undrtakr900
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Agreed, Rachel Maddow is also my favorite political show of/on the 3 big news channels.
O'Malley really impressed me too.
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O'Malley really impressed me too.
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Rachael won the night.
I wonder if it says Feel the Bern on the other side of it lol.
Rachel and Anderson were both fantastic.
teruterubozu
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I would actually vote for Maddow over all three of those stiffs.
Grin and bear it I imagine. When you have no hope you'll accept just about anything.
brainchild
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I agree. She also wasted no time getting to the tough questions. She's be a great moderator at the debates.
undrtakr900
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I noticed neither FoxNews or CNN are covering the dwmocratic debate....like at all lol.
Officerrob
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It wasn't a debate, it was a series of 1 on 1 interviews the kind of which happen all the time. Ratings and significance of what just happened are likely to be extremely low
It was one-on-one interviews basically, there were no confrontations or catfights, it was just talking about issues which the media doesn't care about, unfortunately. It wasn't sensationalist.
Tesseract
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it was weird because she was obfuscating like a wizard on cocaine
teruterubozu
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So basically like Bill.
David Incorporated Esq.
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I never like interviews like this because they're only good for the candidates who are behind. O'Malley came out well because nobody knows anything about him. Maddow did a nice job trying to explore new areas, but ultimately we know Hillary so well that nothing new or interesting is likely to come up.
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Epsilon-delta
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Can't build a 24 hour news cycle off reasonable people
User 463088
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These types of interviews/forums are never my favorite thing.
They serve little purpose for anyone who's not unknown. That's why "Unnamed Man" comes off so well in them, because people have seen so little of him. It doesn't benefit Sanders because he's well known enough. It doesn't help Clinton because she's the front runner.
Even if they're on the same stage, Hillary can't punch down to Sanders. There's no reason to call someone out on something when they're not there to defend themselves. This was, in some ways, a repeat of Bernie and Hillary's interviews last week. (Or the week before, I can't remember.)
I do love Rachel Maddow. I would love to see her host a Dem debate. Hell, I'd love to see any of the GOP clown car sit down with someone like that without a list of rules and questions that can be asked.
They serve little purpose for anyone who's not unknown. That's why "Unnamed Man" comes off so well in them, because people have seen so little of him. It doesn't benefit Sanders because he's well known enough. It doesn't help Clinton because she's the front runner.
Even if they're on the same stage, Hillary can't punch down to Sanders. There's no reason to call someone out on something when they're not there to defend themselves. This was, in some ways, a repeat of Bernie and Hillary's interviews last week. (Or the week before, I can't remember.)
I do love Rachel Maddow. I would love to see her host a Dem debate. Hell, I'd love to see any of the GOP clown car sit down with someone like that without a list of rules and questions that can be asked.
undrtakr900
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Haha, well that makes sense. Sad our news has turned to sensationalism instead of honest news. (still remember CNN interrupted a lady talking about the Pateiot Act with "breaking news" of Beiber getting arrested...)
Grin and bear it.
She's the leader and has all of the endorsements, so just vote for her because the alternative (repubs) are much worse.
Bring on 2024.
VendettaRed07
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Nostalgia for me
Digimon is coming back, the powerpuff girls are coming back, rareware devs are making another platformer, twin peaks is coming back, Corey and Topanga came back, the Clintons are coming back
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You Are Viewtiful
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Omg, no one can get me fired up like Sanders can. That man is gold.
undrtakr900
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I'm sure it'll be uploaded onto YouTube by tomorrow, just like all the other debates/forums.
Tesseract
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Jesus, I can't wrap my head around this. The debates have been, for the most part, a total clown show. I thought this format was great for drawing more substance out of the candidates. It was a nice change if pace.
I guess Americans get bored if there's not some sort of explosion or fireworks every few minutes.
teruterubozu
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It was MSNBC...on a Friday night. Bernie could've smoked a joint on stage and nobody would care.
True. I don't expect the ratings to be too high and I think that the recognition that this would be considered "boring" to the average American is the reason it hasn't gotten much publicity. I just don't think that's the fault of the format. It's the children who are wrong.
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brainchild
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LOL
To be honest, seeing Rachel and the candidates toking on set while interviewing would have made for some great headlines! At any rate, I thought the forum was decent. Not great, not terrible.
teruterubozu
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This was deliberately a low profile event. I just don't know why. To fill up debate/airtime/interview quota or something?
benjipwns
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DNC rules prevent unsanctioned debates, but forums like this are open season.
Fox Mulder
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Pretty much. A shame this is the best the party has after two terms of Obama.
The election would be much cooler with gladiatorial fights against lions and bears and then finally the candidates against other candidates.
... although Carson might have win that contest with his hammertime mode.
Davey Cakes
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I thought it was a refreshing format. And it was nice that each candidate basically got the same amount of time. I think O'Malley in particular deserved that and benefited from it. Sanders got to expand on a few things as well, even though he reiterated a lot from the Democratic Debate.
Clinton dragged out her answers too much, I will say.
Clinton dragged out her answers too much, I will say.
AngryNapkin
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Bernie Sanders has the exact same problem Ron Paul had.
He can draw tens of thousands of people and has a huge Internet following but without party support you can't win. Even if he did win the primary he would never win the general election. He keeps making it a point that it's not Socialism it's Democratic Socialism....
It's the exact same thing, whoever the Republican would be would bury him in pretty much every debate.
That said I REALLY want to see Rand Paul vs Bernie Sanders in the general election. It would without question give the country a no bullshit representation on where we want to go as a Nation.
He can draw tens of thousands of people and has a huge Internet following but without party support you can't win. Even if he did win the primary he would never win the general election. He keeps making it a point that it's not Socialism it's Democratic Socialism....
It's the exact same thing, whoever the Republican would be would bury him in pretty much every debate.
That said I REALLY want to see Rand Paul vs Bernie Sanders in the general election. It would without question give the country a no bullshit representation on where we want to go as a Nation.
AngryNapkin
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http://www.jasonstapleton.com/the-truth-about-democratic-socialism/
Jason Stapleton pretty much crushes everything that someone could respond with. Especially someone who said "He wouldn't change capitalism at all" from his backyard.
benjipwns
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Libertarians are delusional and not to be trusted.
Thatonemoor
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Goddammit this killed me.
AngryNapkin
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How about you listen to the argument instead of brush off something because of their views?
Critical thinking is a lost skill it seems.
How. Cis. Gender.
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