The full October 13, 2015 CNN run Democratic Presidential Debate is available on YouTube

If you missed the debate, you can pretend you watched the debate and spout the opinions of the pundits, or you can watch the whole 2 hours and decide for yourself.

Warning: If you spout the pundits’ view that Hillary won the debate, the people who actually watched it or who have access to the internet will know you are fibbing.

October 15, 2015

YouTube has already taken down the above video. As of 8:35PM, the following video is still available on YouTube.

CNN has a transcript. You might have to read or at least download this quickly. (I have downloaded a copy for safekeeping.) CNN seems to be making a concerted effort to keep the public from seeing any unedited version of the debate. If you could see the actual debate, then you would know how badly CNN is lying in its analyses of the debate.

Here is an excerpt that they won’t want you to see once the realize the impact of what Hillary said.

CLINTON: Yeah.

You know, I – I respect the passion an intensity. I represented Wall Street, as a senator from New York, and I went to Wall Street in December of 2007 – before the big crash that we had – and I basically said, “cut it out! Quit foreclosing on homes! Quit engaging in these kinds of speculative behaviors.”

I took on the Bush administration for the same thing. So I have thought deeply and long about what we’re gonna do to do exactly what I think both the senator and the governor want, which is to rein in and stop this risk.

And my plan would have the potential of actually sending the executives to jail. Nobody went to jail after $100 billion in fines were paid…

Yes the woman that CNN said won the debate actually admitted that she thought of herself as representing Wall Street when she was a U.S. Senator from New York. I am surprised that there was no rebuttal that said, “And you seem to still represent Wall Street even though you aren’t a Senator anymore.”

I feel honored to know that this Political Blog is under attack from hackers in the Ukraine.

My security software tells me that

A user with IP address 91.200.12.9 has been locked out from the signing in or using the password recovery form for the following reason: Exceeded the maximum number of login failures which is: 20. The last username they tried to sign in with was: ‘admin’
User IP: 91.200.12.9
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User location: Kiev, Ukraine

ipaddress.com even provides me with a street map to the offender. If any of my readers happen to be in Kiev, maybe they could stop in and ask these people why they are trying to break into my political blog. I have published a number of items that are not favorable to the political regime that is in power in Kiev. Could that be their reason, or am I just a random site that they have decided to hack?

Talking Points Memo has the article Taking Stock of a Tepid Debate.

My response to the author of the article follows.

I can’t conceive of how you would call this a tepid debate. I think the issues of finally taking control back from the oligarchs is far more consequential than anything that was debated in 2008.

Furthermore, if you have to decide among several candidates who are making similar promises, and have similar qualifications to be President, the deciding factor is how consistent the current promises are with past actions.

Bernie Sanders’ huge advantage of Hillary Clinton is that what he is promising is entirely consistent with what he has stood for and has done over many years.

In far too many instances, Hillary’s behavior has been diametrically opposite to what she claims she stands for. For instance, you can’t say you are a strong defender of the middle class when you vote to squeeze that middle class with tighter bankruptcy laws, as she and Biden both did. In Clinton’s case she was schooled on the perfidy of these changes by Elizabeth Warren. Clinton understood the lessons well enough to advise Bill Clinton to veto such a bill when he was President, but then she voted for a similar bill when she was Senator. In fact, Elizabeth Warren wondered in one of her books how a person could withstand the pressure when in Congress, if Hillary Clinton could not. Well, Elizabeth Warren’s performance as a Senator has shown that she is tough enough to stand up to the pressures that Hillary Clinton could not.

Hillary Clinton supported the actions that Bill Clinton took during his Presidency that promoted a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the oligarchs. How does she have any credibility in now decrying that transfer?

If even TPM can’t get excited about the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, then one wonders if there is any hope for this country. Fortunately 10s of thousands of people who attend Sanders’ rallies seem to be excited about Sanders potential.

Sharon and I attended a Democratic Debate Watch Party in Holland, MA.