Posted on 09/21/2016 12:45:51 PM PDT by Kaslin
“Time spent arguing is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.” - Christopher Hitchens
The impending presidential debates are likely to be the best attended in the history of American politics. The viewing and listening audience will set a standard for political discussions past and future. At this point, the draw is Donald Trump. Love him or hate him, Trump is a candidate who packs a house and elevates the ratings.
Whether or not the Trump “draw” translates into votes remains to be seen. Ironically, Trump’s negatives may be the new positive. Those so-called “undecideds,” might be a closet demographic, folks who do not support Trump publicly, but on Election Day will push the button for change anyway.
At this point in the campaign, both candidates represent real choice. Hillary is the establishment, the ancien regime, more of the same if you will. Trump is the parvenu, the rhetorical bomb thrower. The Donald represents change, anxiety, and uncertainty too.
Here Trump has a decided advantage. Call it the enthusiasm gap. Emotion and energy are the important components of any political campaign. Specific issues are, for the most part, window dressing. Most candidates see politics as the art of saying and playing, not doing.
Issues are merely emotional outreach, the hot buttons of cynical voter manipulation. If you can talk-the-talk well enough, you might never have to walk-the-walk.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Looking forward to the debates. Go Trump!
Trump needs to be a good sport and spot her a lazy boy and ice cold trump water
Not surprised. The Secret Service must be tired of the abuse coming from her.
I am SO looking forward to Monday night
I think the press and Democrats will attempt to bring Trump’s Foundation in as a made up October surprise instead of focusing on fainting Hillary’s foundation criminality.
I bet they are.
Not to mention the smell from her adult diapers.
They will of course try anything to give her the victory, but they will fail.
I still say NO WAY she Stan’s through a debate of over an hour.
Stands
I’m remembering the Carter debate... someone pulled the plug.
Likely some monkeyshines like THAT can be expected.
NOTHING is beneath Evita
I have seldom used the ‘mute’ button until BO and HRC showed up.
But recently, my short-term memory has caused me to lose it, literally & figuratively. Those two plagiarists are co-opting Trump’s declarations of what is destroying America as if they had no responsibility for our problems ———and they are promising that HRC can solve them. Except no mention is made of giving the Federal Gov. more of our money for more FED employees and more regulations.
THE CAUSE OF OUR DECAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just read an article on how football in general and Monday night football in particular are down in neilson ratings. Well, this Monday’s MNF is going to take a ratings plunge! These debates are must see.
I’m still not convinced the debates will take place.
I am of the opinion that Illary will use some kind of excuse to back out at the last moment and claim that her pneumonia has resurfaced or some other such nonsense.
Trying to get the sympathy vote for a poor little girl.
Hillary has NOTHING on her schedule after today, until the debate.
She is going to needs LOTS of rest, right now, if they intend for her to survive all of the drugs they will have to pump her up with, to get through the debate.
Not to mention the Botox Treatments.
trump should wear the Disco Ball Party Cap
Trump will obliterate her.
Trump should be prepared to present his own fact checking documents for what he may say about his stuff or about her because we know the lamestream media will be working furiously to debunk anything he says.
He should use “trusted sources” to back up his claims like clippings out the NYT or WAPO and then they can choke on their own words...
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