Will Trump have Gennifer Flowers seated in the first row next to Mark Cuban? Will Hillary be too wonky> Will Trump melt down? With the Debate turn into a yawner? I’ll be watching some of the Debate tonight, but I’ll be flipping over to Monday Night Football, too. Tomorrow morning, I’ll check with Morning Joe on MSNBC to see who the Chattering Classes think won the Debate. Will you be watching? What do you think will happen?
This will be the greatest debate ever ever ever. Just huge. You will not believe what you’re gong to see, believe me.
Dan, expectations might be a tad too high.
I don’t know if I can voluntarily subject myself to 90 minutes of that preening, bloviating gasbag Trump. If this were an “ordinary” debate, I’d say Hils has it in the bag, but we know this is no ordinary election and Trump simply has to plug directly into the limbic system of his supporters and put together a string of buzzwords and phrases (“build a wall…radical Islam…make America great…yuge…you won’t believe…so much winning…very classy…only the very best”) that will resonate with them and leave the rest of us shaking our heads.
/I fear for the future.
//If you haven’t already seen it, watch “Idiocracy”–it’s amazingly prescient.
///Will probably watch Saints v. Falcons instead. That’s a matchup I can get behind.
Deb, social media will probably determine the “winner” after the Debate. Early Voting is already occurring in some states.
Deb I love Idiocracy. It should be required viewing. I doubt even the makers of that movie could have predicted Trump’s popularity.
Here in Europe most people look at all this unbelievingly – are the “Amis” (that’s a derogatory expression in German …) really that crazy?
It probably doesn’t help that “The Jew York Times” (I’ve read this often in kind’a fascist comments …) speaks against Trump.
We’ll just have to wait and see – as the blind man said …
Still keping my fingers crossed!
Wolf, this is the craziest Presidential campaign I’ve ever seen. And I think will will get crazier by November!
George, I thought we were opening the fall television season with a fantasy/horror show with a truly unbelievable villain and now you’re telling me it’s a reality show! OMG! Am I embarassed!
I’ll be spending the time clicking my heels together and chanting, “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.”
Jerry, maybe we can borrow The Penguin from GOTHAM to be the moderator for this Debate. He would fit right in!
What you (do not …) want to know about Trump:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/9/22/1573201/-Brian-Ross-ABC-News-Report-100s-of-Millions-of-dollars-paid-to-Donald-Trump-by-Russian-Oligarchs
The comments are hilarious – some sound like gallows humour …
Wolf, funny stuff! But Trump supporters don’t care. They’ll stick with Trump no matter what.
More idiots they.
I will be hiding under the bed. It’s THE TWILIGHT ZONE all over.
Patti, this whole Presidential campaign could be a spooky TWILIGHT ZONE episode! Yikes!
I don’t think he can stand there for 90 minutes one-on-one and answer questions, so it will be lies and insults and braggadocio.
In other words, deja vu all over again.
Hillary can’t do a Gore 2000 or Obama 2012 first debate, but how do you solve a problem like Maria, I mean Donald? A man who lies freely with every breath, who – literally this time – has no shame and thus can’t be embarrassed – but will say whatever comes into his little head without self-censor or fear of being wrong (because he never is, of course).
Jackie is still holding out hope for an “I don’t have to take this sh!t!” blowup and walkout, but that’s just wishful thinking. Other than his head (or other organs) suddenly exploding (aneurysm, anyone?) there is no easy answer. The fact that millions of seemingly normal people are willing to put this country and the future of the world in the hands of a megalomaniac who knows nothing and is proud of it is scary indeed.
And no, I don’t see Gennifer Flowers being seated. I’m hoping Mark Cuban and Donny Deutsch have eye-rolling seats.
Jeff, I’ll be waiting for Trump to go “off-script.”
jeff I think you’re right about trump not being able to answer questions with real answers for that long. I’m hoping the moderators keep after him for real answers, not just his buzz words. I’m wondering how the fact checking will work. Will the moderator point out all his lies?
I’m going to tape it and watch as much as I can at a time (without gagging or wanting to throw something at the tv)
I might watch a few minutes of it, but my tolerance for these so-called “debates” is pretty low. Maybe if there were a real debate, I’d give it a shot.
Bill, at 90-minutes this could be an endurance test for both candidates.
By the way, I loved your choice of photo. He looks like a deranged beaver.
Jeff, I’m glad you noticed! I was starting to think I was too subtle!
“Show me the emails, Hillary.”
“Show me your taxes, Donald.”
There you have it, along with a lot of slamming Obama and questioning political experience and such…
Barbara will watch. I’ll read about it tomorrow.
George, you’ve been waiting for this for months.
Rick, the future of the Republic hangs in the balance!
If Hilary would do some damn campaigning, I’d feel a lot better, but she seems to have about disappeared since the Democratic convention. She picked a really blah running mate, so that’s not helping. If she doesn’t do well tonight, I’ll really be worried, because 40% of America seems to think that lying, cheating, blustering, scamming and bullshitting are the way to get elected and run the country.
Rick, both candidates have historically high “unfavorable” ratings. Anything can happen tonight.
I’ve got to admit that I’m almost afraid to tune in but I’ll probably watch it.
Beth, I really want to stay up to see what the “talking heads” have to say in the Post-Debate Spin Room. But, I have to work tomorrow so I’ll just have to wait until morning to see what MORNING JOE has to say.
Only an hour to go, George! Time to get your drinks and snacks and snuggle in for the festivities! (Me, I’m going to a quiet room and read a book. If Trump gets elected, I hope he doesn’t close all the libraries.)
Reactions? Comments?
Rick, Hillary won by a mile! Trump unraveled at the end!
Trump had a total meltdown in the last half hour, going to 400 pound hackers and Rosie O’Donnell in his bizarre attacks. The sniffing was as distracting as his hair. Didn’t someone tell him he was on camera the whole time? The faces, the twitching, the moving around. It was like a hyperactive 5 year old.
Bad!
Jeff, Trump’s sniffing really annoyed Diane! After about 30 minutes, The Donald was on Planet Non-Sequitur.
Didn’t watch. I can’t take even three seconds of the quacking hag.
Bob, the polls are showing Hillary won the First Debate.