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To: PLMerite

I am a big trump supporter. Watching the debate live, I was cringing a lot. I thought he looked and sounded defensive. And he missed a lot of opportunities to hit it out of the park.

However, watching replays of various “soundbites”, trump actually came across better than I thought live. I guess I keep wanting him to hit her with all the stuff they have on her, I missed some of his really great points.

That being said. Trump will do better next time. In this age of 100 news outlets and internet, how much do debates really sway voters? 20 years ago, the debates are where a lot of voters got their first real impressions about the candidates. Trump and HIllary both have name recognition and a long public history. Not much to be learned about them during a debate.


132 posted on 09/26/2016 9:02:57 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: gswilder

This is true... again this is not looking like Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan, because the two were hardly even looking at one another publicly before that famous “There you go again” debate encounter. There has been no lack of rancor between Donald and Hillary and anyone who didn’t know what they were standing for in general was likely living under a bridge.

If Jimmy vs. Ronald were going on today, there would have been a furious tweet war.


137 posted on 09/26/2016 9:05:45 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: gswilder
The problem with Hillary is that there are so many targets, so many ways to go. I mean regarding releasing his tax returns, Trump could have said:

The Clintons have had to revise their tax returns numerous times when they were caught fudging. or...

I didn't form a foundation with the sole purpose of avoiding taxes. or...

Why are you so concerned about my filings when you have been caught not making the proper filings about foreign contributions with your foundation? or...

My income is based upon creating products and jobs, not like you, who earns $200,000 for a secret 20 minute speech. or...

No one is required to pay one dime more than they have to, especially when you see how government squanders its money Anybody who pays more than they have to, is a fool. or...

I earned my money the old fashioned way, not by speculating in cattle futures.

There are almost too many ways to attack this, which may cause one to trip over themselves when posed this particular question. And you can do this with almost any other question.

152 posted on 09/26/2016 9:24:19 PM PDT by fhayek
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