Albert Brooks has to fill in as anchorman, and it's so stressful, he sweats like a river. The production guys call it "flop sweat".

I'm not sure Tulsi Gabbard was sweating anything like that!

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eppur_se_muova

(39,062 posts)

37. Been around since the '60s, at the very least.

Reply to dawg day (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 11:24 PM

Oct 2019

Ask any stand-up comic.

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Hassin Bin Sober

(27,071 posts)

38. I think it goes back to Vaudeville

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #37)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 11:30 PM

Oct 2019

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eppur_se_muova

(39,062 posts)

39. Sounds good to me. I know I saw it in print in '60s material. nt

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #38)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 11:31 PM

Oct 2019

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Triloon

(506 posts)

9. When a performer is on stage and breaks into a visible sweat because

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 09:38 PM

Oct 2019

They know their work is a flop, a failure.

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catrose

(5,271 posts)

15. "Slipping in the flop sweat" is totally a thing

Reply to Triloon (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:03 PM

Oct 2019

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

29. Sweating uncontrollably. Typically it is seen as a sign of unpreparedness or lying. nt

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:37 PM

Oct 2019

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ecstatic

(34,776 posts)

41. +1. nt

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 11:49 PM

Oct 2019

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htuttle

(23,738 posts)

4. I've been wondering if somebody told her to attend the debate

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 09:29 PM

Oct 2019

...despite her earlier statements about boycotting it.

on edit:

I'd add that I assumed that she was initially boycotting the debate due to wanting to avoid discussing Syria.

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Doremus

(7,266 posts)

26. I think she was talking about boycotting the next one n/t

Reply to htuttle (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:17 PM

Oct 2019

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mahina

(19,756 posts)

42. I think she threatened to boycott it because she knew it would get her name in the news

Reply to htuttle (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 03:39 AM

Oct 2019

That and the chance to pitch trump’s line about impeachment and 2016. She is not working for the people

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W_HAMILTON

(8,990 posts)

44. I was wondering the same thing.

Reply to htuttle (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 09:27 AM

Oct 2019

She seemed to phone this debate in. Her responses were even more robotic and less credible than usual. It was like watching a detached actor deliver their lines. I thought to myself, "I wonder if that threat to boycott the debate was just because she didn't really want to be there?" in which case, why are you running to begin with? Just drop out.

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Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)

5. She's done herself no favors tonight.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 09:29 PM

Oct 2019

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boomer_wv

(673 posts)

6. Yes.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 09:30 PM

Oct 2019

Biden came after her pretty hard for her support of Assad.

We aren't in Syria because we want to be. We were there to fight ISIS and simultaneously prevent a few genocides, including some by Assad.

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Cha

(310,790 posts)

14. Good on Biden! Excellent!

Reply to boomer_wv (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:02 PM

Oct 2019

Mahalo, boomer!

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Celerity

(49,838 posts)

10. I so hope she also leaves Congress, she is nothing but a distraction that hurts our Party

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Tue Oct 15, 2019, 09:57 PM

Oct 2019

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Turin_C3PO

(16,333 posts)

18. I fear

Reply to Celerity (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:04 PM

Oct 2019

that she will run as a third party spoiler. She would attract a lot of BOB’ers and possibly cost us the election. I hope my fears don’t come to pass.

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Celerity

(49,838 posts)

20. yes, I dealt with her running on the Green ticket in another post

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #18)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:07 PM

Oct 2019

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287306749#post44

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Turin_C3PO

(16,333 posts)

21. Wow, that scenario is scary!

Reply to Celerity (Reply #20)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:10 PM

Oct 2019

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boomer_wv

(673 posts)

22. I wouldn't worry about it.

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #18)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:11 PM

Oct 2019

She has next to no support in the democratic primary. If she drew any support, it would likely come from people who weren't going to vote for the democrat anyway.

I don't think she would pull any more support from the democrat than a replacement level 3rd party candidate would.

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

30. Good point.

Reply to boomer_wv (Reply #22)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:42 PM

Oct 2019

Jill Stein pulled votes away from Hillary because Stein mimicked a full progressive (which she is not remotely close to being), Gabbard has taken a rightish tact all along, she is more likely to pull votes from Trump than the democrat.

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boomer_wv

(673 posts)

32. Gabbard voters....

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #30)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:49 PM

Oct 2019

Are people who think Bashar al-Assad is a sympathetic figure. That Russia has gotten a bad rap. That might have a budding interest in nationalism.

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obamanut2012

(28,471 posts)

43. I think that will happen, too

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #18)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:39 AM

Oct 2019

This cycle's Stein.

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Tarc

(10,590 posts)

12. Tulsi Gabbard is not only the 12th-place primary contender

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:02 PM

Oct 2019

She also seems to think she is the 4th-place debate moderator.

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Pisces

(5,986 posts)

28. Exactly

Reply to Tarc (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:30 PM

Oct 2019

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SergeStorms

(19,601 posts)

19. She's probably nervous about.....

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:07 PM

Oct 2019

being the only republican in the democratic debate?

So I'm not made to remove this.......

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Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

23. I don't understand HOW she even qualified to appear at this debate.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:13 PM

Oct 2019

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

31. Honestly, neither do I. She should have been out a long time ago.

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #23)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:48 PM

Oct 2019

Just listening to her now pisses me off. She's wasting precious time that could be going to the other viable candidates. I can't stand her.

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Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

33. I tuned her out a long time ago over her homophobic remarks.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #31)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:49 PM

Oct 2019

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dweller

(26,564 posts)

40. STEYER/GABBARD 2020

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 11:46 PM

Oct 2019

sounds like a medieval torture device, don't it?

works the same way

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