# 3-15 Dem Debate **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552 "2020-03-16T00:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/1 "2020-03-16T00:04:17Z")
Didn’t see a thread, so I thought I would start one. Biden starts out safe… ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/2 "2020-03-16T00:06:24Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Biden starts out safe… Sanders too. I seriously doubt either of them will answer badly on Coronavirus questions because both are rational people. Unlike Trump. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/3 "2020-03-16T00:08:54Z")
If Bernie wants to use it, he has the upper hand. His big government proposals are what people want in an emergency like this. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/4 "2020-03-16T00:15:45Z")
Bernie is just so much sharper a debater (and thinker, too, if debates like this measure quickness of thought). I know there’s virtually no path left for Bernie, but I wish Biden had his focus and sharpness in terms of debating skills. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/5 "2020-03-16T00:15:54Z")
Bernie scoring points…Biden retreating. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/6 "2020-03-16T00:18:51Z")
Call out the military to build hospitals??? How about call out a construction crew instead… Bernie clearly winning IMHO. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/7 "2020-03-16T00:25:30Z")
Joe sounds strong. Quite coherent most of the time. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/8 "2020-03-16T00:25:58Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Call out the military to build hospitals??? How about call out a construction crew instead… The military is practiced at building hospitals quickly and anywhere as they may need to deploy anywhere in the world (think M.A.S.H. units). They have the supplies for it on hand too. Stuff a contractor probably could not produce on a moment’s notice. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/9 "2020-03-16T00:26:13Z")
Biden’s not bad, I just don’t find him nearly as sharp and focused as Bernie. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/10 "2020-03-16T00:30:02Z")
Is it on network television? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/11 "2020-03-16T00:31:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is it on network television? CNN (and Univision, I think). ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/12 "2020-03-16T00:32:08Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is it on network television? Just CNN here… ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/13 "2020-03-16T00:34:42Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is it on network television? Just CNN here… I’m watching on [cnn.com](http://cnn.com)… ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/14 "2020-03-16T00:34:46Z")
I fully expect Bernie to get the better of Biden tonight, but it will only matter if Biden really has some tragic gify gaffes that get played over and over again a la Rick Perry. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/15 "2020-03-16T00:35:51Z")
Bernie called it the Ebola crisis…and we’re worried about Biden’s mental faculties. lol ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/16 "2020-03-16T00:37:12Z")
Bernie also claimed that after the 2008 financial TARP bailouts that Bush 2 bailed out the automotive industry !!! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/17 "2020-03-16T00:37:40Z")
Bernie’s yelling and Joe’s laughing, lol. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/18 "2020-03-16T00:37:59Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I fully expect Bernie to get the better of Biden tonight, but it will only matter if Biden really has some tragic gify gaffes that get played over and over again a la Rick Perry. I would be very surprised if Biden’s staff didn’t drive home with Biden to just chill and get through this. He does not need to win, he just needs to not screw it up and so far he is doing exactly that. Personally I think Sanders needed to drag out Biden’s past legislative record and have him answer for it but, for whatever reason, Sanders is not going there. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/19 "2020-03-16T00:41:52Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Personally I think Sanders needed to drag out Biden’s past legislative record and have him answer for it but, for whatever reason, Sanders is not going there. There was an article somewhere (don’t recall where) that talked about how Sanders’ advisors are begging him to go very negative against Biden, but he’s refusing, for a very interesting reason – _he personally likes Biden_. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552/20 "2020-03-16T00:42:58Z")
Keep laughing, Joe. Bernie might have a coronary. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-15-dem-debate/849552.md?page=2)