Re: Debate watch party

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Oh, I realized that Heather said "Sat" originally.  It's Sunday.

In that case, I am free that day.

Pretty interesting about Tulsi.  Also, about the sitting/standing.

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 07:58:40 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > from electoral-vote.com
 > 
 > The next Democratic debate will be March 15 in Phoenix, 2 days 
 > before Arizonans go to the polls. It will be a man-to-man 
 > battle—literally— since the only woman left in the race, Rep. Tulsi 
 > Gabbard (D-HI), didn't make the cut. There is only one way to 
 > qualify for this debate: Have 20% of the 1,385 delegates already 
 > allocated. That would be 277. Gabbard has two delegates, both from 
 > American Samoa, the territory where she was born. As an aside, 
 > people born in American Samoa are American nationals, but not 
 > American citizens, and certainly not natural-born citizens. However, 
 > both of Gabbard's parents are American citizens, so she qualifies 
 > under a section of the law that makes children of citizens also 
 > citizens (usually). Her father, Mike Gabbard, a Democratic member of 
 > the Hawaii state senate who fought against same-sex marriage, was 
 > also born in American Samoa, but his father, Benjamin Harrison 
 > Gabbard, Jr., was also a citizen. Tulsi's mother was born in 
 > Indiana, so that eliminated any need for a complete Gabbard 
 > genealogy back to the 1899 Tripartite Convention, which ended the 
 > Second Samoan Civil War and awarded Eastern Samoa to the United 
 > States.
 > 
 > Anyway, the March 15 debate will just be Joe Biden standing up there 
 > against Bernie Sanders. Or maybe sitting down with Bernie Sanders. 
 > The two candidates disagree on whether to stand or sit. Sanders 
 > wants the candidates to stand, probably because he is worried about 
 > some viewers misinterpreting both candidates sitting as a sign that 
 > after his heart attack, he isn't able to stand for a couple of 
 > hours. Although Biden (77) is almost as old as old as Sanders (78), 
 > he hasn't had any health-related incidents lately, so his health has 
 > not been an issue, as Sanders' has.
 > 
 > The debate will be hosted by CNN, Univision, and the Congressional 
 > Hispanic Caucus. The format will be different from the earlier ones, 
 > no matter whether the candidates are sitting or standing. Questions 
 > will come from the audience. The moderators will be CNN's Dana Bash 
 > and Jake Tapper and Univision's Jorge Ramos. (V)
 > 
 > On Sun, 8 Mar 2020, Robert wrote:
 >  > FWIW, I'm free that day.
 >  > 
 >  >  > From: heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>
 >  >  > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 12:06:23 -0800
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Hi Noelle and Robert,
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > Thanks for the food and company last night. 
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > If you’re not doing anything on debate night - Sat. 3/15, it would be
 >  >  fun to 
 >  >  > watch it together.
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > My t.v is bigger.  
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > Let me know what you think.
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > Heather