Comments on: The Debate Debate (Part 2) http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136382 Michale Sat, 01 Jun 2019 05:57:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136382 Nicest thing anyone here has said to me.. :D Nicest thing anyone here has said to me.. :D

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136362 nypoet22 Fri, 31 May 2019 23:13:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136362 <i>I don't have any friends.. :D</i> wrong as always ;) I don't have any friends.. :D

wrong as always ;)

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136360 Michale Fri, 31 May 2019 22:16:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136360 <I>Just throwin' around the furniture, eh, Michale?</I> Commenting on the ridiculous-ness of the Democrat Party... Aren't YOU against impeachment???? <I>Jes' want you to know that a friend of yours, </I> I don't have any friends.. :D Just throwin' around the furniture, eh, Michale?

Commenting on the ridiculous-ness of the Democrat Party...

Aren't YOU against impeachment????

Jes' want you to know that a friend of yours,

I don't have any friends.. :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136361 Michale Fri, 31 May 2019 22:16:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136361 <I>Just throwin' around the furniture, eh, Michale?</I> Commenting on the ridiculous-ness of the Democrat Party... Aren't YOU against impeachment???? <I>Jes' want you to know that a friend of yours, </I> I don't have any friends.. :D Just throwin' around the furniture, eh, Michale?

Commenting on the ridiculous-ness of the Democrat Party...

Aren't YOU against impeachment????

Jes' want you to know that a friend of yours,

I don't have any friends.. :D

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136359 Balthasar Fri, 31 May 2019 21:58:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136359 Just throwin' around the furniture, eh, Michale? Jes' want you to know that a friend of yours, a fellow Trumpian, just told me that Fox had become "too liberal, except Tucker, ingraham, and Hannity", and that to get the 'real news', I now have to go to the One America Network (OAN). He tried to say that it was a result of the sale of Fox to Disney, and I tried to explain that the Fox News Channel wasn't a part of that deal, and he won't believe me. So should I: 1) press the point, and make him look dumber than he is, or 2) wait and inject the truth later, as if it's always been there. Arrgh! Either way, he'll fail to grasp that Fox is still in Rupert Murdoch's hands. That's just annoying. Well, good riddance to him. Sounds as though he slipped down the rabbit hole awhile ago.. Just throwin' around the furniture, eh, Michale?

Jes' want you to know that a friend of yours, a fellow Trumpian, just told me that Fox had become "too liberal, except Tucker, ingraham, and Hannity", and that to get the 'real news', I now have to go to the One America Network (OAN). He tried to say that it was a result of the sale of Fox to Disney, and I tried to explain that the Fox News Channel wasn't a part of that deal, and he won't believe me.

So should I: 1) press the point, and make him look dumber than he is, or 2) wait and inject the truth later, as if it's always been there.

Arrgh! Either way, he'll fail to grasp that Fox is still in Rupert Murdoch's hands. That's just annoying.

Well, good riddance to him. Sounds as though he slipped down the rabbit hole awhile ago..

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136357 Michale Fri, 31 May 2019 20:04:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136357 <B>Third, an impeachment inquiry should be plotted out more like a TV show than a trial.</B> Funny.. Trump haters laugh and ridicule President Trump for planning his presidency that way... I guess it's OK if Democrats do it, eh? :eyeroll: <B>Fourth, turn the relative unpopularity of impeachment into an asset. </B> Oh sure.. Just upend decades of political reality at the snap of the fingers... Remember you must gather all the Infinity Stones first... :eyeroll: Who wrote this garbage??? Third, an impeachment inquiry should be plotted out more like a TV show than a trial.

Funny.. Trump haters laugh and ridicule President Trump for planning his presidency that way...

I guess it's OK if Democrats do it, eh? :eyeroll:

Fourth, turn the relative unpopularity of impeachment into an asset.

Oh sure.. Just upend decades of political reality at the snap of the fingers... Remember you must gather all the Infinity Stones first... :eyeroll:

Who wrote this garbage???

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136356 Michale Fri, 31 May 2019 18:22:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136356 But it's apropos that it comes from a web site called CROOKED dot com... Because it describes the Dumbocrat Party perfectly.. CROOKED :D But it's apropos that it comes from a web site called CROOKED dot com...

Because it describes the Dumbocrat Party perfectly..

CROOKED

:D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136355 Michale Fri, 31 May 2019 18:21:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136355 Sounds good in theory.. But less than 30% of Americans want Democrats to impeach.. And Democrats have proven they can NOT walk and chew gum at the same time... Which is why the Dim House hasn't seen ANYTHING meaningful come out, legislation wise.. But hay.. What do I know?? Yes, Democrats.. You definitely SHOULD impeach President Trump.. I DOUBLE DOG dare ya!!!! :D <I>So, what's all about. Give us the gist of it, Paula.</I> I'll be glad to help out.. It could be titled, <B>HOW I LEARNED TO QUIT WORRYING AND LOVE IMPEACHMENT</B> Has no factual basis in reality, requires Democrats to lie, lie and lie some more and will have the same effectiveness that the Mueller probe had.. Namely, it will be a HUGE win for President Trump and the GOP.. But hay.. Democrats should REALLY do this!! :D Sounds good in theory..

But less than 30% of Americans want Democrats to impeach..

And Democrats have proven they can NOT walk and chew gum at the same time...

Which is why the Dim House hasn't seen ANYTHING meaningful come out, legislation wise..

But hay.. What do I know??

Yes, Democrats.. You definitely SHOULD impeach President Trump..

I DOUBLE DOG dare ya!!!! :D

So, what's all about. Give us the gist of it, Paula.

I'll be glad to help out..

It could be titled, HOW I LEARNED TO QUIT WORRYING AND LOVE IMPEACHMENT

Has no factual basis in reality, requires Democrats to lie, lie and lie some more and will have the same effectiveness that the Mueller probe had..

Namely, it will be a HUGE win for President Trump and the GOP..

But hay.. Democrats should REALLY do this!! :D

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136354 Paula Fri, 31 May 2019 17:40:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136354 [12] Liz: it's short. Go read it! [12] Liz: it's short. Go read it!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136352 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 31 May 2019 17:24:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136352 So, what's all about. Give us the gist of it, Paula. So, what's all about. Give us the gist of it, Paula.

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136351 Paula Fri, 31 May 2019 17:05:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136351 FYI: a terrific piece re: impeachment. https://crooked.com/articles/a-plan-to-win-the-impeachment-fight/ FYI: a terrific piece re: impeachment.

https://crooked.com/articles/a-plan-to-win-the-impeachment-fight/

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136329 Balthasar Fri, 31 May 2019 10:42:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136329 The campaign trail is gonna be grueling. The Debate stage will be either cramped, or too wide. There will be little time for more than a cattle call, I think. Overtime speeches will occur. But we'll see them all lined up. It's a start. The campaign trail is gonna be grueling. The Debate stage will be either cramped, or too wide. There will be little time for more than a cattle call, I think. Overtime speeches will occur.

But we'll see them all lined up. It's a start.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136325 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 31 May 2019 03:41:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136325 That's a pretty good question, Don. I like your idea. There's just one problem with that … Senator Biden will take up everybody's time. Heh. Actually, that's not a problem at all and I really do like your idea! That's a pretty good question, Don. I like your idea.

There's just one problem with that … Senator Biden will take up everybody's time. Heh.

Actually, that's not a problem at all and I really do like your idea!

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136322 neilm Fri, 31 May 2019 01:26:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136322 I'm going to enjoy this primary series. I like most of the serious contenders, and they are so wildly far from Donald Trump (they aren't stupid, they aren't criminals, they don't lie 5,000 per year, they understand that issues aren't black and white, the list could go on and on) that they'll get my vote. So I'm opening some fresh popcorn (the Trump inquiries are in a fact gathering stage at the moment, important, but not too exciting) for the horse race. All I need is the fastest one to beat the broken down loser in the final. I'm going to enjoy this primary series. I like most of the serious contenders, and they are so wildly far from Donald Trump (they aren't stupid, they aren't criminals, they don't lie 5,000 per year, they understand that issues aren't black and white, the list could go on and on) that they'll get my vote.

So I'm opening some fresh popcorn (the Trump inquiries are in a fact gathering stage at the moment, important, but not too exciting) for the horse race. All I need is the fastest one to beat the broken down loser in the final.

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136321 Paula Fri, 31 May 2019 00:52:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136321 The field has to be winnowed and there has to be a way to do it. DNC started out being pretty loose coz they couldn't know how many people would step up. Now they know and they have to proceed to reduce the field, but in a way that doesn't make THEM the deciders. If you want to avoid appearance of favoritism you have to pick arbitrary standards and apply them to everyone. I don't think there's any perfect solution - I think these standards are reasonable. The field has to be winnowed and there has to be a way to do it. DNC started out being pretty loose coz they couldn't know how many people would step up. Now they know and they have to proceed to reduce the field, but in a way that doesn't make THEM the deciders. If you want to avoid appearance of favoritism you have to pick arbitrary standards and apply them to everyone. I don't think there's any perfect solution - I think these standards are reasonable.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136320 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 31 May 2019 00:50:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136320 I know that one of the candidates likes pie better than all of the others and should have a one-on-one instead of a silly debate, anyway. I know that one of the candidates likes pie better than all of the others and should have a one-on-one instead of a silly debate, anyway.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136319 nypoet22 Fri, 31 May 2019 00:46:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136319 if there's a funding requirement, why no pie requirement? blatant discrimination! if there's a funding requirement, why no pie requirement? blatant discrimination!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136318 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 31 May 2019 00:33:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136318 Oh, and the number of questions from the moderators go to the candidates based on their polling numbers. Oh, and the number of questions from the moderators go to the candidates based on their polling numbers.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/05/30/the-debate-debate-part-2/#comment-136317 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 31 May 2019 00:29:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16899#comment-136317 If I were Perez, I'd just put the limit at the top ten candidates based on whatever get to all the debates if they so wish and the rest get to drop out. If I were Perez, I'd just put the limit at the top ten candidates based on whatever get to all the debates if they so wish and the rest get to drop out.

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