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hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#145201: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:53:56 PM

Ad hom after ad hom after ad hom....

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#145202: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:54:07 PM

Trump says Clinton created a "JUUUGE" vacuum in Iraq. He failed to mention that neither Clinton nor Obama were able to change Bush's plan because Iraq wouldn't do it. They did try.

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Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#145203: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:54:23 PM

A company worth many and many billions.

Dude. Say the numbers if they are impressive.

Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#145204: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:54:57 PM

He's calling all the sexual harassment allegations lies.

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#145205: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:55:20 PM

"I didn't say that"

YES YOU FUCKING DID

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#145206: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:55:20 PM

Having mocked the way Trump pronounces "huge", I must say I actually rather to like his New York accent. That "gimme a break" was actually kind of funny.

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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#145207: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:57:11 PM

Yeah saying "I didn't even apologize to my wife" is totally gonna go well with teh women vote. [lol]

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#145208: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:57:25 PM

trump: "nobody has more respect for women than I do. nobody" [lol]

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#145209: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:57:45 PM

"No one has more respect for women than I do"

Lolwut?

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Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#145210: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:57:46 PM

"No one has more respect for women then I do."

......................FUCKING REALLY!?

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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
#145211: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:57:46 PM

"Nobody has more respect for women than I do"

*Audience laughs*

Back to the emails...

edited 19th Oct '16 6:58:17 PM by AngelusNox

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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
#145212: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:57:53 PM

"They've been debunked" by who?

Aaaannnnnddd then emails. Sigh.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#145213: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:57:56 PM

Lol, she didn't even say anything of note. Just appealing to emotions there.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#145214: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:00 PM

TRUMP: Nobody has more respect for woman than I do.

HA!

Also, Trump's dodging the issue and bringing it back to the emails again. Classy.

edited 19th Oct '16 6:58:26 PM by kkhohoho

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#145215: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:01 PM

"Libya! Iraq! ISIS!"

Does he know Iraq and the coalition are right now in the process of liberating one of ISIS' most important strongholds?

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#145216: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:08 PM

Randomly bringing up the e-mails out of nowhere.

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
#145217: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:19 PM

That email pivot was terrible Trump.

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Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#145218: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:24 PM

Aha, Clinton quoted him verbatim.

And the audience laughed at him respecting women.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#145219: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:29 PM

"she's lied [pauses to make up number] hundreds of times"

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#145220: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:56 PM

TRUMP: Wrong.

Didn't think we'd see that again, huh?tongue

edited 19th Oct '16 6:59:52 PM by kkhohoho

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#145221: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:58:59 PM

"America is great because America is good."

Alright, Clinton, that's actually a tautology. I mean, I get that there are two definitions of "good" but I just don't think that's very eloquent oratory. I think one of the things we've learned this election is that there's not really anyone else around with Obama's ability to give a great speech. Granted, that's not the most important thing about a President, but it's you know, nice.

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#145222: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:59:06 PM

@chaos: Probably his most prudent course of action, particularly given that particular leak that went viral re the Clinton campaign inciting riots at Trump's rallies in Chicago. (I know it wasn't that damning, but that's what the public impression seems to be.)

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#145223: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:59:06 PM

TRUMP: "Nobody has more respect for woman that I do."

The audience laughed at that. The studio audience laughed at him for that!

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
SpaceWolf from The Other Rainforest Since: Apr, 2012
#145225: Oct 19th 2016 at 6:59:45 PM

Trump just denied mocking the disabled guy.

Dude, that was seen on national TV.

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