I drank a lot, but did not polish off my cordial.
The original realtime blog is here.
Here is my drunk blog of the debate. I am sure that there are a lot of typographical errors, because I am completely sh%$ faces:
My final, somewhat alcohol sodden analysis:
- The moderators were not great, but in comparison to the Bobsey twins, CNN correspondents Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, they f%$#ing sounded like f%$#ing Edward f%$#ing R. f%$#ing Murrow.
- I am profoundly drunk.
- I am stunned that I still have booze remaining.
- I am profoundly drunk.
- I am not listening to the post-debate analysis. That is more annoying than Donald Trump. Hell, it's more annoying than Donald Trump/JD Vance scat pr0n.
- I am profoundly drunk.
- I think that Harris won. I don't think that it was a big win, but it reinforces the whole "Weird," framing.
- I am profoundly drunk.
- Donald Trump is f%^$#ing deranged.
- I am profoundly drunk.
- Trump performed more sanely than I had anticipated.
- I am profoundly drunk.
- I would have liked to see some more about anthropogenic climate change.
- I am profoundly drunk.
10:43 pm:
Trump is talking, and talking, and talking, and taking. Brings up immigration again.
Take a shot.
10:41 pm:
Harris' closing statement.
Welcome to cliche theater. "Opportunity economy," etc.
Meh.
10:36 pm: Another commercial break, then closing statements.
I still have some cordial left. I is surprised by this. I am very drunk though.
10:35 pm:
Trump brings up Hunter Biden.
Take a shot.
10:34 pm:
Trump's voice is like fingernails on a chalk board. Harris' voice is better, but still not good.
10:33 pm:
Climate change comes up, FINALLY.
It's only the f%$#ing end of the f%$#ing world, so I understand why it was brought up so late.
10:30 pm: Kamals brings up John McCain on defending Obamacare. F%$# that.
Take a shot.
10:29 pm:
"I have concepts of a plan," Trump on what to do about Obamacare.
Take a shot.
10:27 pm:
Trump claims that Kamala wants to take your guns out of nowhere,
Not surprising, but gun control should be a question that the mods asked/
10:25 pm:
If I were taking a shot every time that Trump that Trump calls himself the, "Greatist," I'd be dead now.
For context, I am pretty f%$#ing drunk right now.
10:23 pm:
Harris brings up his calls for the execution of the (innocent) Central Park 5, and birtherism vs Obama.
Not a major thing, but it reinforces the whole "Weird" meme.
10:20 pm:
Asking about Trump calling her not Black.
10:17 pm:
Afghanistan. Harris blames Trump
10:15 pm:
And Trump goes full, "Triumph the insult dog."
Take a shot.
10:14 pm:
Sh%$. Kamala Harris goes full domino theory.
Take a shot.
10:08 pm:
The Ukraine is brought up.
I'll give Trump props on this, his call for an immediate peace is a right.
The US foreign policy Blob policies are risking WW III.
Kamala is willing to fight to the last Ukrainian.
Even a stopped clock is right once a day.
10:03 pm:
Commercial break. Drinking water.
10:02 pm:
You can see trump stewing over being called weak, and goes back to immigration.
10:01 pm:
Harris calls Trump weak. It's on.
9:57 pm:
Davis brings up the Gaza war.
Harris discusses vague goals, as opposed to any potential solutions.
9:55 pm:
Trump talks about how much Hungarian PM Victor Orban loves him? Not a winning line.
9:53 pm:
David Muir and Linsey Davis are pretty good.
Muir asks about Trump's threats of legal prosecution against his political opponents.
9:52 pm:
Trump brings up immigration, and doubles down on the election theft statement.
9:51 pm:
Mods are definitely better than Tapper and Bash.
They ask about Trump's election lies.
9:49 pm:
Starting to feel the alcohol.
This is not shaping up to be a good drunk.
9:48 pm:
Harris bringing up Charlottesville and the antisemitic protesters that Trump called, "Very good people."
9:46 pm:
Mods press, ask if there is anything that he regretted on January 6.
Trump blames Nancy Pelosi.
9:45 pm:
Trump makes it about immigration. I get it. It's all that he has got.
9:44 pm:
Oh, they brought up the insurrections. The mods note his inaction as it was ongoing.
9:42 pm:
Trump says that Harris wants to perform transgender surgery on illegal immigrants.
What the f%$#? Take a shot.
9:39 pm:
The moderators are actually pretty good. I think that the heat that the hapless CNN mods took a lot of heat for being hopeless sad sacks, and this had an effect on the moderators.
Not liking the framing on their question about Harris flip-flopping on fracking, etc., but it is a legitimate question.
9:38 pm:
Last shot went down the wrong way. Finished coughing.
9:37 pm:
Trump, who has promised weaponization of the justice department, claims that his felony conviction was weaponization of the justice department.
9:34 pm:
Trump is going all purity of the national blood, and claims that the FBI, etc. are lying about the crime rate.
Take a shot.
9:33 pm:
Now he is claiming that he got more votes than Biden. You knew it was coming, but still.....
Take a shot.
9:30 pm:
Trump brings up allegations or immigrants eating people's pets?
2 shots.
9:28 pm:
Harris just mentioned how Trump is deranged on the campaign trail, and that his audience leaves early.
Oh, Snap! Take a shot.
9:27 pm:
Harris goes first, and she notes that Trump killed an immigration bill that had bipartisan support because he wanted to run on the issue.
9:25 pm:
Lordy, they are bringing up immigration.
9:24 pm: Harris brings up how abortion bans also criminalize IVF.
9:21 pm:
Trump makes abortion about student loan forgiveness? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Take a shot
9:18 pm:
The moderator calls Trump a liar and asks Harris about it.
Harris has clearly been working on this.
She promises to sign an abortion law when passed.
9:17 pm:Abortion is brought. That's the elephant in the room.
Trump lies about killing born children. He lies about every legal scholar wanting it back in the states.
Take a shot.
9:15 pm:
Harris accuses him of selling chips to China, Trump accuses her of having no real policies at al.
9:13 pm:
Trump lies about what his tariff raised.
Not worth a shot.
9:10 pm:
Trump feels compelled to say that he went to Wharton, because a black woman is mean to him.
9:09 pm:
Oh, Harris touched a nerve with her Covid comments. Trump is whining.
Take a shot.
9:08 pm:
Harris calls him a liar straight out of the box, makes a reference to the January 6 insurrection, mismanaging Covid, and mentions Project 2025.
9:07:
Trump talks about people from foreign insane asylums takeing Black and Hispanic jobs.
Take a shot, particularly when Trump talks about the "Best economy ever">
9:05 pm:
Harris goes first. Talks about Trump's tax cuts for the rich.
9:03 pm:
First question from the ABC spokes-models "ZOMG Inflation!"
8:57 pm:
I have the cordial, a shot glass, and a bottle of ice water.
Let's do this.
8:55 pm:
The blog is now live. I am absolutely not watching the pregame show.
I will be posting at the top, with each update having a time in H:HMM pm format.
In a first, I will be getting plastered using a chocolate and pepper cordial based on a 400 year old chocolate recipe that I made myself.
My current plan is when ever something said is a clear lie or an extremely trite cliche or the moderators behave like potted plants, I will take a shot.
I will have a spotter to prevent death by alcohol poisoning.