Okay…the Debate: Here we go.

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8:56: We will be watching on the Bloomberg Channel because they are supposed to be doing live fact checking.

9:02: It remains amazing how the bar skews toward Trump. Clinton has to go out there and convince America to trust her. All Trump has to do is not lose his temper. She has to accomplish things and he simply has to not have a breakdown. Not sure if this is gender related or simply standard GOP/Democrat.

9:04: By the way, feel free to comment along the way so I know someone is reading this. Wonder if they’ll shake hands and smile.

9:05: Yes, they did.

9:06: Because I’ve never declared bankruptcy, that’s why.

9:06: Why the HÊLL don’t they ever answer the questions? I mean, EVER? Don’t make an opening statement: tell why we should support YOU, for God’s sake.

9:08: Why can’t she say, “Because I’m sane and he’s not.”

9:10: But is any of this true? Is anyone checking whether what he’s saying is factual?

9:11: Hillary launches the first attack. She has to keep on it. She has to underscore how his plans make no sense and won’t work.

9:12: Good. Let’s see if he answers. And no, $1 million is NOT a small loan, you dip šhìŧ.

9:14: Nope. He’s not answering the question either. Jesus. Good: Lester is staying on him.

9:15: TRUMP is talking about special interests? Everything about him is special interests.

9:17: Good, keep interrupting her so that she can keep ignoring you when you do that.

9:19: I love that she tried to interrupt him and he immediately said, “Excuse me” and wouldn’t let her talk. She, on the other hand, just ignores him and talks over him.

9:22: They’re really just going at it. The moderator isn’t interrupting.

9:24: He’s being insanely aggressive, which I’m sure his fans are loving. It doesn’t matter that what he’s saying isn’t true.

9:26: He’s blowing his stack and we’re only half an hour in.

9:28: Leadership STARTS with the secretary? Why not blame her for everything?

9:29: She is perpetually semi-smiling and he is perpetually scowling. And he KEEPS INTERRUPTING or trying to. He can’t keep his cool.

9:30: The “worst revival?” What the HÊLL does that mean?

9:31: Of course it’s doing political things. It’s a political office.

9:31: NO. THE IRS HAS SAID THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO RELEASE HIS RETURNS. NONE. ANOTHER LIE.

9:32: SOMEONE CALL HIM ON IT.

9:32: YES!!!! THE AUDIT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NOT RELEASING YOUR RETURNS, YOU JÃÇKÃSS.

9:33: And the Trumpites start shouting.

9:34 YES! Take him down, Clinton!

9:35: No, that doesn’t make you smart, you idiot.

9:37: Yes, you do learn a lot from financial disclosure. Which is why you don’t want to release the tax returns; because you don’t want anyone to learn anything from that disclosure.

9:38: “Braggadocious”” Is that a word?

9:39: So he doesn’t DENY that he hasn’t paid taxes. And yes, let’s talk about business. Go for it.

9:40: Oh, come ON! He’s going to claim that everyone he hasn’t paid was because they all sucked at their work?

9:41: There’s nowhere for him to hide. She’s filleting him.

9:41: No, it’s not words and sound bites. It’s FACTS. The FACTS are that he is a lousy businessman. That his businesses fail.

9:42: But he’s SCREWING OVER his employees. That’s what she’s saying.

9:45: Good. Good answer. Talk about police training.

9:46: She didn’t use the words “law and order” because they’re not relevant to the question. The question he’s not answering.

9:48: And here we go: the trouble is illegal immigrants going around shooting people, and so we all need to be armed to prevent it. Christ.

9:49: So I’m lost. He wants to…take away guns? What about the Second Amendment? He wants to restore stop and frisk? What the hëll is he talking about? How does this relate to the question about harmless blacks being gunned down by cops?

9:51: Blacks currently support him by 0%. I wonder if he can drop to negative numbers?

9:52: She sounds SO SENSIBLE. He sounds hysterical.

9:53: Caroline suggests they should make it as hard to get a gun as it is to get an abortion.

9:55: Of course, the problem with watch lists is that they’re not dependable. Kathleen wound up on a watch list for a year because her name was similar to some one else.

9:58: Trump is wrong. Murders are down. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nypd-low-crime-first-quarter-2016_us_5702b0dae4b0a06d580653e3

9:58: She decided to STAY HOME?! Christ, what an áššhølë!

9:59: She just won. That’s the quote that everyone is going to go with. She prepared for the debate and she is preparing to be president.

10:00: What in HÊLL is he talking about?!?

10:01: No, he was NOT the one who got him to produce the birth certificate. It’s true because he says it’s true? It’s true because he had a dream about it?

10:01: Hillary looks like she’s trying not to laugh.

10:03: YES. Bring up his history of racism. Excellent.

10:05: He didn’t like the way she treated Obama during a DEBATE? Jesus.

10:09: Yes, her time has expired, but since he keeps talking over time, it seems fair.

10:09: He was endorsed by Ice? Who the hëll is that?

10:10: No, they knew for sure it was Russia. And that’s not the point: he ENCOURAGED Russia to hack into America. THAT is what should be addressed.

10:14: Except BUSH was the one who was responsible for the creation of ISIS, you idiot. Not Obama, not Clinton.

10:14: It doesn’t matter that you say “wrong,” Trump. Everyone KNOWS you endorsed the invasion.

10:19: Lester, stop letting him ramble over stuff that was already answered.

10:20: THERE IS VIDEO OF HIM ENDORSING THE WAR! IDIOT!

10:22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgQAyZC-Vg

10:22: Kathleen is ready to throw up. He has a better temperament?! Is he INSANE?!?!

10:24: She’s destroying him. With his own words.

10:25: It’s old because it remains accurate.

10:29: What in God’s name is he talking about? I mean, is it me? I literally cannot follow what he’s talking about.

10:31: That’s no secret. We know he has no plan.

10:32: SHE has no business ability? Multiple bankruptcies and SHE has no business ability?

10:33: No, he said “look.” And Lester just called him on it. This is nuts. Over and over he gets called on his lies and he just ignores them.

10:34: Kath just said “Game, set and match to Hillary.”

10:35: I see Lester is no longer trying to rein in the audience cheers.

10:36: OH, BÙLLSHÍT! Now he is taking the high road?! About her ads, which are wholly accurate? Trump claims that Mexicans are criminals and rapists and SHE is the one who is not nice?

10:37: Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes it rains.

10:37: ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU NITWIT!

10:38: Christ, I can’t believe there are two more of these things.

139 comments on “Okay…the Debate: Here we go.”

  1. The Commission on Presidential Debates is non-partisan, my tuchus.

    I’ve no doubt I’m not the only one here, Peter.

  2. Love the split screen. Donald looks like a chameleon lizard, occasionally gulping for air while she talks.

  3. He’s trying to be calm and presidential, but it makes The Donald look underwhelming. Doesn’t fit his strength.

  7. The folks running the debate have specifically stated that they have no intention of fact-checking anything, because apparently facts are subject to opinion.

  8. Trump lies about his worth and says this is what the country needs.
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    Yeah…
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    Hey, Donald, if you want to stop sending jobs overseas, stop having all your campaign and hotel stuff made overseas.

  9. I’m watching Bloomberg on my laptop ‘cos I’m a doof and can’t find it in our Fios lineup. But… I’m not seeing the live fact-checking. Anyone else seeing something I’m not?

  10. I find it amusing that Hillary is wearing a red pantsuit and the Donald is sporting a lovely blue tie.

  12. I hear that men interrupting and over-talking women is seen as a common example of sexism. A very important psychologist called my office and said so.

  16. I’m watching Bloomberg. Where’s the fact-checking? Have they not detected any lies/errors yet?

  18. MacArthur wouldn’t like the website because A) he’s dead, and B) he’s dead.

    Speaking as someone who’s being downsized in three weeks, I’m not fond of big business right now. Trump licking his lips may be the editorial cartoon of tomorrow, a giant orange iguana.

    Sometimes I get the feeling Trump is imitating someone imitating Shatner.

  22. Translation- “I’m hiding my taxes until after the election so people can’t see what a lying fraud I am when I talk about my finances.”
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    And he’s playing victim again.

  23. Trump is again claiming that he can’t release his tax records until after the audit.
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    Once you tell a lie, ride it down in flames.
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    Holt just called him on the audit thing.

  27. Trump brags about how he uses all the loopholes and that just makes him a good businessman.
    Then he complains about people who exercise their rights and “take the Fifth”.

  29. Trump brags about how he uses all the loopholes and that just makes him a good businessman.
    Then he complains about people who exercise their rights and “take the Fifth”

  31. brag·ga·do·cious
    ˌbraɡəˈdō(t)SHəs/
    adjectiveUSinformal
    boastful or arrogant.
    “it sounds braggadocious, but I don’t think I ever dropped a pass in a game”

  33. 9:38 – yes, it turns out “braggadocious” is a word, spellcheck to the contrary. It means “boastful or arrogant”.

  34. “We owe trillions” – he knows how to deal with it – thinks he’ll declare national bankruptcy just like his businesses do.

  36. Said many times before: Trump believes that something is true just because he says it.
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    If I took a drink of this scotch every time he said “Believe me.” I’d be sloshed by now.

  37. “On occasion, we used certain laws…”
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    “My obligation is to do well for my company, myself, my family and my employees…”
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    How many employees got paid after those four times, Donny?

  39. She may be playing into his hands bringing up guns.
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    And here he goes “Law & Order” – the old Nixon codeword.

  40. Trump lies about stop and frisk in NY.
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    Trump gets called on lying about it.
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    Trump lies again.
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    It’s like watching a parody of a campaign debate rather than the real thing.

    2. Trump lies about stop and frisk in NY.
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      Trump gets called on lying about it by the moderator.
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      Trump lies again.
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      Trump does NOT get called on it again by the moderator.
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      And so it goes.

  41. Love how his observation of Charlotte is influenced by having holdings there. If he gets elected maybe cities could give him property to keep him interested?

  42. Illegal immigrants? The shooter in Burlington, WA, two days ago was a local. (Last year, a hospital wanted to involuntarily commit him, but their lawyer said they didn’t have enough evidence.)

    The shooter in Dallas? An American. Sandy Hook? American. Fort Hood? Not just American, an Army officer. The two-year-old in Tennessee a few days ago, who found a pistol in the back-door pocket of someone’s car and shot a 12-year-old in the hip? Pretty sure he wasn’t an illegal, Donnie buddy.

    1. The shooter they gunned down in wherever it was – somewhere in Texas? – was wearing Nazi regalia.

  44. Is she going to request repeal of the legislation her husband signed which has such unintended consequences?

  45. “9:52: She sounds SO SENSIBLE. He sounds hysterical.”
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    How Trump’s folks see it. “He sounds reasonable. She’s a female and so sounds hysterical.”

  46. 9:49: So I’m lost. He wants to…take away guns? What about the Second Amendment?

    Well, it would be taking them away from not-white people, so that makes it ok. – NRA

  48. Both of them are speaking of watch lists and no-fly lists.
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    Those are a Bad Thing in and of themselves; inaccurate and impossible to challenge, and they they want to extend their use?
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    Hillary says NYC murders are down, Trump flatly contradicts her.
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    I suspect i know which could produce facts to back up the claim.

    1. Okay – Hillary said “violent crime” in NYC is down.
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      Apparently, however, murders are up at least some.

  49. “I’ve been all over the place … you’ve decided to stay home.”
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    He’s been all over the place all his life.

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