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When I heard it was at 9 pm, I was thinking how am I going to stay up for it? And I'm 63!!! And with a bad cold on top of it? And it wasn't all glitches by any stretch as some poeple make it sound. He added some solid zingers at Trump, and answered the questions well in many cases. I think some people who have a huge fear of old age and dying were focused on the optics, which I admit were not good, more than anything.

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I'm 81 and I didn't stay up. By 8pm I'm in my PJs. By 9pm I'm in bed. I'm up at 4am.

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Ha ! I don't have a TV. And though I could have watched it by other means I did not have the slightest interest knowing from experience what it would be like. I'm 72. I keep a similar schedule. I work construction. I'm a solo renovator. And retired lawyer.

I was a debater in high school and know what a debate is. There is no such thing as a Presidential Debate any more. There are parades of self adulation and mudslinging that go by that name. And if you play with mud, you get dirty. The Tangerine Grifter is better at it that just about anyone including especially a dutiful, sincere, thoughtful and conscientious man like Joe Biden, because he is a pathological liar who has been doing it all his life. But I can understand how events like this draw crowds for as PT Barnum said, no one ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American People.

I could care less how poor Joe Biden is at slinging mud nor how practiced his opponent. The choice between him and the American reincarnation of Il Duce is clear and requires no more illustration, to me or to anyone who does not have his head stuck in the sand. Basta.

Those self important editors at the NYT can be damned. I have been reading it since I was ten. No more.

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You got some good zingers in this comment! :-)

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I'm 76 and have gone to bed at 9:00 most of my life. If something exciting is happening, I'll make it to 10:00!

I'm up at 6:00, ready for a day of trying to persuade Trump lovers that there is NOTHING to love about him.

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Howard I’m 90 and my wife and I did stay up. After the first five minutes I was tempted to break my one-beer-at-night rule. (I didn’t, but, perhaps, I should have).

President Biden’s initial minutes were sad.

Trump’s unbounded ignorance, lies, and unpresidential conduct won him the Guinness World Record for the most despicable major presidential candidate in American history. He has already won the Guinness record for being the worst American president in history, which has been affirmed by a distinguished panel of historians and political scientists.

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Keith, to me the initial minutes were startling, then frightening. He looked as though he'd had a stroke. But he hadn't, it was caused by something else, and it gradually improved. I wasn't sad, because I didn't see it as the real Biden - something had happened.

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same here...

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My schedule (and age!) exactly!

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That's only 7 hours of sleep! Maybe you should be in bed by 8! :)

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7 1/2 hours sleep = 5 delightful sleep cycles. Now retired, I also enjoy a 1 1/2 hour afternoon nap. Doctor approves!

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No wonder you're so sharp!

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Aww, Thanks! But I don't dare comment after 8 pm!

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Please Comment anytime.

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Aw, gee, Thanks, Bryan!

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Ah, I'll stop feeling guilty about that nap.

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Nurse's Orders!

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I nap after lunch. I'll stay off the ballot.

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lol!

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Haha!

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