*****DEBATE THREAD #3*****

[MustLoveBeagles]

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[emmaverybo]

1. Honestly have no idea why Steyer is running.

[nolabear]

6. I'm so tired of old guys with money trying to buy this.

I know they hate 45 but they don’t qualify.

[zackymilly]

7. Styer would have done better tonight if he hadn't shown up.

[StevieM]

15. Because he is a commited environmentalist and a loyal Democrat.

He postponed the start of his business career to work on Walter Mondale's presidential campaign. And he has championed environmental initiatives across the country.

Steyer has the right to offer himself as a candidate and let the people decide who they want to vote for.

[spooky3]

41. +1 I think he is a good guy. nt

[emmaverybo]

60. That does not mean he has any presidential qualifications. But given what he has been doing in

SC, it may be that he wants Bernie for the GND. He has no chance himself.

[Renew Deal]

2. Question to Bloomberg about Charter schools

First education question I've heard in a while. Glad it's getting asked.

[Sparkly]

3. Turning to education -- yes!

Hoping Elizabeth and Amy shine here.

[Tweedy]

129. Elizabeth Warren's education plan

Is a lovely thing to behold.

Yes! We absolutely can!!!

[TruckFump]

4. Please -- Go after the Orange Asshole and...

...stop attacking each other!!!

[LenaBaby61]

75. Please -- Go after the Orange Asshole and...

...stop attacking each other!!!

Me and you ---->here<-----

This debate is making me nauseous.

I wonder how many ads big, fat orange shit stain and his party of putin (Formerly the GOP) are going to get out of the Dem debates?

Yikes

[TruckFump]

137. Again, we think alike.

This is fodder for tRump for the election. Too much in-fighting and way too little exposing tRump for the harm he has done and will do if re-elected.

[LaurenOlimina]

5. Bloomberg has stacked the hall.

[nolabear]

8. Weird audience dynamic for sure.

[highplainsdem]

11. Don't think so, though if he has we'll hear later. He's just doing much better tonight than

last time.

[Renew Deal]

12. Seems so, but they just cheered Sanders

[elleng]

13. There is no way to tell for whom the crowd cheers and boos.

Sorry.

[LaurenOlimina]

52. Yeah, he mentions his initiatives and they cheer.

[blm]

14. I noticed that, too.

[zackymilly]

16. He taped $100 bills under the seats. lol.

[Renew Deal]

19. lol

[mdelaguna]

20. Lol

[MustLoveBeagles]

34. LOL

[mdelaguna]

18. :-o

Interesting. Not sure what to think. Probably not rigged tho?

[melman]

22. Definitely something weird going on

[lunasun]

71. Did u noticed how loud they applauded

the stats on NY schools? I wondered were they shipped in ? I know it’s outlandish but I had the thoughts because why would SC supporters of his be so loudly into NYC-stats
or they are just applauding everything he is saying IDK but he has a lot in the hall that is for sure

[zackymilly]

9. All the screaming from the audience is annoying.

[PatSeg]

27. I agree

It contributes to the rowdy atomosphere.

[Sparkly]

10. Warren hits it our of the park on Education!!!

Spot ON!!! Sec of Ed should have taught in public schools and we need to invest in education.

[highplainsdem]

17. Good points from Pete about the challenges teachers face.

[rwheeler31]

21. They are all good on education question

[Renew Deal]

26. They are much more interesting when they aren't talking about free college.

Because education is a large, important topic.

[BeckyDem]

23. I guess CBS has no issue with running Bloomberg ads during the break.

What a great thing it is to be a billionaire.

[frazzled]

24. Are they all hopped up on something?

It’s like the meth debate. Or as my native Charlestonian spouse likes to say: Mule done balk’em up on Broad Street!

[ecstatic]

25. EW is going to get rid of "high stakes testing"

But I'm curious about how we'd monitor school progress?

[LisaM]

94. Testing and high stakes testing are not the same thing.

They put enormous pressure on the public school teachers and students.

[tishaLA]

28. I'm super happy to hear Sen Klobuchar talk about Section 8 housing

It's so important and the legitimately poor are too often ignored.

[highplainsdem]

29. Warren's interrupting too much, talking over the moderators.

[mdelaguna]

32. Yes

[Karma13612]

131. She's showing

That she can be strong in spite of adversity.

The moderators are not doing a good job tonight. It has become a free for all and she doesn’t want to be left behind like she was a few debates ago.

[stopbush]

30. Mike is doing much better tonight.

The rest of the field would be smart to stay out of the food fights. It looks and sounds bad. Mike is smart to stay out of the squabbling.

[elleng]

40. Made a joke!

[squirecam]

46. Lol

He just put his foot in his mouth. Saying he won the last debate.

[highplainsdem]

54. He was joking. And it wasn't a bad joke at all.

[squirecam]

65. No one laughed

It was dead air.

[stopbush]

124. That was a wry joke, playing on his obvious bad showing.

You need to catch up.

[squirecam]

125. No one laughed

Nt

[redstateblues]

128. BFD I've told many without my wife laughing

[stopbush]

138. So what?

None of the candidates drew laughter when they tried to be funny.

[Mossfern]

31. People speaking out of turn

They need to just shut off their mikes.

[blm]

82. The shouting from the guys was so annoying

[Mossfern]

33. Warren is out of control.

[MustLoveBeagles]

42. The moderators are to blame

[Renew Deal]

47. She makes wild accusations

[blm]

59. Hardly.

[backtoblue]

96. Out of control?

is that, like hysterical?

[Mossfern]

111. No, it's out of control

I'm a woman.
Please don't accuse me of making sexist statements.
Men can be out of control too.

[backtoblue]

120. So am I

Compared to the men on the stage, she's hardly out of control.

[Mossfern]

127. Please

no whataoutisms. I was looking forward to a Warren/Buttigieg ticket.
What men candidates do you think were out of control?

[zackymilly]

35. Has Trump been mentioned once? nt

[Renew Deal]

36. Bloomberg: "My fellow contestants"

Ummmm, OK

[melman]

37. Oof

"I'm surprised they showed up after I beat them" Cringe.

[rwheeler31]

38. Liz will not listen, she is being too assertive it will hurt her

[highplainsdem]

48. She's a good debater, but the interruptions, and talking over people, doesn't look good.

[JudyM]

49. She's far better than Amy and Pete have been in that respect.

[apcalc]

87. I find that Amy listens. I quite like that.

[JudyM]

121. Yes but she wasn't honoring the speaking time.

Pete is being awful that way, talking over everyone and not backing off even when repeatedly asked. Seems arrogant.

[Happyhippychick]

117. She's coming across terribly, I cringe every time she starts to speak

Huge turn off.

[JudyM]

123. Ha, I think she's been great most of the time.

[highplainsdem]

39. Bloomberg joking that he's surprised the others showed up after he did such a good job last week.

He does have a sense of humor.

[Renew Deal]

51. That was odd

Was that rewriting history or a joke? I still can't tell.

[highplainsdem]

58. It was obviously a self-deprecating joke.

[nolabear]

53. LOL--we saw that completely differently.

Funny how that happens.

[highplainsdem]

70. It was dry, self-deprecating humor from someone who's usually low-key.

[nolabear]

74. I got that. But the timing was weird to me.

[highplainsdem]

84. I agree it wasn't the best timing.

[melman]

88. And it totally flopped

[nolabear]

43. Bloomberg needs to stop "joking." It's creepy.

[elleng]

55. No, it's welcomed.

[nolabear]

62. I noted how some of us see things so differently. It bugged me.

I feel ya tho’.

[elleng]

85. Interesting, isn't it?

[nolabear]

132. And yet we can sanely discuss it!

[elleng]

134. Imagine THAT!

[LaurenOlimina]

44. Damn Liz!

She's just striking out...

Bloomberg is an idiot.

[emmaverybo]

45. Poor Bloomberg--bad job trying to be funny.

[squirecam]

50. Just awful joke

Nt

[Mossfern]

66. It was a typical "Dad joke."

[HelpImSurrounded]

69. He tried for a Reagan moment and crashed and burned.

Reagan famously responded to concerns about his age by noting Mondale's "Youth and inexperience."

That's what Bloomberg just tried to do. He needs to fire his joke writer.

[rockfordfile]

56. That's a CBS moderator that worked for Fox News

[zackymilly]

57. Joe's doing well. Showing patience too. n/t

[MustLoveBeagles]

61. +1

[mdelaguna]

63. He is. N/t

[PatSeg]

83. Looks presidential

[rwheeler31]

64. Well now we have heard Bloomberg or Biden has fiiled the hall.

Who done it?

[MustLoveBeagles]

77. My bet's on Bloomberg

Cheering sections are expensive.

[LizBeth]

104. Lol I saw that. Could it be just some got booed and nothing nefarious.

[LaurenOlimina]

67. snippy...

[Renew Deal]

67. Steyer supports "reparations"

[MH1]

81. I applauded.

He has zero chance so why not put the truth out there? Reparations are deserved. Let's talk about it. (but any candidate with a shot better not)

Seriously, I loved his statement there.

[Renew Deal]

72. Moderators trying to clamp down

"follow the rules of the debate"

[MustLoveBeagles]

86. Why start now?

Seriously though, it's about time.

[rwheeler31]

95. Oh good for Pete going after rural hospital closing that is a big deal there.

[Renew Deal]

73. Question to Klobuchar about poverty

[LaurenOlimina]

76. Thank you Tom Steyer.

[MH1]

90. Seconded.

In the GE it's not going to be a winning position but it's great for someone like Tom to bring it up, along with everything else he said in that statement.

[lunasun]

105. +1

[Funtatlaguy]

78. Why does Biden start a thought but not finish it.

Midway thru a sentence, he often just stops and moves to a different topic before he finished the previous one. Anyone else notice this?

[PatSeg]

91. They're all trying

to cram a lot into a limited amount of time. Its a lot of pressure.

[rwheeler31]

108. Bloomberg is doing good bringing up corona virus

[PatSeg]

119. Good that that came up

[extvbroadcaster]

79. Bloomberg

Bloomberg is not doing well. Bernie seems reasonable in this crowd

[Renew Deal]

92. Has Bloomberg initiated an attack against anyone other than Sanders?

I can't think of one.

[MustLoveBeagles]

101. Not that I've seen

He'd be wise not to do it to EW. It wouldn't end well for him.

[Renew Deal]

107. lol

Good point

[Politicub]

80. Yes! The commission on race is critical.

It will be shocking to see the raw data about how much wealth has been denied to black families who were held in bondage.

The NYT’s 1619 project is eye opening in this regard.

[MH1]

97. The generational impact of slavery, Jim Crow, and other racial injustice

is incredible, but something most white Americans have zero sense of.

Because they aren't taught it.

[Renew Deal]

89. Does it make sense to not let everyone answer each question?

Don't love it.

[elleng]

93. HATE it!

[JudyM]

109. And in other debates folks were permitted to respond, which was helpful. This is buckshot.

[Mersky]

98. Good answer from Buttigieg

Connecting rural hospital closures to states that haven’t expanded Medicaid.

[Docreed2003]

116. It's very true...at least here in TN

Excellent point by Pete

[Mersky]

126. Is the same in Texas

The states that have experienced the most rural hospital closures over the last 10 years (Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri) have all refused to expand Medicaid through the 2010 health care law. It seems their rural hospitals are paying the price. Of the 216 hospitals that Chartis says are most vulnerable to closure, 75 percent are in non-expansion states. Those 216 hospitals have an operating margin of negative 8.6 percent.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/18/21142650/rural-hospitals-closing-medicaid-expansion-states

[BootinUp]

99. Bernie name drpping Clyburn, heh.

[emmaverybo]

115. Noticed that.

[spooky3]

100. What was that "naked cowboy" reference that Bloomberg made? nt

[ALBliberal]

103. Very odd

[MustLoveBeagles]

112. That's going to be a meme

Here's another debate thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287582552

[Hassin Bin Sober]

113. He's a street entertainer in Times Square

[cannabis_flower]

122. There is a guy in New York City

who sings and plays guitar in cowboy, hat, boots and boxer shorts.

[spooky3]

135. thanks to all who answered my question nt

[Renew Deal]

102. "Naked Cowboy in every city"

"Lets get serious here"

Nice shout out to the Naked Cowboy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Cowboy

[spooky3]

106. Ah, thank you! nt

[PatSeg]

118. That was kind of funny

[question everything]

110. Good for Bloomberg: Trump fired the head of pandemic

Two year ago

[Renew Deal]

114. Question to Klobuchar about "expunging records for marijuana"

[elleng]

130. Not impressed by 'Gayle.'

[dotism]

133. Tactics

Warren is winning this debate simply by being above the fray. These candidates are getting all messy with one another, viciously, and with cringe, and then Warren drops inarguable bombs when asked to do so. These other candidates are digging holes for themselves.

She's also not raising her arm all the time like she wants attention from teacher... When called upon she drops the aforementioned bombs with clarity.

Warren/Klobuchar 2020

[elleng]

136. First time I've really disagreed with Pete,

casting asparagus.

Sorry.