Presidential Debate Thread- #1

[BDKJMU]

WTF? Everything should be the same for both, including podium sizes..

[andy7171]

WTF? Everything should be the same for both, including podium sizes..

Who really cares? We all know she's shorter. Give her a stool to stand on if she thinks it makes her more powerful.

[Skjellyfetti]

Jesus.

Trump trolls already spinning this.

They fact checked Trump! No fair!! Unfair podium dimensions!!

[andy7171]

Too bad Hillary can't be fact checked. We'll all have to take her at her word.

[93henfan]

I'd do Oxford-style debates and have a bunch of them, each on a general topic (economy, defense, welfare, etc.). The current format is simply too all over the place.

Truth.

[93henfan]

Big, bad, assertive libwuls huuurt conk feewings...make conk angwy and confewsed...

Sorry. I thought we were having a discussion on even sided debates.

Nevermind Kalm. Obvious liberal is obvious.

[Chizzang]

Too bad Hillary can't be fact checked. We'll all have to take her at her word.

Really..?

[CitadelGrad]

Jesus.

Trump trolls already spinning this.

They fact checked Trump! No fair!! Unfair podium dimensions!!

It isn't spin. Hillary's spokesfolks have been saying for a few days that she should get special consideration in the debate.

[93henfan]

Too bad Hillary can't be fact checked. We'll all have to take her at her word.

Really..?

I think you know where Andy is coming from regarding the media. Clinton owns it.

Do you think it's mere coincidence that on the day before the debate, the NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, and Politico all just randomly published variations of the same article stating that Trump lies more than Clinton?

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/09/26/t ... gn-course/

[BDKJMU]

Jesus.

Trump trolls already spinning this.

They fact checked Trump! No fair!! Unfair podium dimensions!!

It isn't spin. Hillary's spokesfolks have been saying for a few days that she should get special consideration in the debate.

I'm surprised she has 't asked for bathroom break at 45 min so she doesn't have to wet her Depends..

[93henfan]

Jesus.

Trump trolls already spinning this.

They fact checked Trump! No fair!! Unfair podium dimensions!!

It isn't spin. Hillary's spokesfolks have been saying for a few days that she should get special consideration in the debate.

I love the one where they bash Trump mercilessly and then if ANYONE tries to say a bad thing about Hillary you get the obligatory article from a female journalist that "Hillary Is Being Unfairly Held To A Higher Standard."

You can't make this shit up.

[CAA Flagship]

Really..?

I think you know where Andy is coming from regarding the media. Clinton owns it.

Do you think it's mere coincidence that on the day before the debate, the NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, and Politico all just randomly published variations of the same article stating that Trump lies more than Clinton?

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/09/26/t ... gn-course/

And the Clinton campaign killed Arnold Palmer and Jose Fernandez.

[Skjellyfetti]

Didn't Trump sit out two debates this year because he was whining?

Lost his gumption.

[Ivytalk]

Didn't Trump sit out two debates this year because he was whining?

Lost his gumption.

Man, could your head be any further up Hildabeast's vajayjay?

Some independent you are. We await your graphs.

[SDHornet]

I think you know where Andy is coming from regarding the media. Clinton owns it.

Do you think it's mere coincidence that on the day before the debate, the NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, and Politico all just randomly published variations of the same article stating that Trump lies more than Clinton?

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/09/26/t ... gn-course/

And the Clinton campaign killed Arnold Palmer and Jose Fernandez.

The question isn't whether hilldog had them offed, it's what did they know, and were they going to spill the beans.

BTW what time is this thing on tonight, and is it on free TV?

[kalm]

Sorry. I thought we were having a discussion on even sided debates.

Nevermind Kalm. Obvious liberal is obvious.

Yep. But it's far worse. I'm a pro-environment humanist who believes in kindness...and red turf.

[Wedgebuster]

And the Clinton campaign killed Arnold Palmer and Jose Fernandez.

The question isn't whether hilldog had them offed, it's what did they know, and were they going to spill the beans.

BTW what time is this thing on tonight, and is it on free TV?

9:00 eastern bias time.

[Skjellyfetti]

Didn't Trump sit out two debates this year because he was whining?

Lost his gumption.

Man, could your head be any further up Hildabeast's vajayjay?

Some independent you are. We await your graphs.

Have I said anything positive at all about Hillary?

[93henfan]

9:00 eastern bias time.

Thank you for phrasing that properly. Your efforts don't go unappreciated.

[JohnStOnge]

I've said for years that they shouldn't even have these debates. They're not really debates. You have stuff like everybody saying Gore lost because he walked up to Bush. George H.W. Bush looking at his watch. Dukakis not expressing enough emotion when they asked him a question about his wife being raped. They have nothing to do with substance.

Trump was awful in terms of substance in every single Republican debate. Absolutely got creamed by Jeb Bush in terms of substance, for example. But he won in terms of public perception because enough people thought him acting like an asshole was cool.

They either need to seriously revamp the formats to force them into being about substance or they need to quit having them.

[93henfan]

Holy Christ. Actual sign just outside the debate hall at Hofstra. Dude, what happened to my country?

[93henfan]

We are such a fucking nation of pussies. Millenials, please all go kill yourselves. You fucking suck.

[HI54UNI]

Holy Christ. Actual sign just outside the debate hall at Hofstra. Dude, what happened to my country?

JFC!

[CAA Flagship]

We are such a fucking nation of pussies. Millenials, please all go kill yourselves. You fucking suck.

[CAA Flagship]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/26/media/p ... mat-rules/

TIME: The debate will begin at 9 p.m. ET on CNN and other major networks. It will last 90 minutes, with no commercials and no breaks.

MODERATOR: The debate will be moderated by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt.

DEBATE FORMAT: The debate will be divided into six segments of 15 minutes each. The first two segments will focus on "America's Direction." The next two segments will focus on "Achieving Prosperity" (the economy). The final two segments will focus on "Securing America" (national security and foreign policy).

SEGMENT FORMAT: Each segment will begin with a question. One candidate will have two minutes to respond, then the other candidate will have two minutes to respond. That will be followed by 10 minutes of open debate and discussion. (The missing one minute in each segment will presumably be taken up by the question itself, as well as the candidates' inevitably using more than the allotted time for their answers.)

WHO GOES FIRST?: Due to the results of a coin toss, the first question of the debate will go to Clinton. The same question will then be asked to Trump. In the second segment, the order will be reversed, with the lead-off question going to Trump, then Clinton. And so on.

PLACEMENT: Due to the results of a coin toss, Clinton will stand stage left (on the audience's right) and Trump will stand stage right (on the audience's left).