Live (Drunk) Blogging the Debate

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.
  

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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.

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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.