***Official*** The Super Official Debate Feedback Thread. ***Confirmed***

[fskimospy]

This is the entire point some people are making. That stuff doesnt matter to Trump because he already has the people who dont care that he talks crap on his side.
It doesnt work both ways.

This idea that Trump supporters don’t care about what he does is demonstrable nonsense. Sure SOME of them don’t care but lots of other people do! Thats why he lost in 2020!

 

[fskimospy]

Any minute now the NYT will issue an editorial calling for Trump to drop out....



any minute......



any minute.....



just a few more minutes.....

The NYT has truly descended into self parody where a bad debate performance is reason to drop out and 31 felonies isn’t.

 

[Indus]

This idea that Trump supporters don’t care about what he does is demonstrable nonsense. Sure SOME of them don’t care but lots of other people do! Thats why he lost in 2020!

So that would be 0.003%?

 

[Brainonska511]

The NYT has truly descended into self parody where a bad debate performance is reason to drop out and 31 felonies isn’t.

Probably upset that Biden won't sit down for a 1:1 interview with them, so they've gone crazy.

 

[WelshBloke]

This idea that Trump supporters don’t care about what he does is demonstrable nonsense. Sure SOME of them don’t care but lots of other people do! Thats why he lost in 2020!

I mean enough of them don't that the polls are pretty tied.

 

[K1052]

Probably upset that Biden won't sit down for a 1:1 interview with them, so they've gone crazy.

And I think he should keep up that policy. Biden should do more stuff like Howard Stern which was well received by the normies I know.

 

[fskimospy]

So that would be 0.003%?

Nope!

Again, it’s really weird how people think Trump has this unshakable hold on people when he lost in 2020 specifically because people switched from him.

 

[WelshBloke]

Nope!

Again, it’s really weird how people think Trump has this unshakable hold on people when he lost in 2020 specifically because people switched from him.

I don't think anyone apart from you is framing it like that.
People are just saying that that debate hurt Biden a fair bit and that Trump is going to take advantage of it.

I'm also slightly taken aback at how lost Biden looked at times and this guy is our hope to be the leader of the free world in 3 or 4 years still!

 

[soulcougher73]

With how poorly he performed at the debate, to this a day later? If I was a tin foil wearer I'd swear this had to be a fake AI generated video. This isn't even the same guy, I understand people have off nights, but holy shit the difference in the 2 Bidens here is unreal.

I agree. Total 180

 

[fskimospy]

I don't think anyone apart from you is framing it like that.
People are just saying that that debate hurt Biden a fair bit and that Trump is going to take advantage of it.

I'm also slightly taken aback at how lost Biden looked at times and this guy is our hope to be the leader of the free world in 3 or 4 years still!

Huh? So we agree then?

Well at least I think it hurt Biden somewhat, although people always vastly overestimate the importance of debates. They CAN matter, but they don’t very often.

Like when Clinton demolished Trump in all the debates what did it get her?

 

[WelshBloke]

Huh? So we agree then?

Well at least I think it hurt Biden somewhat, although people always vastly overestimate the importance of debates. They CAN matter, but they don’t very often.

Then I'm not sure what point you're arguing.
The republican and democrate leaders are not held to the same standards by their supporters.

Like when Clinton demolished Trump in all the debates what did it get her?

Yeah. It's what we've been saying. Trump is an arse, no one that has any intention of voting for him cares about that.

 

[fskimospy]

Then I'm not sure what point you're arguing.
The republican and democrate leaders are not held to the same standards by their supporters.

I agree they aren’t held to the same standard. I also think people vastly overestimate the importance of debates. Can you tell me the last US presidential election you think was significantly impacted by one? I genuinely can’t think of one in my lifetime.

Obviously it would have been better had Biden performed better and at the margin it could matter, which is unfortunate because US elections are always close these days, but people really need to gain some perspective.

Yeah. It's what we've been saying. Trump is an arse, no one that has any intention of voting for him cares about that.

But as I said this is demonstrably untrue - he lost in 2020 precisely because people who intended to vote for him (and did!) in 2016 changed their minds and either voted for Biden or didn’t vote.

This is precisely what I’m telling you, people have these weird brain worms about how Trump supporters never change their minds. There is a base that’s true for but it’s definitely not true for everyone. History has proven this beyond a doubt.

 

[WelshBloke]

I agree they aren’t held to the same standard. I also think people vastly overestimate the importance of debates. Can you tell me the last US presidential election you think was significantly impacted by one? I genuinely can’t think of one in my lifetime.

Years ago I'd agree, but this is an age where any nuances don't matter. Make a video of a frail old man on a stage with a pithy caption and a lot of people will see it.

Obviously it would have been better had Biden performed better and at the margin it could matter, which is unfortunate because US elections are always close these days, but people really need to gain some perspective.

I don't think people have lost perspective.
There's two things going on.
1) Biden lost a debate that everyone was expecting him to win.
2) Lots of people (me included here) are shocked at how frail and befuddled he looked at times.

But as I said this is demonstrably untrue - he lost in 2020 precisely because people who intended to vote for him (and did!) in 2016 changed their minds and either voted for Biden or didn’t vote.

But the people still polling for him have seen and heard everything and are, presumably, ok enough with that to still vote for him!

This is precisely what I’m telling you, people have these weird brain worms about how Trump supporters never change their minds. There is a base that’s true for but it’s definitely not true for everyone. History has proven this beyond a doubt.

I think that there's a proportion of them that won't change their mind and a proportion of them that are vulnerable to the weaponised memes that are going to get splashed everywhere after that debate.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Most Americans are not political. Many Americans rely more on emotion or gestalt or peer pressure than facts and data.

Trump, of course, is a cognitive mess for all sorts of other reasons, but since the voting public seems to make decisions based on emotional reactions to superficialities, I think it’s worth the Dems spending a few months acknowledging reality but making it clear that Biden is nevertheless the way better choice.

Trump admitted that Putin told him about his ‘dream’ of invasion. If world leaders respect Trump like he claims , and the invasion should never have happened, then why didn’t Trump stop his good pal Putin? Because he can’t…or won't because he is full of shit. This needs to be an ad.

Trump is a pants-on-fire liar, pants-shitting convicted felon. And yet, he’s polling shockingly well. I’d have thought a pants-on-fire liar, pants-shitting convicted felon running for president would poll in the single digits, spotlight or no spotlight, yet here we are.

 

[pmv]

Can you tell me the last US presidential election you think was significantly impacted by one? I genuinely can’t think of one in my lifetime.

I dunno, I was barely a toddler at the time, but even I somehow heard about Nixon and his 5 O'Clock shadow. There are even academic papers referencing it.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13962.11

 

[fskimospy]

I dunno, I was barely a toddler at the time, but even I somehow heard about Nixon and his 5 O'Clock shadow. There are even academic papers referencing it.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13962.11

So…64 years ago?

 

[pmv]

So…64 years ago?

Yes, granted, it was a long time ago. Just saying it's been known to happen.

I had a comment to post on this thread before the debate happened, and decided not to bother. But it was just to the effect that expectations of Trump are so low that he can't really lose, but if Biden has a Mitch McConnel 'buffering' incident it might be disastrous for him.

Sounds as if it wasn't quite as bad as that, but it probably has damaged him, and helped Trump. As if things weren't close enough already.

 

[nickqt]

Yes, granted, it was a long time ago. Just saying it's been known to happen.

I had a comment to post on this thread before the debate happened, and decided not to bother. But it was just to the effect that expectations of Trump are so low that he can't really lose, but if Biden has a Mitch McConnel 'buffering' incident it might be disastrous for him.

Sounds as if it wasn't quite as bad as that, but it probably has damaged him, and helped Trump. As if things weren't close enough already.

Biden was already down in polls almost everywhere besides blue states. Let's see if he drops even further in the polls.

That said, everyone realizes that there was also a deranged lunatic ranting and raving about random shit alongside Biden, right?

You're going into it knowing Trump is a deranged lunatic. You're expectations is that he is a deranged lunatic. For people who don't pay attention, they just believe that if Trump is the candidate for President than he must be competent to some extent.

If you're listening to a bunch of politically tuned-in people analyze Biden's performance in the debate while not discussing Trump, you're going to get a different reaction than to people who don't pay attention to politics. So of course all the reactions to politically-tuned people is to immediately close their eyes and just start shitting in place as hard as they can.

Meanwhile, there are presumably people who don't pay attention to politics who may have just listened to Trump rant and rave about nonsense and consider that a bigger downside to Biden not doing cartwheels or whatever.

 

[MrSquished]

I'm pretty confident an intelligent 8th grader who's into politics and maybe joined a super casual debate club for maybe 3 months could have easily trounced Trump. Instead we got Biden, what a fucking joke. The Democratic party should be fucking embarrassed. Four goddamn years to get ready for this election, what a fucking pathetic party.

I can't believe people are still defending this. I've seen a lot of people realize that those of us being concerned about Biden's age along with his capacities, probably had a good point. But there are definitely some cultists.

 

[repoman0]

I'm pretty confident an intelligent 8th grader who's into politics and maybe joined a super casual debate club for maybe 3 months could have easily trounced Trump. Instead we got Biden, what a fucking joke. The Democratic party should be fucking embarrassed. Four goddamn years to get ready for this election, what a fucking pathetic party.

I can't believe people are still defending this. I've seen a lot of people realize that those of us being concerned about Biden's age along with his capacities, probably had a good point. But there are definitely some cultists.

How many times can you say the same fucking thing? Keep it up, maybe the thousandth time the next slight variation on this post will make a difference to somebody somewhere.

 

[MrSquished]

How many times can you say the same fucking thing? Keep it up, maybe the thousandth time the next slight variation on this post will make a difference to somebody somewhere.

As long as I keep seeing repeatedly repeating all the nonsense defending this crap, then I'll stop. So why don't you post to them, they're the ones that got us in this fucking mess.

 

[ivwshane]

As long as I keep seeing repeatedly repeating all the nonsense defending this crap, then I'll stop. So why don't you post to them, they're the ones that got us in this fucking mess.

Who has defended it?

 

[HomerJS]

"It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,A beautiful day for a neighbor, Would you be mine?"

What a beautiful day today, with an added bonus of 3 delicious United States Supreme Court decisions to go with the most excellent debate.

I know it’s beautiful for you because you trust Trump to issue a hurricane forecast map vs NOAA. I know you are gloating but ask yourself a few questions. When did Chevron come into existence and who put it there? Now ask yourself when did conservatives start hating Chevron?

 

[Zorba]

Yeah who cares for MAGAtard votes. Dems and Ind will vote for mayor Pete

I think Pete has a very solid chance in 28, especially if he moved up the cabinet a bit in the next term. But I think he'd have a better shot at the general with a longer lead in, so people can get a bit more familiar with him. If he stepped in now I think you'd really anger the black voters pushing Kamala aside and replacing her with another white guy, and IIRC black tend to be the most anti-gay part of the democratic coalition.

 

[Indus]

I think Pete has a very solid chance in 28, especially if he moved up the cabinet a bit in the next term. But I think he'd have a better shot at the general with a longer lead in, so people can get a bit more familiar with him. If he stepped in now I think you'd really anger the black voters pushing Kamala aside and replacing her with another white guy, and IIRC black tend to be the most anti-gay part of the democratic coalition.

Thank you. I was afraid to say that.

BTW Biden could dump Kamala onto SCOTUS and go with a younger VP like Corey Booker or Raphael Warnock too.