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LIVE THREAD:Trump-Clinton Presidential Debate 9/26/2016 at HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, HEMPSTEAD, NY 9pm ET
https://www.google.com/#tbm=vid&q=first+presidential+debate+2016 ^

Posted on 09/25/2016 5:03:16 AM PDT by nikos1121

You are cordially invited to be present

ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN

Hillary Rodham Clinton

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE OFFICE OF

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

and

Donald John Trump

REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR THE OFFICE OF

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

at

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, HEMPSTEAD, NY

9 PM MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Moderator for the debate is Lester Holt, the anchor of the NBC Nightly News

The 90 minute debate will be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on major topics to be selected by the moderator and announced at least one week before the debate. The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. Candidates will then have an opportunity to respond to each other. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a deeper discussion of the topic.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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To: stars & stripes forever

I agree with Pence. Several of us who watched it thought Trump won, helped by the answers regarding crime. Hillary was too much into spitting out words. Her answer re crime was stupid. Then there was L. Holt who came across as biased.


4,141 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:08 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: HiTech RedNeck

One thing that I noticed is that his arguments were in the American people’s interests. She argued for a lot of things that would benefit other countries and special interests.


4,142 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:08 PM PDT by DataDink
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To: King Moonracer

“Laura Ingraham is cool.”

Laura was at the 2005 FR convention in Vegas as a speaker. She’s been around fighting the good fight.


4,143 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:09 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Hildy

That’s odd. Kellyann retweeted Luntz showing Trump gaining Independents


4,144 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:14 PM PDT by navymom1
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To: Beatthedrum
It was a disaster for Trump.

I'm not so sure. Voters have very short memories and it's still early and there's another debate.

I don't think he looked as good as her initially and as he could have.

She looked good and was very well dressed and made up and coiffed, but was showing definite signs of being worn down by the end of that 90 minutes and she lost all that smarminess pretty quickly.

If Trump keeps doing what he's been doing on the campaign trail, I don't think this debate is going to hurt him much.

4,145 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:16 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Husker8877

I agree with you. And I will say this— I wanted Trump to hit her on a few other points, but my husband was going to vote third party. I am not changing my vote from Trump, but my husband is now voting for Trump. This is big news in my house, and he obviously reached my husband, and perhaps people like him. If he reached those people, it’s a big win.


4,146 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:24 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Daniel Ramsey

Volts aren’t jump started, are they?


4,147 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:28 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: traderrob6

Looks like they’ve changed it since Trump was winning.

POLL RESULTS
How would you grade Lester Holt?
17%A
28%B
29%C
18%D
8%F

www.msn.com


4,148 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:28 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT
Take aways:

-Trump cares about the Country, and Hillary cares about Hillary.

-Trump will have a strong foreign policy, Hillary wants to be the worlds doormat.

-Trump will fight for all Americans, Hillary will see to it that Americans continue to fight each other.

-Trump has the right kind of experience to lead, Hillary has the wrong kind of experience.

-Trump has just begun to fight for America, Hillary has had 30 years of bad ideas and is failing apart.

4,149 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:37 PM PDT by topfile
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To: dp0622

Relax bro. You had the expect the bias.

Holt: Mr Trump, you are an ahole. Can you explain why you aren’t?

Holt: Ms. Clinton, the sun shines on your impending victory. Care to comment on that?


4,150 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:42 PM PDT by Lazamataz (MSM ignoring Hillary's health until forced, shows us they are the MPM: Ministry of Propaganda Media)
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To: mplsconservative

Dear sweet newbie, Guess you still believe the meme that Fox is conservative. Think you just outted yourself.


Two things.
One: I was Cuban Leaf. I retired that account and created this one to more match my real life situation. And I’ve actually been a member here since 1998. I was in that thread when Buckhead outed Dan Rather.
Two, Since 2008 I’ve been saying Fox is liberal, just not as liberal as the other stations. And it drives the liberals on the other sites I post on mad.

I’m trying to be honest and frank. Sadly, there are some here that only want unicorns and skittles. I need an adult conversation that admits that, yes, our candidate has flaws.

If we are just a “Trump can do no wrong, so lets celebrate every single thing he says and does” site, I have more useful, and less echochamberlike, places to be.

But I think this site is better than that.

If you want to have an adult conversation about what really happened tonight, I’m all ears. Fact is, Trump, sadly, did not do that well. And we REALLY need him to defeat Hillary. I have personal vested intersts in this. For starters, my MAIN issues are obamacare and global warming. I’ve not had health insurance since obamacare was foisted on us. I’ve been fighting Global Warming nonsense for over a decade. Those two government goals, if left unchecked, will destroy us as the nation we know, backed by the constitution.

Hillary is simply not acceptable in this or any other universe.

That being said, Trump missed a LOT of opportunities tonight. I mean, a LOT. Our only hope is that he is saving the juicy stuff for the next debates.


4,151 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:49 PM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: ez

Agreed.

Obama lost the first debate in 2012 and as we saw in the end, it didn’t matter in the final result.

As the front-runner, Trump remains the front-runner. If Hillary couldn’t bring him down tonight, she would never be able to do it.

The election is over regardless of what the Debbie Downers on this thread say.


4,152 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:53 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: central_va
No I'm not a "Globalist", but YOU sure are a MORON!

Where the bleeding hell were YOU, from the start of Trump throwing his hat into the ring? You sure weren't with ME, with him. You most assuredly were NOT on the Trump Rally Thread, with ME, from the start! You absolutely were NOT cheering him on and fighting the other posters who were supporting other candidates, as I was!

Go sit in a corner; kid.

4,153 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:54 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: freespirit2012

I have hated the Clinton’s for over 25 years, but there is no way Trump did well. NBC had set up the entire event to help the PIAPS and attack Trump.

She had every line rehearsed and ready to go. The law suit in 1973, his comments on women etc .. all ready to go. Trump on the other hand was unprepared and didn’t have any pointed facts against her.

Hope Monday Night Football drew a lot of viewers.


4,154 posted on 09/26/2016 7:59:58 PM PDT by Beatthedrum
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To: newnhdad

I believe Trump won by a landslide-— polls will show him gaining in next week or two..


4,155 posted on 09/26/2016 8:00:03 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: NFHale

I agree. She came across as the epitome of a politician. Trump was expected to be unhinged yet he came across as gentlemanly. Trump with the edge over Hillary and Lester.


4,156 posted on 09/26/2016 8:00:11 PM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: guido911

Updated:

POLL RESULTS Next
Who do you support for president?
28%Democrat Hillary Clinton
59%Republican Donald Trump
6%Another candidate
7%Not sure
Total responses: 51,240 votes


4,157 posted on 09/26/2016 8:00:11 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Well we can speculate this much; she won’t be worried going into another debate with him.

I’m really disappointed he didn’t have specific lines memorized to disable her “rationalizations.” That would have played much better than him breaking in on her time to basically say “NUH UH!”


4,158 posted on 09/26/2016 8:00:17 PM PDT by papertyger
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To: goldstategop
I thought Trump handled Holt very well...he insisted on completing what he wanted to say..it is unfortunate Holt tried to interrupt him so often...but Trump knew who his opponents were and it wasn't just Hillary.
4,159 posted on 09/26/2016 8:00:24 PM PDT by caww
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To: savage woman

Debate summary:

Slick, deceitful, clever, insidious politician and simple but sincere America loving business man fight to a draw. On with the campaign!


4,160 posted on 09/26/2016 8:00:30 PM PDT by mtrott
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