# \*\*\* SDMB Live coverage, VP Debate. 10/04/2016 \*\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 1, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354 "2016-10-01T13:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/121 "2016-10-05T02:00:30Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Okay Timmy, he’s setting up the tee – time to start hammering away about Donald’s Putin linnks!!! +1 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/122 "2016-10-05T02:00:43Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I wonder how many people are watching this shit. 204,000 or so at the link I provided. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/123 "2016-10-05T02:01:00Z")
I am totally, completely biased here, but Pence is coming off better in this joke of a debate. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/124 "2016-10-05T02:01:09Z")
Mike Pence wants to start up “Star Wars” again? The missile shield bullshit? ---
**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 5, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/125 "2016-10-05T02:01:17Z")
Has kaine spoken in Spanish yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/126 "2016-10-05T02:02:12Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Isn’t Pence getting about twice as much time as Kaine? Yeah, 'cause he’s talking over both Kaine and Q. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/127 "2016-10-05T02:02:33Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Isn’t Pence getting about twice as much time as Kaine? Yes, it seems that way to me too. And Miss Quijano is unable to control them or the debate/discussion at all. They should have given her control of their mics or something. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/128 "2016-10-05T02:02:33Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > These “moderators” suck. The only way they could do a good job is they had a taser. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/129 "2016-10-05T02:02:43Z")
Kaine gets an A for effort but his delivery sucks. ---
**Author:** ![CorneaGenii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@CorneaGenii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorneaGenii)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/130 "2016-10-05T02:03:14Z")
I give up. I can’t watch anymore. I tried. I’ll just save myself the aggravation and just follow this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/131 "2016-10-05T02:03:33Z")
I guess it’s because I’m listening to what they’re saying instead of looking at Pence’s haircut (or whatever), but I think Kaine is actually making more sense. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/132 "2016-10-05T02:04:27Z")
Good finish, Timmy. But I agree – this is like watching a wake. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/133 "2016-10-05T02:05:56Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I guess it’s because I’m listening to what they’re saying instead of looking at Pence’s haircut (or whatever), but I think Kaine is actually making more sense. Of course. The reality is that Mike Pence is a whackjob. He wants to require women to have funerals for their aborted fetuses and have state funding for gay conversion therapy. But we’re grading on a curve here. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/134 "2016-10-05T02:07:05Z")
Let’s all quote the words of the wise prophet Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/135 "2016-10-05T02:07:16Z")
In terms of overall debate performance, Kaine is doing poorly and Pence is doing well. In terms of actually answering questions, they are both constantly changing the subject and bringing up irrelevant topics. They are both interrupting each other, but Pence seems to have better timing on when to interrupt. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/136 "2016-10-05T02:07:27Z")
Elaine, shut Pence up when his time is over PLEASE~ ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/137 "2016-10-05T02:09:27Z")
Every time Pence has to lie about what Trump said, he laughs. That’s his tell. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/138 "2016-10-05T02:09:29Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > In terms of overall debate performance, Kaine is doing poorly and Pence is doing well. In terms of actually answering questions, they are both constantly changing the subject and bringing up irrelevant topics. They are both interrupting each other, but Pence seems to have better timing on when to interrupt. No, Pence just REFUSES TO BE INTERRUPTED. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/139 "2016-10-05T02:09:35Z")
Pence is making an ass out of himself shaking his head and laughing. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354/140 "2016-10-05T02:09:37Z")
Although just now Kaine did a good job of putting some pressure on Pence for changing the subject. Not as well as he should have been doing all along, but it was something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354.md?page=8)