Was tempted to call this “Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo” but a) A lot of Lemmy won’t get the OG reference. and 2) “Boogaloo” has been co-opted and carries an unfortunate connotation these days.
Also, while it’s Trump’s 2nd debate of the season, it’s Harris’s first…
It’s being run by ABC News at 9 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Pacific, I see MSNBC starts their coverage TWO HOURS EARLY. That’s a lot of air time to fill, guys. Good luck!
Live updates, how and when to watch, debate rules, etc. here:
Link to the first debate thread here:
https://lemmy.world/post/16973660
That’t it! Thanks for hanging with it everbody!
Anyone else having a sinking feeling about this? Feels like a lot is riding on it.
Well, the last debate went so poorly the sitting President dropped out of the race, so… yeah!
Right. The entire idea that the state of western democracy rides on a farcical “debate” involving one of the most uniquely detestable humans on the planet is complete insanity. The fact that there even exists a single person in the world who could possibly be swayed by what happens on this stage means reason and good sense are as dead as they can possibly be.
Not sinking, a bit disappointed she didn’t hit back better. Seems to be mainly a delivery issue, she has the knowledge and talking points. Just not hitting the mark with them.
Her main strength right now is that Trump is a rambling mess.
Edit: She’s getting better as they go on, kind of getting into a groove. She doesn’t have performance practice.
Production is helping Trump, too. Unmuting his mic whenever he opens his mouth (but not doing the same for Harris) and letting him completely ignore time limits. He’s probably had more than twice the time on the mic as Kamala.