I have very little hope that Maddow and Todd will come up with original questions and won’t force the candidates to repeat the same things we’ve already heard many times. Maybe they should have invited yesterday’s rabbi instead.
In any case, I can’t resist the temptation to watch!
20:08 – “a progressive is someone who makes progress” is a great slogan.
20:09 – telling Bernie he’s achieved nothing is rude and unfair. What’s with this moderator?
20:10 – it’s funny that it takes a 74 – year-old fellow to notice that times have changed and public education for all can no longer be limited to K-12. Knowledge has expanded, so public education for all should expand.
20:13 – I don’t think Obama and Biden ever claimed they were progressive. The label only came into vogue this year.
20:15 – words can’t explain how bored I am with hearing about Bernie’s votes on guns. Enough already! He explained it many times.
20:21 – Obama is becoming the Democratic oracle. Everybody will now claim special closeness to him and invoke his name as a talisman. The guy is still young but he’s getting consecrated in front of our eyes.
20:25 – Hillary’s on a tear tonight. I like it. We need anger, we need passion.
20:28 – 1990s??? What do 1990s have to do with Hillary who was unemployed at that time?
20:33 – this is unexpectedly lively. I’m glad I didn’t skip it.
20:43 – when they start on Wall Street, I fall asleep. It’s empty chatter with no meaning.
20:45 – Hillary should take the debate from Bernie’s economy turf to her “everything else under the Sun” turf. Hillary, talk about feminism! Parental leave! Abortion rights! Foreign policy!
20:46 – it’s ridiculous to ask Hillary to give up her texts for free when nobody else is being asked to compromise their livelihood in this way. Absolutely ridiculous.
20:51 – Maddow ‘ s question to Bernie is ridiculous. The idea that companies will not work with him because of a few speeches he made is bizarre.
21:02 – my heart bleeds for poor Bernie whenever he is forced to talk about foreign policy.
21:04 – Bernie’s foreign policy (“we cannot be the policeman of the world”) is verbatim what Jeb’s is.
21:10 – let’s not bring Cuba into this as some great achievement. There is no achievement here. A deal with the devil had to be made to thwart Putin. That’s nothing to celebrate.
21:13 – Crimea is Ukraine, Senator. These are not separate entities.
21:14 – Hillary’s answer on Russia is gladdening my heart. It’s not for nothing that Putin detests her. Why the fuck did the stupid moderators interrupt her?? This was going very well.
21:24 – Bernie is very gracefully dismissing the stupid hype around the Iowa caucus.
21:25 – in 1964??? Seriously? Why not ask Bernie about his experiences in the Napoleonic wars? That would be as relevant but more fun.
21:32 – yes! We do know that the goddamn emails are a fucking absurdity.
21:34 – Maddow asks Bernie the most absurd questions ever. A couple of people messed up. That doesn’t amount to “losing control.”
21:36 – Hillary can be gracious, too. If she tries really hard.
21:43 – finally, a question on Flint! I was growing desperate. Yes, Snyder has to resign. He is a national disgrace. He’s worse than Rauner, and that’s saying a lot!
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CONCLUSION: A great debate. I knew that when the dead weight of O’Malley were shed, the debate would go much more smoothly.
Both candidates are energized, passionate, and worth listening to. Both did great. Nobody disappointed. The inanity of the moderators did not stop the candidates from saying what they needed.
We all won tonight.
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