First Presidential Debate 9/26/16 Thread

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Hillary just countered by tweeting her endorsement from Mexico’s Immigration Officer, so she’s got that going for her.
 
I just heard that Trump’s podium is 8 inches taller, so he actually has the bigger podium.
 
What they should do is switch podiums after a brief ‘halftime’ just like soccer teams switch goals after their halftime. There, problem solved.
 
sallybutler said:
I just heard that Trump’s podium is 8 inches taller, so he actually has the bigger podium.
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If Clinton and Trump both stay behind their podiums, they will probably look about the same height on TV. So I wouldn’t expect Clinton to spend much time being seen standing next to Trump where the difference in their heights will be obvious. It’s a known fact that overall, tall people are richer and more successful than short people, not because tall people are smarter or more qualified but just because many people often subconsciously favor taller people and have a bias against shorter people.
 
Maximilan_Kolbe said:
Hillary just countered by tweeting her endorsement from Mexico’s Immigration Officer, so she’s got that going for her.
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You sure it’s not Mexico’s Emigration Officer?

I didn’t realize there were many trying to move to that country vs moving away. 😉
 
Endorsed by a Union, and still denies being a Democrat?
Hmmmm!

Who is this Trump guy, really?
😃
 
ComplineSanFran said:
I don’t think it’s petty at all, to want to go into a formal debate with an even visual impression. And scared? I doubt it. Prepared, more like it. Secretary Clinton, with all her excellent background and knowledge and experience, will be on stage with someone who is way in over his head. He cannot speak in complete sentences. It will be a very uneven debate, and not because of Mrs Clinton’s height.

From Mr Trump…

July 21, 2015
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👍
 
ComplineSanFran said:
I don’t think it’s petty at all, to want to go into a formal debate with an even visual impression. And scared? I doubt it. Prepared, more like it. Secretary Clinton, with all her excellent background and knowledge and experience, will be on stage with someone who is way in over his head. He cannot speak in complete sentences. It will be a very uneven debate, and not because of Mrs Clinton’s height.

From Mr Trump…

July 21, 2015
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you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right — who would have thought?), but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger
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Can someone give me a translation of what Mr. Trump was talking about here? 🙂
 
ComplineSanFran said:
I don’t think it’s petty at all, to want to go into a formal debate with an even visual impression. And scared? I doubt it. Prepared, more like it. Secretary Clinton, with all her excellent background and knowledge and experience, will be on stage with someone who is way in over his head. He cannot speak in complete sentences. It will be a very uneven debate, and not because of Mrs Clinton’s height.

From Mr Trump…

July 21, 2015
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Trump is not the same candidate now as in July 2015. Can you really imagine him making a statement like that now?

Clearly, to many, many people being a policy wonk is not super important, because if it was, I don’t see why Trump would be leading in the FiveThirtyEight percentage to becoming President right now. Hillary Clinton is a Washington insider. She has been in politics for decades, she will be well versed in who is the Prime Minister of XYZ or what XYZ means. People know where she stands. Trump is an outsider. That is a major part of his appeal.
 
I just saw this in the news, Bloomberg to fact-check debate on-screen:
Bloomberg will be the only TV network to display on-screen fact-checks of statements made by Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the first presidential debate Monday, Politico reports.
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According to Politico, none of the major networks has publicly committed to on-screen fact-checking during the debate and will leave that to post-debate analysis.
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thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/presidential-debate-fact-check-real-time-bloomberg

It’s too bad that all the networks won’t be doing this…
 
ComplineSanFran said:
I don’t think it’s petty at all, to want to go into a formal debate with an even visual impression. And scared? I doubt it. Prepared, more like it. Secretary Clinton, with all her excellent background and knowledge and experience, will be on stage with someone who is way in over his head. He cannot speak in complete sentences. It will be a very uneven debate, and not because of Mrs Clinton’s height.

From Mr Trump…

July 21, 2015
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Not an eloquent speaker,for sure,Mr.Trump.However his message is truthful and powerful,just what the Dr. ordered:thumbsup:
 
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