Posted on 09/07/2016 8:29:36 AM PDT by Dave346
A coin toss has determined that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will go first during Wednesday evening's Commander in Chief forum, hosted by the IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) and airing on NBC and MSNBC.
Clinton will take questions from moderator Matt Lauer and members of the audience -- which will largely be comprised of veterans and active service members -- for 30 minutes before Donald Trump takes the stage.
Both candidates stated a preference to be the second candidate to appear.
Dafna Linzer, managing editor for NBC News and MSNBC, performed the coin toss.
The event -- which marks the first time Clinton and Trump will be on the same stage, albeit not at the same time -- will be simulcast live on both networks at 8 p.m. ET.
I wish Trump went first so I could shut it off when he finishes.
Wow, that’s the creature Hillary spewed out. (If Hillary had a son...)
Trump needs to make sure the Clinton Campaign doesn’t stack the audience. He also needs to have a plan to counterattack the Liberal Spin after the debate that will say Hillary Won etc.
Deck is stacked against Trump tonight. CEO of IAVA is a Hillary loving climber.
If real questions are asked from the audience, and not pre-selected questions, hopefully the first one asked will be “why did you let 4 Americans die in Benghazi, without lifting a finger and then lie to the face of their families as to the cause of their death.”
Trump should carry some cough drops and after she refuses one, offer an EpiPen instead.
I assume Hillary will not have access to his stage time, i.e, she will not be able to hear it or see it before her turn.
They won’t share the stage though..
I’d rather see a face-to-face, standing debate.
2nd is the best position to go.
That is good news. Whoever is first can’t respond to anything said about them.
Do we know that they will be able to hear each other—or will the second participant be sequestered during the first session?
Forum = stools provided.
That’s right! Forgot about that. Good call.
And the whole 2nd half is her and the host talking about how mean he was, and ignoring everything he said.
And people here will be blowing a gasket.
Now he controls the last impression of the night, and anything he says will not get an on-stage rebuttal.
I can envision Trump throwing moderator Matt Lauer a curve ball regarding his association w/ the Clintons.......
Lauer tries to reply....but Trump has this amazing ability to talk over an adversary (as Bill O'Reilly knows only too well).
Trump get his points in.....regardless.
That is going to be an amazing vignette.
Like I figured given a choice Trump goes 2nd. Good choice for a variety of reasons.
Well, it certainly is the correct decision. But I don't think it's the result of being shrewd (not that Trump isn't). It was pretty much a no-brainer decision.
I would have been absolutely stunned if he had chosen to go first.
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