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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Why, thank you for the recap. Seems pretty standard (for the current, degraded, definition of 'standard') from what you're describing. What's this all about Trump threatening to throw Hillary in jail or somesuch?
EDIT: I see. Isn't the president tampering with the judicial system like that, and have it go on witch hunts against specific people, kinda... I dunno, illegal, unethical?
edited 9th Oct '16 9:21:59 PM by LogoP
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.The Chaners are tearing themselves apart over the debate, the /pol/tards and Trump redditers are raiding the online polls over the debate.
Trump was on the offensive all the time and deflected most of the questions which probably annoyed everyone watching, then he basically consolidated himself even more with his deplorable base, specially with his punchlines such as "she'd be in jail". Hillary actually tried to address the subjects that were brought up most of the time but kept going over the time limit and had to spend a lot of time defending herself from Trump's statements, however Trumps constant attacks over those ''scandals" didn't make her look good.
Inter arma enim silent legesTrump threatening Clinton with jail is really scaring a lot of people, and it really should.
Also, he made it incredibly obvious that he knows next to nothing about what the American government actually is. He seemed to conflate a Senator with a Governor, didn't understand what a Senator actually did, made it obvious that he doesn't understand Obamacare and made it really obvious that he has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to the refugee situation. "We have no idea where these people are from." They're the Syrian refugees. They're from Syria. If they were from Lebanon or Iran or something, they wouldn't be part of the program because there really is extremely extensive vetting.
Yeah Trump's 30 years line just shows how he doesn't understand what it's like to not have total power and control, the man has never had anyone say no to him in his life, he doesn't understand that people can do that, in his mind Clinton has had ultimate power for 30 years and done nothing with it.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranWhich is what makes him so appealing among the uneducated. Because they share his logic train. "YEAH! Hillary has been sitting on all this power and never fixed the world! She could have done it at any moment if she cared even the slightest bit but she never did!"
A lot of people really don't understand how our government works.
edited 9th Oct '16 9:25:16 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.This cannot be overstated.
edited 9th Oct '16 9:35:06 PM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!Yeah, after seeing that "Because you'd be in jail" moment on You Tube... he got her there. And she realised it, too. The crowd was out for blood.
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.I mean, when even Fox News
's heavily neoconservative audience can't mask how hard Hillary crushed Trump - even at Fox, Hillary's leading 56% to 44% on the question of who won the debate - I don't think she's got much to worry about from a Trump comeback.
edited 9th Oct '16 9:37:21 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.What would Donald Trump's Department of Justice look like?
(NPR)
This is from August but linked to in tonight's context. The closest comparison we currently have would be Watergate-era Nixon administration.
Addendum: I forgot where I saw it and think it was Vox, but a lot would also depend on the civil service bureaucrats. If they are told to do things that are illegial or against internal policy, they face trouble if they follow through and the action is later prosecuted, so their best option is to resign "as loudly and publicly as the law allows" and make their case in the press.
edited 9th Oct '16 10:19:24 PM by Elle
Trump also hurt himself with Establishment Republicans with his comments on Pence.
One other thing on the Trump tape thing, apparently #Not All Men has been trending at one point, thing is it's not directed at women complaining about sexual assault, it's being directed at the Trump supporters claiming that what Trump said was something all men say.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

http://www.npr.org/2016/10/09/497056227/fact-check-clinton-and-trump-debate-for-the-second-time
is the transcript but you did say synopsius. Town hall format, first 15 min or so focused on the Trump Tapes as they're now being called, Trump did dig out Bill Clinton's affairs and brought in the threat to get Hillary jailed by a special preceutor, more policy stuff managed to get covered than the first debate but nothing really new. Trump had much less energy (guess why), Clinton was on the defensive a bit (the leaked parts of her speaches and the public face, private face thing did get brought up to which her answer was mostly giving context), but this isn't likely to save Trump's tailspin.
Addendum: I don't mind people in general going over time if what they're saying has substance and they work to wrap it up as best they can. Clinton's supposedly known for going over time a lot because she likes to get very detailed.
edited 9th Oct '16 9:08:38 PM by Elle