The Presidential Debate, "Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" Megathread

[Syt]

I do wish, and facebook sure makes it easier (as you can easily distribute to hundreds of people unlike with email), people wouldn't just trust any random website as a news source. Not that blogs haven't been good for democratizing points of view but man, such utter dreck gets out there.

Well, a lot of people will post/quote anything as long as it confirms them in their convictions and gives them the feeling that they help by "getting the really true truth to the people."

[Siege]

[jimmy olsen]

So the apparent Trump supporter excuse is going to be that it was rigged, because Trump was asked about stuff like Birtherism and climate change denial but Hillary was not asked about Benghazi and her email.

It goes to show how effective this kind of propaganda is - people like Trump supporters, and even people who are faking not being Trump supporters under the guise of just not likeing Hillary, fall for this kind of equivalence.

A serious and intellectually honest moderator should vette his potential questions for relevance and basic factual accuracy. It would be a poor job on his part if he chose to ask questions about things he simply knew were objectively false, regardless of whether or not it would give him the appearance of objectivity at the expense of actual objectivity.

She was asked about her emails.

[Legbiter]

Well I thought Clinton dominated.  But then again I can't understand how Trump ever got this far in the first place.

So watch the pundits call the debate for Clinton, and Trump gain three points in the polls.

You guys should be on television wearing ties.

Post Debate Poll: Clinton Won on Performance, Trump Won Votes.

A Post Debate Poll conducted after the presidential showdown at Hofstra University finds Hillary Clinton put on the best performance, but Donald Trump won votes. While voters 47% to 44% think that Mrs. Clinton "won the first presidential debate," Mr. Trump won over undecided voters who changed their mind by nearly a 3 to 1 margin.

Nine percent (9%) were undecided on the question of who won the debate.

Among those who were undecided (5%) before the debate, 31% changed their mind and now say they'll support the New York businessman. By comparison, only 11% of previously undecided voters said they will now vote for the former secretary of state.

https://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/polls/2016/09/27/post-debate-poll-clinton-won-performance-trump-won-votes/

[CountDeMoney]

While voters 47% to 44% think that Mrs. Clinton "won the first presidential debate," Mr. Trump won over undecided voters who changed their mind by nearly a 3 to 1 margin.

[Oexmelin]

Sniff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x0eEWdK7aE

[celedhring]

I thought that rejecting competence in favor of folksiness had already been proven disastrous after Bush II (and Trump would be several magnitudes worse).

[DGuller]

I thought that rejecting competence in favor of folksiness had already been proven disastrous after Bush II (and Trump would be several magnitudes worse).

You can only draw cause-effect relationships with good information and sound mind.

[Legbiter]

I thought that rejecting competence in favor of folksiness had already been proven disastrous after Bush II (and Trump would be several magnitudes worse).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxR8pvca2o

The normies just seem to sense it whenever Clinton is around. 

[Eddie Teach]

You can't make fun of Hillary's fat ass and then turn around and compared her to Nazgul.

[Siege]

If Clinton wins the election i am moving to Canada.

[Liep]

If Clinton wins the election i am moving to Canada.

That would make a decent AAR. The stakes just got higher for this election.

[celedhring]

If Clinton wins the election i am moving to Canada.

So you would defect to a socialist country? 

[DGuller]

If Clinton wins the election i am moving to Canada.

Is there anything we can do to help?

[Syt]

How does Canada view it when war criminals try to flee to their country?