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[Toxi]

CNN waffling, making it seem like Trump won beginning and Clinton won the rest. Implying that it is a wash. Typical.

That's CNN for you.

 

[RustyNails]

This guy on PBS is trying to say that Trump won the first half of the debate? Are you kidding me?

Not first half, but the first 1/3rd.

 

[Debirudog]

the media claming he won any of this? total idiots

You have got to be kidding me...

Media, just stop... :/

 

[Black Mamba]

PLOUFFE ON NBC.

REGULAR NBC

 

[Y2Kev]

You guys need to relax, no one thinks trump won it.

 

[Dan]

Bloomberg's basically 'Trump fucking sucked, Hillary was on top of this'.

 

[User 463088]

Chris Matthews said Hillary won.
Steve Schmidt says she won
OH MY GOD>

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

CNN is life right now

 

[StreetDisciple]

It's all about undecided imo...I don't think this sways either true supporters.

 

[Wilsongt]

So Trump won the debate. We back at a horse race again?

 

[Hopfrog]

Let's recap:

Trump admitted to paying no taxes multiple times.
Trump admitted not paying contractors and workers after work was done.
Trump scoffed after Hillary said "the black community."

Somebody please explain how this went well for him.

Simple answer: it didn't. Anyone claiming otherwise is foolish, IMO.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Was that global warming tweet really deleted?

 

[Debirudog]

Just fucking let it go of your damn narrative for once, Media. It's clearly evident from the Trump supporter meltdowns that Hillary won this night. Fuck off.

 

[studyguy]

That was amazing holy shit. Trump got demolished

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

Frank Luntz Group Final Results
6 people said Trump and 16 said Clinton won.

 

[Teggy]

Same thing CNN is saying

People are saying his trade stuff in the beginning was decent but the rest was trash. Steve Schmidt saying he was pretty terrible in the balance.

 

[spock]

CNN waffling, making it seem like Trump won beginning and Clinton won the rest. Implying that it is a wash. Typical.

Thats actually how it looked for the most part, I see it more 60/40 Clinton. Donald didnt do great but he didnt crash and burn like some people here seem to think.

 

[sphagnum]

I can't believe (well, of course I can) that Trump kept digging his own grave by giving the wrong responses to Hillary's attacks. Instead of trying to turn things back on her he'd just agree and scoff. Did I evade taxes? Pfft, yeah! Did I insult women? Duh of course!

 

[metalslimer]

I can't believe he didn't bring up the emails or the Foundation more

 

[thepotatoman]

The media might try to play up a Trump victory, but it seems pretty clear from the reactions I've seen that conservatives are mostly on the defensive/attacking the moderator while democrats mostly are in celebration mode.

Hillary clearly won.

 

[JesseEwiak]

How the fuck has Roger Ailes managed to get Trump to be somewhat calm the last month but didn't get Trump to do a second of debate prep?

Trump looked like he was thinking about some of these questions for the first time and then stepped on every landmine by his own accord.

Because he was up there alone for 90 minutes. Trump's the classic guy you talk to who seems kinda sane and reasonable, but every minute you talk to him, he goes more and more off the rails as things get away from the very thin knowledge he has gotten from cable news.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Hillary was "Tom Cruise and Donald was Jack Nicholson"
"She cleaned his clock"

Steve Schmidt says she "looked terrific, capable, strong and Donald Trump looked like a runner out of gas"

Facebook reminded me I met Steve Schmidt 3 years ago today. Not really relevant but hey

 

[Debirudog]

It's all about undecided imo...I don't think this sways either true supporters.

Well, of course. The undecideds is what matters.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Trump's curve grading might salvage him the early bits, but I don't think I've see or heard of anybody giving him anything after that. He went completely off the reservation.

 

[Cyanity]

What is Fox News saying?

 

[Black Mamba]

Shorter Plouffe

"Trump looked unhinged. Might have played to his strong supporters but he's losing and did nothing to change that tonight."

 

[Y2Kev]

I can't believe he didn't bring up the emails or the Foundation more

I think he actually ran out of gas. He had a strong first 10 minutes and literally ran out of gas.

 

[Iolo]

That was pretty good guys. I think the birther thing was his worst moment. I prefer to just watch these straight through instead of posting so I don't get distracted. Now time to go back through the thread.

 

[RustyNails]

Past five minutes on CNN:

Axelrod going in on Trump.

Jake Tapper going in on Trump.

Hillary commanded the debate

Trump sniffling

Trump drinking lot of water

Trump rattled

Lack of preparation

 

[nature boy]

Trump doing damage control on fox lmao

 

[royalan]

I am so fucking proud to be a Hillary Stan right now.

She. Did. THAT.

Cleanup on aisle 7.

Throw in the towel.

Put that on a diss track.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

You guys need to relax, no one thinks trump won it.

What about the secret voters?

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Smercormish has a matte finish head

 

[Sibylus]

Trump was destroyed up there. His ego was in full fever and he had nothing except bragging and his stump speech to fall back on.

 

[Emarv]

LOL, okay, STFU Nate

Nate Silver @NateSilver538
Good news for Democrats: Really hard to see how that debate helped Trump.
Bad news: If it somehow did help Trump, maybe no stopping him?

 

[IggyChooChoo]

Frank Luntz's focus group went to Hillary 16 to 6. Media isn't going to change their turn tomorrow morning.

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/780598663978418176

 

[Piecake]

I thought Lester Holt was fine. His questions were very good, and while he didn't keep Trump on task I think that is absolutely impossible. He fact checked a few times on important points.

Hilary Clinton was clearly nervous on the first question and seemed rehearsed. After that first 2 minutes I thought she did great.

Trump was a fucking disaster that only got worse as the debate went along.

 

[Bowdz]

Clinton fucking crushed this, holy shit. It wasn't even close.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

I think Y2Kev is the happiest of all of us, no more bedsheets to wash until the end of the week when a random bad poll comes in with polling conducted after the debate.

 

[Y2Kev]

Nicole is heaping praise on Clinton. OMG.

 

[Cyanity]

Pbs.org/newshour for PBS's fact checking of the debate

 

[Plinko]

So Trump won the debate. We back at a horse race again?

LOL nothing in that statement is true.

 

[metalslimer]

I think you can say that was a mediocre performance by Clinton but she came into this to get in under his skin and it worked perfectly.

 

[newshinycd]

The media might try to play up a Trump victory, but it seems pretty clear from the reactions I've seen that conservatives are mostly on the defensive/attacking the moderator while democrats mostly are in celebration mode.

Hillary clearly won.

NPR is debunking Trump's bullshit right now.

 

[Teggy]

Can I start wetting my bed that Trump will have a super low bar for the next debate?

Damn Nicole Wallace saying Hillary exceeded expectations.

Of course pointing out you shouldn't assume a Trump collapse because look what's happened so far.

 

[Dierce]

It is over, time to take a breath. Definitely feel a lot better about this than the first Obama vs Romney debate.

 

[Basileus777]

LOL, okay, STFU Nate

Nate Silver @NateSilver538
Good news for Democrats: Really hard to see how that debate helped Trump.
Bad news: If it somehow did help Trump, maybe no stopping him?

It's like a self-parody. The guy's punditry is farcical.

 

[nature boy]

Trump on fox doing damage control with hannity

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

The best indication that Trump lost badly is that the pro-Trump media is melting down:

On @FoxNews, Brit Hume just complained that Clinton looked "composed, smug, not necessarily attractive."

https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/780599513920708608

 

[Deleted member 231381]

People are saying his trade stuff in the beginning was decent but the rest was trash. Steve Schmidt saying he was pretty terrible in the balance.

Yeah, I agree. Like, if you check my posts from the first ~4 minutes, I was getting slightly worried.

Thankfully, Trump can't actually do more than 4 minutes of collection so there was no need to be worried in the end. Clinton took the other 86 minutes.

I think Clinton did reasonably; although it's difficult to judge such a mismatch. Next time I want to see her stop Trump just seizing the conversation and instead try to keep returning to the stuff her base wants - I mean, keep it relevant, but there's no need to keep attacking Trump. Her best stretches were when she was talking about police reform and inequality, not when she was getting into insultfests with Trump. Also, no more jokes, ever again.