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[DrForester]

This won't move the needle either way but....

"We don't talk" lol

Yeah, I think in the end this debate won't get much play. Next Trump Tape will make it forgetable.


Trump did what he needed to do though. He absolutely played to his base. It was like Limbaugh and Hannity wrote his every answer. So in the sense that he possibly reinvigorated that base, he had a good night.

Can't imagine he gained any support from tonight though.

 

[Basileus777]

Dont want anyone to saying Clinton is good at town halls ever again lol

This wasn't really a town hall. There were only a few town hall questions and she cleaned up with those questions.

 

[Effect]

Clinton: C+
Trump: D+

Not great.

Hillary: B
Trump: D or D+

That's how I go. She gets points for his creepiness and the BS he did earlier.

 

[TS-08]

How is people's takeaway not that Trump said that he would appoint a prosecutor to put his political opponent in jail if he wins? What country are we living in?

Yeah that was actually kind of frightening, but unfortunately it won't really be a discussed moment.

 

[Trouble]

Seemed like Hillary held back from destroying this fool tonight.

Would have been too risky to go for the throat.

 

[kadotsu]

Trump played too much to his base. Clinton tried too hard to get to a talking point in several instances. If we are just talking undecideds I'd give it to her 55/45.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

Wasn't the blowout from last debate but she still won.

He was at his worst at the start.

 

[Felix Lighter]

the sound bites to come from this will crush Trump

Pence diss

+

the locker room bullshit, especially.

Yeah I felt his response to the tape was a disaster and I was under the impression how he responded to that was critical for the support of Republicans.

Damn, I wanted to believe that Pence story too hard.

 

[royalan]

Trump was just as bad as the last debate.

He lied and deflected just as much as ever.

 

[Makai]

everyone watch this show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elkHuRROPfk

 

[cartoon_soldier]

My worry is 3rd debate, with Fox News host and Trump improved on 1st debate, will he improve even more for 3rd debate.

SO DROP THAT OPPO NOWWWWW

 

[Iolo]

I still can't hear anything else other than Trump threatening to jail his opponent during a presidential debate. I'm still stunned at that disgusting display.

Bingo

 

[Sianos]

That was quite the clusterfuck - understandably so, how do you debate a wild animal just flinging its shit? No one wins, we're all losers, but Mike Pence is the biggest loser.

 

[Voysa Reezun]

So what gets the most play here? Probably "throw her in jail" and him being like, "LOL, nope, Pence is wrong."

 

[HK-47]

Can't wait to see surrogates pointing to the last question and going "See? He does respect women!"

Someone fire the idiot who asked that question into the sun. God, debates are such worthless forums for real answers.

 

[CrazyDude]

I have a bad feeling this will rebound Trump in the polls.

 

[Sibylus]

Hillary: B
Donald: F

I know we were all hoping he'd blow his gasket completely, but much of his performance tonight was disgraceful and disruptive. He utterly failed to make a case for himself outside of his deplorable base.

 

[Doc Holliday]

That pence bit sink will him longterm


Funny thing is that his stunt will deviate attention from his not disaster performance

 

[IamDodongo]

I have a bad feeling this will rebound Trump in the polls.

I'm not seeing how

 

[nature boy]

My worry is 3rd debate, with Fox News host and Trump improved on 1st debate, will he improve even more for 3rd debate.

SO DROP THAT OPPO NOWWWWW

Wallace ain't no fan of Orange Menace

 

[Hazmat]

Yeah that was actually kind of frightening, but unfortunately it won't really be a discussed moment.

But why is that? He threatened her in front of tens of millions of people, and people are like "He was strong and led the discussion."

 

[Trouble]

Hillary: B-
Trump: D

 

[thepotatoman]

I don't know why Hillary didn't go for the killing blow

It really dispels the narrative that she chose the timing of that video being released. She probably doesn't want to get her hands dirty or make the attacks look too partisan.

 

[Dierce]

We must remember that the media drives the narrative.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I don't know why Hillary didn't go for the killing blow

She didn't need to. He was blowing himself up through the entire debate and will continue to do so this week.

 

[The Technomancer]

Dont want anyone to saying Clinton is good at town halls ever again lol

I think she is good at them when they actually play out as they're supposed to. This was a clown show

 

[Ondore]

I hope it turns out that Hillary strung the white nationalist along to finish the soul snatching in the 3rd debate.

 

[Loudninja]

My worry is 3rd debate, with Fox News host and Trump improved on 1st debate, will he improve even more for 3rd debate.

SO DROP THAT OPPO NOWWWWW

Oh lord.

 

[Veelk]

I think Hillary has a serious problem with being unable to actually attack Donald.

He brings up Bill's problems, she deflects to talk about how much he sucks without actually addressing his statements on bill.

She doesn't do enough to point out how horseshit this whole email scandal is and is just trying to squeak by saying "I know I fucked up, wouldn't do it again"

She's got mad policy skills, but she shouldn't keep trying to tank all those hits, especially since she has bigger issues trying to communicate her meaningful and therefore complex policies while Trump works in soundbites that mean nothing but are easier to digest.

Oh man. I really hope the polls end up vindicating her, but after this spectacular weekend, I expected to see a televised verbal murder happen on stage. Instead, Raddatz chewed him out over his bullshit more than she did.

 

[Effect]

Keepin' it 1600 is back on.

https://www.facebook.com/ringer/

 

[Strimei]

I think it was pretty good that she didn't rise to his bait about Bill and the women.

 

[BiggNife]

I have a bad feeling this will rebound Trump in the polls.

He'll probably bounce a little bit but not enough to make up for the past two weeks.

 

[Y2Kev]

Chuck Todd said Paul Ryan is super sad now

 

[watershed]

Trump was just as bad as the last debate.

He lied and deflected just as much as ever.

Definitely. There is no way anyone can think he came off better in this debate except for on the last answer. He was awful the whole time.

 

[Plinko]

So what gets the most play here? Probably "throw her in jail" and him being like, "LOL, nope, Pence is wrong."

Nobody is talking about the jail comment.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I have a bad feeling this will rebound Trump in the polls.

We still haven't even seen the damage of the video yet to be talking about bounces.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

So what gets the most play here? Probably "throw her in jail" and him being like, "LOL, nope, Pence is wrong."

I got two notifications from CNN and Washington mention the jail thing.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

How is people's takeaway not that Trump said that he would appoint a prosecutor to put his political opponent in jail if he wins? What country are we living in?

Like 10% of the country cares about liberalism and the constitution.

Human beings are dumb and that's how dictators like Saddam and Stalin happen.

 

[hipsterpants]

Hillary didn't do anything great, but there is some stuff from there that should be damaging against Trump (yeah, yeah I know). "Locker room banter" and the stuff about him prosecuting her if he becomes prez.

The real loser of the debate is the GOP. Supporters definitely loved that shit.

 

[Sianos]

Hillary: B-
Trump: D

I'd go with these gradings, but in the context that the school is also on fire.

 

[Jarmel]

Hillary didn't seal the deal and Trump got some zingers in but both got banged up a bit.

 

[kadotsu]

To be honest the part where Trump improved the most was sentence structure.

 

[Basileus777]

Let's not forget that Trump completely bombed the beginning of the debate and all of the questions about the tape.

 

[Boke1879]

Personally I think the Pence part, and throwing her in jail part is bad for him.

Emails were Clinton's worst part.

Yall expect an MMA match too much.

 

[The Technomancer]

Nobody is talking about the jail comment.

The jail comment sadly won't matter. Its one thing even moderate republicans might be on board with

 

[Brinbe]

media calling wash so far until they get the instant polls then that drives opinion.

But Hillary was definitely a B-ish grade and Trump was a D-.

 

[Plinko]

My worry is 3rd debate, with Fox News host and Trump improved on 1st debate, will he improve even more for 3rd debate.

SO DROP THAT OPPO NOWWWWW

The foreign policy debate? Really?

 

[Slizeezyc]

Hillary didn't get an A, but Trump didn't, like, do the Town Hall thing. That was maybe the worst Town Hall I've seen from someone ever.

 

[Ragnarsson]

She won again. Easily. She wasn't as great as in the first debate, but she didn't need to.

 

[Blader]

Trump seemed noticeably crazier this time compared to the 1st debate. It's probably a level of crazy that plays well to the base, but I can't imagine it helps with the undecideds at all.