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SomTervo

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I just noticed Trump had a blue tie and Clinton was wearing red.

How odd.

(meanwhile billionaire shithead palmer luckey begs for donations to fund a donald trump supporting alt-right PAC)

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TTG

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Trump did better then I thought he would. I think for the first 30 minutes he was doing better then Clinton. After that he started to fall apart a bit and I think Clinton did a lot better then. Overall Clinton won.


I think he should have been a lot more aggressive. First of all, there's a lot legitimately there to be aggressive about, but also if he's not that he falls apart. Without it, in the resulting vacuum are his opinion on things, which are senseless, and the gigantic holes/weaknesses in his past and character. He has to make the story about how much she and the establishment suck and how visionary he is at recognizing exactly the why and how, otherwise it's a disaster because he is what he is.
 

kess

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The sad thing is, as long as it's legal, there's not much that can be done. But the effort these companies go through to find the tiniest possible loop hole and make the most out of it with their armies of lawyers and financial wizards still is fucking disgusting and Trump like many others is so damn proud about it "yeah I didn't pay a cent, that's because I'm smart!".

He was also talking about those poor rich companies parking their money abroad, because they can't bring it back...lol, of course they could, they just don't want to pay their share!

Incredible that he was pretty much bragging about his overseas real estate and hotels in other countries, too.

Yeah, yeah, so he doesn't want to pay taxes because it would be "squandered." It's a representative democracy that exists with a modicum of consent from the voters -- not an arbitrary by-fiat system in which kleptocrats would would prefer to avoid taxes in any case, really. It's profoundly damaging and contemptuous of the rule of law.
 

Krejlooc

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He has to make the story about how much she and the establishment suck

except that when he does that, he literally argues against himself. Trump is establishment as fuck.

He's the police-backing, tax-evading, real estate tycoon. His biggest supporters are entities like the NRA and the KKK.

He is literally the establishment. Maybe the opposite end from someone like Clinton, but still the establishment.
 

SomTervo

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Red/Blue wasn't standardized until 2000. Before that, it was typically the opposite, although each network was free to do their own thing.

Yeah, I'm aware. Watched the Vox thing on it. It's obviously still not codified to this day.

Was just an observation.
 
He tried to deny he said that immediately after the debate. Like, the very first thing he said in the spin room was "I'm so proud of myself for not even bringing up that Bill Clinton had an affair." then the second thing was "I didn't say I didn't pay federal taxes, nor that doing so was smart."

How is it possible for him to lie so easily when he's literally seen saying the exact opposite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Tinv8DMBM&t=9m10s). More to the point how is it possible for him to get away with it?
 

Xe4

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Within the first 30 minutes, he boasts that he doesn't pay taxes because he's smart. One of Clinton's best blows is delivered in the first 30 minutes.

There was no point in that debate where I felt like Trump was winning or doing better. At best, he wasn't embarrassing himself for the first 15 or so minutes. But he was never doing well.
Also "that's called buisness" in like the first 10, lol.
 

Krejlooc

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"I'm not an establishment puppet. I AM the establishment."

Pretty much. The reason why hyper-connected career politicians like Hilary Clinton are supposed to suck is because they are supposed to be in the hands of major lobbying groups. Trump himself IS a lobbying group. It's like, instead of electing a politician bought by corporations, you just elect the corporation itself. If you have a problem with "crooked" hillary, the very same faults apply tenfold to Donald Trump.

And I say this as someone who didn't want Clinton to win the candidacy. I agree she's establishment. But if that matters to you, then there is no way you can vote for donald trump, he's the same way. Except he also comes with a shitload of awful baggage attached as well.
 

Grug

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I see Trump is falling back on the old Nixon trick of using "Law and Order" as a codeword for "The Black Problem".

Revolting man.
 

Krejlooc

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How is it possible for him to lie so easily when he's literally seen saying the exact opposite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Tinv8DMBM&t=9m10s). More to the point how is it possible for him to get away with it?

They keep calling him out on it. If he gets away with it, it's because people don't care. Perhaps their supposed reason for hating hilary, that she's establishment, isn't really why they hate hillary, or isn't the reason they support trump, and they just don't want to say the real reasons.
 

Veelk

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lol at the "I get audited almost every year" poster

lmfao that's not something to brag about

Well, he didn't brag about that per se.

He bragged about how he should be complaining about it, but he refrains from doing so, after bitching about how it keeps happening to him and how it's whats preventing him from releasing his tax returns.
 

gruenel

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Just some notes I had during the debate about shit Trump was saying

-- Rooted for economy collapse
-- Lied about being a global warming denier
-- Admitted to tax evasion
-- Admitted to not paying employees
-- Confirmed he would attack foreign soldiers for a simple taunt
-- Said racial profiling is okay
But I didn't like Hillary's smile... so Trump won /s
 

Keasar

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I just got to the part where the Birth Certificate issue is brought up and holy fuck was that a load of shit coming out of Trump's mouth in a fucking avalanche.
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TTG

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except that when he does that, he literally argues against himself. Trump is establishment as fuck.

Not in terms of political involvement. When he starts talking about how she's now planning on responding to ISIS or how she's been around for decades watching the country regress he fundamentally has a point. Now, no one should be blaming Hillary for shitty airports and police shooting unarmed black people, but it's the kind of blunt truth he can hit her with much like other nominees being in the pocket of special interests etc.

Now I'm strategizing for Trump which is ridiculous, but it's not like he has no ammunition.
 

Siegmeyer

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UK citizen here, just finished watching the debate, the first of any US presidential race I've watched in my life.

Just wanted to say that I thought the moderator was particularly weak, there was lots of shouting, interruptions and non-answers (from Trump mostly) that went completely unchecked. As such there was very little actual 'debate' and a lot of grandstanding. I thought Trump did poorly, but I could totally see his more vehement supporters thinking he won comfortably.

Is the moderation usually this lax? And can we expect stronger moderation in the next debates?
 

2real4tv

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except that when he does that, he literally argues against himself. Trump is establishment as fuck.

He's the police-backing, tax-evading, real estate tycoon. His biggest supporters are entities like the NRA and the KKK.

He is literally the establishment. Maybe the opposite end from someone like Clinton, but still the establishment.

This100%, lobbyist used to pay politicians off now they are the politician.
 

Ingeniero

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Trump did very well actually. He needs to improve some things and be more aggressive next time tho, go for the kill.
Greatj job Donald, kudos.
 

Veelk

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So, how much of what they wanted to cover was actually covered?

They said they had 6 different topics for 15 minutes each, but how much did we actually do? 4?
 
Lol.

I'm watching now. Trump started ok, he was calm and collected. 25 minutes in and he already loses his cool

Trump was interrupting from the get go and rarely stopped. Makes Uncle Joe's transgressions vs Palin mute. Trump lost this debate on every level. His only line of attack, trade deals was trumped by his lack of patriotism on wanting an economic collapse in 2006. Guy is a Democratic plant. It went according to plan.
 

diunxx

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The fact that some people consider the idiotic ramblings of this orange buffoon "doing well" or having a strong showing, should have Americans and the entire world worried about this elections.
 
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