Second 'Presidential' Debate Thread

Breitbart would make the editors of Pravda blush.

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Yet another question Trump avoided answering directly.

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Was there a question Trump answered directly? I canā€™t recall any.

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Nope. And apparently some saw that his constant derailing and interrupting of Clinton, and his continued doubling down on issues like the emails, Benghazi, etc, INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS ASKED, constituted a victory for Trump. Even Brooks thought itā€™s going to ā€œstop the slideā€ (which I think I mentioned upthread?). But yeah, I think youā€™re correct in that he answered no questions.

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Man, with spin this hard itā€™s hard to know how they havenā€™t gone back in time to save Lois Lane:

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Yes, still, but itā€™s always best to check.

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I feel like heā€™s doing something strategic ā€“ doubling his time by answering questions with two minutes of off topic yelling at Hillary, which nets him more response time when the moderators say ā€œbut you didnā€™t answer the question. Iā€™ll repeat itā€¦ā€

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That would end up with you being more sober than a Klatchian coffee drinker.

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So now Iā€™m praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive

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Do you think heā€™s that clever, though? I mean, I suppose he could be, but I dunno.

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Not clever, no ā€“ heā€™s a terrible debater, awful public speaker, and can barely put a thought together. But like a class clown in school, he discovered that he can just yell and yell anything he wants, not even bothering to answer questions, and theyā€™ll just keep letting him talk! And if they try to move on, he can just whine and pout about how the woman on stage gets to talk more than he does, and they magically give him more time!

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I wish Iā€™d watched the debates now. I need to study how to respond, facial and other nonverbal cues included, to unhinged bratty louts when the option to disengage and walk away simply isnā€™t there. Could be useful employment social skill.

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Thatā€™s almost evenly split, actually, but he still got more time and he STILL complained! What a jack ass!!!

Maybe, but the moderators constantly tried to push back at him. He kept trying to bully them into letting him talk. They were right to ask him to answer the questions, though.

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Absolutely, to be fair, the moderators did an excellent job. They pressed him on issues, called him on his BS multiple times, and made it clear that they were tired of his shit. I just wouldā€™ve liked them to have occasionally said ā€œNOā€ when he whined about wanting more time to lie.

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Agreed. They should have been even tougher than they were!

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