Washington University POTUS debate at 9pm ET **live commentary thread**

[Mr. Smith]

Im sorry, who the hell thinks Trump is doing better? Hillary is slightly off her game but Trump is just as terrible.

And that's all it'll take.

I'm anti-Trump, but he's KILLING it. Wow. He's pulling off a Reagan 1980.

I watched that debate when it happened, and no he isn't, by a long shot.  He's only looking better this time because he had such a low bar of expectations after his first performance.  

Reagan 1980 was seen as unstable and dangerous, and he came across as calm and presidential. Trump's demeanor is the right mix of calm, deliberate, and aggressive. He is pounding Clinton on policy and her record. Wow.

Just delete your account.

Why? He ain't wrong.

Trump is nowhere close to being Reagan. Reagan was not a deranged, angry psycho on cocaine.

No, he was a deranged, passive-aggressively angry psycho who could throw a good one-liner.

[Admiral Kizaru]

MODERATOR: did you tweet about porno at 3 AM
TRUMP: Benghazi

[dspNY]

Trump lied about telling his supporters to check out the alleged improprieties of Alicia Machado on Twitter. The tweet is there

[GeorgiaModerate]

I do think Trump has been winning most of the debate.  It started out horrible for him.  The first 20 minutes were cringe worthy.  Everything else has been a Trump win in my opinion.

LMAO.

K?  Sorry I'm not towing the Clinton-line on here.  Seriously, I'm voting for Hillary, but the circle-jerk here is pathetic.

The man is unhinged.  You think that is winning? 

Yeah, for at least the last 45 mins.  Hillary has talked around every question, every issue.  Whatever though, I already know you're about to throw some personal attacks and f bombs my way!

Trump has been worse at not answering the questions than Clinton has.

[Hammy]

Im sorry, who the hell thinks Trump is doing better? Hillary is slightly off her game but Trump is just as terrible.

And that's all it'll take.

I'm anti-Trump, but he's KILLING it. Wow. He's pulling off a Reagan 1980.

I watched that debate when it happened, and no he isn't, by a long shot.  He's only looking better this time because he had such a low bar of expectations after his first performance.  

Reagan 1980 was seen as unstable and dangerous, and he came across as calm and presidential. Trump's demeanor is the right mix of calm, deliberate, and aggressive. He is pounding Clinton on policy and her record. Wow.

Just delete your account.

Why? He ain't wrong.

Trump is nowhere close to being Reagan. Reagan was not a deranged, angry psycho on cocaine.

No, he was a deranged, passive-aggressively angry psycho who could throw a good one-liner.

For the American public that's all they want in a leader--reality TV garbage and not substance.

[DrScholl]

Im sorry, who the hell thinks Trump is doing better? Hillary is slightly off her game but Trump is just as terrible.

And that's all it'll take.

I'm anti-Trump, but he's KILLING it. Wow. He's pulling off a Reagan 1980.

I watched that debate when it happened, and no he isn't, by a long shot.  He's only looking better this time because he had such a low bar of expectations after his first performance.  

Reagan 1980 was seen as unstable and dangerous, and he came across as calm and presidential. Trump's demeanor is the right mix of calm, deliberate, and aggressive. He is pounding Clinton on policy and her record. Wow.

Just delete your account.

Why? He ain't wrong.

Trump is nowhere close to being Reagan. Reagan was not a deranged, angry psycho on cocaine.

No, he was a deranged, passive-aggressively angry psycho who could throw a good one-liner.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

[Rocky Rockefeller]

I do think Trump has been winning most of the debate.  It started out horrible for him.  The first 20 minutes were cringe worthy.  Everything else has been a Trump win in my opinion.

LMAO.

K?  Sorry I'm not towing the Clinton-line on here.  Seriously, I'm voting for Hillary, but the circle-jerk here is pathetic.

The man is unhinged.  You think that is winning? 

Yeah, for at least the last 45 mins.  Hillary has talked around every question, every issue.  Whatever though, I already know you're about to throw some personal attacks and f bombs my way!

Hillary's talked around the questions have you seen TRUMP change tbe subject on nearly every quetion?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

So, Hillary needs to practice answering questions sharply and within time. If someone asks about an issue, she doesn't need to waste time meandering by "agreeing that this is a very important issue."

[LLR]

Justice Scalia... great judge... died recently... we have a vacancy.


This some odd poem methinks

[Rand]

Good night Crooked Hillary.

She can sleep sound tonight knowing that Trump admitted to not paying taxes and threw his running mate under the bus. I hope Pence abandons the ticket after the latter.

[Mr. Smith]

I do think Trump has been winning most of the debate.  It started out horrible for him.  The first 20 minutes were cringe worthy.  Everything else has been a Trump win in my opinion.

LMAO.

K?  Sorry I'm not towing the Clinton-line on here.  Seriously, I'm voting for Hillary, but the circle-jerk here is pathetic.

The man is unhinged.  You think that is winning? 

Yeah, for at least the last 45 mins.  Hillary has talked around every question, every issue.  Whatever though, I already know you're about to throw some personal attacks and f bombs my way!

What? Trump hasn't actually answered a question all night. Just attacks Hillary and rambles about random unrelated things.

True, but this election from the start has been like that.

[MasterJedi]

Good night Crooked Hillary.

She can sleep sound tonight knowing that Trump admitted to not paying taxes and threw his running mate under the bus. I hope Pence abandons the ticket after the latter.

Rumors swirling that he has asked to be removed from the ticket.

[Saint Milei]

Lol dems held up bush nominations for years. Its not that serious. Its expected.

[Arbitrage1980]

Im sorry, who the hell thinks Trump is doing better? Hillary is slightly off her game but Trump is just as terrible.

And that's all it'll take.

I'm anti-Trump, but he's KILLING it. Wow. He's pulling off a Reagan 1980.

I watched that debate when it happened, and no he isn't, by a long shot.  He's only looking better this time because he had such a low bar of expectations after his first performance.  

Reagan 1980 was seen as unstable and dangerous, and he came across as calm and presidential. Trump's demeanor is the right mix of calm, deliberate, and aggressive. He is pounding Clinton on policy and her record. Wow.

Just delete your account.

Why? He ain't wrong.

Trump is nowhere close to being Reagan. Reagan was not a deranged, angry psycho on cocaine.

I never said Trump was the next Reagan. I said his debate performance tonight is similar to Reagan 1980 debate against Carter in that both men were regarded as dangerous, volatile, and unstable, and exceeded expectations.

For the record, I'm a staunch anti-Trump conservative, so I'm not trolling for trump.

[musicblind]

Trump is doing horribly.

He has committed the following MAJOR no-nos.

1.) He has poor blocking.

2.) He has made false statements multiple times.

3.) He has argued with the moderators.

4.) He has used the Tu Quequo argumentative fallacy.

5.) He has interrupted Clinton far more than she has him (Tim Kaine's biggest downfall)

6.) He admitted to not paying any federal income taxes.

7.) He has said he disagrees with his own running mate.

8.) He brought this into the gutter with the Bill Clinton claims. He was warned not to, but did.

9.) He has brought up LITERAL conspiracy theories.

10.) He called his candidate THE DEVIL. WTF?


All of the above are FACTS. How can anyone on here pretend that he is winning the debate?

Voters don't care about policy specifics. They are moved by demeanor, tone, dominance, one-liners, and overall effectiveness. Trump has been on-point in slamming Hillary with regards to her corruption, e-mails, lies, and failed record.

Then what is the point of a debate? Why not just let each of them give a broadcasted stump speech?

As I type this, Trump used a moral equivalence argumentative fallacy. What good is a "one liner" if it uses argumentative fallacies that they teach you in competitive debate coaching?

You want the person who remains the calmest, most professional, and makes the clearest arguments without committing fallacies.

And Trump has CONSTANTLY used emotive language, which is another fallacy. Though both of them have used appeal to emotion.

The American people are SMART. They want smart candidates.

[Rules for me, but not for thee]

MODERATOR: did you tweet about porno at 3 AM
TRUMP: Benghazi

A stupid question deserves a stupid answer.  Cooper needs to STFU.

[Stockdale for Veep]

Climate Change = myth
Coal = clean

[Admiral Kizaru]

"Places like West Virginia"

*Remembers it's not a swing state*

"Places like Ohio and Pennsylvania"

[JA]

Climate Change = myth
Coal = clean

Up = Down
War = Peace

[Arbitrage1980]

Trump is doing horribly.

He has committed the following MAJOR no-nos.

1.) He has poor blocking.

2.) He has made false statements multiple times.

3.) He has argued with the moderators.

4.) He has used the Tu Quequo argumentative fallacy.

5.) He has interrupted Clinton far more than she has him (Tim Kaine's biggest downfall)

6.) He admitted to not paying any federal income taxes.

7.) He has said he disagrees with his own running mate.

8.) He brought this into the gutter with the Bill Clinton claims. He was warned not to, but did.

9.) He has brought up LITERAL conspiracy theories.

10.) He called his candidate THE DEVIL. WTF?


All of the above are FACTS. How can anyone on here pretend that he is winning the debate?

Voters don't care about policy specifics. They are moved by demeanor, tone, dominance, one-liners, and overall effectiveness. Trump has been on-point in slamming Hillary with regards to her corruption, e-mails, lies, and failed record.

Then what is the point of a debate? Why not just let each of them give a broadcasted stump speech?

As I type this, Trump used a moral equivalence argumentative fallacy. What good is a "one liner" if it uses argumentative fallacies that they teach you in competitive debate coaching?

You want the person who remains the calmest, most professional, and makes the clearest arguments without committing fallacies.

And Trump has CONSTANTLY used emotive language, which is another fallacy. Though both of them have used appeal to emotion.

The American people are SMART. They want smart candidates.

The American people are actually pretty dumb. Let's be honest about this. Most Americans cannot answer basic questions about our history, government, politics, geography. We are a nation of social media, dumb mindless entertainment, celebrity gossip, and faux outrage. I love this country, but let's not pretend we are ancient Greece of Aristotle.

[Rules for me, but not for thee]

Good night Crooked Hillary.

She can sleep sound tonight knowing that Trump admitted to not paying taxes and threw his running mate under the bus. I hope Pence abandons the ticket after the latter.

Why is that a big deal? Have to ever filed your own income taxes? Do you not take all the deductions and credits you can? Depreciation is a big deal too as well as capital losses.  I believe Trump when he says he knows the tax code, at least.

[Gass3268]

Trump tonight:

Split with Pence on Syria
Threatened to jail opponent
Admitted to paying no taxes

And people think he won?

[Hammy]

Clinton needs to quit plugging her campaign site, it looks really bad doing this.

[JA]

MODERATOR: did you tweet about porno at 3 AM
TRUMP: Benghazi

A stupid question deserves a stupid answer.  Cooper needs to STFU.

1. It wasn't a stupid question
2. That wasn't a strategic or planned answer. It was just a dumb one

[Senator Spark]

I actually agree with her on this issue.