Welcome to our Live Chat tonight during the first Democratic Presidential Debate! The debate starts at 5:30pm pdt, hope to see you then!
AdLib 15 days ago
i’m early
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Howdy Early!
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey Ad, I’m already swearing at the “pundits”
sillylittleme
15 days ago
That’s what they’re for.
AdLib 15 days ago
They have to fill the down time so they make up all kinds of wack stuff.
AdLib 15 days ago
I have my popcorn and I couldn’t wait to eat my yummy Mexican food so that is digesting. Eyeing the box wine. Ready to smoke a bowl. Hillary 24/7.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Mmm…sounds good. Any margarita with that?
AdLib 15 days ago
no I have a sangria soda from Mexico, does that count?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Watching Hillary’s drone running Correct the Record on MSNBC, he’s such a snob and elitist.
AdLib 15 days ago
David Brock, that is.
AdLib 15 days ago
Sangria soda, that sounds tasty!
AdLib 15 days ago
Yuck, can’t believe they haven’t dragged out Lanny Davis yet
sillylittleme
15 days ago
And yes very yummy
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Oh no, he’ll probably climb out from under a rock tonight.
AdLib 15 days ago
He may be on Fox, I have no interest in finding out
sillylittleme
15 days ago
I am going to be looking for a Hillary stumble but I think it will be less likely because Sanders won’t be very aggressive towards her.
AdLib 15 days ago
He may also be Under A Rock?
AdLib 15 days ago
I hope the questions aren’t crap. I suspect they may be weak
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Actually, since CNN is all about ratings and asked intentionally insulting and provocative questions in the GOP debate, I expect them to ask sensationalized questions.
AdLib 15 days ago
Oh yay, maybe they’ll ask them what they think of Trump’s whitened hair
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hey Kes
sillylittleme
15 days ago
AB long time no see
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hey AB!
AdLib 15 days ago
Hi Kes!
AdLib 15 days ago
hi folks
escribacat
15 days ago
Hey Escribacat!
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey Escrib
sillylittleme
15 days ago
It’s about to start!
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey, kids! Just trying to get the live stream going from CNN now.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Sounds good Kes!
AdLib 15 days ago
CNN website says it’s a “preview” — hope that doesn’t only a short bit of it.
escribacat
15 days ago
They said they were livestreaming the whole thing, no subscription
sillylittleme
15 days ago
“Commercial message in progress” But of course. That’s capitalism!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes, yup commercial for I think banking, we’re getting those and Koch Industries. Yay
sillylittleme
15 days ago
escrib- I think they’re referring to the pre-show which they call a preview.
AdLib 15 days ago
Here we go!
AdLib 15 days ago
BTW, can I start by saying Debbie Wasserman is a horrible person?
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad – only if I can call her a cunt first
sillylittleme
15 days ago
She truly is.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Only 6 debates, trying to keep other Dems from getting national name recognition like Clinton. It’s Dems like her that make me dislike the party.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad – yup,corporatist/controlling
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Escrib – Is the CNN feed running?
AdLib 15 days ago
Love the sports approach to the CNN presentation. Not.
kesmarn
15 days ago
yep
escribacat
15 days ago
CNN is running for me
kesmarn
15 days ago
kes no kidding — this is like a football match
escribacat
15 days ago
slm – Yep, corporatist, controlling, anti-democratic and elitist.
AdLib 15 days ago
I hope he asks about climate change
escribacat
15 days ago
CNN always looks like it’s run by a former pre-school principal, “Look at all the bright and shiny things!”
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad – thanks for adding to the list
sillylittleme
15 days ago
slm – It’s so easy.
AdLib 15 days ago
Hi all
Nirek
15 days ago
I thought Webb was a GOPer
escribacat
15 days ago
Hey Nirek – ready to watch the next president speak?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hi Nirek
escribacat
15 days ago
yup
Nirek
15 days ago
Hey Nirek!
AdLib 15 days ago
Escrib – he switched after Iraq
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Just got back from cribbage
Nirek
15 days ago
I don’t remember the National anthem thing from previous years.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Hey, Nirek! Good to see you here!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Sheryl Crow sings the national anthym for the Dem debate, Ted Nugent probably will for the next GOP debate but he’ll change the words to include racist terms.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad – lol
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Kes – Same here, this seems like part of the disgusting infotainment mentality at CNN to present it like a sporting event.
AdLib 15 days ago
Hi Kes , I don’t know how long I can last.
Nirek
15 days ago
Exactly.
kesmarn
15 days ago
What??? Going right to a commercial??? CNN SUCKS!!!
AdLib 15 days ago
So they actually have democrats in Las Vegas?
escribacat
15 days ago
escrib – Lots of Dems, unions are very strong in Vegas.
AdLib 15 days ago
Me neither, Nirek. And I’m not great at multi-tasking (listening , watching and typing) but I’ll give it a try! 
kesmarn
15 days ago
Ad – The point is to have as little debate as possible, didn’t you get the memo?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
It’s a purple state.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad, I forgot about VegasBabe!
escribacat
15 days ago
Well….tickticck tick
escribacat
15 days ago
Besides they started it a half hour earlier to add in 30 minutes of commercials
sillylittleme
15 days ago
CNN and all the other “news” stations suck , Ad
Nirek
15 days ago
Yep, lots of Repubs in Vegas but also a lot of Latinos who are Dems.
AdLib 15 days ago
Someone should count the number of commercials. CNN is going to make more money than when the Super Bowl is broadcast!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Interesting that they’re not streaming the commercials
escribacat
15 days ago
This must look crazy to other countries. Selecting a leader as a sports event and selling a bunch of crap in the process.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Nirek – CNN is pretty bad though, like cheap hamburger meat in a very expensive looking package.
AdLib 15 days ago
Gravitas R Us.
kesmarn
15 days ago
I like that lady from Hawii who spoke up about more debates
Nirek
15 days ago
Kes – We have indeed been witnessing the trivializing of our democracy into just a profit producing reality show.
AdLib 15 days ago
Nirek – And then Debbie Wasserman yanked away her invite to tonight’s debate. She’s the worst.
AdLib 15 days ago
Pretty soon there’s going to be the “Talent Segment” where they have to tap dance or juggle.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Nirek – yup apparently vice chairs weren’t even in on a discussion about the debate schedule, glad she spoke up
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Kes – I think I’ll skip the bathing suit competition, don’t want to see Bernie in a Speedo.
AdLib 15 days ago
agreed
Nirek
15 days ago
First commercial banking, second accounting firm
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Or Chris Christie!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Wasserman sure has been pissing people off lately. I used to like her a lot. Haven’t been paying much attention
escribacat
15 days ago
escrib – Yep, I used to think she was okay but she’s just another phony sellout.
AdLib 15 days ago
OK. I’m being massively superficial, but a stylist would be a real asset to poor Chafee here.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes, yeah, he looks wishy washy
escribacat
15 days ago
Poor Chafee, he has the charisma of wet washcloth.
AdLib 15 days ago
Kinda like Gumby
escribacat
15 days ago
I used to like her too but she has a dirty trick to keep Bernie from any impromptu debates.
Nirek
15 days ago
‘Fraid so.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Well that was an interesting almost boo about scandals
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Why is he running? He has no skills to win a national competition.
AdLib 15 days ago
Still he’s Brad Pitt and Einstein combined, compared to the GOP.
kesmarn
15 days ago
I don’t know Webb or Chafee at all.
Nirek
15 days ago
Huh oh, it’s hanging
escribacat
15 days ago
Webb also defies understanding. He can’t be too bright thinking Dems would want to elect a Reagan Republican type. He’s so deaf to the modern Dem party.
AdLib 15 days ago
I read something interesting about Webb ages ago….but can’t remember what it was. It was about Iraq I think.
escribacat
15 days ago
Not a huge fan of Webb’s. But again — better than anything on the other side.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Webb used to be a republican?
Nirek
15 days ago
E’cat, his son served in Iraq and Webb snapped at Bush when Bush asked about how his son was doing. Would that have been it?
kesmarn
15 days ago
Webb is a throwback to the past, Dems are not looking for a conservative pro-military, anti-safety net candidate.
AdLib 15 days ago
No they’re not, AdLib.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Ad – I don’t know about that…
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Kes, that doesn’t ring a bell, but that’s interesting.
escribacat
15 days ago
“I can procreate too!”
escribacat
15 days ago
Martin O’Malley actually has been sounding good on the stump but hard to see how he can siphon off Hillary or Bernie voters.
AdLib 15 days ago
In another year someone like O’Malley would be a real contender.
kesmarn
15 days ago
escrib – I am pro procreate!
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad LOL
escribacat
15 days ago
Ad – he’s reasonable, but he has a police problem
sillylittleme
15 days ago
At least the Dem issues are decent issues instead of “save us from the scary Mexicans!”
escribacat
15 days ago
Police problem is right.
Nirek
15 days ago
What’s his police problem?
escribacat
15 days ago
Baltimore.
Nirek
15 days ago
The Baltimore situation?
kesmarn
15 days ago
Bernie is reaching all the viewers, I hope that CNN can draw a bunch
Nirek
15 days ago
Kes – Possibly so, O’Malley might have gotten more attention in another year but he’s still missing a component that would make him strong enough to win.
AdLib 15 days ago
I think O’Malley really has no chance.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Bernie is full of facts!
Nirek
15 days ago
Bernie got applause in the middle of his opening statement, did anyone else so far?
AdLib 15 days ago
no
Nirek
15 days ago
Bernie is not talking about himself at all. Good move, I think!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Go Bernie!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Bernie is going to win!!!!
Nirek
15 days ago
Hillary’s turn!
AdLib 15 days ago
Kes- he never does. It’s all about the issues
sillylittleme
15 days ago
SLM, true!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Agreed Kes
Nirek
15 days ago
Hillary is well rehearsed, smooth but not inspirational.
AdLib 15 days ago
Nirek – yes he is and so will we
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Yup
Nirek
15 days ago
Ad – ya think 
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hillary is too lawyerly
escribacat
15 days ago
She’s still figuring it out…
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Escribacat, yes
Nirek
15 days ago
“The opportunity posed by climate change to grow our economy”? Odd take on climate change.
kesmarn
15 days ago
devise?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
HRC has gotten behind some of Bernie issues
Nirek
15 days ago
kes–clean energy jobs
escribacat
15 days ago
Nirek – she has all but copied off his homework lol
sillylittleme
15 days ago
nirek –yes, Bernie has pushed her left
escribacat
15 days ago
SLM yup
Nirek
15 days ago
Hillary is just a “me-too” on Progressive issues.
AdLib 15 days ago
Probably so, e’cat — but no emphasis on tackling climate change…?
kesmarn
15 days ago
That is good es
Nirek
15 days ago
Of course they’d start off with an insulting question towards Hillary.
AdLib 15 days ago
heh there he goes ad
escribacat
15 days ago
except when she supported Goldwater
escribacat
15 days ago
escrib – Yep, they want reality show style conflict. So they ask insulting questions.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad – what did you expect?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
She was prepared for that one.
kesmarn
15 days ago
She does take a beating no matter what she does.
escribacat
15 days ago
There she goes talking about herself
Nirek
15 days ago
ha she’s a progressive my massively HUGE ass
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Yep, to be fair, the questions have already started off as insulting Hillary even though the issue would be fair to pursue, no need to insult though.
AdLib 15 days ago
slm lol
Nirek
15 days ago
Right, AdLib. His tone is very snotty. And that may help her the same way McCarthy inadvertently helped her.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Bernie being bernie
Nirek
15 days ago
McCarthy did help her, a lot
Nirek
15 days ago
Yup sticks to the issues1!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Kes – Yep, I think it helps candidates who don’t take the bait and get angry back at the questioner.
AdLib 15 days ago
Exactly!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Yes Go Bernie!!!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
McCarthy gave Hillary a revival.
AdLib 15 days ago
Bernie should say he’s in favor of regulated capitalism. Saying he’s “not a capitalist” is gonna hurt.
kesmarn
15 days ago
so far it is Bernie and hillary
Nirek
15 days ago
Cooper is trying to scare people with the scary “socialist” word
escribacat
15 days ago
What is Hillary saying? She disagrees with Bernie but agrees with him? He’s a dirty socialist but I believe the same thing?
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey Hillary guess what you’ve never voted for small businesses
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Cooper is a massive ass.
AdLib 15 days ago
Chafee was a republican so was Hillary
Nirek
15 days ago
He really is! I didn’t realize what jerk he was. (Anderson Cooper that is.)
kesmarn
15 days ago
“Soft granite”, really? Is Cooper that stupid?
AdLib 15 days ago
Cooper is a sellout. He’s performing the script that CNN wrote for him, being a provocative ass.
AdLib 15 days ago
Baltimore and the police violence and shootings
Nirek
15 days ago
CNN is aping FOX and Cooper is playing right along.
kesmarn
15 days ago
It is too bad, CNN used to do real news
Nirek
15 days ago
Poor CNN and Cooper, they are not going to get the angry, petty conflicts that gave the GOP debate so profitable for them. But it won’t be due to a lack of trying.
AdLib 15 days ago
No reality TV cat fights tonight.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Yup they want to make this a circus
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Kes – Exactly, they know how much money they made from starting fights instead of having a debate when they had the GOP.
AdLib 15 days ago
wont work with dems
Nirek
15 days ago
it wont work with dems
Nirek
15 days ago
Dems are pretty much ALL no-drama.
kesmarn
15 days ago
nope they want to discuss issues
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Nirek – Nope, more discussions with more facts spoken already in this debate than in all of the GOP debates to date.
AdLib 15 days ago
just the facts
Nirek
15 days ago
here comes the gun issue
sillylittleme
15 days ago
close the loopholes!
Nirek
15 days ago
Bernie is strong so far
Nirek
15 days ago
Good move, Bernie. Mention how much the NRA hates you!
kesmarn
15 days ago
yes Kes
Nirek
15 days ago
Kes – the NRA hates all dems
sillylittleme
15 days ago
That’s a badge of honor.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Oh Hill how tough on guns were you?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
that is ok we don’t like the NRA a whole lot either
Nirek
15 days ago
Oh I didn’t realize that the energy companies, banks, etc were held accountable
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Right, Nirek! Being hated by the NRA is something to be proud of!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Good point slm
Nirek
15 days ago
I welcome the hatred of the NRA
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hillary’s biggest problem is that many see her as unlikeable. Seeing her as the hostile one in the debate may make her think she won the debate but if it affirms how unpleasant she is, she will do worse.
AdLib 15 days ago
Bernie is getting good time
Nirek
15 days ago
Yes, a woman walks a very fine line. (Any woman.) She has to be perceived as strong — but not angry.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Nirek, yes he is
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Kes – yup
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hi…catch me up…I have CNN on now…
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
the lower guys are acutally getting in
Nirek
15 days ago
Hey, Murph and PPO!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Blanket hugs to one and all gathered here tonight!
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Hey – Murph Anderson is being an ass, Hillary is walking a fine line, Bernie’s getting a lot of speaking time
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hey Pink
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Afternoon all! trying to find Xmission of the debate. CNN LIED! not streamin(in OZ, anyway)
pinkpantheroz
15 days ago
SLM…how is Anderson bein an ass.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Hey Murph!
AdLib 15 days ago
Murph – trying to start a fight
sillylittleme
15 days ago
That’s just wrong, PPO!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Pink – sorry
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Ad…what is your take so far?
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
If Chafee thinks he’s going to be able to negotiate with LaPierre he’s even more naive than he looks.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes – he’s trying at least
sillylittleme
15 days ago
well, I’ll try radio somewhere. get back to you when I do.
pinkpantheroz
15 days ago
Did the Repubs get so many substantial issue questions and follow up? Not that I recall, it was mostly turning one’s insults against the other.
AdLib 15 days ago
good point , Ad
Nirek
15 days ago
Ad – too many contestants
sillylittleme
15 days ago
One theory I’ll float is that the more people see of Hillary, the less they’ll like her.
AdLib 15 days ago
PPO…Vox has a good how to….
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/13/9512873/democratic-debate-2015-watch-online-streaming-time-tv-schedule
Democratic debate 2015 live stream: time, TV schedule, and how to watch online
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and more will face off onstage.
Democratic debate 2015 live stream: time, TV schedule, and how to watch online
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and more will face off onstage.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Clowns don’t talk issues
Nirek
15 days ago
Nirek – I don’t think CNN wanted to have an issues debate with the Repubs.
AdLib 15 days ago
Hillary just got dissed
Nirek
15 days ago
It was pretty bad but not as bad as Vietnam
escribacat
15 days ago
agree Ad
Nirek
15 days ago
Nirek – Hillary is hiding behind Obama to escape responsibility for voting for war in Iraq?
AdLib 15 days ago
That was a good escape from a corner
escribacat
15 days ago
Bernie voted against the Iraq war she didn’t
Nirek
15 days ago
Wow, Bernie got points there
Nirek
15 days ago
Bernie’s predictions from back then were very accurate.
kesmarn
15 days ago
yes they were Kes
Nirek
15 days ago
Bernie has a first class mind….no doubt about it but his experience is not……can he bridge the gap? Carter was cut from the same cloth….
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Bernie is on strong ground right now, his judgement on Iraq vs. Hillary’s, she was hugely wrong and he was right.
AdLib 15 days ago
yup Ad he was
Nirek
15 days ago
He was also right on the money when he confronted Greenspan on economic issues.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Murph– experience is not… what?
escribacat
15 days ago
Again i agree kes
Nirek
15 days ago
And isn’t the key thing you’re looking for in a President, good judgement?
AdLib 15 days ago
Let’s not forget that Bernie is constitutionally (naturally) anti-war….so he leaned away as she and Obama leaned in…both positons have their plusses and minuses.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
yes good judgement is most important
Nirek
15 days ago
Murph I do have trouble envisioning Bernie as “commander in chief”
escribacat
15 days ago
Me too Es
Nirek
15 days ago
Although as he said — he did vote for intervention in Kosovo.
kesmarn
15 days ago
S’Cat….Bernie is not nearly as strong in his experience as he is in his wisdom.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
I’d prefer a CIC that would at least think before acting
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Bernie is strong but would rather use diplomacy
Nirek
15 days ago
Hillary’s prepared BS like trying to call O’Malley a hypocrite for endorsing her in 2008, makes her look like the nasty, manipulative person many see her as.
AdLib 15 days ago
Murph – is wisdom no longer a strength?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
SLM…of course it is a strength but so is experience…Bernie is great in one and less so in the other…
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
I think wisdom is a real strength!
Nirek
15 days ago
SLM …. but so was Obama
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Murph – agree to disagree
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Go Webb
sillylittleme
15 days ago
escrib – Bernie sure isn’t the guy you’d cast in the role of President ideally but I could imagine Hillary being a very divisive and insincere President.
AdLib 15 days ago
Webb’s against the Iran deal? That figures. This guy should be in the GOP.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Webb knows defense.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Webb’s against SS and Medicare remaining intact too.
AdLib 15 days ago
“Let’s go to war with China”!!
escribacat
15 days ago
Webb also is more GOP than Dem.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
sounds like a republican to me
Nirek
15 days ago
Webb worked for Reagan Admin.
AdLib 15 days ago
I think Bernie’s right. Putin will regret this move in Syria and Obama has also said as much.
kesmarn
15 days ago
and russia is not in good financial shape
Nirek
15 days ago
No, those sanctions are hurting, Nirek.
kesmarn
15 days ago
She just got snippy
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Remember they broke up the USSR after Afghanistan
Nirek
15 days ago
Kes – It’s clear that Putin is upset about the fallout for invading Ukraine…but as a sociopath, I don’t think he regrets having done it.
AdLib 15 days ago
SLM…I like her snippy!
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Snippary?
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad 
sillylittleme
15 days ago
No, I don’t think Putin regrets it yet, AdLib. But the day will come — when Russia will regret it, if not Putin personally.
kesmarn
15 days ago
as a vet I respect Bernie!
Nirek
15 days ago
Murph – I don’t know if that’s going to help her though, her biggest adversary is the perception of her as an unpleasant, untrustworthy person. So will being hostile win voters over to her? Don’t know about that.
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey folks. I’m not watching the debate, but following on Twitter. Thought I’d drop by to read your commentary. Hope everyone is well.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
What an obnoxious question!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Hey Sabreen!
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey, Sabreen!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Ad….I do not place limits on women using the tools of rhetoric to make a point….in this case for men it is snark, for women snip.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
yup he was right about vietnam
sillylittleme
15 days ago
hey sabreen
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Webb’s answer was gracious. Too bad he’s not a GOPer and there aren’t more GOPers like him
escribacat
15 days ago
It is not freaking illegal to be a conscientious objector to a war like the Vietnam war!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Thanks kes! I agree
Nirek
15 days ago
And you know what you’re talking about Nirek! You were there!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes – With Russia in economic decline right now, they should be regretting the invasion because sanctions combined with the dip in oil prices is hammering their economy. But the propaganda in Russia is blaming it all on the US and the West and that works to re-direct their anger away from Putin, where it should be.
AdLib 15 days ago
If my Dad had not been a career soldier I would have done as bernie did
Nirek
15 days ago
I’ve read that Putin is still popular in Russia, AdLib. Have to wonder how long that can last though.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Issues I love it
Nirek
15 days ago
Murph – Hillary is being hostile towards Bernie, he is not being hostile towards her. It’s not a woman/man thing, it’s a personal hostility vs. no personal hostility.
AdLib 15 days ago
All of these people are better than anyone on the GOP side of the f ence.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
I totally agree, Murph. A panel of adults. Imagine!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Agreed Murph and Bernie is the best
Nirek
15 days ago
Ad, Hillary doesn’t sound that hostile to me.
escribacat
15 days ago
Ad….Hillary does not need to wait for Bernie to go first….I like her assertiveness.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
I agree with Bernie — biggest threat is climate change!!!
escribacat
15 days ago
That was a great answer!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Yes Es
Nirek
15 days ago
Imagine that same “threat” question applied to the GOP?
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Kes – Putin is enormously popular in Russia. He controls the national media and outlawed opposition media so every bad thing he causes for Russia is twisted into being an assault by the West on Russia and the people rally even more to Putin’s side. I don’t know how such brainwashed people ever turn against their government. They sure can’t in North Korea.
AdLib 15 days ago
And now it’s time to sell some stuff…
kesmarn
15 days ago
Murph: “Mexicans!”
escribacat
15 days ago
Ad — Putin’s bombing campaign makes him even more popular I bet
escribacat
15 days ago
S’cat…exactly….our borders!
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
That’s scary, AdLib. I realize he controls the media and all, But whatever happened to people like the Pussy Riot girls of just a few years ago?
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes….Medvedev was in charge then….what have you heard of him lately…despite his role as number 2 in the government?
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Kes, I think Russia has a lot of “tea bagger” types too.
escribacat
15 days ago
Xfinity commercial, followed by CNN commercials
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Murph – That’s cool, just saying that I think her attempts to look strong come off as artifically forced and to some who already have a view of her being insincere or unpleasant, I don’t know that it will bring them over to her. Also, when a front runner has to go more aggressive on a challenger, it makes them look worried and weaker.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad…you could be correct, but she looks sickly when she takes the meek and mild tone.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Ad – she has never had to have a “real” public face. She needs Elizabeth Warren lessons
sillylittleme
15 days ago
If one of the candidates wanted to hammer the theme of bad judgement on Hillary, using Iraq, email server, etc., that could be effective.
AdLib 15 days ago
SLM…Liz Warren Lessons. Yes.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Hillary did leverage the Benghazi Committee crap very well.
AdLib 15 days ago
She’s right tho, Ad
escribacat
15 days ago
That committee had one purpose — to try to nail Clinton
escribacat
15 days ago
Ouch! “I never said it wasn’t legitimate”?
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad – those are all red herrings. She did most of the negotiating for the TPP, but is walking it back. Same with Keystone XL.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
escrib – I do agree with that, the committee was indeed, as she said, a tool of the RNC to bring her down.
AdLib 15 days ago
Anderson Cooper actually seems to actively dislike Clinton. And it shows.
kesmarn
15 days ago
true slm
Nirek
15 days ago
Anderson IS acting like an ASS….and Hillary is calling him a Donkey…AND BERNIE JUST SCORED WITH HILLARY…
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
EXCELLENT, Bernie!
kesmarn
15 days ago
HILLARY and Bernie?
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Well done.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Haha!!!
escribacat
15 days ago
Murph – Bernie scores with everyone!!!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
SLM, yes!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Bernie being Bernie
Nirek
15 days ago
Thank you!!
escribacat
15 days ago
Standing ovation!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Difference between Bernie and Hillary. When Obama was being unfairly attacked for Rev. Wright, Hillary jumped on the attack. When Hillary is being unfairly attacked over emails, Bernie sides with her and speaks out on the unfairness.
AdLib 15 days ago
Chafee is circling the drain even as we speak.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Chaffee does not impress….he is bright……AND HILLARY JUST SCORED WITH A “NO! Shut the fuck up, Anderson…..”
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Hillary, well done!!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Chaffee has a retirement houseboat he lives on that circles the drain.
AdLib 15 days ago
Again Bernie being Bernie
Nirek
15 days ago
The Dem candidates are acting like members of the same party and O Malley is reminding the DNC chair of that….good for him…….
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
CNN screwing up on technical issues again!
AdLib 15 days ago
That O’Malley is pretty good
escribacat
15 days ago
Bernie rocking the house!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
The Dem candidates are united in refusing to play CNN’s “let’s you and them fight” game.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Well done all of them
Nirek
15 days ago
Yes!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Escrib – Yep, O’Malley is pretty good. Just doesn’t have the horses to outdo Hillary and Bernie.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad, agreed
escribacat
15 days ago
Ad – He really is a good man. Notice who is missing?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Murph – Excellent point, we’ve seen multiple instances of the Dem candidates supporting each other but the GOP debates? It’s like individuals claiming the same party membership but wholly adversaries of each other.
AdLib 15 days ago
slm – Biden?
AdLib 15 days ago
Murph – I think Hillary sounding more reasonable right now is a stronger tone for her.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad…yes….Biden….is anyone missing him…..I think not….
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Ad – a pineapple upside down cake for you!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Thanks slm, sounds good!
AdLib 15 days ago
So far so good
Nirek
15 days ago
There doesn’t appear to be a hole in the party that needs Biden to fill it. He could run but it would be a tough uphill battle he might not win. After tonight, do folks here think Biden will or won’t get in?
AdLib 15 days ago
Webb very weak on race issues, I think.
kesmarn
15 days ago
I never thought Biden was running. Especially after he basically told Colbert not gonna happen.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
No he doesn
Nirek
15 days ago
My sense is that Biden won’t run. I could be wrong though.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes – Not surprising for a very conservative southerner.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad I only think Biden would jump in if there was a major collapse of Hillary’s campaign
escribacat
15 days ago
have the fire
Nirek
15 days ago
A new new deal!
escribacat
15 days ago
Wow did the heir just accuse Hill of being a 1%er?
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Agree, e’cat. Something would have to go very wrong for Hillary to get Biden in.
kesmarn
15 days ago
We’re going to have to build lots of new ocean walls
escribacat
15 days ago
I think that Clinton’s rebound in recent weeks (a combo of GOP truthiness and her stubborness) has made Biden a side show.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
There Cooper goes with his Hillary bashing again. It’s pretty obvious.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes – I agree. I think before McCarthy’s “gaffe” defusing Hillary’s email scandal and now this strong showing by the Dem field, I thought he would run but now I’d have to agree, I think Biden is less likely to run now.
AdLib 15 days ago
We need to get those idiots out of the House of Reps too
escribacat
15 days ago
Yes we do Es
Nirek
15 days ago
Yes!! Glass-Steagall
escribacat
15 days ago
Yes! That means getting rid of gerrymandering, E’cat.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Anderson Cooper is generational wealth!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hillary’s plan is tougher, keeping the big banks too-big-to-fail instead of breaking them up as Bernie has said? Nope.
AdLib 15 days ago
Fact checkers have to be giddy….SO MANY FACTS TO CHECK….vs the GOP experience…
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Adlib, if we break up the big american banks, then the big overseas banks will eat them.
escribacat
15 days ago
S’cat, thank you…yes.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Enjoyed how Bernie laughed off Hillary’s claiming her bank/Wall Street plan is tougher than him.
AdLib 15 days ago
I just lost the feed
Nirek
15 days ago
“Fraud is a business model.” Oh yes.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Good night all.
Nirek
15 days ago
escrib – The US can block sales of US banks to foreign entities.
AdLib 15 days ago
Night Nirek!
AdLib 15 days ago
Nite Nirek
sillylittleme
15 days ago
G’night,Nirek!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Good night Nirek!
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Hillary is defending the protection of bigger and fewer banks.
AdLib 15 days ago
We are the foreign banks. Without the dollar the world house of cards falls apart. We break them up, makes it easier to break up all the others. Time for Switzerland and other secret bank countries to be held to account.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Bernie’s line about “Wall Street regulates Congress” resonates with the public.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes – cause its true. K street should be shut down
sillylittleme
15 days ago
K Street backs Hillary.
AdLib 15 days ago
Right, SLM.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Oops. That was almost as bad as “it depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is”
escribacat
15 days ago
Bernie is a very, very, very smart populist….as good as Warren….
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
“I remember like it was yesterday.” So do I, Bernie. So do I.
kesmarn
15 days ago
It’s amazing how all those crooks got off the hook from that mess.
escribacat
15 days ago
Webb has said that equal time thing several times now
escribacat
15 days ago
A travesty, e’cat.
kesmarn
15 days ago
About the Wall St. crooks, e’cat.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes, yes
escribacat
15 days ago
O’Malley, Clinton, Sanders are strong orators on their feet…..
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
I think we can agree that this is actually a debate on the issues, where the GOP debates are an insult competition. And since the front runners in the GOP don’t come from public service, they have no stands on issues to discuss.
AdLib 15 days ago
Chafee just wiped himself out.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Anderson is being a real jerk…enough for me to write to CNN tomorrow.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
He really has been a total ass.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Poor Chafee, he just tucked himself into bed with his rationalizing his bad vote. Bye Chafee, we hardly knew ya.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad — we’re also watching adults instead of children
escribacat
15 days ago
Go Murph – give him a piece of all of our minds
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Cooper that is.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Here’s what I observe re most issues. The candidates act like they can say “be” and it “is”. Republicans were never going to agree with Bernie Sanders or other very liberal policies. I’m waiting for someone to admit that they will have to compromise with Republicans.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Sabreen–Hillary said something along those lines early on.
escribacat
15 days ago
Sab…in practice yes, but elections are about hopes and inspiration…and Dems do not want to hear about compromising with the Party of NO!
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Sabreen – I don’t think any candidate is going to say “It’s pointless for me to say what I want to do because Repubs in Congress will block it.” It’s really more about presenting a vision in a positive way, even if realities will block them, we at least know what they will be fighting for.
AdLib 15 days ago
Right. The GOP already looks so crazy that promising to deal with them is problematic.
kesmarn
15 days ago
kes — good point. “Compromise” doesn’t even seem to be part of the equation any more.
escribacat
15 days ago
Murph, I don’t know about all Dems. I’m a realist like Joe Biden. I’d rather hear the truth rather than a lot of platitudes.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
I find myself really listening to these people – they have ideas.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Well Bernie always says that we must vote and if we vote in overwhelming numbers for Ds we can get a lot more done.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
They’re reality-based people — which is very refreshing after the GOP debacles.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Sab….it is a matter of tactics.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
kes – Unless the Republicans disappear from the House and the Senate what choice will any President have but to deal with them. Congress makes the laws. Not the President.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Sabreen – I think vision is important in a presidential candidate. Generally speaking, I think a candidate who can help move an issue forward needs to energize the public towards it.
AdLib 15 days ago
AdLib – I said nothing about vision. Of course a candidate needs vision. I just wish one would have the guts to say “I want to do this or that and will stand up to and even fight with the Republicans to get it done. IMO, the problem that Prez Obama had is that people expected him to everything by himself. Americans need a good dose of reality.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Sabreen – I believe that is what Bernie’s campaign is about
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Sab….I think that Sanders, Clinton and O’Malley have spoken with determination re. the recalcitrant and obstructive GOP.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Sabreen – Agreed, Americans should understand that whatever a Presidential candidate stands for, they need voters to support them by voting for majorities in Congress to make them happen.
AdLib 15 days ago
Jim Webb looks so stiff, it’s giving me a sore neck.
AdLib 15 days ago
slm – With all due respect I don’t think so. I have not heard him come down on Republicans or say that he will have to fight to have any of his policies enacted.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Webb does look very rigid — in more than one way.
kesmarn
15 days ago
I am fewing rather proud of my party right now.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
My problem with this debate, no descriptions of imaginary abortions, no name calling…hey, Hillary just said the same thing, props to her for that.
AdLib 15 days ago
Good for Hillary for putting things in perspective re: the GOP
kesmarn
15 days ago
There Clinton finally came down on Republicans re immigrants.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
AdLib, where is the weeping faux-religion? The saccharine “patriotism”? Where’s the fear-mongering?
kesmarn
15 days ago
Murph – Which is why I strongly dislike Debbie Wasserman Schultz for rigging the Dem primary to have so few debates. The more debates Americans see side by side, Republicans and Democrats, would only help whoever the Dem nom is.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad Lib…I fully agree…she has some good reasons for wanting not to have the candidates trapped by too many debates but the current number is just plain silly.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Ad Lib…I wonder if Hillary starts to regain ground if Schultz will shift on this.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Ad – all self-fulfilling prophecies backfire. DWS isn’t as smart as she thinks she is
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Kes – And the Repubs are all about how horrible America is today while Dems talk about how it’s better than it was under Bush but it needs to get better. A message of doom and gloom vs. making the country better? Which message will win?
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey VB
sillylittleme
15 days ago
I wish someone would tell Anderson to cool it.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Hi, VegasBabe…..I don’t think we have met…welcome.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
murph, why? He’s being assertive with his questioning as he should be!!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Murph – It is to Hillary’s benefit to have the fewest numbers of debates. Poll numbers are strongly based on name recognition and the less national exposure for other Dems who don’t have 100% name recognition like Hillary hurts them.
AdLib 15 days ago
Hi VB!
AdLib 15 days ago
VB…he is driving the debate in such a way to stir up conflict with little concern for depth or clarity.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Adlib: are you supporting HRC?
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Ad…good point.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Well, you may have a point there but it’s the mutual excitement and his desire to get to the actual response, don’t you think?
VegasBabe
15 days ago
VB- If Hillary became the Dem nom, I would vote for her, any Repub would be worse. However, I am not supporting her in the primary.
AdLib 15 days ago
Cooper’s interruptions are absurd.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Awwww Murph! 
He’s doing the best he can
He’s doing the best he canVegasBabe
15 days ago
VB…I’d like to think so…but I wonder about his agenda.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Murph – The interruptions by Cooper are intended to unnerve the candidates and hopefully, from CNN’s POV, get them to burst out angrily or say something they shouldn’t.
AdLib 15 days ago
I wish Biden would finally jump in, what’s he waiting for?
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Ad…probably and it is part of the anchor culture…to slay pollitical dragons.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
VB – he’s not running
sillylittleme
15 days ago
BS talks a good game but so did Obama, not knowing the obstructionism he’d face, ofcourse BS is white but I still don’t think he can accomplish half of what he’s claiming.
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Bernie sounds like Noam Chomsky
escribacat
15 days ago
Murph – Actually, I find it more from the world of reality tv than journalism. Good journalists don’t need to insult and interrupt in general.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad….yes.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
escribat, YES he does but Noam for me is more credible, more believable but maybe that’s because he’s not in the running.
VegasBabe
15 days ago
SO….we have a break…assessments so far?
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
How long is this thing?
escribacat
15 days ago
Isn’t this the coolest, to watch the debate and be able to communicate as well on our thoughts. I like it!VegasBabe
15 days ago
I’d say HRC, Bernie, and O Malley are doing well.
escribacat
15 days ago
VB – Bernie’s in The Senate, he knows very well what it’s like in Congress with Repubs blocking everything. He just explained that he’s trying to inspire Americans to come out and vote to change Congress and the WH.
AdLib 15 days ago
How juvenile — if Cooper actually plans to ask each candidate whether he/she has smoked weed. Grow the hell up Anderson.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Zero luck! CNN Lies! No free feed on oz. can’t trace radio debate Frustrating
pinkpantheroz
15 days ago
VB…Ad and the Planet have created the best forum I know of for such activity as this.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Agreed, Adlib, but if the congress is tea-bagged, he won’t get a single thing done.
escribacat
15 days ago
S Cat…until 10
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
VB – Absolutely, always look forward to it!
AdLib 15 days ago
Escribat: yep, agreed again…I don’t even know the names of the other two….so much for my acumen LOL
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Thanks Murph, appreciate it!
AdLib 15 days ago
PPO…unfortunate.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Escribat: Your on a ROLL !!!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
another half hour
sillylittleme
15 days ago
ad….deserved and it should be recognized.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Kes – Do any voters who might vote for a Dem really care anymore if they smoked pot…which is now legal in one way or another in many states? When it is legal nationally, will hacks still ask that question?
AdLib 15 days ago
Thanks Ad, this is my favorite way to watch any big event…
sillylittleme
15 days ago
VegasBabe, I just mentioned you earlier before you came! Looking for Dems from Las Vegas
escribacat
15 days ago
Yeah, I think it’s a waste of x to divulge or ask about pot….who cares? BTW, I’m running short, can I get a hit
VegasBabe
15 days ago
I’d like someone to say that hemp would really help the environment
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Exactly — even Ohio — under Kasich — has not one but two MJ legalization issues on the Nov ballet. It’s irrelevant and a waste of time. But what else is new with Cooper?
kesmarn
15 days ago
escribat, well you found one.
VegasBabe
15 days ago
How about Cooper asking Dems if they believe in evolution? And science? Good contrast to the Repubs.
AdLib 15 days ago
VB- passin to ya
sillylittleme
15 days ago
SLM — agreed. Replace plastic junk with hemp stuff
escribacat
15 days ago
slm: hee hee hee
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Cheers slm, very glad to hear it!
AdLib 15 days ago
KT…welcome toagreat debate….
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
hey kt
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Hey KT! Welcome!
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey, Homie!
kesmarn
15 days ago
Oh come on Hillary, you’re an outsider? Really???
AdLib 15 days ago
You lived in the White House!!!
AdLib 15 days ago
Good line…CLinton….Seek common ground, stand her ground.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Clever move — woman as outsider.
kesmarn
15 days ago
YES O’malley, we need NEW leadership!!!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
No more Clinton’s, no more Bushes!!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Kes – I don’t know, sounded forced to me.
AdLib 15 days ago
right as if her last name wasn’t her argain with the devil… sorry must smoke more pot
sillylittleme
15 days ago
I cannot express how much I want a woman for President. That would be a big part of our nation growing up…I wish Hillary was better as a candidate but there seem to be signs tat she is measuring up.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Bernie’s point about his grass roots status is a very strong point.
AdLib 15 days ago
I saw the debate advertised to begin at 11pm est. What’s going on?
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
She has anticipated almost every question that’s come up. However she was prepped — it was thorough.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Murph -waiting for Liz, give it 4 years.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Murph–I really would like to see a woman prez before I die!
escribacat
15 days ago
Adlib: AGREED and I like it that he doesn’t have a super pac and hasn’t thus far accepted funds from billionaires!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
SLM Liz doesn’t seem to want it
escribacat
15 days ago
SLM….do you know how old Warren will be in 4 years?
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
kes – I agree.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
KT – Nope, 8:30pm EST. Always check your Planet for correct times and dates!
AdLib 15 days ago
Thank you Anna
escribacat
15 days ago
Warren will be about 70 in 4 years. I know she doesn’t look it.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes, really? I thought she was younger
escribacat
15 days ago
Which of these candidates are actually, without doubt, rethuglican? Anyone?
VegasBabe
15 days ago
VG–webb
escribacat
15 days ago
VB – We do know that Bernie won’t owe favors to the plutocratic class if elected.
AdLib 15 days ago
SLM…to answer my own question, 70. Not too late.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Damn it really was advertized for 11pm. Shit! I’ve missed most of the fucking debate.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
no nukes!
escribacat
15 days ago
Poor Jim Webb, still fighting against reality of Climate Change. Now that China has made a real deal his BS doesn’t fly.
AdLib 15 days ago
So sorry, Homie. 11 is the wrap up, I think.
kesmarn
15 days ago
I just lost my feed. Blast!
kesmarn
15 days ago
KT….CNN will post the whole thing….it was excellent….worth your time.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
KT so did I but we’ll probably pick it up again on CNN, they run everything over and over and over and over again.
VegasBabe
15 days ago
#^*!#@*()!
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Murph – 70, 4 yrs younger than Bernie. I think he’d agree to 4 years if he could get the ball rolling along. We need her in the Senate for this to work. And lots more Ds in the House and Senate. Totally doable. If we get out and vote.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
escrib – Absolutely! No more nukes!
AdLib 15 days ago
No more nukes and NO MORE WARS!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
For many Dems, this is the first time they’ve heard Bernie speak, I think he has a lot to gain from this performance. Hillary has been doing just fine, I think her numbers firm up.
AdLib 15 days ago
I think Biden’s decision is now made…..a happy retirement.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
My respect for Clinton has jumped several spots tonight….and I am surprised.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Murph – I think that’s probably the case, no apparent lane for Biden right now after seeing a smart debate like this and Hillary’s email situation defused.
AdLib 15 days ago
Hillary just called that woman reporter a GOP sympathizer…and now she has taken on the broader woman issues.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
murph….hmmmmm….she is not showing the contempt she did for any of these candidates she demonstrated against Obama in 08! Someone has spent a lot of time working with this woman!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Murph – Re Hillary, mine too.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
yeah!!!!
escribacat
15 days ago
Bernie’s pretty classy
escribacat
15 days ago
The Democrats look like a genuine party! Comparing to the GOP is just night and day. They can’t even pick a House Speaker!!!
AdLib 15 days ago
And speaking of age you guys, BS is 74!!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
It will be Sanders, O’Malley and Clinton the next time….and the debates will be a forge for policy development and refinement.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
AdLib: Nailed it!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Gawd, who cares?
escribacat
15 days ago
Exactly. Pot smokers aren’t criminals
escribacat
15 days ago
Boo Hillary, boogieman marijuana crap
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Finally got the feed up and running again. They’re really going there on MJ… Sigh…
kesmarn
15 days ago
Really makes you realize how intellectually asphixiating the Repub denates are, this debate is like manna for the mind. Yes, Presidential candidates can be smart, know facts and offer reasoned opinions!
AdLib 15 days ago
I haven’t smoked pot since 1992 …. about time I did again! If retards can walk around carrying assault weaponry, I think smoking pot should be legal across the country!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Hillary is showing off her calculating side on pot.
AdLib 15 days ago
Clinton’s caution on marijuana would have been rejected by me just a short while back but I have too many doctor friends who want it decriminalized but not put on a freeway to easy access because they are concerned about the unintended consequences
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
They’ve done well — very well. Except — maybe — for poor Chafee.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Go Bernie!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Sabreen – Bernie’s now saying it straight up, that nothing can be accomplished without voters replacing Repubs in Congress.
AdLib 15 days ago
Neither chaffee or webb are ready for this but both are sincere and generally thoughtful….
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Ad – he says it in EVERY speech.
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Doctors are opposing liberal access to MJ here too, Murph. They’ve taken a stand against Ohio Issue #3 on MJ.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Well, they posted it in a super, what do folks here think as to who’s winning or will benefit most from their performance in the debate?
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad, I think you’re right about Bernie needing the exposure more than Hillary. He’s done a really good job so I’ll bet he comes out a winner. Even though she and OMalley both did well too
escribacat
15 days ago
Adlib: sorry to say it but HRC seems to be winning with BS following with a strong second.
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Bernie, Hillary and O’Malley all benefited I think.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Kes pot is WHOLE lot stronger nowadays than it was when I was a hippie smoker
escribacat
15 days ago
Kes – Because doctors will get less visits when folks can use medical marijuana for certain conditions.
AdLib 15 days ago
Bernie is knocking it out of the park. Hill still has to find her heart
sillylittleme
15 days ago
WInner? The Triad- Clinton and Sanders a bit ahead of a respectably performing O’Malley.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
AdLib – No one wishes gerrymandering didn’t exist more than me. However, in polls 90% of Americans want background checks but the Republicans said FU. These districts are here to stay until census in 2020. So I think it’s going to be easier said than done.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Ad – excellent point
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Yeah Adlib, I think your spot on! Doctors don’t wish to have anything interfere with their revenue including healing!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Ad…none of the doctors I know oppose medical use IF legit (and not a bofus front).
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Ad, and bg pharama will lose a lot in prescription sales.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Sab – not so in FL, there is pushback
sillylittleme
15 days ago
AdLib, won’t they still need to get prescriptions for medical MJ though? (This is one issue you can tell I haven’t researched.)
kesmarn
15 days ago
GO O’MALLEY
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Well done agian, Hillary, I must say.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Coal Lobby, NRA, Clinton’s Long List with the GOP on the summit, Wall Street and Pharma, and a silly answer from Webb.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Oh come on webb.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Hi gang. What’s the consensus on the debate?
glenn
15 days ago
Sabreen – True, it will be very difficult until the 2020 census but if there was enough of a groundswell against Repubs, who knows what might happen? We certainly can get The Senate back, it would take a miracle turnout to get the House back but if they shutdown government and/or didn’t raise the debt ceiling, maybe…
AdLib 15 days ago
Webb = FAIL. He’s allied with most of the enemies of Progressives so that’s all he could grasp for.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad, yeah Webb is in the wrong party
escribacat
15 days ago
AdLib – Definitely the Senate. The House….not so much, but we’ll see.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Hey Glenn
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Do they change the districts in census years?
escribacat
15 days ago
Ad, that was a cheap play by webb.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Hey glenn. First a very solid, substantive, sincere, effort. Second, they all respected each other. Third, Clinton and Sanders did VERY well, and O Malley did well.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Yeah Webb even looks like a rethug!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Chafee ending on the exact same speech he started with — word for word. Not good.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Hiya glenn. How are you?
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Hillary, Bernie and O’Malley were all solid. I think Hillary’s numbers stay solid, Bernie’s may move up a little though now that he’s gotten national exposure on the stage beside Hillary. Maybe O’Malley bumps up a little. So, it was a successful debate for all Dems…though the nominal candidates won’t go anywhere.
AdLib 15 days ago
I don’t think so webb.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Murph–thanks for the synopsis. Do you think the debate will help O’Malley in the polls? Sounds like Clinton and Sanders will probably stay the same, no? Or, do you think one or the other will gain?
glenn
15 days ago
O’Malley also nailed it with comparing their debate to Repubs!
AdLib 15 days ago
Yes he did! Good move on his part!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
O Malley will be seen as one who belongs on the stage….very inspiring.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Hi, glenn! What do you think?
kesmarn
15 days ago
I like O’Malley, from the little I’ve seen.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
I repeat….I am very proud to be a Progressive Democrat tonight.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
He’d make a good VP…..POTUS I don’t know….
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Agreed, O’Malley may get the biggest relative bump (since he’s in the low single figures).
AdLib 15 days ago
I like O’Malley too, Homie. I just don’t think this is his year.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Well said OMalley
escribacat
15 days ago
You’re right Homie. It’s going to be either Hillary or Bernie.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Both BS and HRC bring PASSION to the table, that speaks volumes!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
BS & HRC bring PASSION to the table, that speaks volumes!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
They both did well tonight.
kesmarn
15 days ago
oops, sorry about that
VegasBabe
15 days ago
Really liked O’Malley’s closing.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Sorry, all, I was typing and somehow or another hit a key that closed the site. Anyway, I cannot watch the debates live, so I depend on you all to help me figureitallout. So Kes, I don’t know what to think yet, since I haven’t seen any clips or anything. SLM and Sabreen, I’m not ignoring you; just trying to catch up.
glenn
15 days ago
Didn’t like Bernie plugging his website and asking for donations though at the end of his closing statement.
AdLib 15 days ago
Hey glenn, there you are!
AdLib 15 days ago
Adlib: Yeah that was tacky!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
She is starting to sound a little robotic
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Ad, yeah that was weird!
escribacat
15 days ago
Sorry Glenn, I had a keyboard battery failure earlier. I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t respond…
sillylittleme
15 days ago
I’d like someone to define “hard working”?? Does that mean only certain occupations? What does that mean?
VegasBabe
15 days ago
O Malley closes very, very strong, Bernie closes strong (minus the commercial for donations), Hillary strong as well but I really love seeing Hillary in the center of that stage….
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Vegas Babe–glad to hear HRC brought passion; one of the biggest criticisms of her is that she is robotic.
glenn
15 days ago
Impressive wrap up by Hillary.
kesmarn
15 days ago
I prefer Bernie as a candidate but compare Hillary to Trump/Carson/Cruz/Fiorina/etc., no contest for reasoning people, whoever wins the Dem nom will be far and above the best President over any Repub.
AdLib 15 days ago
OMalley had the best closing
escribacat
15 days ago
oh goodie another goper circus dec 15
escribacat
15 days ago
I was dead tired at the beginning of this…..had to pick up a family of immigrants at 3 AM this morning coming into St. Louis on a bus and get them settled. Have not been to bed since Sunday night…BUT this debate was enlivening.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
VB – “Hard working” in my book is a pandering phrase that has been test marketed for years to be a positive term for voters, everyone sees themselves as “hard working” so they all think it includes and flatters them.
AdLib 15 days ago
Wow murph! That is just toooo cool! Now have a glass of wine and get some sleep!!!
VegasBabe
15 days ago
I’m a Bernie person as well, AdLib. But Hillary is incredibly smart and does recognize reality when she sees it. (Isn’t it sad that not being psychotic is the baseline for these candidates?)
kesmarn
15 days ago
And vindictive homie
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Wow Murph, very cool!
AdLib 15 days ago
VB…hot show with a cold beer in hand…and then to bed….yep.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
There you have it, Homie.
kesmarn
15 days ago
Although I don’t watch the debates, I was going through websites, like this one, who have live chats. One of them said that the questions were so much more substantive and issue-oriented in this debate than they were in the repub debates. As I read that, I was thinking that if these debates were to really count for something, the same questions should be asked of ALL the candidates; both republican and Democratic. That way, candidates would have to state their positions, instead of attacking each other.
glenn
15 days ago
KT whose vindictive, HRC?
VegasBabe
15 days ago
VB….hot shower….hah…I am pooped.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
No vb, the gopers
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Murph – I was wondering if you’d switched to porn lol
sillylittleme
15 days ago
G’nite, Murph. Sleep well!
glenn
15 days ago
ahhh….Well, I really enjoyed what little time I had with you guys. Murph, get some sleep , Adlib, thanks for having this, toooo cool, and to the rest of you, nite!!
, Adlib, thanks for having this, toooo cool, and to the rest of you, nite!!VegasBabe
15 days ago
SLM….politics IS my porn!
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Murph – YES!!!
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Nite VB
sillylittleme
15 days ago
glenn – I think the questions were more substantial but also, the Repubs always responded with BS to substantial questions, answering instead with garbage and lies. So it’s a self-fulfilling thing in each party’s debates, Repubs are shallow and nasty and their replies are the same, Dems are substantial and know facts so their replies were the same.
AdLib 15 days ago
Our pleasure, VB!
AdLib 15 days ago
Well you all did inspire me to turn on the debate via CNN on Netflix. I really enjoyed all your thoughtful comments. I have no desire to listen to pundits. Good night and see you later.
Sabreen60
15 days ago
Well….a BIG shout out to Ad for hosting this most enjoyable and informative shared discussion….Brilliant, just brilliant.
MurphTheSurf3
15 days ago
Well, as others said earlier, you can feel prouder tonight to be a Dem…and more embarassed than ever to be a Repub.
AdLib 15 days ago
Ad–You’re right. I’m glad to hear that this debate was received well.
glenn
15 days ago
Sanders being interviewed now — Cuomo asking WHY he would throw Hillary a lifeline on the email “scandal”? Corporados just can’t comprehend “doing it just because it’s the right thing to do.” (As Bernie said.)
kesmarn
15 days ago
Night Sabreen!
AdLib 15 days ago
Okay, I was just checking it out. G’nite all.
glenn
15 days ago
Thanks Murph! I feel the same, always look forward to sharing the debate night with fellow Planeteers! Always enjoyable and thought provoking.
AdLib 15 days ago
FOOD FIGHT!
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Heh! KT – That’s what’s happening in GOP households right now!
AdLib 15 days ago
Nite Glenn
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Nite Sabreen
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Nite glenn!
AdLib 15 days ago
Love how “real” Sanders’ wife is. First time I’ve heard her speak.
kesmarn
15 days ago
LOL! I hear Palin throws food that’s still in the can.
KillgoreTrout
15 days ago
Kes – yup love how she corrals him too
sillylittleme
15 days ago
Axelrod kissing Hillary’s behind on CNN, had to switch to MSNBC.
AdLib 15 days ago
Well, kids, this has been great. The Dems looked like they were about 4000 years more evolved than the GOP. I loved it!
kesmarn
15 days ago
I think I’ve had enough. See ya guys Fri nite
sillylittleme
15 days ago
So true, Kes! Night!
AdLib 15 days ago
G’night to all and thanks for being here to share the fun.
kesmarn
15 days ago
See you then, slm!
AdLib 15 days ago
Time for a puppy break! See you next time kids
escribacat
15 days ago
Seeya escrib!
AdLib 15 days ago
Well, thanks all for a great discussion tonight! Hope to see you all on Friday night for Vox Populi!
AdLib 15 days ago
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