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 ^

[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.

[grey_whiskers]

You're thinking KO; he's thinking of gradually, slowly, so that all the Hillary supporters continue high-fifing and dozing off in their complacency, while he continues picking up more undecideds, changing the wafflers to mild Trump supporters, the generally-votes-Dem to well-maybe-just-this-once-ers, and so on.

He's going for the swing voters and softening up traditional Dem strongholds.

But her bubble chamber will hear none of it.

[dp0622]

:) three sounds good!!

[HokieMom]

No questions about her server

No questions about her charity

No questions about her destroying email under subpoena

No questions about anything that would be damaging to Clinton.

But Holt tried three times to make Trump’s prior questions about Obama a race issue.

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This is why I voted “F” for Lester Holt’s job performance. He doesn’t care, though. It’s Georgetown party invitations he craves.

[CodeToad]

We can only hope Trump will be good on his word that she WILL answer for her crimes.

[silent_jonny]

He wasn’t trying to be any one other than himself.

I agree. But I think he wasn't prepared for how bold she would be with her lying. Or how alone he would be on that stage.

Some of his answers could have been more to the point too. Like the "birther" thing. With a little preparation he could have widdled it down to "Lester, the whole 'birther' issue was started in 2008 by Hillary Clinton when she was running against Senator Obama. She asked questions. I got answers. She started it. I finished it. I've moved on."

[papertyger]

Trump just says, I answered that during the previous debate, now let’s get to the real issues.

Did you not see the riff about the court condemning "stop and frisk?"

Both Lester AND Hillary hammered that, and Trump said nothing to show BOTH their assertions were partisan and unfair.

[longfellowsmuse]

Be careful what you wish for. You should hear what is spoken in middle schools these days. Just kidding I completely agree with you.

[GOPsterinMA]

Amen!!!

[grey_whiskers]

You know, there's a reason all professional politicians sound the same these days...usually, it works. Tonight, against Trump, you see why....

Please clap.

[grey_whiskers]

Monetarily.

[papertyger]

That makes no sense whatsoever.

Try "sounding out" the words. I'm sure you'll get it.

[Kenny]

Wow, Judge Napolitano just said Hillary won, she was “composed, charming, and likable”.

[CodeToad]

“Please clap. “

That was such a pathetic whine Jeb did! I still laugh when someone uses that phrase.

[grey_whiskers]

Lol, the Trump surrogate on Fox News just said that “Trump said he would carpet bomb ISIS”

That will play with everyone except Huma.

Fewer US casualties, you see.

TRUMPSLIDE!

[thouworm]

“Drudge needs to see this.”

Broken_clock has screen captures but doesn’t know how to post them. He may be offline now because Ray76 gave him some direction in post 4450, but he hasn’t replied.

[papertyger]

OMG!!!! Yes!

I can’t believe he let her put him on defense about HIS financials!!!!!!

[BeadCounter]

Sometimes, I wonder if people look at this and one notices the blemishes of whom they are cheering on more.

That is how I look at sports events, I want my team to win but I don’t want them to win ugly, cheat, etc.

The more I think and read about this, maybe Clinton did do poorly.

[weston]

The questions themselves were petty, designed to embarrass Trump and worded to allow comebacks by Hillary.
Trump left a lot on the table for the next debate and still won!
She got more policy questions and Trump got “where’s your taxes”.

[grey_whiskers]

I was paying attention to her cadence: definitely seemed like she had a receiver. She would pause as if listening to information.

I told my wife that but she disagreed.

[Freedom56v2]

At 10:42 PST after the debate, Hillary is leaning forward and you can clearly see a cord ringing down her back and what seems to be a power supply on her lower back!
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Wow...What channel were you watching!