I watched the "debate"
I actually wouldn't call it a debate so much as a forum as I'd say a debate actually requires some point by point positions, point by point rebuttals, then responses to the rebuttals and clarifications: the closest we got was Castro eviscerating Beto O'Rourke who tried to make up for his weakness on the Texan border by alternating between English and Spanish.
I rank them as follows:
The Good
Generally speaking, these candidates all felt like they had a lot of knowledge and were strong/leading candidates on the policies they were advocating for. Also, they all came off as charismatic.
1. Elizabeth Warren - Won the first half, not much talking time in the second, but the strongest closing statement, and very strong charisma. Generally, when she spoke she sounded like a strong authority on every topic she covered (she knew the state of things, and projections, and everything). One thing I really liked about her was how she didn't rely on technical terminology to describe a problem and the solution, she could do it very effectively in plain and intuitive English with anecdotal stories.
2 (tie). Bill De Blasio - Runner up in half 1, and strong placing in the second. Similar to Warren, he spoke in anecdotal stories and plain English to get his point across - could be a tactic, but IMO it is a display of wisdom and experience. He was generally strong all around.
2 (tie). Julian Castro - I liked his use of policy bills to really crush Beto. Otherwise he was a powerful voice all through.
2 (tie). Cory Booker - Came off incredibly passionate. At many times he drove the forum. He had really great charisma. I pushed him lower because he spoke a lot, but didn't have as many highlights as the others who had less opportunity
5. Jay Inslee - The leading candidate on green issues and didn't show any weakness in any of his positions, but didn't speak nearly enough.
The Bad
Mostly these were the ones who were on the boring end, didn't seem to be on the ball, and gave mostly bad answers.
6. Tulsi Gabbard - corrected Tim Ryan on Al Qaeda vs Taliban; but otherwise had nothing to say other than "I was in the military." about 80% of the time and had the personality of a wooden board.
7 (tie). Tim Ryan - he was the most ignorant one there, his highlight was mixing up the Taliban and Al Qaeda, but I recall he had some good answers on something.
7 (tie). Amy Klobuchar - She yapped a lot, but was so vague that I really didn't understand what her points were.
9. John Delaney - I admit, I was REALLY excited about this guy, thought he would run away with it. He came off as really backward and wrong on issues, and only gets 9th because he cucked Beto's answer at one point by inserting himself into Beto's spot in an argument against Castro. Generally speaking, reminded me of an asshole boss of a small company who eventually sold out on his workforce for a few million. But the moment that disappointed me the most is when I found out it wasn't John Mulaney.
The Ugly
10. Beto - Got HAMMERED, and I mean HAMMERED in this debate. I think there's a big conflict with him in that he still has aspirations in Texas, but the positions that would make him popular there are fairly bad ones when on the debate stage at literally any other part of the world. There was a point where he was arguing something, he got some pushback, and then when he was going to respond Delaney jumped in and argued in his stead (that was the cuck moment). Also, I told you this guy wasn't charismatic.
I think Beto is going to be the first casualty in the debate period. He can't hold onto Texas only issues and expect to inspire the whole of the country - most of the US (from my understanding) see Texas as an oddball state. In other words: it seems to me he's trying to run for President, but is not willing to say anything that would piss Texas off, but he is not going to win over the rest of the country with that tactic - and that's why he got beaten up so badly because he was trying to have it both ways.
Last edited by Jumpin - on 27 June 2019I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
