2024's First Presidential Debate - Discussion Thread

[LateToCult 41,935]

Just now, Ladle Ghoulash said:

The optics would be horrible, but it could potentially prevent Trump from winning (just has to be someone who’s not Kamala either LMAO)

It wouldn’t be the worst strategy to just dump it all on Biden and prop someone else last minute. They’d be like a savior and there wouldn’t be enough time to sour on them before Election Day. 

[Morphine Prince 109,712]

You know what’s worse?

The Biden campaign asked for this debate. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,010]

Just now, LateToCult said:

It wouldn’t be the worst strategy to just dump it all on Biden and prop someone else last minute. They’d be like a savior and there wouldn’t be enough time to sour on them before Election Day. 

Honestly, full tea. 

[BillieGOAT 5,272]

Trump was already probably going to win before tonight… it’s a done deal now 

That was so painful to watch 

[Pink Eye 4,539]

7 minutes ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

Van Jones is CRYING ON TV HUHH

What the hell are-

Oh my god they’re actually talking about replacing Biden 😭😭😭😭

THIS IS INSANE LMFAO STOP

IM FREAKING OUT CNN’S STARS ARE LAMPOONING HIM LIKE—-

It's surprising people are having this interpretation of Biden over there only now. Outside the U.S Biden is seen as old, incompetent and with a case of dementia kicking in. Even by leftists and people who hate Trump. I was actually surprised to learn he was going to try reelection. For some time now I've been thinking "where is the dem candidate for this year?"

[REALITY 80,176]

They're not going to replace Biden and it would be insane for them to do so imo. As much as I don't like the fact that he's the Democratic nominee, unless you had a Democratic candidate that everyone likes (which is impossible), it's too late in the game to think of replacing Biden. If they wanted to, they could've (and honestly probably should've) done it earlier. The election is only a few months away and Dems have campaigned for Biden far too much for them to shift gears and endorse someone else suddenly.

Have they made deals to do more debates? Because this should be their one and only debate if they don't want Biden to look (even more) awful.

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,010]

1 minute ago, Hennycomb said:

It's surprising people are having this interpretation of Biden over there only now. Outside the U.S Biden is seen as old, incompetent and with a case of dementia kicking in. Even by leftists and people who hate Trump. I was actually surprised to learn he was going to try reelection. 

Yeah, I think American legacy media has been in denial about this for a long time. I felt this way about Biden 4 years ago and had always hoped he would graciously bow out of a re-election campaign and I share your shock that it took some people this long to realize that 

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,010]

1 minute ago, Reality said:

They're not going to replace Biden and it would be insane for them to do so imo. As much as I don't like the fact that he's the Democratic nominee, unless you had a Democratic candidate that everyone likes (which is impossible), it's too late in the game to think of replacing Biden. If they wanted to, they could've (and honestly probably should've) done it earlier. The election is only a few months away and Dems have campaigned for Biden far too much for them to shift gears and endorse someone else suddenly.

Have they made deals to do more debates? Because this should be their one and only debate if they don't want Biden to look (even more) awful.

Idk if CNN, Biden’s biggest cheerleaders, are floating it, folks in the upper echelon of the DNC appear to at least be considering it. But that being said, I completely agree that they should’ve made this pivot much earlier if they have any real intention of replacing, but I feel like they were afraid of having him come across like a lame duck for the remainder of his first term.

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,699]

Well, that was awful. If we were intelligent, Biden would have been considered the winner because he actually spoke on most of the issues and got his licks in for an old man through a cold apparently. 

But our collective rotted brains will call it in Trump's favor because he lied, projected, and attacked confidently. Even if the only thing he could focus on was that "illegals" are supervillains at fault for literally everything bad in our country. 

The fact that the Democrat leaning CNN isn't even trying to spin it favorably for Biden is crazy. We're so cooked. I think at this point we're losing our country. Lemme go get some snacks or hard drugs or a n**se or something to dull the pain. 

[PunkTheFunk 125,719]

CNN in an absolute PANIC right now 

[LateToCult 41,935]

Just now, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Yeah, I think American legacy media has been in denial about this for a long time. I felt this way about Biden 4 years ago and had always hoped he would graciously bow out of a re-election campaign and I share your shock that it took some people this long to realize that 

I don’t think it was denial but a fear of backlash from the older people in the US. Who watches cable tv? Older people. Do you want to risk angering your audience? Same with the political machine as a whole. What voting body for sure shows up at the polls? Older people. That’s my 2 cents anyway. Now that they have a poor showing from Biden they have a legitimate excuse to ask the hard questions they felt like they couldn’t before. 

[StarstruckIllusion 53,579]

8 minutes ago, Hennycomb said:

It's surprising people are having this interpretation of Biden over there only now. Outside the U.S Biden is seen as old, incompetent and with a case of dementia kicking in. Even by leftists and people who hate Trump. I was actually surprised to learn he was going to try reelection. For some time now I've been thinking "where is the dem candidate for this year?"

I am beside myself 

Like I feel physically shook

These same pundits were the LAST PEOPLE WITH POWER THAT ALWAYS DEFENDED HIM

Now they’ve done a full 180

I’m shocked. Never thought they would

Like—-

Save us Gavin Newsom… ☠️

[StarstruckIllusion 53,579]

1 minute ago, PunkTheFunk said:

CNN in an absolute PANIC right now 

I’ve not been this stunned and shook since Trump got banned on twitter 

Like they can’t go back on this

This is so SO crazyyyy

[Edonis 28,974]

oh CNN is scared. I just checked ABC and NBC and they aren't any kinder.

I honestly don't know what's going to happen. 

[AdAstra 2,649]

I’ve never been this scared for the United States. This disaster is a self-imposed death wound and the country is just sitting idly by and allowing it to happen.