Live Events – CNN Democratic Debate – 4-14-2016

Hey Ad! Thanks for the heads up on tonight’s debate!

I was just thinking the same thing. This isn’t a sporting event. Well….

OK, get out of my head Ad!

True dat!

I think she’ll TRY to remain calm. I’m not sure she’ll succeed. She REALLY WANTS to be prez. LOL!

Bernie will work it in, but not aggressively.

I think Hillary has been dreaming of the white house since her college days.

come on Blitzer, stop trying to start a fight!

What a sleaze.

shit, my CNN feed just crapped out.

Ok, it’s back.

Bernie never really says how he’s going to curb Wall St.

I agree with Hillary about that!

HIllary really isn’t a progressive. I see her pretty much like Obama.

On some issues, sure. On others, not so much.

good luck with that Bernie.

hillary seems to be maintaining an even keel, so far. That might not last.

I have to say, HIllary goes into more detail than Bernie usually does.

stop trying to start fights!

Exactly.

The CNN audience is pretty vocal.

Hey Homie!

Hey, Homie! How’s everything down South there?

Pretty good, and you?

That’s really a tired attack.

Doing well! That was a great line from Bernie about “how upset” Wall St. must have been…!

Hey, AdLib!

“I said ‘Cut it out!'” sez Hillary. YEah and they really listened…

Bernie’s signalling for his waitress again! That’s funny when he does that.

I did, AdLib. Just gotta check with one family member. So sorry I don’t have an answer just yet!

LOL!

Talk about transcripts! This is quite a transcript:

He may be the poorest in the senate, but he’s not “poor,” by a long shot.

I don’t really know what she would be hiding?

There has to be a reason she’s hiding them. And she has copies/transcripts because it’s part of her contract with anyone who hires her that $1000 has to go for having a stenographer take notes — of which she gets a copy.

Possibly!

The myth that Bernie hates every corporation in existence is really being pushed by the MSM.

Yes. Someone posted a copy of her standard contract.

He did!

That cackle of hers!

Bingo!

It’s so mechanical.

That laugh is a tell. She does it every time she thinks she’s got him.

Ask about Honduras, CNN. Or is CNN already bought and paid for?

Right, Homie!

All the cable news channels are Homie.

The Honduras story is really horrifying.

That’s a bit different than the I got ya laugh!

Uh oH! Here we go!

Good! Sanders called her out on a lie.

Yep. It’s cheap journalism.

He is speaking truth right now.

Fifteen an hour is what a person needs to live the way American should live.

She stand there with a straight face and lies? I’m seeing it and I can hardly believe it.

Pay often varies from region to region!

$15 is ALREADY HAPPENING!

So true, AdLib!

not everywhere Homie. Only a few states.

Right!

It’s happening in states that have higher costs of living.

Right, Homie. I realize it’s on the coasts that it’s going to $15 at the moment, But the country is blowing right past her $12 goal while she’s not looking.

Well, that’s good news.

Oh — now she doesn’t want any one ELSE to cackle! Only HRC can cackle.

Oh, hey, I’m all for it.

Likewise!

VT is 49th out of the states in supplying guns to other states that are used in the commission of crimes.

Bernie did say he wouldn’t support sueing gun manufacturers. I watched him say it.

Right, he did.

Now that’s true.

Or rather, he didn’t support suing gun sellers.

His argument is that a Mom n Pop gun shop would be put out of business by a suit.

I think people should be able to sue gun manufacturers. May not be fair, but it might be effective, to a small degree, at least.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers sued for every prescription drug overdose?

you can’t murder 20 people in less than 5 minutes with a knife.

guns are made to kill. Pills aren’t.

Sanders does support a ban on the sale of assault weapons though.

As he should!

The best way to go would simply be to outlaw weapons like the AR15.

Right. It would be like banning abortion — which is legal.

They can’t be.

Never.

do you really think she considers black peopl to be super predators? Really?

I don’t think she think all Black people are. I’ve heard the original statement she made and she said that there were people who had no consciences and no remorse — “the so-called Super Predators, and they must be brought to heel.”

it’s a horrible bill, but it has to be remembered, that it was drafted and passed at the height of the crack cocaine pidemic, when hundreds of people were being killed, because of it.

I agree, Homie. At the time it had bi-partisan support. It’s bad features became evident only later.

The Congressional Black Caucus supported it.

Yep. It was and is a horrible bill.

The bill that was even worse was the Welfare Reform bill. That really hurt the poor.

And that was on Clinton.

now you’re talking Bernie! Now you’re talking.

Just Say No. Hillary?

Well said, AdLib! Great statement.

sometimes it’s not so easy, Ad!

Now we have to sell some stuff…

of course Homie. Consume consume consume!

I want a Nixon mask!

I AM NOT A CROOK!

I’m gonna make a sammich!

Mmmmm, sammiches!

Ooo, that stung a bit!

Ham salad! I saved the crow for Hillary.

yep!

uh Oh!

Good for bringing up the fracking issue, Bernie!

She’s got the Dubya-style “Heh-heh…” down.

True dat!

Right, Obama is not running this time.

We’ll trade dirty air for poisonous water.

Isn’t it?

Is it just me or is HRC talking much more than Bernie?

‘Zactly. That ‘s why I mentioned trading dirty air for poisonous water. She thinks that’s a step forward??

How is any president going to make such sweeping change, non incrementally?

That’s a total non-answer for Hillary.

How about solar and wind???

They’re both being used, mostly in blue states.

Good point on rising oceans!

There ya go!

Just don’t do do on stage! Sorry, couldn’t pass that up!

Hey P!

Hey, PPO!

Now she’s going to defend the way things went in Libya?

She is probably ready to vomit, every time she hears the name Libya!

Hey guys’n’gals.. Trying to hear the debate somewhere!

It’s a veritable paradise right now, thanks to Hillary.

The attack? You mean the bombing?

Right. Benghazi from the GOP is just a silly witch hunt. There’s so much more of substance that could be addressed.

Gaddafi was killed by his own people, though. Of course, with our help.

So is Hillary criticizing the way Obama handled Syria??

Uh Oh. regime change?

There it is!

That’s what I said, with our help.

Now she’s throwing Obama under the bus?

Bernie is a bit out of his element concerning foreign policy.

All the good stuff of the Obama admin is due to her. All the bad stuff is Obama’s fault.

His “judgment” questions regarding her are legit.

And she still supports a no-fly zone. Is she prepared to shoot down a Russian plane?

The Russians are pretty much out of Syria as of late.

So true. I have never seen a really decent CNN debate.

no fly zones were Bill’s big thing.

Not hard to pull off when the only thing you might have to shoot down are old WWI bi-planes. LOL!

LOL!

our anti-aircraft weapons are so advanced now, we could hit a flying squirrel from miles away.

I don’t doubt it, Homie.

not yet Ad. bUt if Trump gets in, who knows?

Preach it, Bernie! 2014 WAS a disproportionate response.

ain’t religion wonderful?

Believing that God is in the real estate business is always a mistake.

every time Homie. Israel just needs to give the Palestinians their own state. That’s really the only solution.

Indeed!

Good for Bernie for going back to the original issue. “Precautions taken…”? What does that mean?

Yes, Muslims in this area love Bernie!

Hamas only has ineffective homemade rockets. Israel has US rockets, Very, very deadly and accurate.

According to Hillary, this is all the fault of the Palestinians.

If I recall the death count from 2014, it was something like 35:3500.

That’s what it sounds like Homie. I will say though, Israel is an ally.

Yes, Homie. And they certainly have a right to exist in peace. But the Palestinians have really suffered disproportionately I think.

Yes! “Netanyahu is not right all of the time.”

I agree Homie.

Net is an asshole.

I’d like to see a “minute count” of how long each of these candidates have been allowed to speak.

Totally agree, Homie!

Does anybody know if he had any family murdered by the Nazis?

That might explain some of his actions. I’m saying it’s justified, just understandable.

Yes, I believe he did, Homie. I think his father’s family in Poland got hit very hard.

Not saying! Damn!

wEll that does explain a lot.

Did you mean on the issue of Palestine, Homie?

Yeah! It goes a ways to explain his extreme Zionism.

i know he has mentioned “the ovens,” in a few of his public appearances.

Oh! I was thinking you meant Bernie’s family and the Nazis!

BRB!

15 trillion is a huge exaggeration

i couldn’t agree more. higher education and tech schools are very important and shouldn’t be unattainable.

Crap! No luck finding the debate anywhere here. From what you are all saying is it looks as if Bernie is doing better than Clinton, despite the interruptions

oh I don’t know P. It’s been pretty even, I think. That’s just an opinion, mind you!

It’s a real pain not being able to listen.

Yeah, that sucks P!

That’s doesn’t surprise me one bit Ad!

PPO, I wish you could watch too! You’re a real trouper for hanging in there with us, without being able to hear anything!

Well, Kes, I just love this stuff! Better than anything on the TV here, for sure!

It is gripping drama!

Bernie has supported Democrats for a long time! He has caucused with them.

Ah, the True Scottsman angle!

Ooooohhh they’re booing her now…!

obama made the republicans an “offer they couldn’t refuse.” Genius move.

Bernie’s pretty much promising to reconsider that SCOTUS nominee in favor of a more liberal person.

Lost my feed for a while there…

Ooooo! Game changer now.

tearing hair out right now!

She has every right to talk about women’s issues.

Might have to shut down and re-boot.

LOL!

HA!

Ooops!

Sorry, have to admit defeat this time! see you tomorrow, folks!

Take care P!

Back on, kids. She just will not shut up.

Absolutely! Party unity is very important., especially now!

G’night, PPO! Better luck next time!

She might be better off not to mention Super Delegates.

Pledged delegates Homie. Or are they the same? I don’t really know.

Pretty much the same, Homie.

The young voters I’ve talked to say that her “Disappointed Mom” routine (“You may not care about me, but I care about you.” Sad face.) is a REAL turnoff.

Well folks! See ya later!

G’night, Homie!

I don’t either. And I say that as a woman. If this were Elizabeth Warren I could get behind her, but Clinton leaves me not just un-enthusiastic, but actually extremely irritated!

I’ll just catch their final statements and then try to wind down. It might take wine to get over the irritation she produced tonight! LOL!

Yes! There’s so much video out there of her doing complete U-turns on policy positions just to pander. There’s not core. No inner morality. Just tremendous ambition.

I wish I knew, AdLib. The supporters of HRC that I know are very comfortable middle-class — feminists (not that there’s anything wrong with that) — and oblivious to the plight of the poor.

Exactly! She had that highway rename the “Tim Russert Highway” That changed my life for the better, I know.

God love your Mom, but I see it the exact opposite way. Bernie doesn’t seem to “yell.” She is strident and almost shrill. I can’t stand it.

I think Bernie gained a bit from this one, but it’s hard for me to be objective.

I think he gained from that gigantic rally last night too.

That’s exactly how I see it. Well, I really should sign off for now — early phone call expected tomorrow. And i’m thinking it is looking pretty good for hosting Vox tomorrow night at this point.

G’night! Will do!

Good Friday evening, fellow Planeteers! Welcome to Vox. Our Fearless Leader had a few family obligations tonight. (The nerve of him — wanting to spend time with his wife and child.) But we can still make fun of The Donald, even when the boss is away. Maybe ESPECIALLY when the boss is away. And I do believe I found the keys to the liquor cabinet in the top desk drawer here, so… Welcome to the weekend!