Night Two of the Democratic Debates

Part two of the Democratic debate‘s. This too will be relatively tweet thread like.

I did not catch the debate from the very beginning but from the part I walked in on when they were discussing Medicare for all and education, of course Bernie Sanders was the strongest. He was the only person besides Joe Biden to provide clear, concise, and articulate policy positions for the issues of healthcare and education. Everyone else spoke in platitudes, and did much of what was done yesterday, which was explain what the problem is and just talk about how terrible things are rather than providing a solution to fix said problems. 

On the issue of education, Joe Biden stated that he wanted to make community colleges for Renee, but not all public colleges and universities. He also did not make a mention of canceling the student loan debt.

They are letting Kamala Harris speak for a really long time on the issue of immigration. Her answer is good though. 

John Hickenlooper says we need to reform ICE, not demolish them.

Marianne Williamson is saying a lot of things that sound nice, but there is no policy plan behind it if you pay close attention. She ended strong with stating how the USA 

basically fucked up most of Latin America.

Shout out to Pete Booty Judge for stating the the right wing completely ignores the separation of church and state, and saying the Democrats are representing those who have any religion or no religion. That is something that is not talked about nearly enough.

Handsy Uncle Joseph is starting to get amped up. He isn’t stating anything of policy substance, but he is trying to sound like a lefty. He got pressed before he finally stated that he would not deport someone for a low-level crime.

Bernie coming through with all the 

substance, stating how we need to stop 

trying to overthrow Latin American countries.

Eric Swalwell is mixing some issues with the census and family separation. Weird.

Kamala Harris replies, stating that she disagreed with Obamas immigration policy and advise her staff in California when she was the state attorney general to use their own judgment on the issue of deportation. Solid.

Michael Bennett argued passionately for his position on immigration, that might help him out. 

I didn’t get the chance to take notes on the rest, so I’ll link the Splinter live blog 

coverage to get anything I missed. 

https://splinternews.com/we-feel-dead-inside-splinters-2020-democratic-debate-l-1835925094

Night One of Democratic Primary Debates

I took voice notes throughout the debate, so this blog will basically be written in a Tweet thread format. Enjoy.

Tulsi Gabbard started off wonderfully, with clear and concise policy ideas including a green new deal, Medicare for all, and free college which would be paid for by ending the Wars and reinvesting the money.

Bill de Blasio is actually saying some pretty good stuff as well, I’m not sure how much I believe him.

Every single candidate has mentioned green technology or the green new deal.

Cory Booker looks angry.

Elizabeth Warren being her usual wonky policy driven self. Very long drawn out responses to the questions.

Only two candidates are willing to abolish private insurance. Elizabeth Warren and Bill DeBlasio.

Amie cloud boot jar basically said a bunch of nothing, and is in favor of the public option rather than Medicare for all.

Elizabeth Warren strongly comes out in favor of Medicare for all.

Bet on my stork coming through with cliches and speaking about personal stories, rather than policy solutions.

Bill de Blasio strongly challenges Beto in the rain work on his position for private insurance.

Tulsi Gabbard comes out in favor of Medicare for all, with private insurance still being an available option.

Cory Booker comes out in favor of Medicare for all as well, and also did a relatively good job of tying health issues in with economic and educational issues as well. Again, I’m not sure how much I believe that he will fight for it.

Julian Castro came out in favor of abortion being covered in a Medicare for all bill. That isn’t an issue I’ve heard brought up very much, but I feel that was a good answer.

Elizabeth Warren using sneak words like “access”. No, everyone gets healthcare, no questions asked.

I liked everything that Julie and Castro said about immigration until he got to his solution. Ending the drug war should be one of the top priorities of any Democratic nominee.

Cory Booker going after that Hispanic vote flaunting his Spanish linguistic skills. Gotta love identity politics.

I’m hearing a lot of what is wrong with our current immigration system, but not very many solutions, aside from Julian Castro.

Build a Blasio is actually railing against corporations, rhetorically I’m not surprised, I will be very surprised if he actually sticks to this line of attack if he somehow makes it to the general.

Beto O’Rourke also had to show America that he can speak Spanish, so therefore he will be great for the Hispanic community. Because that’s how it works.

Oh shit shots fired! Julian Castro is giving Beto O’Rourke that heat right now regarding his voting record on immigration.

John Delaney has looked and lost this entire debate.

Tim Ryan looks incredibly confused and a little bit intense.

Cory Booker wants to be Barack Obama so bad.

The moderator just called out all of the candidates and said that nobody has given her a clear answer on how to fix the “child separation” policies. Fantastic.

Cory Booker is the only candidate on stage who would not have voted in favor of the Iran deal. When pressed on it, he simply stated that he would try to negotiate a better deal. Where have we heard that from? Oh right, Donald Trump.

Tulsi Gabbard of course spitting mad knowledge when it comes to foreign policy. This is definitely her strongest attribute.

I wonder how many times Rachel Maddow is going to bring up Russia to the candidates.

All the technical issues they were having are hilarious.

Elizabeth Warren does not have a solid policy solution to gun violence.

Cory Booker does not have a solution to gun violence.

Julian Castro does not have a solution for gun violence.

Tim Ryan has one policy proposal which is his mental health professionals in schools.

Beto’s answer is “let the kids do it!”

Corey Booker cleaned up his answer a little bit, still not great but at least there were some statistics that he sites.

I wasn’t able to take notes during the last portion, but all in all I think that they allowed Bill de Blasio and a few other lesser known Candidates take over the entire debate. I barely got to see Tulsi Gabbard say anything, and it was almost comical how they treated John Delaney. I feel bad almost everyone was wishy-washy on Medicare for all and they used to weasel words like access, universal, affordable, and other various words that sort of let you know they’re not all the way on board with Medicare for all. I’m very interested to see how the debates go tonight.

Donald Trump and Opposition Research

Controversial take time.

I'm not flipping out over what Donald Trump said regarding the fact he said he would "look at it" if given information from a foreign government about an opponent. He said it's simply called "opposition research" and everyone does it.

I agree.

Now, is there a difference between him actively seeking out information from foreign, perhaps even hostile governments and him being given information (that by the way was all 100% accurate) that he didn't ask for, but happens to use? I say yes. 

Why do I feel this way? Well for one, there is still no proof or even hard evidence that Russia hacked the DNC, or John Podesta. However, even if there was, what did we learn? We learned that there was a little something called the "Steele Dossier", which was paid for the DNC and Hillary Clinton, and that information came from Russian sources and was given to a British spy, for the purposes of.......

Getting opoosition research on Donald Trump. You know, the same reason that Mueller began his investigation 2 years ago, but saying that Trump was actually the guilty one? Yeah, that.

The other reasons I feel this way are because of this simple thought excercise. Let's just say your best friend of 25 years has secretly been stealing from you, and a 3rd party tells you, and shows you evidence that this has been happening. Would you be upset with the 3rd party for delivering the message, or would you be mad at your best friend for being a theif? Most people with common sense would have ill feelings towards their (former) best friend, I would hope. In this case, the best friend is Hillary and the DNC, the 3rd Party is Russia. 

Now, was this a smart thing for Trump to say? Of course not, especially given the current political climate and the whole 2 year long investigation that people still won't let go of. However, if you actually listen to it as a singular statement, rather than something that Donald Trump said, it's really not that crazy. It's actually very rational.

Still, f*ck Donald Trump tho. #RIPNipsey.

Making Fun of Louie Gohmert

I love Louie Gohmert.

No seriously, I do.

Stop laughing, I know you think I’m joking, but I’m not.

I genuinely appreciate any time this man says ANYTHING. It is almost 100% of the time going to either infuriate you or make you laugh hysterically. I choose to react in the secondary way. I’m just going to link a few videos of him saying stupid things here, and I hope you all enjoy because seriously….COMEDY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqbo3LtKais

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxj7AIQAEV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz54CEoWDZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKEIyV-VUrY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADkm-Ek5tbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=978v6lEnZY4

All videos are provided by Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk, which is a YouTube channel affiliated with TYT Network. Follow him on Twitter @KyleKulinski.