# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/602 "2020-10-02T04:01:42Z")
_ **Moderating** _ The thread is wandering a bit off track regarding Trump’s assets and taxes and what banks are willing to lend to him… I’d like to gently nudge this back to the debate itself. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/604 "2020-10-02T04:40:39Z")
I learned something new about the debate tonight. While I was wading through a sea of Trump supporters analyzing the debate frame by frame to show that Biden was wearing an earpiece and a wire so that the answers could be fed to him, I came across someone commenting that Biden was also wearing contact lenses with the answers printed on them. I swear, I never knew that you could do that. Think of all the kids in school who cheat by writing the answers on their contacts. Although if Biden is able to read answers off contacts he is wearing and apply them correctly to questions then I am even more convinced I have to vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/605 "2020-10-02T05:14:16Z")
Well, now I want to go back and analyze the debate frame by frame to see if Trump was spewing close enough that he could’ve given Biden Covid. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/606 "2020-10-02T11:17:02Z")
No, no, the contact lenses are really computer screens so the answers can be scrolled across in real time. Or, if Biden gets bored during the debates, he can tune into reruns of Starsky & Hutch. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/607 "2020-10-02T11:43:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Well, now I want to go back and analyze the debate frame by frame to see if Trump was spewing close enough that he could’ve given Biden Covid Exactly. I don’t REALLY think this, but a part of he wonders if Trump knew he had it, and his constant shouting was a deliberate attempt to infect Biden. I’d love to see him thrown jail for (attempted? One would hope so) murder. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/608 "2020-10-02T16:52:16Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > It is a real thing. It’s not something Trump pulled out of his ass. No really it is. What your link says is: > [@European Forest Institute](#): > > From 2014, the European Forest Institute has granted the title of ‘European Forest City’ to the city which hosts the EFI Annual Conference. Soo…what does this honorary title have to do with what Trump was talking about? It surely couldn’t be that you just googled the words, and considered any hit (no matter how obscure or irrelevant) to be a vindication for trump? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/609 "2020-10-02T19:39:14Z")
Perhaps a blessing with the covid news of the day is that the remaining debates might be scrapped. Clearly, being a bombastic blowhard doesn’t play well with a lot of the country. Trouble is, when you’re immune to criticism you can’t change your ways. I hope that in future elections, we either don’t have debates at all or put the candidates in soundproof booths where only one mic is live at any one time. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/610 "2020-10-02T20:00:39Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I hope that in future elections, we either don’t have debates at all or put the candidates in soundproof booths where only one mic is live at any one time. I hope we have debates without any extra requirements, because both participants are adults who can be respectful and behave themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/611 "2020-10-02T20:12:47Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I hope we have debates without any extra requirements, because both participants are adults who can be respectful and behave themselves Or more succinctly, let’s hope we never have another debate including a participant the likes of Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/612 "2020-10-02T20:16:22Z")
I dunno. I seem to remember the Democratic debates having a lot of cross-talk and frequent interruptions. Nobody’s as bad as Trump, but political civil discourse in general seems to have taken a nosedive. Candidates are increasingly ignoring the rules. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/613 "2020-10-02T20:18:53Z")
Chris Wallace says the Trump klan arrived so late to the debate they were not tested: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/slCBPIH4kbJhLhlujbfTI5d_A_2K7op7Vf_vCZuA2EmUFLDj6GAimsAl6FcDBCeAp7gXl8IE62DgMleU_fTL-eEFSNlKHKIDnZ8WVSxo2s98kP-ibpfH1P-TW2HsAvxJprO-cOXv-g=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/6wQQdvAz9E3wkL4S9) > ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/614 "2020-10-02T20:28:24Z")
Lol at “honor system” having any meaning in the current admin. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/615 "2020-10-03T03:28:10Z")
Nevermind ---
**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:** [October 7, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854/616 "2020-10-07T11:11:43Z")
Interesting to look back on this thread. Despite some Dopers thinking Biden was terrible, the overwhelming consensus by polling now is that Biden was fine, Trump was historically awful, and Biden was the very clear winner of the debate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-1-29-september-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/921854.md?page=30)