Discussion: Trump Advisers Reportedly Wringing Hands Over His Debate Performance

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They are wringing the wrong thing.

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What? They had a problem with this?!?!

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http://media.fakeposters.com/results/2009/07/22/oxn5gjfdp1.jpg

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Rumor has it a laser pointer directed at the wall or floor will distract Trump from whatever damaging ideas he dredges up in staff meetings. In a pinch a feather attached to the end of a fishing pole also does the trick.

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“Oct. 9 in St. Louis, Missouri, which will be a town hall format where undecided voters will be allowed to ask the candidates questions”

A) So now we will have Trump thinking on his feet ?

B) How dense do you have to be, to be “undecided” by now ? And what will the quality of questions be, in that case ?

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No matter how terrible, it’s all good for The Talented Mr. Trumply. So wonderfully consistent.

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“While Trump has touted his victory in a spate of unscientific online polls, both conservative and liberal political analysts have said Trump’s lack of preparation was readily apparent during Monday’s face-off, allowing Clinton to steer the conversation and get under his skin.”

It occurs to me that Russian hackers and Trump’s own fans did him a terrible disservice by fixing all those online polls. All it did was convince Trump that he won handily. It reinforces his belief that he doesn’t really need to change anything because he won the voters. Someone may try to explain to him that those polls are irrelevant, that they were fixed, but he’ll just point to other recent scientific polls that show him doing well. By the time new state and national polls come out, it’ll be too late to do any real debate prep.

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Good luck guys, don’t link it’s going to work. You can’t teach an old orange Cheeto new tricks.

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a town hall format where undecided voters will be allowed to ask the candidates questions.

That doesn’t have circus freak show written all over it, does it? “Hillary, when did you decide to kill white Americans with Benghazi?” “Hillary, is Vince Foster buried in the Rose Garden or did you put him in your email shredder?”

I can easily envision the audience chanting “Lock her up!”

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He’s going to be ‘tougher on her’ by bringing up things that are her husband’s fault? I guess he’s really given up on the women’s vote…except of course, for Kellyanne and Coulter.

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…the real estate mogul’s … palpable loss of steam as the 90-minute event wore on.

Did I call it, or what? As I posted before this event, Trump doesn’t have more than about 10-15 minutes of material. I’m surprised he didn’t fade even earlier than he did.

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Well, it gives a good background for Trump ! He will look almost normal ! Have fat friends if you want to look slim !

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Wringing Hands

Ick, the fallen scales, it looked like someone cleaned fish in the conference room…

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According to the Times, advisers want Trump to practice debating in this format, address the nuances of going head-to-head with a female candidate, and hone his attacks on Clinton’s vulnerabilities. They reportedly remain concerned that he will follow through.

I’m pretty sure I understand this but the ambiguity makes me smile.

Tails, she wins. Heads, he loses?

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You merely have to be a U.S. citizen to test as a “10” on Mohs scale.

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That’s for the Misses Housekeeping to worry about.

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Nitpicking: Mohs scale is about hardness, not density,

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Note the continuing normalization of Trump with the almost universal MSM consensus that he had “a good first quarter.”

No, he didn’t. Not by any objective or traditional Pres Debate standards.

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Seven campaign aides and advisors who spoke to the Times on condition of anonymity attributed the subpar performance to Trump’s lack of focus in prep meetings, unwillingness to practice using a podium or doing mock debates, and reliance on advisers like retired Army general Michael Flynn, who has no experience with presidential debates.

And yet they are still going to do their damnedest to make sure that man has control of the nuclear codes, the worthless shit suckers.

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