tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post8309253943360182762..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Tonight's debateJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-21266764340855436112016-10-09T23:27:35.273-04:002016-10-09T23:27:35.273-04:00I never watched the first debate. Hillary is unem...I never watched the first debate. Hillary is unemotional, having zero anxiety, shame, or embarrassment over anything that she and slimy Bill have ever done in the past. The above commenter, GT, is right - it's hard to "rattle a sociopath.". Hopefully, things will work out for the best, meaning Hillary would lose the election (big time). She would be a disaster. <br /><br />-birdieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-68162724321721394292016-10-09T23:13:31.259-04:002016-10-09T23:13:31.259-04:00Birdie --
I just wish he wouldn't repeat himse...Birdie --<br />I just wish he wouldn't repeat himself so much. And his advisers have to break out a thesaurus and find another word for "disaster,' which is how he describes absolutely everything. I thought he did better than the first time around, though. <br /><br />He's right that she's a tough cookie though. But I guess that's to be expected from a sociopath. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-22073072331502975602016-10-09T23:06:07.567-04:002016-10-09T23:06:07.567-04:00Trump isn't a great communicator. He did okay...Trump isn't a great communicator. He did okay. I was praying for him. He stressed the fact that Hillary is a liar and that she displays poor judgment (repeating what Bernie Sanders has said about her). I liked when Trump said that Hillary is all talk, no action. She speaks out of both sides of her mouth. It wasn't all that bad of a debate. I had the thought that if she could get away with it, Hillary probably would have been capable of physically attacking Trump (treating him the same way that she's treated her husband, Bill). Glad it's over.<br /><br />-birdieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-23637175560009720072016-10-09T22:25:03.103-04:002016-10-09T22:25:03.103-04:00Birdie --
I'm watching it too. Not sure what t...Birdie --<br />I'm watching it too. Not sure what to think. I think Trump is doing okay, but I'm not sure. Agree that Hillary does nothing but lie, but how many people will see that? Enough? I don't know. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-60703911553822799312016-10-09T22:21:57.182-04:002016-10-09T22:21:57.182-04:00I am watching the second debate. Everything comin...I am watching the second debate. Everything coming out of Hillary's mouth are lies. As far as I'm concerned, Trump is doing better, standing up to Hillary with facts about her history, speaking the truth.<br /><br />-birdieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-46570033150163079572016-09-28T20:29:43.623-04:002016-09-28T20:29:43.623-04:00Steven --
The first one was two nights ago. Both o...Steven --<br />The first one was two nights ago. Both of them pretty much acted like themselves. I saw a headline about a poll boost for Trump, but we won't really know for a couple more days. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-58808833781300608882016-09-28T20:22:02.094-04:002016-09-28T20:22:02.094-04:00How are the debates going? I just saw a headline a...How are the debates going? I just saw a headline about a poll boost for Clinton.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-20866451227257878782016-09-27T11:36:29.924-04:002016-09-27T11:36:29.924-04:00GT --
That's a fantastic impressionistic descr...GT --<br />That's a fantastic impressionistic description. I hadn't thought of any of those things before, but they're all true, that's exactly what they looked like.<br /><br />And you're absolutely right about how it's hard to rattle a sociopath. We differ slightly on the resonance of what Trump had to say. I think he said some important things about law and order, about keeping jobs at home, and about bad trade deals. But, yeah, he didn't express himself particularly articulately, and he did come across like an angry old man. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-35488536328803350562016-09-27T11:30:05.996-04:002016-09-27T11:30:05.996-04:00Very hard to rattle a sociopath. Trump needed to c...Very hard to rattle a sociopath. Trump needed to connect to the American people via the debate. I did not feel captivated by what he had to say.<br /><br />To be honest I could not watch the debate for every long. Every time I switched over to the debate I felt like I was watching an old married couple bicker over nothing important. Trump had the look of a angry old man that would yell at the neighborhood kids for stepping on his lawn; rambled and over talked everyone and Hillary came across as an old lady that would poison her husband for the insurance money; non stop fake smile and no real warmth.GThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967715560960698018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-60863771801537527342016-09-27T10:54:45.896-04:002016-09-27T10:54:45.896-04:00Mark --
That was actually one of Trump's misse...Mark --<br />That was actually one of Trump's missed opportunities. Rather than be defensive the entire time, he should have gone on the offensive, and talked about how her husband campaigned on a law and order platform, just like he's doing. He could have referred to her fake black accent when she visited the black church in 2008, and how that was condescending and phony. He did talk about how the idea for birtherism had originated in her camp, and how Hillary had used the phrase "super predator," but I'm not sure that his points registered with the audience. And he could have talked about how she sided with the BLM and against the police, no matter what the facts of a case were, which is the most poisonous, condescending form of racism. <br /><br />Hillary, of course, was right when she talked of super predators -- how many of these criminals have long, long records? -- but no matter, it was a Kinsley gaffe. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-23493751728610724592016-09-27T10:48:54.817-04:002016-09-27T10:48:54.817-04:00I think twice Hillary called Trump a racist to his...I think twice Hillary called Trump a racist to his face. That's worse than calling someone a kike or a n----r, or, for that matter, a pig. She has a really foul mouth. I'm surprised the network didn't bleep it out, but I guess they weren't operating on a 5-second delay.Mark Caplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157338755022593966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-7519629568736746142016-09-27T07:35:24.939-04:002016-09-27T07:35:24.939-04:00Mark --
Last night Trump did underscore the fact t...Mark --<br />Last night Trump did underscore the fact that he is relatively honest and not a sociopath, whereas Hillary underscored the fact that she is a lying sociopath. On the other hand, she gave the more polished performance. And if you don't know what to look for, as most people don't, her sociopathy remains invisible. <br /><br />My big fear going in was that Trump was going to lose his temper and say something nasty, coming across like a bully (as I said this post). But now I sort of wish he'd gone after her in a more vicious way. He missed several opportunities on that. He obviously hadn't practiced for the debate the way she had; he's way too over confident in that regard, particularly since he or his camp should have realized that Lester Holt was going to be extremely biased, which he was. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-2156096436739088562016-09-27T07:21:30.554-04:002016-09-27T07:21:30.554-04:00This was the first time I watched Trump on TV. Rel...This was the first time I watched Trump on TV. Related to your recent posts on psychopaths who laugh and gloat at their own jokes, I noticed that Trump delivers his jokes without cracking a smile or in any way singling out the remark for special attention. No wonder the humor, especially the irony, sails over the heads of literal-minded libtards at <i>CNN</i>, <i>The New York Times</i> and <i>The Washington Post</i>. They are also probably the only ones who didn't fall off their chairs at "or a 400-pound guy on a bed."Mark Caplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157338755022593966noreply@blogger.com