I Score the First Debate (Scott AdamsBlog - Dilbert)

Dilbert Blog ^ | Sept 27, 2016 | Scott Adams

[MattinNJ]

I agree completely and am glad others seenit that way.

[VanDeKoik]

When you watch it with less emotion, you see what he is seeing.

Hillary should have been taking issues away from Trump that he can use against her.

Instead she tossed marginal stuff that affects only tiny voting blocs that were already SUPPOSEDLY already in her corner.

So the day after Trump still has all of this stuff to use in ads, speeches, and rallies.

All of Hillary’s best from the left slams are already used up.

Is she going to harp on Obama’s BC or Trump’s sad loaning him money at another debate? Not likely, but now terrorism, immigration, her emails, Bill’s past, Hillary’s past, and the Foundation are still looming.

This was her one best shot, and it wasn’t effective and it was too early.

[VanDeKoik]

Oops.

sad = dad

[RayChuang88]

A lot of people said she had a very Stepford Wives attitude for much of the debate.

[bk1000]

“I remember Romney wiping the floor with a totally unprepared OBAMA four years ago. Obama still won the election.”

I believe the fix was in for Obama. Romney cleaned his clock in the first debate, and then it was like he didn’t even show up to the other two. Someone got to him. He backed down. I don’t see Trump backing down.

[okkev68]

Both sides are reacting the same way. They are claiming their guy won, but inside are disappointed that they couldn’t get under the skin enough to cause a mini meltdown or have a gotcha moment. Freepers are especially disappointed because we were hoping illary would have an event on stage to show we were right about her health.

It was actually a pretty boring debate compared to what we were hoping for. They were so focused on not appearing out of control or mean. Turn the cameras off and I have a feeling they could both get pretty nasty at each other.

I think Trump needs to address the moderators at the next debate and ask if there are going to be any real questions or more fluff to protect illary. If no questions on immigration, email, clinton foundation, benghazi, etc... he should just tell them to call him when they are ready to have a real discussion about issues.

[W.]

Last night, Hillary was the bitter, mean old woman, either in the office or the neighborhood that we’ve all done our best to avoid. We don’t need one of THOSE nasty old things running America—and lecturing us on how wrong/bad/stupid we all are, every time we turn around...

[simpson96]

" She had the look of someone whose doctors had engineered 90 minutes of alertness for her just for the event."

BINGO

[MMaschin]

The below poll (actual telephone poll, NOT a survey) shows just that - Hillary appealed to her base and won the debate, Trump appealed to the undecided's and won the election!


Check out the numbers that go towards favorability, and then look where the undecideds moved!


National Poll (September 26, 2016) (Post-Debate Poll)

[originalbuckeye]

Haughty and smug, which I doubt will play well with the common people. And her eyes weren’t tracking properly last night, on several occasions. She is as creepy as they come and I hope the voters will ignore the complete Lefty bias from Holt. Big Media is in that hole and just keeps digging. Holt won’t be ‘Lauerized’ and that will make Holt happy. But Big Media slipped in credibility again last night. How much more space do they have before they are at 0% credibility.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Here is Hillary’s schedule. While she has some rally’s in the next few days, in October she has things scheduled with a lot of time between events:

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Location

Event Type

Speaker(s)
September 27, 2016 Raleigh, North Carolina Rally Hillary Clinton
September 27, 2016 Orlando, Florida Canvass Kickoff Tim Kaine
September 27, 2016 Toledo, Ohio Organizing Event Bill Clinton
September 27, 2016 Cleveland, Ohio Organizing Event Bill Clinton
September 27, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rally Vice President Joe Biden
September 27, 2016 Detroit, Michigan Voter Protection Roundtable Anne Holton
September 27, 2016 Livonia, Michigan Phone Bank Anne Holton
September 27, 2016 Ann Arbor, Michigan Women to Women Event Anne Holton
September 27, 2016 New York City, New York Fundraiser Amanda Renteria
September 28, 2016 Durham, New Hampshire New College Compact Event Hillary Clinton & Senator Bernie Sanders
September 28, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rally First Lady Michelle Obama
September 28, 2016 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rally First Lady Michelle Obama
September 28, 2016 Greenville, North Carolina College Affordability Forum Chelsea Clinton
September 28, 2016 Asheville, North Carolina Clean Energy Roundtable Chelsea Clinton
September 28, 2016 Lansing, Michigan Moms for Hillary Roundtable Anne Holton
September 28, 2016 Grand Rapids, Michigan Education Roundtable Anne Holton
September 29, 2016 Des Moines, Iowa Early Voting Event Hillary Clinton
September 29, 2016 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Early Voting Event Anne Holton
September 29, 2016 Kenosha, Wisconsin Early Voting Event Anne Holton
September 29, 2016 Saint Paul, Minnesota Organizing Event Anne Holton
September 30, 2016 St. Lucie County, Florida Rally Hillary Clinton
September 30, 2016 Broward County, Florida Rally Hillary Clinton
September 30, 2016 Florida Bus Stop Tour Bill Clinton
September 30, 2016 Florida Bus Stop Tour Bill Clinton
September 30, 2016 Wisconsin Organizing Event Chelsea Clinton
September 30, 2016 Travers City, Michigan Organizing Event Chelsea Clinton
September 30, 2016 Brooklyn, New York Fundraiser Scott M. Stringer
October 1, 2016 Florida Bus Stop Tour Bill Clinton
October 2, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia Fundraiser Senator Cory Booker
October 3, 2016 Brussels, Belgium Fundraiser for American Citizens Stephen Rapp
October 4, 2016 Farmville, Virginia Vice-Presidential Debate Tim Kaine
October 4, 2016 Stockholm, Sweden Fundraiser for American Citizens Melanne Verveer
October 5, 2016 Washington, DC Fundraiser Hillary Clinton
October 5, 2016 St. Augustine, Florida Fundraiser Congresswoman Gwen Graham
October 5, 2016 London, England Fundraiser for American Citizens Melanne Verveer
October 9, 2016 St. Louis, Missouri Presidential Debate Hillary Clinton
October 9, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada Fundraiser Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
October 14, 2016 Dublin, Ireland Fundraiser for American Citizens Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
October 15, 2016 Chicago, Illinois Fundraiser Chicago for Hillary
October 17, 2016 Dallas, Texas Fundraiser LGBT and Allies
October 19, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada Presidential Debate Hillary Clinton
October 19, 2016 Newton, Massachusetts Debate Watch Party Fundraiser Jewish Community for Hillary
October 23, 2016 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Fundraiser Former Congressman Barney Frank

Image Source: MSNBC

[Marie]

Have you seen the online polls? It’s not just that Trump has won almost all of them, it’s the numbers. And it’s the *liberal* outlets, too.

600,000 - 900,000 - over a million voters in TIME.

He won the Slate poll! Freaking SLATE!

This morning Varney had a woman on who monitored the debate with the typical R/D/I audience and the Independents mirrored the R’s all night long.

Trump has won the middle ground.

He didn’t have to ‘win’ the debate. He had to hold his ground and remain in control. He accomplished what he needed to.

This is fantastic.

[RayChuang88]

From watching the replay on YouTube, she looked like the 2008 Hillary Clinton for the first 60 minutes--if you've loved parroting the same old wrong points. But after that when the (possibly) Theodor Morell-like mix of stimulants wore off, she started to wear down like a wind-up toy slowing down and regressed to the 2016 Hillary Clinton.

And watch for how many public appearances she will have over the next month. If she has few public appearances and looks like she got stimulants again for the second debate, then the entire health issue percolates to the front pages again to her detriment.

[junta]

110% right on

[Ohioan]

I think you are essentially correct in what matters most, at this point. However, as a matter for longer term comfort, he should not have given her a pass on her suggestion that his tax cut was "giving" more to the rich. Letting people keep more of their earnings is not trickle down anything. It merely reflects the right of people to the fruits of their labor, and at least partially removes a disincentive to work harder & more productively.

Also, Trump needs to more clearly inject the obvious economic benefit in backing the Police--as Hilary (despite her glib straddling of the related issues) obviously does not--in Black neighborhoods, as a boon to increased economic activity & credit-worthiness, etc. This would only require a strong sentence or two, and would plant a very useful awareness helpful to both a neighborhood & Police/Community relations.

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

What’s with the eyes?

1. She’s blinking nearly every second.

2. Some blinks she holds for a pause.

3. She is rarely looking directly at the camera.

[StormPrepper]

Clinton’s smile seemed forced, artificial, and frankly creepy.

I'm glad someone else caught that; creepy. She looked totally creepy. My first thought was ..ewwww! Seriously.

I thought Trump had a great line, "You've been doing this for 30yrs and you're just coming up with these ideas now?"

[embers1432]

The most probable reason she could stay mentally focused even though she looked ill and tired is the use of modafinil/Provigil/Nuvigil. It is widely used for those with any Parkinson illness. Adderall is also used.

[Moonman62]

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Science tells us that when a person’s mouth smiles, but their eyes don’t match the smile, they look disingenuous if not creepy.

Yeah, she looked fake. There is no passion from her, only a quest for power. It's pretty obvious that she doesn't care anywhere near about others as much as she cares about herself.

With Trump, you can sense how much he wants to help people.