# Democratic Debates 7/30 & 7/31 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 30, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867 "2019-07-30T13:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/21 "2019-07-31T01:30:04Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > You’re such a slut. 😉 Hey, do I find Steve’s firm tone exhilarating? Yes. Does his no-nonsense approach to winning over the middle make my heart skip a little beat ? Absolutely. Would I allow him to spank my bare ass with a warm leather glove? Possibly, but he would need to respect my safe word and take me out to a nice dinner first. Would a slut even think about dinner? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/22 "2019-07-31T01:32:25Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Hey, do I find Steve’s firm tone exhilarating? Yes. Does his no-nonsense approach to winning over the middle make my heart skip a little beat ? Absolutely. Would I allow him to spank my bare ass with a warm leather glove? Possibly, but he would need to respect my safe word and take me out to a nice dinner first. Would a slut even think about dinner? Fair points all. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/23 "2019-07-31T01:33:52Z")
I’m with HL on Bullock. I also loved Ryan’s “you don’t have to yell, Bernie”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/24 "2019-07-31T01:44:14Z")
Sure, she’s somewhat of a flake but, damn, did Williamson have a moment right there. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/25 "2019-07-31T01:45:46Z")
I’ve been rewatching 30 Rock on Hulu and I can’t listen to Marianne Williamson without hearing [Jenna Maroney.](https://youtu.be/7tTV0cBGbaM) I really hope SNL gets Jane Krakowski to play her. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/26 "2019-07-31T01:50:20Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Sure, she’s somewhat of a flake but, damn, did Williamson have a moment right there. I said last time that she had strong moments and took a lot of grief for it. She’s got game! Beto is also kicking ass tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/27 "2019-07-31T01:53:20Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Sure, she’s somewhat of a flake but, damn, did Williamson have a moment right there. The reparations thing? Oy, I was cringing and looking away the whole time. I’ll say she had a moment when she said Flint would’ve never happened in Grosse Pointe. Nice local reference. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/28 "2019-07-31T01:55:41Z")
Ryan: nice point on China having a 100-year, 50-year, 30-year economic plan while we only have a 24-hour news cycle. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/29 "2019-07-31T01:59:58Z")
Beto told it like it IS on tariffs. W00t! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/30 "2019-07-31T02:00:45Z")
So a day after a mass shooting and CNN feels the need to air an ad, during the debates, for a movie about hunting humans? What the fuck is wrong with CNN? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/31 "2019-07-31T02:13:03Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > So a day after a mass shooting and CNN feels the need to air an ad, during the debates, for a movie about hunting humans? What the fuck is wrong with CNN? Thanks, **Dag Otto**. Glad to know that I’m not the only one who found it inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/32 "2019-07-31T02:26:17Z")
Ok. Ok. Ok. I was extending a dainty toe in the direction of Steve Bullock, but I must withdraw it. I can’t take 4 more years of “new-cu-lar.” In all seriousness, however, any one of the Democratic candidates would be a massive improvement on the filthy cretin currently cluttering up the Oval Office. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/33 "2019-07-31T02:29:38Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Ok. Ok. Ok. I was extending a dainty toe in the direction of Steve Bullock, but I must withdraw it. I can’t take 4 more years of “new-cu-lar.” > … EEK! Shades of George W. Bush! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/34 "2019-07-31T02:30:54Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Ok. Ok. Ok. I was extending a dainty toe in the direction of Steve Bullock, but I must withdraw it. I can’t take 4 more years of “new-cu-lar.” > > In all seriousness, however, any one of the Democratic candidates would be a massive improvement on the filthy cretin currently cluttering up the Oval Office. Jake Tapper would be an massive improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/35 "2019-07-31T02:33:53Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Jake Tapper would be an massive improvement. I pried something off the bottom of my shoe today that would be a massive improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/36 "2019-07-31T02:33:58Z")
I think Bullock got too into the weeds on the nuclear discussion with Warren. It wasn’t pretty, imo. He should’ve just said something like “Senator, all due respect, you’re wrong. I don’t think it’s smart to broadcast our military options and tactics to the world, even when it comes to nuclear war.” And yes, I am angry about “new-cu-lar.” I may have to re-think the warm leather glove. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/37 "2019-07-31T02:36:23Z")
Delaney needs to shut up and go home. What a stiff. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/38 "2019-07-31T02:37:15Z")
Huh, here I thought the us was the only country that has used a preemptive nuclear strike. Twice! What was all that about? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/39 "2019-07-31T02:37:30Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I think Bullock got too into the weeds on the nuclear discussion with Warren. It wasn’t pretty, imo. He should’ve just said something like “Senator, all due respect, you’re wrong. I don’t think it’s smart to broadcast our military options and tactics to the world, even when it comes to nuclear war.” > > And yes, I am angry about “new-cu-lar.” I may have to re-think the warm leather glove. I’m just glad you’re over your Hickenlooper infatuation. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867/40 "2019-07-31T02:38:02Z")
Amy Klobuchar’s closing statement actually included the words “And then she died.” Hope and change, it ain’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debates-7-30-7-31/837867.md?page=3)