Watching the debate now. Went to something much more important last night. The Three Amigos.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a ... -extremism.

These political clowns should be forced to listen to these three before the next "debate."

Anyway, Trump is totally full of crap. He doesn't "tell the truth." He just speaks off the top of his head. Bankruptcies? Not his fault. Draft dodging SOB? He has military experience because he went to a rich kid military school for problem children. Everything he touches turns to gold? He personally wrecked the USFL. Then when asked about it he ran away. Maybe his foot hurt. Why doesn't any of this come up in the "debates?" Because they aren't debates, they are entertainment TV shows and the "journalists" want the ratings. Not "the truth."

Here's some truth I guess:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ ... li=AAa0dzB

The debate was the highest rated event in the history of CNN.

And it will stay that way until a "journalist" starts doing his/her job. The debates now are a "reality" show. Something real Americans love.

pacino wrote:FWIW Lloyd Austin stated in a Senate hearing that we have special forces on the ground in Syrian space training Kurdish forces. The training appears to not be working as we have 4 or 5 fighters officially trained in a few months (instead of the assumed 5000). These better be some super-soldiers. Who could see that coming, what with none of our training in the past ever working? Nothing to see here.

US Central Command then stated we DON'T have troops there.They were in Iraq! A distinction without a difference.

only half a billion thrown out the window (there's the planned parenthood budget!)

Doll Is Mine wrote:Bernie Sanders during debate:

“Rich get richer. Median family income $5k less than in 1999. One of the highest rates of childhood poverty. Any discussion?” he asked as the debate droned on. “Have you heard anyone use the word poverty yet? 47.7 million Americans living in poverty. No discussion.” Still later he tweeted: “Waiting, waiting, waiting. Will we hear anything about racial justice, income inequality or making college affordable?”

Republicans don't really think that these are issues so I am not surprised that they didn't discuss. them.

So these guys want to spend many billions of dollars to finish a fence, find all the illegals, deport them and then bring them back if they check out. Oh, and also reise the military budget. Oh, and also cut taxes.

"Hey Rock, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat."

"That trick never works."

"This time for sure. I gotta get a new hat."

Brantt wrote: He's an alpha male who is given a major forum to act like an alpha male which he always does.

You spelled "asshole" as if it were two words.

Hey wait, come to think of it, it IS two words

drsmooth wrote:

Brantt wrote: He's an alpha male who is given a major forum to act like an alpha male which he always does.

You spelled "asshat" as if it were two words.

Hey wait, come to think of it, it IS two words

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no comments on the plane in the background and CNN's infatuation with aircraft??

REAGAN'S plane

Made by Boeing!!!

Not really politics, but sometimes it's good to step away from contentious debate and take time to laugh at ourselves. Or at Hillary Clinton. Whatever. Same thing.

Why the long face?

thought for sure that was gonna be a chelsea joke!

Brantt appears to be the only one who thinks Trump had a good debate. He's getting killed elsewhere. We'll see how the polls react, I guess.

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 26m26 minutes ago
Every poll done on debate last night, from Drudge to Newsmax to Time Magazine, had me winning in a landslide. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain!
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Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 1m1 minute ago
@realDonaldTrump: I know you don't care about science but FYI dude those aren't scientific polls.

MoBettle wrote:Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 26m26 minutes ago
Every poll done on debate last night, from Drudge to Newsmax to Time Magazine, had me winning in a landslide. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain!
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Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 1m1 minute ago
@realDonaldTrump: I know you don't care about science but FYI dude those aren't scientific polls.

Nope, but they are polls that were plastered all over Morning Joe and Fox and Friends this morning.

Perception is reality. Doesn't matter if the poll is scientific or not. Those screen grabs will have more impact than a week from now when the actual scientific polling is completed and released. Everyone will have already moved on from the debate cycle.

Trump and his camp have manipulated the media coverage of this whole thing masterfully.

Walker is apparently running out of money and his top donors are demanding radical changes in his staff before giving more.

Walker should hang it up. He hasn't distinguished himself and doesn't have a realistic shot.