# 2020 POTUS Debate 1 (29 September) follow-along and discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 30, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854 "2020-09-30T00:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/181 "2020-09-30T02:20:17Z")
Jesus this is painful to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/182 "2020-09-30T02:20:27Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Who is moderating the future debates? This is insanity. Someone from Fox News. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/183 "2020-09-30T02:20:41Z")
And then all future GOP incumbents will demand the debates be handled by OAN. Face it, the media outlets even in an open seat election would not dare shut up a potential president. Never mind a sitting one. And the strategy of someone like Trump would be to _provoke_ the cutoff so he can point to how they’re biased against him. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/184 "2020-09-30T02:20:45Z")
He… … if… not… if we stay with gas cars… they’ll be so cheap that people will have 3 times as many cars… which is… how to solve … global warming? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/185 "2020-09-30T02:21:09Z")
The Billion Tree Tsunami has nothing to do with “we” or “us” and certainly not Trump. It’s a Pakistani project. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/186 "2020-09-30T02:21:47Z")
Eleven-year-old cars are “old slugs?” Donnie isn’t fit to kiss the tailpipe of my 23-year-old ride. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/187 "2020-09-30T02:22:50Z")
And that’s the thing. Potential Trump voters want to see someone who dominates the stage and imposes his will and that’s what he seeks to give them. Debate, schmebate, look at me being all Alpha BSD. ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/188 "2020-09-30T02:22:52Z")
So, I have this small, red hot pointed object I’ve been repeatedly jabbing into my ears, and it is improving this debate significantly. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/189 "2020-09-30T02:23:36Z")
Trump is pursing his lips and twisting back and forth right now just like Alec Baldwin plays him Hahaha ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/190 "2020-09-30T02:24:12Z")
Man, I’m looking back fondly of the debates where Trump stalked Clinton around the debate stage. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/191 "2020-09-30T02:24:17Z")
Cows? ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/192 "2020-09-30T02:24:24Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > He… … if… not… if we stay with gas cars… they’ll be so cheap that people will have 3 times as many cars… which is… how to solve … global warming? Yeah that was some yummy word salad. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/193 "2020-09-30T02:24:50Z")
I could not make it to the end of the first 15 minutes. This is no debate. Trump has turned it into a nonstop steamroll, and nobody can stop him. This is just plain trash, and there’s every indication that, if they actually happen, the other 2 will be just like this. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/194 "2020-09-30T02:25:19Z")
Jesus that answer on cars by Trump was painful ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/195 "2020-09-30T02:25:37Z")
one and done. No need for another shit show like this one. Unless trump agrees to having the mic turned off when it’s each person’s turn ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/196 "2020-09-30T02:26:59Z")
CNN headline right now : TRUMP REFUSES TO CALL OUT WHITE SUPREMACISTS ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/197 "2020-09-30T02:27:00Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Cows? > **[Trump calls Kamala Harris a ‘mad woman’ and bizarrely claims Democrats want...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-twitter-kamala-harris-biden-democrats-animals-empire-state-building-2020-election-a9668526.html)** > > President calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'not even a smart person' in latest attack on a female critic > **[Trump calls Kamala Harris a ‘mad woman,’ claims Dems want to tear down Empire...](https://nypost.com/2020/08/13/trump-slams-mad-woman-kamala-harris-claims-dems-will-destroy-economy/)** > > President Trump called presumptive vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris a radical “mad woman” Thursday, said the tax-and-spend policies of the Democratic ticket would wreak havoc on … ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/198 "2020-09-30T02:28:40Z")
Despite this thing being a shitshow, I don’t see many people changing their minds based on tonights debate. ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/199 "2020-09-30T02:29:08Z")
What needs to happen is some real fact checking on everything. And it being widely reported. Hold Trump to the fire on each of the figures he stated. He may not want to debate again. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/200 "2020-09-30T02:29:31Z")
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