Posted on 09/27/2016 10:23:42 AM PDT by goldstategop
I agree. Nice call by Scott Adams.
Trump will do better. Hillary successfully convinced the moderator to ‘fact check’ Trump’s embellishments and platitudes.
Trump was on personal defense, not strategically defense. Most of the accusations Hillary made could have been turned around and used against her.
Trump has better than this. Perhaps the he knew his first debate would be a throw-away as long as he didn’t get ko’ed or tko’ed and has better in plan for us.
..” full Joker-face..”
I thought the same thing. She looked insane to me.
Vote Trump 2016
And he was held up, twice, when he worked as a bank teller.
“The Dilbert Principle” is simply brilliant.
Read the uncanny valley hypothesis...
I learn something new from Scott Adams every time I read his blog/Twitter feed, or watch him on Periscope. :)
Much more than a mere cartoonist. He lampoons workplace dysfunction. His “comic collections” are knowingly to office management what “Screwtape Letters” are to Christianity. Except funnier. Much funnier.
Remember that people who LISTENED to the televised Nixon-Kennedy debates thought that Nixon won overwhemingly.
Hillary creeped out a lot of people with her weird Joker face antics last night.
Read the "uncanny valley hypothesis" link that I posted above.
It could be interpreted that she said “All” people are racist, as she said we “jump to conclusions about each other” or something like that.
She should be hounded to say whether she meant that all blacks are racist as well. After all, she defined racist as jumping to conclusions about each other, not as institutionally oppressing someone.
Good analysis by Scott.
However, I think that one thing is not being mentioned by anyone. I expected Drudge to be overwhelmingly for Trump, but I am not going to throw that poll out for one reason, enthusiasm. Trump has overwhelmingly been declared the winner in most of the online polls.
Are online polls reliable? I think that it reflects the enthusiasm of the people. Where are all the Hillary supporters? Where is DU? Why aren’t they busy “freeping” the polls for Hillary?
A poll taken by Slate and Politico shows Trump leading?
If they are not enthusiastic enough to participate in the online polls, will they be enthusiastic enough to go to the polling booth?
Trump won on that basis alone. Hillary may have won “technically” on points. Trump is winning with those that will vote.
Exactly my thoughts as well. Lots of us were disappointed she remained vertical the entire 90 minutes. But this show changes nothing. If there's such a thing as an undecided voter, this debate likely will move them to vote for no one.
Hillary talked like a politician. She had lots of little sound bytes, all typical politician things we’ve heard a million times at debates. I think she had to prove she wouldn’t fall down at a debate. I didn’t expect her to.
I told my family before it ever began, “She’s probably going to be pumped up on steroids, amphetamines, painkillers, antispasmodics - whatever it will take to get her through 2 hrs or so. I’d hate to see her at midnight, coming down. Remember what they used to do to Kennedy. That pantsuit is probably hiding a full support system holding her up.” I know. I’ve worn the things - belts, bandages - to get me through work on difficult days. I remember how she looked on that airplane after the bombing in NYC - like a zombie. They have time to get the dosage right, now. You can bet she’ll be brighteyed - for two hours.
Trump - he had real facts. He talked like a person. He got ticked when the moderator and Hillary doubleteamed him, but he didn’t lose it, he came back fighting hard, like an average Joe who was smart and sharp. He came across as someone who knew what he was talking about, and was up against a smarmy lawyer, who was pulling smarmy tricks, like a creepy laugh. God, when she came out with the creepy laugh, I was reminded of every evil TV lawyer I’ve seen on every TV show. “Mr Mason, do you REALLY expect us to believe your client is innocent?” Hahahahahhahaha.
I think Trump came off as a little underprepared, simply because he didn’t expect the moderator to be SO out there for Hillary, but genuine and smart and knowledgeable. Hillary was a cackling witch. She defied expectations by managing not to fall down. If you believe the things she said, you are the type to believe that kind of dumb stuff that govt creates wealth, people need to be taxed more, your life needs to be run for you. You are just dumb and you’ll fall for it every time.
We’ll see the way the cookie crumbles People will either be fooled or they won’t.
Dilbert is the title character in a famous comic strip produced by the author of the article, Scott Adams. Sample:
Much more than a mere cartoonist. He lampoons workplace dysfunction. His comic collections are knowingly to office management what Screwtape Letters are to Christianity. Except funnier. Much funnier.
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Having said that, The Screwtape Letters does have some funny moments. Like when Screwtape accidentally turns himself into a giant centipede.
I’ve never thought of that comparison before, though. Huh.
“Dlibert”
That spelling was Dlibert, but not deliberate.
Won’t happen in our lifetime. It would turn into an eristic fiesta, the opposite of what you and I would like to see when engaged in Socratic dialogue, i.e., the dialectic in classic Socratic form.
That is what people will take to the polls.
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