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Here we go, the first Presidential debate between Biden and Trump begins at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific.

How to watch it:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/how-to-watch-cnn-debate/index.html

"The CNN Presidential Debate will air live on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español, and via streaming on Max for subscribers and without a cable login on CNN.com. CNN will make the debate available to simulcast on additional broadcast and cable news networks.

You can also follow CNN’s live debate coverage on CNN.com, which will include analysis and fact checking."

"According to parameters set by CNN in May, all participating debaters had to appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency and receive at least 15% in four separate national polls of registered or likely voters that meet CNN’s standards for reporting.

Polls that meet those standards are those sponsored by CNN, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post."

Edit And that's it! Thanks for watching everyone!

tl;dw:

Consensus is Trump didn't so much as beat Biden as Biden beat himself.

The real loser is CNN who failed to fact check anyone, and there were obvious fact checks on both sides.

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[–] [email protected] 130 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Oh. My. God.

It's literally two old-as-fuck fucks arguing about their golf swings. This is literally how the debate is coming to a close. I just... I don't even know what to say.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (16 children)

That was ironically the best summary of the damn debate. Two out of touch liches talking about golf.

I wonder how the liberals feel now, that pushed Biden on electability and rejected any more radical options because they were too scary and conflicting with the party line.

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 4 months ago (10 children)

The moderators should be ashamed of themselves.

Trump hasn't answered a single question in 20 mins.

"I just wanna go back to that."

They are allowing gish galloping like a motherfucker and Biden has to defend himself from a thousand lies AND answer the question asked while Trump spews bullshit unending.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 months ago

Not a single fact check. It's not that hard to state when something is inaccurate and challenge the speaker

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Oof, yes, we need opponents for this guy who understand the fundamentals of how he and his rhetoric work. The better way to deal with him is to flip the frame. Specifically, in the opening statement, Biden needed to call out very explicitly that Trump was going to lie constantly, and furthermore, point out that you can recognize his lies when he says "best, strongest, biggest, greatest." That little bit of verbal jiu jitsu would've ensured that it was no longer Biden calling out the lies, but the viewers' own ears, and by bringing them to conscious attention, draining the power of those statements. (Trump spews lies and nonsense that don't parse analytically, like that alphabet-soup closing statement, but he's really aiming his words at the subconscious mind.)

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 104 points 4 months ago (11 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This was the only thing I said within 60 seconds of the debate starting. We are so fucked

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Fucking no fact checking is insanity.

This is literally constant stream of bullshit from Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (38 children)

I seriously doubt it but I really hope this is a wake-up call for Democrats. I remain convinced that Biden voluntarily stepping down and permitting a younger more charismatic figure in his place will be all that is needed to win, and I say this for a few reasons:

  • By the polling, age is a huge issue for a significant majority of Americans, with it clearly harming Biden more.
  • Any youthful semi-in-the-shadows candidate will be fresh for Americans, who will be excited for anything different.
  • The right-wing talking-points won't be pre-written.
  • By Biden & Democrats getting ahead of this and saying, "look we recognize the electorate's concerns and what's at stake and we know the people by large majorities don't want either President, so we're responding," they would get major points.

Call it a reverse-October surprise.

That being said, this is the earliest debate ever and Trump still needs to go through sentencing in July. People won't really remember this debate, but it certainly did not help Biden in any capacity.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What the fuck are the moderators even there for?

So much time is being taken with, "let me keep talking about the question from ten minutes ago and ignore what you just asked."

Sorry people with children. The question that focused on your issues were just skipped over.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (21 children)

I'm going to vote for policy, not a person. I don't agree with Trump on anything, so I'll vote for Biden.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I’m voting for Biden still bc Trump is a piece of shit, but Biden is coming off old and weak in this debate. Trump is lying his ass off about everything and not getting called out on any of it, and because he’s spouting so much of it so quickly rapid-fire, it’s obfuscating and confusing the issues.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Yeah watched after his last rant the moderater said he had 37 seconds to answer the actual question asked and then allowed him to rant for another fucking minute and half. Then gave Biden 30 seconds to give a weak ass answer.

Why is Biden acting like he doesn't know where he is? What the fuck.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Trump is playing pigeon chess. Strutting around, telling lies, shitting all over everything, and will leave telling everyone he won.

No policy debate. Zero.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"I have the biggest heart on this stage!"

"I had the best environmental numbers!"

"I did not have sex with a pornstar!"

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

I lol’d at the part where he denied having sex with a porn star. Outrageous after just being convicted for misuse of campaign funds to bribe a porn star because he had sex with her.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago

Jon Stewart was kind of brutal:

"Lots of people have 'resting 25th amendment face.'"

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 months ago (7 children)

We live in a world where Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho is more electable than the candidates we have.

I figured Idiocracy was prescient, but it's coming true awfully fast.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He’s not answering Jan 6 directly.

And he’s blaming Pelosi? For Jan 6? Did I hear that right?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep. And no fact check means it's true in Trumpland.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This country is cooked with these two as the choices. Biden looked awful, and Trump didn't answer anything at all. Trump gets a pass on never having any substance to his replies. It is just jokes and insults.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (14 children)

I guess...

Biden fucked up. But I don't think this really changes anything.

Nobody is voting for Biden because we like him. We are voting for him because we give a shit about human rights and democracy. And democrats generally are good at actually listening to what is being said because... we want things.

republicans hate biden and are just happy they heard that brown people are killing and raping everyone. Nothing changed there

What Biden needed to do was win over the dumbass moderate/"undecided" voters. Which... is not talking points or policy. It is strongman bullshit. And that... is going to almost be entirely up to The Internet. Do we focus on Biden stuttering and having aphasia that he has had for decades? Or do we focus on trump blatantly lying and still talking about asking Nancy Pelosi to lead an insurrection for him?

John Oliver and the rest of the late night hosts are going to be working overtime to remind the country that having a deranged fascist in charge is bad. The Hasans of the world are going to keep talking about "Genocide Joe" because they are useful idiots, at best. But... I don't know beyond that.'


That said, I do think about the questionably accurate story that nixon (ugh) won his debate against kennedy (lesser ugh) among radio versus television listeners.

Biden mostly won in terms of text. He lost in terms of audio. But... people live on twitter and social media. How many people are going to be watching clips versus reading excerpts and tweets?

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago

"I had the best environmental numbers ever," whatever that means, is hilarious for Trump to say

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago

The quote of the night: “President Trump, the question was…”

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (36 children)

If Biden is going to be replaced it has to be a huge name like AOC or Bernie. It’s too late to campaign anyone newer

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The DNC would rather let Trump win than Bernie

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (9 children)

This was the single hardest thing to watch in my entire life. RIP usa your fates sealed

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Good god, I had to stop watching after the abortion question.

Trump actually has managed to keep his composure so far. Sure, he's spouting out lie upon lie that CNN is allowing to continue un-fact-checked. But he at least sounds like he knows what he's talking about, and is showing something resembling energy.

Biden looked like a nursing home patient that should've been guided out by his nurse. He sounds even worse. That freeze-up at the end with him stuttering and just blurting out a random "I beat Medicare" or whatever that was is going to fuel the entire Republican campaign for the next 5 months. That is literally the exact moment Biden lost this election, mark my words. The man is performing like he's sundowning.

If he gets better, God bless him. But I cannot see how anyone can have confidence in that man after that performance. He doesn't look like he'll make it another 4 months let alone another 4 years.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (13 children)

All the post-debate commentary basically says everyone they're hearing from in the party and undecided voters were like... yeah, we are fucked.

They have even made the point that he's not technically the nominee until the convention twice so far. I.e., we need a new candidate.

And it CAN'T BE KAMALA.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I served in the military, this made me sad for our country. I'm angry at Trump and embarrassed for Biden.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago

Trump keeps dodging questions by going back to the previous topic. It gives him as much time to talk as he wants. And then he doesn't have to spend as much time on the issues where he is weaker.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that the debate doesn’t really change much… except for low information and undecided voters. They don’t know what Trump is spewing and whether it’s a lie or not. When he makes up wild claims that Biden is unanimously declared worst president in history, they don’t know that’s a lie, or that Trump is lying about capping the price of insulin or the existence of 9 month elective abortions, etc. Trump’s confident lies actually win over a lot of undecided people who don’t do any research into the topic.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago

What a great line to go to commercial on. "Something snapped when you lost". Probably one of Biden's best moments

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The elimination of the First Past the Post voting system would allow voters to support third-party candidates without the fear of causing a spoiler effect. This change would promote greater competition in elections, improving the caliber of candidates available to all voters. Also, it is likely to boost voter turnout and increase political engagement.

Electoral reform has already been achieved at the state level; Alaska and Maine have successfully implemented changes to their electoral systems, demonstrating that broader reform is feasible.

However, Republicans have taken steps to preserve the First Past the Post voting system. For instance, Florida recently outlawed Ranked Choice voting. Despite this setback, there are numerous alternatives to First Past the Post, ensuring that bans like Florida’s do not obstruct progress toward electoral reform.

This raises the question: why do predominantly Democratic states continue to utilize First Past the Post voting? Why continueto use a voting system favored by Republicans? In states controlled by Democrats, there are no Republican obstacles preventing these reforms.

It is evident that Democrats recognize the shortcomings of First Past the Post voting. Mentioning third-party voting on social media often prompts numerous Democrats to caution against “wasting” votes that could inadvertently benefit Republicans. It is perplexing to acknowledge flaws in the voting system yet fail to take action to address them. Lecturing others about the drawbacks of First Past the Post voting while neglecting to pursue solutions is contradictory and counterproductive.

Here are some videos on the topic if you’d like to know more:

First Past The Post voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

Other electoral systems to choose from:

Alternative vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3jE3B8HsE

Ranked Choice voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z2fRPRkWvY

Range Voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3GFG0sXIig

Single Transferable Vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI

STAR voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-mOeUXAkV0

Mixed Member Proportional representation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (5 children)

They're just letting Trump lie about shit on stage.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Brandon shit the bed. But I’d vote for his corpse over the traitor.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I voted for Biden and I'll vote for him again to keep a fascist out of office, but it is quite clear that the best thing Democrats could do is to have Biden back out and put forth a younger charismatic candidate. Age and the excitement about someone fresh would be enough to sweep this. That's just a reflection of what polls are already telling us. The debate just started, but it's quite clear that the optics of a debate thus far are going to Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That sucked, my dudes. u_u

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Commercials, during the debate, how American.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Bidens closing statement wasn't strong... but nothing about his performance has been strong.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Wow, I didn't see it as I was working. It was somehow worse than I thought even after reading all the threads. Biden should not be there. I will be voting for whomever the democrats nominate because the alternative is worse, but the US is so fucked.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

God, Biden was just pathetic and old in this debate and got steamrolled by a coked up, orange fat ass old man.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (5 children)

So they're gonna replace Biden now right??

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The gish gab is out of control. Trump didn't even answer the last question. These moderators suck.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

“The fact checkers will fix my performance,” says the guy running for president.

Underestimating Trump was the death of Hillary Clinton. This time it could be the death of free and fair elections.

You can always hide the hunt for a replacement as the hunt for VP.

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