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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?
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#145226: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:00:45 PM

I think my stream is a bit behind

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#145227: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:00:55 PM

Man, I think He might have be even worse then he was the last 2 debates.

He thinks he has nothing to lose, even when its become obvious here that he is going to lose.

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#145228: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:01:27 PM

I am getting mildly annoyed that we're hearing some of the same arguments word for word yet again. :P

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
#145229: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:02:06 PM

Bringing up the Clinton Foundation now. I really hope she addresses the accusations, because it's tiring when she just lets it slide

"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
#145231: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:02:29 PM

This clusterfuck...

Oh Trump, look at your vorterbase before pointing fingers.

edited 19th Oct '16 7:03:13 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
#145232: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:02:58 PM

I think Clinton comes off looking pretty bad here

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#145233: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:03:14 PM

Trump just referred to Middle Eastern countries as countries that "push gays off buildings".

So, is Trump pro-gay? Accepting? I can hardly imagine another Republican candidate bringing that up.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#145234: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:03:24 PM

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

― Napoléon Bonaparte

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#145235: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:03:28 PM

He's bringing up Little Haiti. In Florida. Instead of the actual Haiti.......

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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#145236: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:03:48 PM

Oh now Trump cares about women and gays. [lol]

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#145237: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:04:39 PM

She's not going to answer the question.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#145238: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:10 PM

HRC calling him out on the tax return thing

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#145239: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:12 PM

Yeah, she blatantly tried sidestepping the question about "Pay to play" with the Clinton Foundation by going at length about the virtues of the charity - which Wallace rightfully called her out on, and she kept right on going anyway.

That said, I too went "bullshit!" when Trump claimed that nobody has more respect for women than he does.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#145240: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:33 PM

@Bonsai: He seems to be at least, he spoke in favor of LGBT individuals at the RNC, in defiance of the GOP official platform. That's probably his one redeeming feature as a candidate.

edited 19th Oct '16 7:06:15 PM by CaptainCapsase

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#145241: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:35 PM

Now Clinton is jumping on the tax returns issue, which is probably the closest thing she has to an equivalent for his obsession with the e-mails.

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
#145242: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:42 PM

"I don't buy yacht with my Charity money"

No, just 20K dollars paintings of yourself.

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SpaceWolf from The Other Rainforest Since: Apr, 2012
#145243: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:55 PM

Bon: There's a rule of thumb. If you refer to LGBT people as 'gays', you're probably not pro-gay.

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Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#145244: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:55 PM

My rebuttal to Trump:

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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?
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#145245: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:05:56 PM

Her sidestepping the question really bothers me. It's like she's just accepting it as true.

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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
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#145246: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:06:05 PM

Trump gets called on the Trump Foundation being a front, now tax returns are coming up again.

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Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#145247: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:06:10 PM

Trump just called himself selfish.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#145248: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:06:16 PM

Explaining the Clinton Foundation (and how its legit) can't be done in such a short format, better to dodge the question then to risk slipping up.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#145249: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:06:28 PM

Because she has no actual rebuttals.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#145250: Oct 19th 2016 at 7:06:29 PM

I am not aware that Trump has expressed any coherent position on LGBT issues.


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