Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
Okay, so far I have heard Trump name his poor performance on Lester Holt, a bad microphone that obviously magically changed all his word into gibberish, his being nice and not mentioning Gennifer Flowers caused Hillary to do better, and God only knows what else.
Just a few minutes ago a high level Republican operative and sometimes find of mine, at the Heritage Foundation posted this link in total seriousness.
Hell yeah, they are serious.
After all, there were soooooo many trick questions last night.
This guy has a college education, okay LSU, and he believes this crap.
She whipped him. Get over it.
I’m so glad I don’t live in Conservaworld. I couldn’t handle the paranoia.
1Maybe the Mexicans hacked his microphone.
2So he thinks Lester Holt, the demonstrably Republican moderator, snuck the questions to Hillary early? Sheesh! Perhaps he thinks Holt was a Never Trumper.
3It WAS a trick! All those questions were in English–a foreign language Trump is not entirely familiar with.
4And exactly what kind of out of the blue, trick questions did Holt ask either candidate?
This is what sales guru Zig Zigglar used to call “the Loser’s Limp”.
“I would have won the race, but I pulled a muscle at the start. See? I can barely walk!”
I don’t think Trump was coked up, but he probably has a bad cold. And after all the stink they’ve raised about Hillary’s health, he couldn’t say anything. Karma is hilarious sometimes!
5http://www.snopes.com/clinton-received-debate-questions-week-before-debate/
6Dextromethorphan can make you stupid(er).
7Dear Republicans: Trump was Trump; Hillary was Hillary. She ate his lunch, fair and square. Live with it.
8Donnie, dear. We need to talk.
You tanked. Big time! Grow a pair.
Glad I could help. Hugs.
9My favorite part was how a Fox News reporter recognized an NBC intern, dressed like a FedEx driver, who hand delivered a package to the inner sanctum of Hillary’s campaign manager.
Yes, but why did they leave out the best part, where he clicked his ruby red slippers together and repeated “there’s no place like home?” The Fox News reporter that is, as he had to escape somehow after seeing a nondescript package delivery while surrounded by so many Democrats.
10I just now saw that clip of “The View” where Rosie knocks down
11“The Donald” and then backs up over him. It is priceless.
Sorry, sorry everyone, but I have to say it. Which part of Donnie’s excuses, finger pointing, and belittlement don’t fit the pattern of the 17 year old bully? My personal favorite is trying to claim the moral high ground for not bringing up Bill’s indiscretions. Translation? “Everybody knows I am a ruthless, throat slitting animal when I have to be. But I’m taking the high road on this one. Because she was mean to me”.
12P.P., “17 year old bully”? I think Donnie is 8, tops. And it’s long past time for someone to tell him that the sun does not shine out of his rear end.
Oh yes, the only way a Democrat could beat a Republican is by cheating. That’s why Republicans cheat like hell by trying to disenfranchise as many Democratic voters as possible and gerrymander as many states as they can so that they can get 40% of the vote and still have a majority of Representatives.
I’ve given up expecting adult behavior from any of them.
13My spouse with a PhD in child development pegs Trump at age 9-10 which is 4th grade. Seems about right.
14The Repugnant Spin after the debate gives a whole new meaning to the word “pathetic.”
15The most important part of “lousy loser” is “loser”. That’s Trump all over.
16So the thin skinned, short fingered vulgarian is also a cry baby and a loser. Dare I say Who knew?
17Remember this is just strike one. It ain’t over till its over.
Keep working and get out the vote.
Even I read the debate “topics” over a week ago. If the GOPigs are spinning this to say Hillary got the “questions”, then they’re just too stupid for words.
18Yes well, it HAS happened before.
In 1980, Reagan’s campaign got hold of Carter’s debate prep materials. It didn’t come to light till after Reagan had not only won the debate but the presidency. There was an investigation but it apparently went nowhere. After all, the damage was done and he was already the president.
And then, in 2000, someone on W’s staff sent a tape of debate prep to Gore. Unlike Reagan, Gore did the right thing. He sent the tape to the FBI who promptly arrested and charged the woman who had sent the tape. She did a year in prison, Gore lost the debate and the presidency.
So it has happened twice. One party’s candidate did the right and moral thing, the other took unfair advantage. Guess which did what.
If Clinton HAD received the materials, she would have followed Gore’s lead. Not only would it have been the right thing to do — she didn’t need the advantage. Obviously, though, the guy who posted this figures that, if Trump had received this advantage he would have accepted it and used it.
Is anyone here surprised that that is his assessment of Trump? Or that he projected it onto Clinton?
Yeah. Me neither.
19P. S. Note to Clinton campaign: Guard your materials closely. Now that Trump has been given the idea, he WILL try to do it for real. Bank on it.
20Juanita, LSU is like Ole Miss drive through with a window down and a diploma lands in your lap.
21O for pity’s sake! They were BOTH given a general list of topics. None of the questions was especially surprising. (She was asked about emails, he was asked about his varying stories about Iraq, and both of them were asked about NATO and nuclear weapons, for example.)
Hillary started off with a foundation of knowledge and experience, and she worked hard at preparation. Trump started with little and added less.
I have students just like each of them. I am not surprised when the ones who don’t bother to study fail the test. I’m also not surprised when they complain that it wasn’t fair, because the kids who studied did better.
22Clinton campaign: What Two Crows said. Having the resources of the entire Russian empire at your beck and call is way too much of a temptation for a 17 year old bully to resist.
23Always the victims.
24P.P., Trump is not a 17 year old bully.
He’s a 2 year old toddler.
25Rhea and LynN: I get what you’re saying. But I’ve never said he was a 17 year old valedictorian. I’m definitely no expert in child development. But in my personal experience bullies do operate at a level of a young child just as you pointed out. The problem is at 17 they’ve got the size and strength of a young adult. But without the experience of going out into the world and finding out how real adults treat bullies. I think Donnie fits this comparison really well when you take into account that with him it’s not physical strength and size, it’s wealth, and his ability to wield it. He’s been able to surround himself with people willing to be bullied for 70 years and ignore the rest of us like a 4 year old closing his eyes and sticking his fingers in his ears, saying lalalala. Hillary was amazing the other night. Toe to toe. Never blinked. Just got stronger. When Donnie acted like most bullies and tried to get more aggressive to cow her and it only made her stronger? In front of 100 million people? Hello bigly! It was a wonderful thing to behold. But that’s just my opinion, and I’m just as full of s**t as anybody else.
26two crows, just to correct the record: Gore did not lose the Presidency. He had it taken away from him by a biased SCOTUS majority. Gore was the choice of a majority of voters.
27@Rufus T. Firefly#21 I’m, convinced there’s a cabal doing their best to prove Randy Newman was correct about LSU in his song “Rednecks”.
28But did she get the ANSWERS?
29@ Rhea: Point taken. You are correct, of course.
30I think it would be great if the Trump campaign stole Hillary’s prep materials, as long as she had backup copies.They’d probably need an SUV to haul all the binders away, and would spend days just trying to decide which extensive, detailed topics to select. Then they’d need to try to break the info down into tiny little portions that Donnie’s little goldfish attention span could digest. An exercise in futility. Just keep him away from the one folder with all the zingers. And the special room filled with all the oppo research on him.
Oh, and Rachel Maddow finally explained what the Nuclear Triad is last night. I’d been meaning to look it up, but hadn’t gotten around to it. It’s really simple; something any prospective Leader of the Free World should have learned the first week of prepping for any kind of defense discussion.
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