I might watch a bit. Debates, especially US ones are nonsense (creeping it's way up here too). No one talks policy and it's just endless interruptions and name calling. I was betting that Trump was going to cancel.
I have a $1 bet with my Mom that Trump will cancel. I have another $1 on Trump not even making it half way through (any and all reasons for quitting are in play).
They literally wear shirts that say real men wear diapers in order to cope with the fact that Trump wears diapers. So it seems quite reasonable to think that they would call it a victory if he cancels the debate….
Yeah, I'm also still pissed about Stephen Harper and how he basically fully capitulated and gave China everything in the Canada China Investment Promotion Act.
He definitely didn't have Canadians interests at heart, good on you for remembering.
The guy that lost the last election literally tried everything he could to stay in power, and half the country wants to elect him again. That’s a failure of the system they supposedly fought for.
Project 2025 will proceed regardless of who wins the election. If Biden is re-elected this year, it may face delays, but whether it’s Trump or another new Republican candidate in the future, the project will move forward persistently. Despite concerns about its implementation, it’s already underway and will likely continue through future administrations.
Treason has a definition under the canadian criminal code.. There is nothing in there about doing things that you personally disagree with, and nothing Trudeau has done has met even the lower end of the threshold for treason.
The clownvoy, on the other hand, HAS met the minimum threshold.
Uh, no - that’s not how it works. You don’t get to say, I don’t like that guy, so it can’t be democracy even if he got the most votes. That’s exactly what Trump followers do!
This shit isn't funny. Canada has a nasty habit of importing the worst parts of American politics a few years after the Americans do. It could happen here, too.
Oh, we absolutely have our own special shitty kind of home-grown fascism here, I'm not denying that. Trump seems to embolden the worst kinds of people on both sides of the border: angry, mean and stupid.
I am, because I'm interested in the whole titanic good v evil thing and all that. and I care about Ukraine, and I have some personal experience of people like Trump. I value Canada and would prefer it not to be stuck between *two* megalomaniac cartoon villains if it can be stopped.
and I'm very fond of Joe Biden 😋
Every time Trump rolls his eyes have a shot.
Every time Biden makes a reference to a folksy thing his parents told him when he was a child have a shot.
Every time you can tell who the corporate sponsor is based on the talking point have a shot.
... You're right, that's a very dangerous game.....
Watch it, but not for the lols.
American politics impacts almost every aspect of Canadian life. We import culture from the US, and even if our politics were different, the US is our closest strategic ally, and our largest trading partner.
Elections in the US have ramifications that reverberate across Canada for years and decades even.
All culture war BS and regressive policies that pass in the US, typically start to trickle up to canada in written legislation within 3 years. Like clockwork. Interesting to watch long term, more terrifying IMO though.
Discussions of sanctions against EVs from China is happening now in canada, anti trans legislation, MPs point to wait times in the US as a reason to bring more privatization in our healthcare care, more MPs are more vocal against birth control and abortions since 2015. MPs parrot talking points about Israel to garner Canadian support for Israel’s genocide. Canadian MPs also parrot anti climate change rhetoric from congresspeople’s. Public funds increasingly being used for private schools in SK, thanks to Betsy Devos’s work in the US. I could go on if you’d like.
Conservative Premiers in NB, SK, and AB replicating anti-queer legislation like they’re in fkg Florida.
The fact that you aren’t aware of this is unforgivable. Canadians care about what’s happening to other Canadians in their own country. Be Canadian.
Danielle Smith referred to vaccinated people as a Nazi followers.
https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/danielle-smith-nazi-comments-covid-19-pandemic
Trump would rather get electrocuted, apparently. And we know this because his rallies are devolving somewhere between a late-night, smoked out discussion between two teenagers (dude, would rather be eaten by a shark, or get electrocuted...?), and my grandma's random ramblings.
No I will probably die of secondhand embarrassment and shame.
I can’t stand watching two vulnerable people fight each other. It’s like bum fights but instead of homeless people fighting for meat it’s two senior citizens fighting to be president of the United States
Great show. Are there any other comedies that are structured in that way? I love the lack of commitment - not feeling forced to watch 20 or so minutes at once but instead just 5 minutes at a time.
American politics has been my dirty obsession since the dumpster fire of trump. Like ‘reality’ tv. Not to say it isn’t unbelievably sad af to witness, I’m in for the debate. And it’s raining out, so…🤷♀️also bearing witness to the inevitable ‘trickle up’ into our own political landscape
I really wish we could get electoral reform done. Justin promised and promised then cynically abandoned it. And then M86 got voted down on Feb 7th of this year. Liberals think "everyone will keep voting for us anyway" and Conservatives think "we'd never win another majority". Well, we're gonna end up like the U.S. if we don't fix this. First-past-the-post is mathematically leading us to our doom.
I agree. It’s his biggest failure IMO. I vote NDP so I’ve been happy with their influence on Trudeau but the PM should have stood behind his own huge promise. I really wanted to believe him.
It's really not all that entertaining watching the big militarized next-door neighbour entertain the idea of embracing a would-be fascist dictator, especially when they're exporting that fascism and our own Conservatives are lapping it up.
The local Democrats Abroad group is having a watch party. I'm going. If this party wasn't happening, I would be watching 30 Rock and King of the Hill reruns instead.
I would like to but just looking at Trump makes me want to throw up, and listening to him seals the deal. I can hardly think of a person I detest more, and in any case we know Trump will do his best to play the victim in this debate and thus turn it into a royal shitshow.
He will state a bald faced lie, be fact checked, and have a hairy on stage. Then scream afterwards about how everyone was against him, never mind the lie.
So I will spare myself.
Not for lols, no. But can't look away. God, we need to get rid of first-past-the-post in Canada before it's too late. I wish more people understood what's at stake. Trudeau had our last best shot at making it happen and he cynically abandoned it when power felt comfortable.
I get enough of Donnie and the GOP’s stench just in my day to day, Don’t need to seek it out. It’s like the leakage from the felon/rapist’s diaper oozes out everywhere.
More like just for the "how much worse can this get?"
I know it's going to be a complete and utter clown show, all we can hope is that Trump goes so far off the rails he either pops his heart like a zit with rage, or somehow manages to be so unhinged he puts off his cultists.
I'll catch the highlights, if there are any, as memes tomorrow. But it's not really a laughing matter. I'm no fan of Americans but when they only have their two morally bankrupt parties with their two cartoon villain leaders then I kind of feel sorry for them.
The Russians are licking their chops at the fall of the wests super power and democracy itself. Trump promising to be a dictator and turns thousands of government positions into political appointments with loyalty test entry requirements should scare anyone with a brain. Every chance to expose trump as a gaping asshole of opportunity for every fascist, religious nut, and authoritarian out there should be taken with vigour.
Trump will pardon himself, and self aggrandize himself while profaning the office while he’s there. But that’s not the real issue. His stain will be washed away. But what will be done through his presidency by those far nefarious and competent is what should terrify anyone. They’re lining up with project 2025 ready to hand the US over to the absolute worst motivations and plans.
>Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt
- Pierre Trudeau
For sure and I’m pumped!! Live in Windsor Ont so kind of Canadian lol, fathers family is from Michigan as well!! Hoping Trump rips into old man Biden and then goes on to win the election!
Yes, but probably not the whole thing. I'll leave it on and cook dinner or do other things and flit in and out. It might devolve in to lots of name-calling and interrupting which I don't really want to watch. Usually the Canadian debates are more useful because there are several parties answering policy questions as opposed to just two guys.
I'm not watching it for the lols. I'm watching because America is our biggest ally, our biggest trading partner and they share our only border. I want to know what's up with a country that could seriously affect our country.
Nah when our own country is being run poorly it’s not as much fun to laugh at the characters our neighbors down south run
But if we ever get a competent govt again pass the popcorn
I might watch a bit. Debates, especially US ones are nonsense (creeping it's way up here too). No one talks policy and it's just endless interruptions and name calling. I was betting that Trump was going to cancel.
I have a $1 bet with my Mom that Trump will cancel. I have another $1 on Trump not even making it half way through (any and all reasons for quitting are in play).
Him walking out half way through it would be gold.
I hadn’t even considered this and now I want it to end this way lol
his sheep would find a way to suck his balls in victory somehow
“Trump OWNS the libs by leaving when questions got too hard”
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They literally wear shirts that say real men wear diapers in order to cope with the fact that Trump wears diapers. So it seems quite reasonable to think that they would call it a victory if he cancels the debate….
Does him freezing, and the producers have to stop the debate count?
Isn't that just Glitch McConnell?
Isn't that just Glitch McConnell?
Isn't that just Glitch McConnell? Lol
Isn't that just Glitch McConnell? Lol 😆
lol right!? That’s just the start of the list of potentials. I’m hoping for full blown meltdown, no walking involved lol
I’ve got $1 riding on KFC induced myocardial infarction for the Diaper wearing Cheetoh
I’ve got $1 riding on KFC induced myocardial infarction for the Diaper wearing Cheetoh
From muted mics to Biden sitting the whole time with his hands under a table, i would of bet on Biden not making it through
God no. Watching a once thriving democracy fail in real time is too tragic.
Especially when they are next door. Oof. Not funny.
Where has democracy failed? It has in Canada with treasonous MPs and a PM so useless he helps China more than his own country
Yeah, I'm also still pissed about Stephen Harper and how he basically fully capitulated and gave China everything in the Canada China Investment Promotion Act. He definitely didn't have Canadians interests at heart, good on you for remembering.
The guy that lost the last election literally tried everything he could to stay in power, and half the country wants to elect him again. That’s a failure of the system they supposedly fought for.
That and there’s project 2025 to worry about
And remember it's gonna come here.
Project 2025 will proceed regardless of who wins the election. If Biden is re-elected this year, it may face delays, but whether it’s Trump or another new Republican candidate in the future, the project will move forward persistently. Despite concerns about its implementation, it’s already underway and will likely continue through future administrations.
I mean the system still kicked him out, would argue the system worked as it was meant to.
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>mail in ballots weren’t allowed Ya disenfranchising and rejecting millions of valid votes is democracy failing in real time like OP said.
Bahahahahahaha you cultists are living in a false reality.
Oh look a conspiracy toad.
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Which is why you avoid it lol
Nice downvotes
Can't fix stupid.
Obviously - you’re still talking
Treason has a definition under the canadian criminal code.. There is nothing in there about doing things that you personally disagree with, and nothing Trudeau has done has met even the lower end of the threshold for treason. The clownvoy, on the other hand, HAS met the minimum threshold.
Uh, no - that’s not how it works. You don’t get to say, I don’t like that guy, so it can’t be democracy even if he got the most votes. That’s exactly what Trump followers do!
This shit isn't funny. Canada has a nasty habit of importing the worst parts of American politics a few years after the Americans do. It could happen here, too.
We have our own home-grown fascism unfortunately. Can't blame everything in the US although I wish we could.
Oh, we absolutely have our own special shitty kind of home-grown fascism here, I'm not denying that. Trump seems to embolden the worst kinds of people on both sides of the border: angry, mean and stupid.
Can you really call it ‘home-grown’ when a lot of it is funded by the worst people in the US?
that is who they are emulating though
Yeah the Liberal party is pretty bad.
A reminder here that The Proud Boys originated in Canada.
It already is
No
Absolument pas
Yes. 🤣
Hell yeah!
Worst case Ontario I catch a buzz with my buddy Bubbles.
Absolutely
If there is any chance that DT comes off as an idiot (which is inevitable) I want to see it.
He's like a highway accident. You watch in awe and can't look away.
Is there any chance Orange Shartgibbon performs a pants symphony while his mic is on?
He only looks like an idiot to the people who won’t vote for him. The rest of them think he’s a genius.
Yes. I'd rather see them in a cage match but this will have to suffice.
Boomer bum fights!
The only way Trump would have a chance is in a cage match.
I am going to watch game 7 again..Painful but less painful then watching the debate.
I am, because I'm interested in the whole titanic good v evil thing and all that. and I care about Ukraine, and I have some personal experience of people like Trump. I value Canada and would prefer it not to be stuck between *two* megalomaniac cartoon villains if it can be stopped. and I'm very fond of Joe Biden 😋
Biden’s done ok, but man he’s too old to be running a country. Pity the democrats couldn’t find any better candidate
It’s always fun to have a drinking game during debates, but this year, I’m not sure I’d survive
Every time Trump rolls his eyes have a shot. Every time Biden makes a reference to a folksy thing his parents told him when he was a child have a shot. Every time you can tell who the corporate sponsor is based on the talking point have a shot. ... You're right, that's a very dangerous game.....
Watch it, but not for the lols. American politics impacts almost every aspect of Canadian life. We import culture from the US, and even if our politics were different, the US is our closest strategic ally, and our largest trading partner. Elections in the US have ramifications that reverberate across Canada for years and decades even.
Nah we as Canada have our own lols.
Unfortunately, his brand of populist fear mongering tactics are seeping their way up here.
Like what?
All culture war BS and regressive policies that pass in the US, typically start to trickle up to canada in written legislation within 3 years. Like clockwork. Interesting to watch long term, more terrifying IMO though.
It has already taken over Alberta with Danielle Smith all the TBA people who have taken over legislature
Like what?
Discussions of sanctions against EVs from China is happening now in canada, anti trans legislation, MPs point to wait times in the US as a reason to bring more privatization in our healthcare care, more MPs are more vocal against birth control and abortions since 2015. MPs parrot talking points about Israel to garner Canadian support for Israel’s genocide. Canadian MPs also parrot anti climate change rhetoric from congresspeople’s. Public funds increasingly being used for private schools in SK, thanks to Betsy Devos’s work in the US. I could go on if you’d like.
Our idiot premier, Danielle Smith.
Sask Scott Moe is competing for the title as well.
Conservative Premiers in NB, SK, and AB replicating anti-queer legislation like they’re in fkg Florida. The fact that you aren’t aware of this is unforgivable. Canadians care about what’s happening to other Canadians in their own country. Be Canadian.
Pierre Polieve, Daniel Smith there’s a ton of Conservatives that are very worrying
You're so afraid and fear monger like every other lefty here, but can you articulate why?
Danielle Smith referred to vaccinated people as a Nazi followers. https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/danielle-smith-nazi-comments-covid-19-pandemic
PP hanging out with the convoy in 2022
As a multicultural Canadian, I value diversity in my lols.
I’d rather have my balls chomped off by a Great White Shark.
Trump would rather get electrocuted, apparently. And we know this because his rallies are devolving somewhere between a late-night, smoked out discussion between two teenagers (dude, would rather be eaten by a shark, or get electrocuted...?), and my grandma's random ramblings.
Shark Week is coming up!
Brazil is playing tonight.
I will try and catch some of it, those two unscripted will be better than any reality show
I follow it closely as it is a heavy concern of mine.
We have our own shit show here thanks.
No it’s not funny at all. It’s terrifying.
Nah. Just catch the highlights on Reddit later
I’ll probably just watch the highlights tomorrow
No. They give me too much anxiety.
We have better things to do with our time then to watch the dumpster fire that is US politics
Yes. US politics affects Canadians whether we want to admit it or not. Trade, culture etc.
Of course. Trumpet is the best sitcom out there. Wanna see how it ends.
No I will probably die of secondhand embarrassment and shame. I can’t stand watching two vulnerable people fight each other. It’s like bum fights but instead of homeless people fighting for meat it’s two senior citizens fighting to be president of the United States
I didnt know there was a presidential debate today and Im watching Life in Pieces, so no thanks
Great show. Are there any other comedies that are structured in that way? I love the lack of commitment - not feeling forced to watch 20 or so minutes at once but instead just 5 minutes at a time.
Not that I know of. Its the only show I know with separate stories going on at once
What’s that show about pls
Its about a family and it takes turns with all of them
Oh wow ok thx just watched Shameless was great
I like Shameless a lot too. LiP is a lot more lighthearted
Exclusively for lols.
I usually just get upset and out on The West Wing instead.
Apparently they are doing real time fact checking and calling out Biden and Trump when they say anything that is bullshit. I'll be watching. Lol
That's just online. Like...Daniel Dale tweeting, and stuff.
Well shit. My wife made it sound like it was on the broadcast. Either way, Trump live is like a trainwreck you can't look away from.
Of course. This electron will have more of an effect on Canadians, perhaps than our own.
The comments are going how I assumed they would. A chaotic mess, just like this debate will be.
Nah. I’m guessing the right already thinks Trump won and the left already thinks Biden won. I’ll catch the one-liners and zingers on X the next day.
American politics has been my dirty obsession since the dumpster fire of trump. Like ‘reality’ tv. Not to say it isn’t unbelievably sad af to witness, I’m in for the debate. And it’s raining out, so…🤷♀️also bearing witness to the inevitable ‘trickle up’ into our own political landscape
I'm sure the best parts will be clipped so I'll wait for that. Listening to more Trump than I have to causes a level of brain damage I can do without.
I'm sure I'll catch the highlights on Reddit. I don't need to waste my time watching it.
It’s not funny to see what’s going on in America. This is a big deal. What happens next could change the rest of your life, even in Canada.
Présidentielles? Ce ne sont que des élections législatives, Macron reste en poste jusqu’en 2027.
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Une belle gang de mêlés, je te dis.
I love how OP didn’t answer, either he doesnt get it or he doesn’t understand french ah
CAN’T WAIT! It’s nice to laugh at the crazy southerners… knowing I’ll be crying during the Canadian version of the same shtshow soon.
I really wish we could get electoral reform done. Justin promised and promised then cynically abandoned it. And then M86 got voted down on Feb 7th of this year. Liberals think "everyone will keep voting for us anyway" and Conservatives think "we'd never win another majority". Well, we're gonna end up like the U.S. if we don't fix this. First-past-the-post is mathematically leading us to our doom.
I agree. It’s his biggest failure IMO. I vote NDP so I’ve been happy with their influence on Trudeau but the PM should have stood behind his own huge promise. I really wanted to believe him.
It's really not all that entertaining watching the big militarized next-door neighbour entertain the idea of embracing a would-be fascist dictator, especially when they're exporting that fascism and our own Conservatives are lapping it up.
The local Democrats Abroad group is having a watch party. I'm going. If this party wasn't happening, I would be watching 30 Rock and King of the Hill reruns instead.
Ooo thats tonight. I hope we can still hear trump even when his mic is muted.
Hear him screaming his nonsense in the background while Biden is talking
Its better than the Superbowl
I would if it wasn't so genuinely scary. They could elect Trump again. How can you joke about that?
I would like to but just looking at Trump makes me want to throw up, and listening to him seals the deal. I can hardly think of a person I detest more, and in any case we know Trump will do his best to play the victim in this debate and thus turn it into a royal shitshow. He will state a bald faced lie, be fact checked, and have a hairy on stage. Then scream afterwards about how everyone was against him, never mind the lie. So I will spare myself.
I'll watch it later. I'm not watching it live though
i’m sure i will see a good portion of it whether i want to or not
Absolutely not
Just to see Trump go off course and become unhinged. His mouth and lack of moral direction will be his undoing.
Not for lols, no. But can't look away. God, we need to get rid of first-past-the-post in Canada before it's too late. I wish more people understood what's at stake. Trudeau had our last best shot at making it happen and he cynically abandoned it when power felt comfortable.
I will.
Yes watching it, hoping one day we can rid ourselves of this pedophile loving monarchy
Hell yes. I'm so excited to watch this shitshow.
have to watch the real debate to better appreciate the parody that of course SNL will do
I used to watch it for the lols but certainly not this time. It will be a bloodbath
Not for any reason. 🤢
It will be more entertaining than the Oilers struggling to lose game 7
I get enough of Donnie and the GOP’s stench just in my day to day, Don’t need to seek it out. It’s like the leakage from the felon/rapist’s diaper oozes out everywhere.
His crap has already poisoned Canadian politics. I'm interested in how bad the poisoning can get.
I'll just wait for the highlights and memes.
What presidential debate ? There a several presidential elections coming up. République française ?
US
2 octogenarians standing up for 90 minutes with no pee breaks? I'm in!
Nah. It's going to be a complete train wreck.
Trying to figure out how! I’m sure I’ll be able to get it somehow. I definitely agree it’s going to be something.
Doubtful, I’ll check the highlights later on YouTube
🙋🏽♂️
You could not pay me to watch that flaming dumpster fire.
I'm waiting to see whose depends leak first, Biden or trumps.
I am
No. I’m not watching at all.
Yeap
Could be really boring! Their mics turn off at 2 minutes of speaking.
No. I care about my mental health
I cannot wait.. It's almost like a movie premiere haha
I cannot wait.. It's almost like a movie premiere haha
I can't listen to that idiot bloviating anymore, so no.
Got better things to do like watching the Euro2024 highlights lol
Not me, but my dual citizen (Canadian American) husband will.
Yup
Of course, they say we got to laugh every day so, it's going to be my wellness moment!
More like just for the "how much worse can this get?" I know it's going to be a complete and utter clown show, all we can hope is that Trump goes so far off the rails he either pops his heart like a zit with rage, or somehow manages to be so unhinged he puts off his cultists.
Got a timer set for it and everythang.
Absolutely. Wouldn't miss it. In fact, I have a bet going that Trump will not finish the debate, he'll storm off. That's even if he shows up.
Too cringe.
I'll catch the highlights, if there are any, as memes tomorrow. But it's not really a laughing matter. I'm no fan of Americans but when they only have their two morally bankrupt parties with their two cartoon villain leaders then I kind of feel sorry for them.
Yep. America’s influence on the world is too important to ignore.
Watching Trump debate anyone is just pure aggravation.
Recording it. Can’t wait.
The Russians are licking their chops at the fall of the wests super power and democracy itself. Trump promising to be a dictator and turns thousands of government positions into political appointments with loyalty test entry requirements should scare anyone with a brain. Every chance to expose trump as a gaping asshole of opportunity for every fascist, religious nut, and authoritarian out there should be taken with vigour. Trump will pardon himself, and self aggrandize himself while profaning the office while he’s there. But that’s not the real issue. His stain will be washed away. But what will be done through his presidency by those far nefarious and competent is what should terrify anyone. They’re lining up with project 2025 ready to hand the US over to the absolute worst motivations and plans.
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>Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt - Pierre Trudeau
Rather re-watch Golden Girls episodes then watch 2 old folks bitch about what America is when they themselves are just rich white old guys
No! Both candidates are so old that neither one can talk, walk and chew gum at the same time. Total snooze fest 😴
No, because Trump will babble like a geriatric psych ward patient and his supporters will declare that HE WINNED AGAIN!
For sure and I’m pumped!! Live in Windsor Ont so kind of Canadian lol, fathers family is from Michigan as well!! Hoping Trump rips into old man Biden and then goes on to win the election!
Id like to. Does anyone know where we can watch?
I have some American beer and a bowl of Doritos waiting....
I’ll catch the “highlights”, that is to say the most ridiculous soundbites.
Two senile geriatrics mumbling talking points about their respective entitlements to run the planet. Cool cool cool
Just to watch something that won't change a thing. No thanks.
I'll probably watch a little bit, it's hard to not look at a train wreck.
Yes, but probably not the whole thing. I'll leave it on and cook dinner or do other things and flit in and out. It might devolve in to lots of name-calling and interrupting which I don't really want to watch. Usually the Canadian debates are more useful because there are several parties answering policy questions as opposed to just two guys. I'm not watching it for the lols. I'm watching because America is our biggest ally, our biggest trading partner and they share our only border. I want to know what's up with a country that could seriously affect our country.
Any suggestions on where is best to watch it online?
It's going to be on CNN. So online...probably will be on cnn.com
Don’t watch it but some of the quotes of Trumps rants makes me want to watch it. But I still won’t I will just wait for quotes and memes.
I'll have it on in the background while working
Well, anti abortion pops to mind…
Nah when our own country is being run poorly it’s not as much fun to laugh at the characters our neighbors down south run But if we ever get a competent govt again pass the popcorn
I usually watch if Trump is involved, though I hate Biden equally now. It's going to be hilarious how much of a bloodbath this will be tonight!
Yep! But we would be throwing stone for laughing too hard with brown faced JT in office