I decided to sit here and live-tweet the Democratic Debate (#DemDebate) tonight, because I’m a glutton for punishment. I’m not even criticizing the party itself, it just that their debates have been sooooo incredibly boring. Tonight hasn’t been much different, but I’m trying to tough it out. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton moved on from the email situation quickly after Bernie apologized. Since then, fireworks have been lacking. Martin O’Malley, the distant third-place candidate, has thrown some blows, including one about the old age of his rivals. But everyone knows he has zero chance and so that takes a little of the sting out of those barbs. The other two have mostly ignored his bait for the entire evening, with the exception of Bernie getting kinda pissed at thim for allegedly lying about his gun control record early on. Also, they’ve all been focusing pretty heavily on Donald Trump. They haven’t mentioned any other Republican candidate so far.
I’ll come back later and add some more written analysis at the. Before we get to that, here’s some tweets from myself and various other people.
ABC, your stream is ass. #DemDebate
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
(I had to go to a piracy site in order to watch a decent stream. Pathetic, ABC.)
O'Malley's delivery is TERRIBLE here, soooo halting. #DemDebate
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
LOL, yea, you sound reeeeeeal appreciative for that apology, Hillary. #DemDebate
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/LaughReader/status/678390749591941121
[email protected] Not really. Sanders apologized for the data breach, Hillary accepted. O'Malley said it was silly & plugged his website lol
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
Yea, this isn't what Sanders needs. WHEN IS HE GONNA ATTACK? NEVER? #DemDebate https://t.co/ARufHKXTG3
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
Hillary looks like she threw on a spare piece of carpet to wear tonight. Ugly as fuck. #DemDebate
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/ChristiJunior/status/678391961355755520
Oh, he'll attack Martin O'Malley, but not Hillary. Maybe Bernie is angling for a cabinet position? #DemDebate
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/8bitsofsound/status/678395112204984320
Hillary Clinton stumbling all over this tech question #DemDebate
— Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) December 20, 2015
HILLARY CLINTON: “Maybe the back door is the wrong door.” #outofcontexttweets
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) December 20, 2015
Bernie's saying some reasonable things about using the Middle East nations to help destroy terrorism. #DemDebate
— Nick V. Flor 🥋+🇺🇸 (@ProfessorF) December 20, 2015
That Libya coalition worked out great.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 20, 2015
mfw when I have to watch a Trump-less debate #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/tyBtElm0iD
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
Really hoping @realDonaldTrump suddenly manifests at #DemDebate. "Speak of the Devil, and he shall appear." pic.twitter.com/NjolKi3k4W
— VDARE (@vdare) December 20, 2015
if you mention emails pic.twitter.com/akrUDUVg7x
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) December 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/678403731138867200
Debate entering unwatchable land. Stories of night (1) HRC inflammatory charge against @realDonaldTrump (2) HRC embrace of her Libya plans
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) December 20, 2015
.@MartinOMalley bashes @HillaryClinton for flipping on guns "every election year" https://t.co/hMqqvCmCYz #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/LUQcOMyKut
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton is in the pocket of Wall Street. End of story. #DemDebate
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
This is high entertainment — @HillaryClinton trying to pretend she's not the Wall Street Candidate.
"Bernie & Marty are!" LOL#DemDebate
— Nick V. Flor 🥋+🇺🇸 (@ProfessorF) December 20, 2015
"THIS IS THE YEAR 2015" – @BernieSanders
take a shot #DemDebate
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton's answer on trust would be great if she wasn't for eviscerating due process on college campuses #DemDebate
— Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) December 20, 2015
It's probably not a good idea to cite your record of "racial healing" in Baltimore, @MartinOMalley. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/luf7dH2fIa
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) December 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/Nero/status/678415764651642880
https://twitter.com/EscapeVelo/status/678416987421171712
https://twitter.com/POLITICOvideo/status/678417926664429569
https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/678418459454078976
I see triggered people.#DemDebate pic.twitter.com/f8OyQMeYTx
— ㄒ尺乇ᐯㄖ尺 ۞ ㄒ尺ㄩ丂ㄒ (@TrustedTrevor) December 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/MargaretsBelly/status/678420254800891905
.@ABC entirely left out immigration from #DemDebate a hugely important issue in the GOP debate last week. But we got to hear about WH china!
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) December 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/mylittlepwnies3/status/678423622030073857
