Ohio is the scene of tonight’s Democratic presidential candidate debate. A hundred years in Toledo, Jack Dempsey won the heavyweight crown with a surprise knockout of giant Jess Willard. Will the top candidates similarly get busted up tonight?
Watching this debate is akin to a three hour mental root canal https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1184288897276284929
+ Sen Elizabeth Warren proclaims her 70,000 selfies as “the new measure of democracy.” No penalties for blurred shots or excessive filtering? #DemDebate
Sen. @ewarren proclaims her 70,000 selfies as "the new measure of democracy." No penalties for blurred shots or excessive filtering? #DemDebate
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 16, 2019
Joe Biden: “I did nothing wrong. I carried out the policy of the U.S.. govt. in rooting out corruption in Ukraine.” Biden was an absolute failure on that task.
Joe Biden: "I did nothing wrong. I carried out the policy of the U.S.. govt. in rooting out corruption in Ukraine." Biden was an absolute failure on that task. #DemDebatehttps://t.co/3xJ2wNqNgl
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 16, 2019
Is it my imagination or is there much more raving than usual in the first hour of this Democratic debate? Was Red Bull the pre-debate drink of choice? #DemDebate
Is it my imagination or is there much more raving than usual in the first hour of this Democratic debate? Was Red Bull the pre-debate drink of choice? #DemDebate
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 16, 2019
Sen. Cory Booker says the only person in the nation who enjoyed the question to Biden about his son’s kickbacks was Donald Trump. Is Booker that naive or is this the usual ritual malarkey? #DemDebate
Sen. Cory Booker says the only person in the nation who enjoyed the question to Biden about his son’s kickbacks was Donald Trump. Is Booker that naive or is this the usual ritual malarkey? #DemDebate
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 16, 2019
How many viewers know what UBI stands for? Candidates throwing out the acronym like they are speaking at a Brookings forum #DemDebates
How many viewers know what UBI stands for? Candidates throwing out the acronym like they are speaking at a Brookings forum #DemDebates
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 16, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren just tossed out the ritual political DC BS line: “I’m shocked at the notion that anybody thinks I am punitive.” #DemDebate
Sen. Elizabeth Warren just tossed out the ritual political DC BS line: "I'm shocked at the notion that anybody thinks I am punitive." #DemDebate
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 16, 2019
Rep. @TulsiGabbard has the best answer of the night, denouncing both Obama & Trump administrations & the mainstream media for championing a “regime change war” in Syria that slaughtered vast #s of innocent people. #DemDebate https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1184276205291393024
Is @TulsiGabbard going to be the only person tonight who doesn’t speak total BS on Syria? Sad to see the Democratic Party hustling so much bull. #DemDebate
Is @TulsiGabbard going to be the only person tonight who doesn't speak total BS on Syria? Sad to see the Democratic Party hustling so much bull. #DemDebate
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 16, 2019
Steyer: “We are going to have to lead the world morally.” Lame audience – no guffaws.
Beto O’Rourke, commenting on his AR-15 seizure, says that “we don’t go door to door to enforce anything in this country.” So are the Democratic candidates pretending that the War on Drugs never occurred? https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1184281932361850880
Good point by@JulianCastro – Police violence is also gun violence and we have to address that. #DemDebate
Curious that Democratic candidates are agreeing on a laundry list of crackdowns for the Attorney General to carry out – but almost none of them were done by Obama admin. #DemocraticDebate https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1184291168408002560
These closing statements are like the final drilling of a dentist long after the Novocaine wore off.
https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1184301197127278592I
Cory Booker, the Edwin Edwards of New Jersey. (Considering that both are synonymous with corruption, tax hikes, mass incarceration, violent crime, drug prohibition, red tape, and unemployment.) Kudos on Tulsi Gabbard for her bravery on denouncing Obama and Trump’s administrations.
I am surprised that nobody holds Booker’s record as Newark Mayor as far as the tainted water, pervasive crime, and corrupt & brutal police.
Tulsi is the only one who seems rational and pretty much unbiased in the whole clown car.