# Will you watch the debates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 29, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813 "2020-09-29T12:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/101 "2020-09-30T01:15:10Z")
It’s already going off the rails. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/102 "2020-09-30T01:15:41Z")
“We’re cutting health care!” He speaks the truth occasionally. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/103 "2020-09-30T01:15:42Z")
Joe should just let trump blather on… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/104 "2020-09-30T01:18:00Z")
I’m listening to it on PBS (I’m at the computer table and my back is to the TV) and all I can think of is this (SFW). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SXWVpcypf0w/hqdefault.jpg "Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (ZTIS 119)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXWVpcypf0w) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/105 "2020-09-30T01:19:32Z")
Trump: “We took away the individual man–” Joe, let the man talk. He’s knitting himself a noose. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/106 "2020-09-30T01:21:49Z")
Joe: “will you shut up, man?” ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/107 "2020-09-30T01:22:32Z")
Jesus Christ. This is really sad, but it’s also the best TV I’ve seen in awhile. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/108 "2020-09-30T01:22:41Z")
Trump’s strategy all along: fight in the sewer. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/109 "2020-09-30T01:23:05Z")
Let’s face it. That’s where he’s most at home. With his own kind. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/110 "2020-09-30T01:26:20Z")
Swine flu?? ---
**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, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/111 "2020-09-30T01:28:19Z")
A vaccine is just weeks away eh?? kam, watching from Aus. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/112 "2020-09-30T01:29:50Z")
I bet you Trump will proclaim a vaccine ten days before the election. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/113 "2020-09-30T01:30:14Z")
If Biden looks at him and laughs and says “dude, you are so full of shit”… does he have a better chance of winning tonight or not? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/114 "2020-09-30T01:30:57Z")
Well, Biden called trump a liar a little while ago-- does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/115 "2020-09-30T01:31:13Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > A vaccine is just weeks away eh?? Two weeks, just like everything else. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MfjnucD1f9o/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump’s Health Care Plan Has Been ‘Two Weeks Away’ For Months | All In | MSNBC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfjnucD1f9o) ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/116 "2020-09-30T01:32:23Z")
I want to see him go all the way with the S-word on live TV. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/117 "2020-09-30T01:33:15Z")
Damn, Joe looks old. I made it halfway thru the 1st “discussion” period, and couldn’t stand any more. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/118 "2020-09-30T01:37:24Z")
This should have been billed as pig wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/119 "2020-09-30T01:37:25Z")
If people at Trump’s rallies want to hear what he has to say, why have they started walking out early? > ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813/120 "2020-09-30T01:38:19Z")
I decided I couldn’t subject myself to 90 minutes recapping the Trump administration’s record of hypocrisy and the senseless waste of human life in service to one man’s ego and refusal to recognize the great cost of his own incompetence. So I watched _Paths of Glory_ instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-debates/921813.md?page=7)