Posted on 10/20/2016 9:37:58 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Donald Trump won tonight’s debate. He didn’t implode, he didn’t blither, he didn’t continually interrupt Hillary Clinton and he didn’t even sniff much. And, frankly, he had the best retorts and one-liners. Clinton was on her heels much of the night, and several times, she had to reset by resorting to tired, hollow platitudes — which only drove home the point that she lacks authenticity and appears to be a typical politician who is therefore dishonest. That said, Clinton was an able, informed politician, but Trump — for the first time — appeared to be a worthy opponent.
The fact is this is a change election, and Clinton is not the change candidate. People don’t really want to vote for her, and tonight, she didn’t give them much of a reason to do so.
And perhaps Trump put voters more at ease with Trump. Up until this debate, Trump has helped Clinton out by running a campaign that has been a complete misfire — taking the bait, chasing rabbits, insulting women, wallowing in conspiracies and almost consciously avoiding things voters care about. But during this debate, he held his tongue and held his temper. Trump isn’t particularly light on his feet, but he was confident and competent talking about the economy. It’s a wonder he hasn’t talked about the economy during more of the campaign. Anyway, he even showed a much better understanding of geopolitics than I would have thought. He sounded like a Republican on most issues. For Trump, it’s too bad there aren’t more debates.
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she never gave any plans , no specifics, and certainly was very scripted with her talking points , of which she kept looking down at.
My wife was watching the debate on Facebook. There was a sidebar for comments and not a one was pro Hillary.
I don’t see it that way. Here’s my take.
They all know he won and are in full desperation mode.
The writer, Ed Rogers, likely expressed his true thoughts and then split the scene before he realized he was supposed to write attack-crap.
Or he is their token ‘fair & balanced’ reporter to dispute their overt bias when the other WaPo writers pile on Trump 15 to 1.
I agree but last night Trump couldn't stop playing with the mic.
Hillary Clinton 56.27%
Donald Trump 43.73%
I won’t disagree, but the piece was serious anti hillary, anti DNC propaganda line
Who is Ed Rogers? Is he part of their regular editorial board or a token conservative who is allowed to post a column from time to time?
Yup, it needs more FReeping.
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