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[Massive Duck. C.M.]

I'd just like to say that Trump had MANY low points that Hillary never pounced on. For example: Trump basically called that one audience member a terrorist (I recall calling his answer "horribly offensive.") That would have been the PERFECT opportunity to pounce and say something like, "This is what Trump thinks of the average American" or "I'm sorry for what Mr. Trump has said to you."

Trump pounced on every single low point of Hillary's.

That's not smart or good debating. It's entertaining, but that's not what these debates are supposed to be about.

 

[SchrodingerC]

Not sure if this is what you meant or not but it's going around tumblr:

I need that gif of Hillary, it's amazing.

 

[Garmonbozia]

This is fucking perfect.

HAHAHA holy shit

 

[tuxfool]

This is fucking perfect.

Sorry but we have had enough of experts.

 

[EatinOlives]

Because it was a funny quip that made the audience laugh.

Ah, the good old "it was a joke!" defense.

He's just JOKING that he'll throw his political opponent in jail immediately after being elected
He's just JOKING about sexually assaulting women
He's just JOKING about openly requesting Russia hack the DNC

Such a witty comedian we're electing for president here! Oh shit, forgot about the part where he was actually supposed to talk about policy... whoops! I guess that's the final joke in this whole thing

 

[HotHamBoy]

I'd just like to say that Trump had MANY low points that Hillary never pounced on. For example: Trump basically called that one audience member a terrorist (I recall calling his answer "horribly offensive.") That would have been the PERFECT opportunity to pounce and say something like, "This is what Trump thinks of the average American" or "I'm sorry for what Mr. Trump has said to you."

Trump pounced on every single low point of Hillary's.

Right. That's why he looks so much worse. I can hear what he is saying, I don't need her to tell me what to think about it.

 

[Leona Lewis]

I'm glad Trump and his supporters and the media at large think he won.

It means his head will get just big enough again to say and do something monumentally stupid.

 

[BluePigGanon]

The only people trump served with that performance were those in his base.

This. Completely this. Meanwhile, Clinton probably managed to look presidential to moderate Republicans.

 

[zelas]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/second-presidential-debate-election-2016/?ex_cid=promo_banner

538 livestream is up BTW

Thanks

 

[Clydefrog]

Not sure if this is what you meant or not but it's going around tumblr:

Hmm. I guess so. At the time, it felt like a much closer zoom..

 

[BasicMath]

I just remembered that Chris Wallace is up next. He is going to save us all.

 

[Devilinthiscity]

Trump called Hillary out on pretty much all of her fuck ups over the last 30 years. Which highlighted how are government has been awful for at least the last 30 years. That guaranteed my vote for him tonight. He's not part of the establishment. Trump certainly isn't my first choice, and frankly he's at the bottom of the list, but he represents change.

Hmmm "change" that sounds fairly. Oh yeah we supposedly had 8 years of that! Now look who we're voting for.

You do know she was a senator and not idk the president, right?

 

[TheRagnCajun]

America, thank you for tonight. That was great.

 

[Snaku]

https://twitter.com/BryFun1/status/785310574917804032

This will go far.

Holy shit.

 

[CitizenCope]

For people that hate Trump is very hard see that he won, but honestly as someone who is watching from the outside (I'm not american), he won.

I still believe Hillary will win the election, but tonight The Donald scored more points.

I just didn't see it that way sorry. One person was presidential on that stage and it wasn't Donald IMO.

 

[DrSlek]

https://twitter.com/BryFun1/status/785310574917804032

This will go far.

 

[rjinaz]

This is fucking perfect.

Princess Leia just slayed me.

 

[Effnine]

The only people trump served with that performance were those in his base.

Yup. No actual decent person can watch that debate and think Trump is a good choice to lead this country.

 

[Godzilla's Left Toe]

Oh look it's fuck boy Rudy

 

[massivekettle]

Imagine a president candidate saying he avoided taxes via loopholes for years and still be running for president.

good Lord.

what a mess of country.

Except that they are not loopholes... but generally accepted accounting practices.

 

[Chamber]

If scientific polls show people thought he won fuck the American voter.

The fact that Trump even made it this far has me looking at other Americans with the

face.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Trump was a miracle worker tonight.

He completely flipped the script from his audio tape to the emails and then proceeded to bash Hillary with almost every single question.

Hillary didn't pressure Trump enough and her answers (Abe Lincoln) were weak at times but had the better quality answers overall.

What should have been a bloodbath for Trump ended up being a fairly even battle.

Junior member, eh?

 

[TaterTots]

It's not "whatever", but what else is there to talk about after the FBI reprimanded her greatly? They already said she was "extremely careless", what other repercussions should there be? And be mindful that the other choice here is Donald Trump. Nothing about the e-mail scandal is in the same stratosphere as what Trump does or has done.

If the F.B.I. investigated me and deemed me "extremely careless," do you think I would still have a job? This is the disconnect I'm trying to explain. She is so disliked because of this alone. A lot of American citizens simply do not feel equal to her at all. She isn't someone you can relate to. Also, I'm aware her opponent is Trump. I'm not saying to vote for Trump in the slightest. I'm simply stating why people cheered when he spoke about throwing her in jail etc. A lot of people feel like she just got by because of who she is. I wouldn't receive that treatment and neither would you. The irritation is understandable, but that doesn't mean to vote for a bigot.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

a) Russia is new to Nuclear.

I guffawed irl, no joke

Guess all the coke and whores clouded his memory of the entire cold war

 

[DMczaf]

I am watching this on DVR, after hearing Chuck Todd said it was a tie.


Donald just said,

a) Russia is new to Nuclear.
b) Supported Russia and Iran in the same sentence
c) Said that there is danger betweenthe Mossull and Iraq
d) Suggested that the trick was to do a nighttime Chuck Norris ninja attack on the ISIS instead of warning them all the time
e) Almost fell for her "Baghdadi" as person/town lure.
f) Then played victim about 1 minute

Don't forget, telling Capt. Khan's parents that their son would be alive if he was President.

 

[master15]

Trump was terrible, zero substance.

Clinton did a fine job sans the wikileaks story.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

The problem is that Hillary made the mistake of focusing on policy, instead of discrediting his bullshit.

People don't care about policy, they care about their candidates looking strong.

It seemed like half the questions didn't have anything to do with policy. That's the tone that was set.

 

[streetsahead123]

Ugh MSNBC is talking to Giuliani

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

James Carville just steered MSNBC to say Trump lost? Damn, man.

Never doubt the ragin' crawfish of bayou!

 

[scosher]

I wouldn't be surprised if Hillary's campaign purposely avoided any knockout punch. As CNN keeps mentioning, she threw very few counterpunches at Trump, and her response to the deleted e-mails was incredibly timid. They want Trump to stay in the race.

It's the only explanation I can think of for why Hillary didn't just keep fact checking him right there on the spot instead of referring viewers to go to her website.

 

[ZealousD]

Donald just said,

a) Russia is new to Nuclear.

I don't think that's what he was trying to say. I think he was trying to say that Russia's nuclear tech was newer than ours.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

No she didn't. She's in the lead by a huge margin. Trump needs to catch up. If nothing changes then Hilary still wins because she's ahead in the first place

I swear some people just started following the race today and/or don't understand how it works if they think Hillary needed to summon some kind of fatality today. I guess this is the reality TV crowd we can thank Trump for.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

Again, pretty sure NeoGAF is largely in agreement on this point. Most remarks that "Trump won" are bitter acknowledgements of how presidential debates tend to be covered and perceived.

Yep.

Talking purely political. Trump should have been nuked tonight given the events of the past 24hrs, how the wounded animal is back to life is amazing. She should have ended that shit. She failed, he didnt, thus he wins. Politics 2016.

She will still win.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Hmm. I guess so. At the time, it felt like a much closer zoom..

Lol yeah, I saw the same thing. Happened about 3-4 times throughout the night.

 

[Godzilla's Left Toe]

Trump Rambled for 90 min Rudy you shitty Mayor

 

[EatinOlives]

If the F.B.I. investigated me and deemed me "extremely careless," do you think I would still have a job? This is the disconnect I'm trying to explain. She is so disliked because of this alone. A lot of American citizens simply do not feel equal to her at all. She isn't someone you can relate to. Also, I'm aware her opponent is Trump. I'm not saying to vote for Trump in the slightest. I'm simply stating why people cheered when he spoke about throwing her in jail etc. A lot of people feel like she just got by because of who she is. I wouldn't receive that treatment and neither would you. The irritation is understandable, but that doesn't mean to vote for a bigot.

Right, that's what I'm getting at. People are rightfully irritated by it, but there's really nothing else to be done other than to be irritated.

 

[Compsiox]

Hmm. I guess so. At the time, it felt like a much closer zoom..

There was a zoom where you could only see her eyes and nose.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Got to say at least I know who to ignore on GAF when these Trumpers come out of hiding. There's that. I'm not going to try and talk to those people. Why bother, they lalalalalala until the cows come home.

I'm forgetting that Trump voters don't actually see that as an issue. Willingly vote for tyranny cuz you afraid of brown people y'all

 

[therealist]

I feel like Trump was wavering going into the debate and Clinton couldve gone for the knockout blow in round 2. Instead Trump lives to fight round 3. That's a win for Trump.

 

[DragonSworne]

Trump was able to give his base enough meat that the establishment can't just yank his campaign.

Well played Clinton, well played. Keep Trump around and secure your Presidency.

 

[Steel]

Except that they are not loopholes... but generally accepted accounting practices.

They call those loopholes. Loopholes are legal. I don't agree that that alone is that big of a deal, but it does make it suspicious when Trumps proposed tax plan does not close that loophole.

 

[Frustrated_me]

CNN’s John King has been the best anchor host this election cycle, dude constantly finds a way to stay classy and as nuetral as possible.

 

[Shao Kahn on the Lawn]

No she didn't. She's in the lead by a huge margin. Trump needs to catch up. If nothing changes then Hilary still wins because she's ahead in the first place

She has squandered huge leads before.

 

[B-Dubs]

Yes he is. He schooled Clinton, demolished McCain. Romney eeked out a draw in their 2nd debate but then Obama decapitated him in the final one.

According to Obama, Clinton beat him a bunch of times

 

[Ekai]

I just remembered that Chris Wallace is up next. He is going to save us all.

He's going to be the worst moderator period. Anyone from Fox would be.

 

[Madness]

The fact that you view a threat to jail your political opponent as a positive tells me you have no idea what you are talking about and your grades are worthless.

What? I'm saying that he could say that and it wouldn't/didn't damage him. I don't care for the racist shithead at all. He lied through his teeth again, said stupid shit. And Hillary was far too laid back. Debates aren't about who you agree with on the issues and then say they won because they said what you wanted. It is who came off looking worse of better. Can you actually say Donald didn't completely circumvent what was said on the bus and avoid it all. That he is allowed to threaten to jail his fellow debater and not be ridiculously admonished.

 

[evilromero]

I can't believe people are giving this to Trump. He

1. Dodged questions
2. Threatened to jail his opponent
3. Attacked the moderators
4. Non-apology
5. Disagreed with his running mate
6. Made shit comments under his breath

Yep. Motherfucker did not answer questions directly and just spewed the same rhetoric he's been repeating since day one. Sure, Hillary missed on a few but good lord the dude gets away with not actually saying anything of merit? Just riffing on the same conspiracy shit that fires up his idiot coalition? Fuck man.

 

[Dai Kaiju]

So, the pussy grabbing didn't matter at all. :/

 

[streetsahead123]

General consensus seems to be that Trump did a great job of energizing his base but this won't win him any undecided voters

 

[ghostjoke]

This is fucking perfect.

Carrie Fisher's twitter is an underappreciated gem of the internet.