Up until the last 30 mins or so this was an absolute snoozefest. For the majority of the debate the questions bounced around topics with seemingly no rhyme or reasons. This was probably the worst debate of all. Part of that were the moderators, especially Maddow, who were largely terrible. They talked about impeachment, an under-covered topic where there is a lot of disagreement, as well as talking about “Lock Him Up” chants, which is what every American is up late at night worrying about. OHHH THE CIVILITYYY *clutches pearls until they turn to dust* The non-existent media bias was on display again, Andrew Yang was ignored yet again, not speaking for the first 30 mins and getting the least amount of speaking time. The first three questions to Bernie were literally, “Why is Obama wrong” “Are the Trump-like Lock Him Up Chants at your rallies good?” and “Would you make a deal with the Taliban”. Now I’m all for tough questions let’s just spread them around. My main critique is the questions are too easy and not substantive enough. I still can’t believe no one talked about how Mayor Pete faked African-American endorsements for his plan. Every debate before this focused on how Elizabeth Warren didn’t have a healthcare plan but now that she released a plan there wasn’t a question about it? Someone needs to start a petition to get half decent moderators up there. I can’t see anyone getting a boost or declining after this pitiful performance. No one had a great performance and no one had a horrible night…except for MSNBC but at least they didn’t ask about George Bush &Ellen.
But then the sparks started flying right when the debate was almost over. Cory Booker mocked Biden’s stance on legalizing weed:
Will this be the spark Booker needs to ignite his campaign? Probably not but he was strong on this issue and his closing statement was good. Booker is one of the people on the stage that I think I would like personally but not politically. Still don’t think it’ll be enough to get him back on the stage next month. #DecriminalizeAllDrugs
Two other sparks of the night included Tulsi Gabbard. In both instances I think Tulsi handled herself well by acknowledging both Harris and the mayor were using smears instead of answering the questions at the heart of the debate.
Now the Pod Saves bros (narcissism much?), show the debris of this exchange. The bombshell….Tulsi has been on Fox News!!!!!!! Now for those of you that didn’t die from the heart attack you got from reading that, listen I know its bad. Why would you ever dare talk to Republicans. I believe Kamala when she says that we need to focus on talking to everyone and bringing everyone together. But if you talk to Fox News you can go fuck yourself simple as that. Now thankfully the Pod bros cut off Tulsi’s response. She tried to claim that Kamala smeared her because she couldn’t answer the heart of the issue. Now that’s ridiculous, yes Kamala immediately changed the subject and attacked Tulsi instead of talking about how she wouldn’t have an establishment foreign policy, but I don’t know if you’re aware of this…but Tulsi Gabbard HAS BEEN ON FOX NEWS! Forget about changing U.S imperialism, forget the war in Afghanistan, forget Syria, forget Venezuela or Bolivia, forget the thousands of civilians starving or dying of cholera in Yemen,,, folks we’re talking about going on Fox News ya know the real important stuff.
Besides that there wasn’t really too much important stuff that happened in this debate. No one really stood out and no one really fell flat. Probably the worst debate but here’s an updated tier
District of Clowns 