A relative gave me a bud of extremely strong pot last week. I have not touched it yet. I knew to save it for tonight.

Sharing the experience helps. Oh yeah - we also have gin and tonics.

Vodka will be my emotional support drink tonight.

and a lifetime supporter of democracy, I consider Donald Trump unworthy of my attention.

Sorry I can't help you.

Another vet here, just looking forward to the day Mango Mussolini "goes away"

The man makeup will be thick tonight, his Clown tie, bad suit, and his Accordion hands which means he is lying or doesn't know what he is talking about.

I usually put closed captions, on with mute, and try to read his word garbage. I don't like his voice and tone.

house republicans during hearings. They have nothing but feigned outrage at their own lies. If there was something they said that was particularly stupid or outrageous, I will hear about it when a dem is speaking.

I get too stressed and angry watching & listening to that evil B*****d.

if my Husband watches then I will kind of hear it,,,,

But mostly I will come to DU to read reports from all you guys who did watch it.

I can't stand his whiny voice, his fat, overly madeup face, his ass mouth, or his accordion hands, let alone anything he has to say. I might read the play-by-play on Wonkette, or I might just skip it entirely in favor of something on Netflix or Prime.

The sound of his voice…I can’t do it.
But I’ll watch the debate, with my husband (who despises TFG as much as I do) and scream at the tv when needed (whenever TFG opens his mouth).

to outrage. Can't stomach hearing him either. He makes my skin crawl. Kamala should bring a taser.

It was truly awful. I thought it would have put him under. Not so.

I find tsf revolting. I've never deliberately watched or listened to that entity. His verbal diarrhea of lies, is an outrageous assault on the human psyche. The last "debate" had me so riled after 10 minutes I had to turn it off. I do not know how tonights debate will go, but given his record, I can't imagine him being civil and honest, all of a sudden.

That said, I may tune in for a few minutes as I support, vice president, Kamala Harris. I want to see her show that she has a plan for our country that is far superior to anything her opponent could mash together in a giant spit ball of lies in gibberish.

I'll tune in and hope for the best, if I have to turn it off I will do that.

but I will read the comments on DU about the debate.

1-It won't be a debate. 2-The "moderators will suck.

He has nothing to say that I need to hear.
So, I don't watch any coverage of him.
Even if I am watching the news (mostly Chicago local) & he comes on the screen, I change channels.

When will the NJ Bar Association disbar her for her duping and misleading that Bedminster employee who was suing Trump’s firm for employee harassment?

Also, when will NJ State prosecute Hanna for violating NJ labor laws and interfering in a worker harassment case?

I know everything I need to about that awful man and a debate won’t help inform me, just raise my blood pressure.

I’ll see what the commentary is like here and maybe watch some clips tomorrow.

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That's right, I spelled it "whisky" instead of "whiskey."

Preferably the Quinta Rubin.

I LOVE that stuff!

As it turned out I had bourbon instead, from a big bottle my almost ex-wife gave me for my birthday.

Seriously, sorta tune him out. Distract yourself a bit when he speaks. I feel it's important to know what's going on, but I don't want him "in my face"

I watched the last debate on YouTube and followed along on DU. Being able to chat on DU helps. Still, I was

Watching it on my computer gave me more leeway to multi-task.


I'm going to a watch party tonight. Something tells me the room will be noisy when Trump speaks.

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Otherwise, I don't watch Trump speak either. I watch a few clips here and there and that's enough for me. I did watch his crazy acceptance speech at the RNC.

I also love to watch Faux News when the Reps are having a bad day. I used to be a social worker who worked with psych patients so I have a “hearty” stomach.

I avoid watching him as much as I can.

I refuse to watch it wave its homunculus sized hands or open its asshole shaped lips.

I will tune in here for the synopsis.

and refrain from throwing things.

the part I can't connect with. How a political candidate can cause so much pain to someone is a thing I can't understand at all. Trump doesn't bother me, I simply dislike him. He doesn't cause me mental anguish, pain, fear or anything else. This is politics, and Trump is just another human, nothing more. I deal with worse problems trying to drive in traffic to get to work in the mornings. I'm not scared to watch Fox news or other outlets either. I don't need media analysts to tell me how to think or interpret. I like to know what political opponents are thinking and why because sometimes, there are actually valid points to me heard. I don't need to be isolated and protected from opposing beliefs, no matter how dumb some of it can be.
There is not supposed to be drama, this is politics. And I'll be frank about it, I'm getting kind of pissed off that politics has turned into the vile sport and dividing subject that it has. People have grown to actually hate one another over this foolishness. It's a serious business, and Trump is a result of that behavior, not the cause of it. A guy like that should have never been able to rise in popularity, but that is the mood that we as an entire nation have nurtured.
Now I'll stand back and take my beating for telling the raw truth.

I read opinions I disagree with all the time. Trump, however, makes me ill.

I will not watch the "debate." The whole idea of it is a farce, and old man Trump is SO obnoxious that I become physically ill when listening to him or seeing him. My blood pressure rises, my stomach gets upset, and my cave man tendencies to beat him over the head repeatedly with a club becomes irresistible.
I honestly have never understood how anyone could stand anything about this piece of human scum. The 78-year-old nut case is repulsive in every imaginable way.

Watch the METS game instead. They're in a fight for a playoff spot..!!

I'm a drummer....and different.

Kamala Harris has been preparing with the best debate prep team in the business.

Philippe Reines, who is better on his worst day than Donald Trump is on his best day, has been playing the part of Trump in her mock debates, he didn't hold anything back and Trump would be lucky to be 10% as good as this guy.
Colin Kahl (former Undersecretary of Defense)
Tom Donilon (President Obama’s National Security Adviser)
Tom Nides (former Ambassador to Israel)
Grace Landrieu (Director for Economic Policy and Labor at the National Economic Council and one helped write the Build Back Better Program)
Brian Nelson (former Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the Treasury Department
Phil Gordon ( former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf Region under President Obama)
Rebecca Lissner (former Acting Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council, helped write President Biden's National Security Strategy and former Director of the Russia Strategy Group
Karen Dunn (one of her Debate Coaches for her prep against Mike Pence, we all remember that one!)
Minyon Moore (former Director of White House political affairs under President Bill Clinton)
Symone Sanders-Townsend (political veteran, author of No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America)

This is going to be a slaughter, I just hope Trump doesn't quit halfway through

He's a shark and is a vicious debater, he can out do Trump's debate style

He's standing in as Trump for her mock debates and he didn't hold anything back

She's not just ready, she's hungry for this

1-Hit the mute button in advance of the start.

2-Nap during the proceedings

3-Read (not watch) a post-mortem the next day.

I enjoyed seeing him unravel.

Didn’t have to see his face or hear his voice

It's less triggering for me than seeing his horrible countenance. And there is an advantage to skimming his crap. There is no substance so skimming for the gist is plenty.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story%3fid=113560542

watch him so I don’t have to cope. I watched Harris muted the remote and looked at a book until Dumpy was done. I hate him. Seeing or hearing him makes me want to 🤮

while watching a comedy I've been looking forward too.