2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDr. Jack's Prediction for the Debate
I know many of you have been waiting with baited breath for what I think the debate will look like but wonder no more, the time has come!
I believe that Trump will come out trying to act as calm and "normal" as possible. He will try to do the ol' Romney Pivot and present himself as a completely different person to what we have seen for most of the campaign. However, after roughly 30 minutes, he will get increasingly rattled and frustrated by the barrage of difficult questions and attacks by Clinton, and as he feels more and more inadequate, he will start to lash out and begin to sound like the maniac that we all know. The media will claim "trump won the first half and clinton won the second half, so overall the first debate was a tie" but opinion polls will show a 66% Clinton win vs. 33% Trump win.
And there you go. Based only on my gut, which as never steered me wrong (except the hearing I got in high school and the chin beard I sported early in college), that is what will happen.
Alright, church dismissed. Go forward and may Zuporr be with you!
underpants
(183,160 posts)So Trump won"
I am very interested if a question about the south China sea comes up. It gets almost no attention here. Will Trump have a clue? I know Hillary will.
still_one
(92,595 posts)Moderator to Trump:
What... is your name?
Trump to Moderator:
The Donald.
Moderator to Hillary:
What... is the capital of Assyria?
Hillary to Moderator:
There were actually four capitals, all at different times.The first capital was the city of Assur, the capital moved to the new site of Nimrud,He built his new capital at Dur Sarukin. Sennacherib moved it to Nineveh.
Moderator to Trump:
What... is your favorite color?
Trump to moderator: Blue, no wait, Yell...........
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ow
Moderator to Hillary:
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Hillary to moderator: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Moderator: Huh> I... I don't know that
Interview from talking heads after the debate to Hillary:
Talking head to Hillary:
How do you know so much about swallows?
Hillary to Talking head:
Well, you have to know these things when you're the President, you know.
(Apologies to Monty Python)
spooky3
(34,559 posts)MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)Hillary will do well, trump will do whatever is needed to excite the base even if it needs to call Hillary crooked ... Which I believe will not be in first one... Overall debate will not matter
oberliner
(58,724 posts)But he had one good quip and that was all anyone remembered.
enough
(13,280 posts)As we know, Hillary can do 8 hours nonstop with no problem.
sheshe2
(84,162 posts)NBachers
(17,209 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)spooky3
(34,559 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,614 posts)There was a time in a campaign in 1984 when Reagan was said to
have no substance, but it was as his ads said "morning in America"
Don can't make us feel good, so he has to make us feel agitated,
with himself as the all-knowing savior. He knows it's a credibility game,
and he wants it graded on a curve to favor him because he can't win
an honest contest
Advice to all .... take to Twitter and Snapchat during the debate
and LET IT RIP
Social Media does matter in a very big way, what you say may go
viral
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)and he will be declared the winner.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Let's hope...
central scrutinizer
(11,677 posts)Are you eating night crawlers again?
Doctor Jack
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