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With Sunday debate, DNC places NFL, 'Downton Abbey' fans in tough spot
FOXNews.com ^ | January 15, 2016 | FOXNews.com

Posted on 01/16/2016 7:36:22 AM PST by NCDragon

Once again, a Democratic debate is being held on the weekend, and this one could have a slimmer audience than usual -- coming on the same day as two NFL playoff games, not to mention "Downton Abbey."

The Sunday night debate in South Carolina, hosted by NBC News, is the latest in a series of weekend Democratic bouts. The timing has fueled allegations from Hillary Clinton's rivals that party leaders are working behind the scenes to minimize her exposure.

This Sunday's debate is in a particularly rough slot -- forcing NFL fans and period drama lovers to choose between politics and pastimes.

On the same day Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss health care reform and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, there are two NFL playoff games, with the second -- Pittsburgh Steelers versus the Denver Broncos – likely to finish only just before the debate begins.

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To: NCDragon
No need for me to watch the Rat Party debate.I'm thoroughly familiar with the works of Mao,Saul Alinsky,George McGovern and Bill Ayers.I'll watch the NFL and wait for the blurays of Downton to come out.
21 posted on 01/16/2016 8:02:45 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: windsorknot
I have no intention of tuning into a show that features two aging flower children.

Children? Plural? You *are* aware,I assume,that the Former Twelfth Lady's attempt to join the Marines failed only because of poor eyesight.

22 posted on 01/16/2016 8:06:36 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: NCDragon

I tape the programs I watch..on the regular channels I tape so I won’r have to watch a thousand commurcials during one hour show..On PBS I tape just a few shows and DOWNTON is one of them..

I never watch anything to do with the democrats so it would not matter to me..


23 posted on 01/16/2016 8:06:42 AM PST by PLD
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To: MinorityRepublican

Okay, DNC can do whatever they want. They want to hide their crappy candidates, fine. But what will they do when one of them faces Donald Trump in a debate during primetime tv?


Neither the Bolsheviks nor the Mensheviks want the light of day. Commies and cockroaches both hate to be out in the open.


24 posted on 01/16/2016 8:12:01 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: NCDragon

Men will watch the football,women will watch the homosexual themed drama, and those without TVs may watch the debate.


25 posted on 01/16/2016 8:14:57 AM PST by PAR35
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To: MinorityRepublican

We can always roll tape (ok I am old) and see what the Supreme Prevaricators pontificate about to further the demise of America...


26 posted on 01/16/2016 8:15:06 AM PST by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: NCDragon

With the NFL season winding down, perhaps the idle Las Vegas bookies will lay odds on Hillary taking another extended bathroom break to change her adult diaper. It is obvious that she is hiding something other than her fat ass under those long jackets. Hillary is a fashion model for Kim Jong Un’s tailor.


27 posted on 01/16/2016 8:19:31 AM PST by Always A Marine
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To: NCDragon

When does the final Democrat debate before the Iowa primary start? At the same time as Superbowl kickoff?


28 posted on 01/16/2016 8:23:12 AM PST by patq
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To: Gay State Conservative

Those who have Amazon Prime can watch Downtown Abby at their leisure.

But why watch that when you can watch ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ instead


29 posted on 01/16/2016 8:29:54 AM PST by topspinr
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To: NCDragon

Why? Nobody watches the Dem debates.


30 posted on 01/16/2016 8:31:46 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: patq

I would think non-football fans would be mostly Democrats.


31 posted on 01/16/2016 8:43:00 AM PST by scrabblehack
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To: NCDragon

It is said that the “Low information Crowd” is mainly made up of Democrats, Socialists, Communists, and other useful idiots. Having the DNC debate on at a time that assures low viewing only demonstrates the DNC’s desire to keep it that way: Low Information voters (if they vote).


32 posted on 01/16/2016 8:51:41 AM PST by Howindependent (A Liberal has no concept of reality.)
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To: NCDragon

I don’t see a huge cross-over audience between the NFL and Downton Abbey, so what’s the catch?

Nobody’s going to watch the DNC debate - just as they planned it.


33 posted on 01/16/2016 8:56:53 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Let’s see:

1. A serial LIAR—enabler for a serial rapist— a corrupt person who lost her license to practice law-—has a daughter who looks zan awful lot like a man other than her husband.........

2. A candidate who is an open Socialist/Marxist/Communist (I cannot tell the differences) and who doesn’t know how this economy works.

3. NFL playoff game-—where we only have to worry about bad referee calls.

4. A wonderful drama series.

NO PROBLEM choosing in this house.

ONLY MIGHT be a problem if it was time for the Daytona 500.


34 posted on 01/16/2016 9:12:30 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: NCDragon

I don’t think it will be a problem for most people.


35 posted on 01/16/2016 10:06:16 AM PST by vpintheak (Death before disarmament!)
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To: NCDragon

The DNC, finding new and better ways to hide Hillary from the electorate. How will they hide her after the primaries are over and we are in general election mode? Will they simply refuse to debate?


36 posted on 01/16/2016 11:17:31 AM PST by LibertarianLiz
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