# 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:** 12
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/221 "2020-09-30T02:36:12Z")
Just when you thought you couldn’t be more embarassed to be an American it gets worse. We’ve found that out like 300 times in the last 4 years. ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/222 "2020-09-30T02:36:53Z")
Telling his people to go watch the polls… Fuck. ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/223 "2020-09-30T02:36:54Z")
Why is Wallace calling Biden VICE PRESIDENT? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/224 "2020-09-30T02:37:20Z")
Bad things happen in Philly. Bad things. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/225 "2020-09-30T02:37:49Z")
Trump ends with a massive lie. A jaw dropper. And it is left alone. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/226 "2020-09-30T02:38:13Z")
Wallace is using their most recent titles. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/227 "2020-09-30T02:38:19Z")
Gotta say, Biden now has Trump sounding completely unhinged, far more than Hillary did. I know a lot of you aren’t enjoying this, but I think Biden is doing a helluva job at executing his strategy. ---
**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, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/228 "2020-09-30T02:38:32Z")
I’m gonna have my voters to come out to the polls and make sure nothing funny is going on. Like black people or democrats voting. Maybe they should bring rifles to make sure everything is on the up and up. ---
**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, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/229 "2020-09-30T02:38:33Z")
Biden is explaining when he should be calling Trump a LIAR. ---
**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, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/230 "2020-09-30T02:39:17Z")
Voter intimidation is a crime ---
**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, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/231 "2020-09-30T02:39:35Z")
Wallace is like, “fuck. Am I glad this is fn over. Where’s my Scotch?” ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/232 "2020-09-30T02:39:35Z")
A note to my friends in other countries: For 300+ years, we were here for you. Persecuted minorities? We took them in. Civil war refugees? We took them in. Tired, hungry, and poor? We took them in. You fucking owe me. When this balloon goes up, you better let me in. ---
**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, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/233 "2020-09-30T02:40:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Gotta say, Biden now has Trump sounding completely unhinged, far more than Hillary did. I know a lot of you aren’t enjoying this, but I think Biden is doing a helluva job at executing his strategy. Disagree strongly. I didn’t like Hillary but I think she absolutely trounced him at the debates. She was collected, hit hard when it was necessary, talked to the American people when she needed to, and made Trump sound more unhinged. Trump came off as a creepy weirdo against her. Against Biden, he came off as a bully who successfully kept Biden from making his points. Oh, sure, a neutral person would know Trump came off badly, but Trump has never been held to the standards that literally any other fucking human in history is held. Hillary did much better. It didn’t matter, but Hillary was clearly better. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/234 "2020-09-30T02:41:04Z")
Trump started off stronger than Biden. Biden finished stronger. Because he wasn’t a raving lunatic. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/235 "2020-09-30T02:41:28Z")
Aye; that’s about how I saw it too. ---
**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, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/236 "2020-09-30T02:41:42Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Are you, Americans, sure that you don’t have two other better people for this president thingy? Sure, but the other candidates back in '16 were not _fun_ and _exciting_, and this time around the Democrats decided that what they needed to counteract this was maximum normality. So here we are. I’m voting for maximum normality. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/237 "2020-09-30T02:42:04Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Trump came off as a creepy weirdo against her. Remember him lurking behind her while she spoke? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/238 "2020-09-30T02:42:17Z")
CNN just called that a shit show. Couldn’t agree more. ---
**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, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/239 "2020-09-30T02:42:50Z")
> [@Turki-lurki](#): > > Moderator is apparently semi-comatose. A recurring problem. ---
**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, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/240 "2020-09-30T02:43:05Z")
Out of all of that shitshow, the thing I found most disturbing was Trump’s comment abou Proud Boys, “…stand down and stand by.” Fucken hell. Good luck America, you’re going to need it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854.md?page=13)