“By tomorrow, no one will remember what either of them said during the debate. But we will remember how they made us feel.
Clinton won the debate last night. And while she was doing it, Trump won the election. He had one thing to accomplish – being less scary – and he did it.”
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I was thinking about two movies.
One Rock’n’Roll High School where Trump is the Ramones and Hillary is the principal.
The other movie was when Trump did his uninhibited political exhibitionism and seemed Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
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.