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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#140326: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:59:37 PM

Birtherism time.

Oh God! Natural light!
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#140327: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:59:37 PM

"You decided to stay home." Sexist douche. Hillary is prepared. Applause

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#140328: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:00:46 PM

I missed the context of "You decided to stay home"?

Do not obey in advance.
Jetyl The Dev Cat from my apartment Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The Dev Cat
#140329: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:00:59 PM

[up][up]dat burn thou!

[up]he implied she stayed home while he was out campaigning. she said she's prepared to debate, and to be president.

edited 26th Sep '16 7:01:58 PM by Jetyl

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#140330: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:01:03 PM

He is trying to pin Obama birth certificate on Hillary.

Inter arma enim silent leges
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#140331: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:01:19 PM

Trump takes pride in his byritherism.

"Just listen to what you heard." People laughed. Clinton is killing him on this.

edited 26th Sep '16 7:02:53 PM by JackOLantern1337

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#140332: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:02:31 PM

He's taking credit for Obama producing his birth certificate... >.>

Some people wonder why birtherism is racist. It's because Obama is treated differently because of his race. Simple as that. Does that compute?

edited 26th Sep '16 7:04:06 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#140333: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:02:39 PM

To clarify, the "superpredator" comment was addressing gangs, not African-Americans. It has been a common conclusion that she was addressing African-American youth, but that's not the actual context.

really, i think half the time she apologizes, she knows how stupid the reasons for apologizing are

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#140334: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:02:48 PM

He really tried to turn birtherism into a strength.

edited 26th Sep '16 7:03:15 PM by LSBK

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#140335: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:03:52 PM

Another buuuuuurn!

Inter arma enim silent leges
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#140336: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:04:03 PM

Oh shit, she brought up the 1980s discrimination lawsuits.

She's going for the gold. Fuckin' awesome.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#140337: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:05:34 PM

Was Hillary's campaign really responsible for distributing that picture of Obama in Muslim garb?

I know very little about law, but should you say that you settled a lawsuit with no admission of guilt? If there's nothing to be guilty about, why would you bring that particular part up decades later?

edited 26th Sep '16 7:06:44 PM by BearyScary

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#140339: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:07:18 PM

Then who did, and why do people perpetuate the lie that Hillary's campaign did?!

edited 26th Sep '16 7:07:38 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#140340: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:08:02 PM

Oh wow, he's making fake gagging noises as she speaks.

He started so dignified, but he immediately unraveled into his normal TREMENDOUS self.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
AqueousBunnies Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#140341: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:08:34 PM

How long does the debate last?

Artificius from about a foot and a half away from a monitor. Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
#140342: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:08:40 PM

Holding my breath about this until tomorrow. Watching Twitter's feed to try to get an idea of who's winning, but it seems to be mostly folks like us cheering her on. I'm watching for folks smh'ing over stuff Trump says who might be recent Trump supporters, but it occurs that they might not use Twitter (or be motivated to post by their revulsion).

edited 26th Sep '16 7:10:10 PM by Artificius

"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#140343: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:08:54 PM

@Beary:Because people just assume that Clinton is evil.

edited 26th Sep '16 7:09:19 PM by LinkToTheFuture

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#140344: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:09:25 PM

Wow, you know that Trump is doing badly when even 4channers notice Trumps under performance.

Inter arma enim silent leges
Shippudentimes Since: Dec, 2012
#140345: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:10:27 PM

Trump mentioned his Palm Beach resort as an example of how he's "not racist" and as example of diversity in his workforce. Wasn't the Palm Beach resort mentioned in an NY Times article a while back in how most of its employees were illegal immigrants?

Oh, wait, it did.

edited 26th Sep '16 7:13:31 PM by Shippudentimes

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#140346: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:10:29 PM

And she bought up Trump calling for a Russian cyber hack.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#140347: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:11:21 PM

He's trying to deflect the criticism of his inviting Russia to hack into the DNC again by saying it could have been China or some fat guy that hacked into the DNC.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#140348: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:11:33 PM

Welp, Trump insulted his base

edited 26th Sep '16 7:12:42 PM by NoName999

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#140349: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:11:43 PM

How do you all think that Holt is doing as a moderator? I saw a tweet that said he was very one-sided, but he did check Trump on stop and frisk.

Do not obey in advance.
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#140350: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:11:44 PM

The New York Times fact checking feed says that NYPD records for the year show that murders and shootings are down.

EDIT: inaccurate

edited 26th Sep '16 7:13:22 PM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

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