Look at their faces

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610604644.0 This was when a panicked Trump, realizing that he was destroyed by a woman who is five times smarter than him, went into the spin room to continue talking about this racist birther lie. Look at the face of his wife. Look at the faces of his staffer on the left.
My thoughts On Last Night’s… Debate?

My thoughts On Last Night’s… Debate?

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Let me start by saying, if Hillary had behaved and said the things Trump said and did last night this election would be over. There would be no spin. It would be done. Talk about double standards. Hats off to her. She did an amazing job. Yep, amazing. She kept her cool and played him like a fiddle. That was no easy task. Don't believe me? Then you should try debating an unhinged liar who constantly interrupts and interjects like a three year old who missed their nap - one who has no qualms about saying anything. How do you even prepare for that? In every other Presidential debate the candidates prepared by knowing each others policy positions and then pointed out why their policies were better. Trump has no policies.
Open Thread for Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Open Thread for Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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Andrew Sullivan:
What can one say? I was afraid that Trump’s charisma and stage presence and salesmanship might outshine Hillary Clinton’s usually tepid and wonkish instincts. I feared that the facts wouldn’t matter; that a debate would not take place. And it is to Clinton’s great credit that she prepared, and he didn’t, and that she let him hang himself. His utter lack of preparation; his doubling down on transparent lies; his foreign-policy recklessness; his racial animosity; his clear discomfort with the kind of exchange of views that is integral to liberal democracy; his instinctual belligerence — all these suggest someone who has long lived in a deferential bubble that has become filled with his own reality. Clinton was not great at times; her language was occasionally stilted; she missed some obvious moments to go in for the kill; but she was solid and reassuring and composed. I started tonight believing she needed a game-changer to alter the trajectory of this race. I may, of course, be wrong, trapped in my own confirmation bias and bubble — but I thought she did just that. I’ve been a nervous wreck these past two weeks; my nerves are calmed now.

GOP First, USA Second

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There is no way Charlie Copeland listened to the jibberish gushing out of Trump's mouth last night and concluded that Trump should be President. By all accounts, Copeland is reasonably intelligent, so there is simply no way he came to that conclusion. But his statement makes it clear that Charlie Copeland is ready and willing to lie in order to be a good party man. His first loyalty is to the GOP. And that is a shame, because as a citizen, his first and highest loyalty should be to the country.