We cats are conflicted about watching the first Democratic debate tonight. We're traveling to the True North soon, and we have too many chores to spend time in front of the TV. And we worry that all those candidates lined up on that stage are going to look, well, just crazy. Like the Republicans did in 2016. Or like the freshman class page in the 1964 Kefauver Kaleidoscope.
But in case we need a smart and funny filter, it's good to know what @girlsreallyrule will be live-tweeting the event. Meanwhile, we have a few questions.
Will Benedict Donald also live-tweet? He's threatened to. But — hasn't he got, like, a really important job or something? And doesn't he have people to do that for him? (But if he does tweet himself, will he tag the right people?)
What will Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar do to stand out? They seem to be two candidates who need a good moment. Ditto Beto, who may just resort to waving his arms, as he is wont to do.
Will the ridiculously heavily populated team of anchors ask serious policy questions (healthcare, student loans, climate change), or will they fall lazily back on identity-politics stuff (abortion, gay rights, guns)? And if they ask about war and peace, which candidate will be the first to say the words "bone spurs"?
Who will ask about that horrific photo of the drowned migrant dad and his daughter, and what will the answer be? (In our humble opinion, it should be "Trump killed those people, and he's killing everything America stands for.")
Will the coverage tomorrow morning be more post-mortem, or Night-2's pregame show?
Are we obsessed? No. We have our favorite candidate(s), which we're going to keep to ourselves for the moment, and we're happy to let the process play out. So, yeah, we probably won't be watching. The fact that Chuck Todd, who lets Trump skate on his lies, is going to be one of the anchors has convinced us to let the live-tweeters keep us in the loop. We cats HISS.
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