden mixed CD-19 up with SARS.)

xp what? he did agree

it’s a stump speech of his so I’m not too bugged

a stump speech that did peel away a few voters or two in 2016

and don't give me any shit. I know he campaigned for Clinton. But in an election of a 70,000-vote difference every few count.

Biden says, with apparent sincerity, that he'd support and urge his followers to support the Democratic candidate. Were he not the nominee, Sanders said he would do "everything humanly possible" to defeat the evil Donald Trump. That's NOT the same as Biden affirming that he'd support and urge his followers to support the Democratic candidate.

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unnecessary

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, March 15, 2020 6:06 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i agree alfred debates are unnecessary

i will bet what's left of my 401k that Bernie will do more to get Biden elected than Biden will for himself, mostly because his handlers aren't going to let him out in public until the convention after this.

Bernie hates committing to stuff apparently

He's very likely maybe possibly picking a woman as his VP

xpost typical male

optics optics optics when nobody but sports fans are watching

Biden says, with apparent sincerity, that he'd support and urge his followers to support the Democratic candidate. Were he not the nominee, Sanders said he would do "everything humanly possible" to defeat the evil Donald Trump. That's NOT the same as Biden affirming that he'd support and urge his followers to support the Democratic candidate.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, March 15, 2020 8:02 PM (eleven minutes ago)

i don't understand your point, the latter sounds stronger than the former, and in any case what sanders can guarantee he'll do is more certain than what joe can promise others will do on his urging

Number one.

Number two.

That’s number one.

That’s number two.

i don't understand your point, the latter sounds stronger than the former, and in any case what sanders can guarantee he'll do is more certain than what joe can promise others will do on his urging

― j., Sunday, March 15, 2020 9:15 PM (

The latter sounds like he's being a political fussbudget by not committing to the eventual nominee, it's not hard. The contrast is in plain English.

Whoa I thought my tv froze

same.

“No.

“

Try to cut social security now Joe pic.twitter.com/rJxxsOWaeG

— Dave DuFour (@DaveDuFourNBA) March 16, 2020

alfred, i don't think there's much to be made of that. you could just as well say that believing in a magic set of words that will prove political loyalty is political theater played to enable tactical advantages over an outsider candidate. whatever.

These dudes are actually being amazingly civil given their differences.

I see Sanders' strategy: he's keeping true to what he said about questioning Sanders instead of attacking him. Now he's getting him on the record about to what degree he might compromise on a woman's right to choose. Sanders isn't aggressive either: sorrow not anger.