LIVE CHAT: Presidential Debate (October 19, 2016)

[yeswedo]

For live discussion during the 3rd Presidential Debate on October 19th. This thread will be open from 9PM - 11PM EDT.

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[starri]

The pantsuit is on point.

[InsertWordHere]

The first 30 minutes of the last debate made me want to hide behind the couch. I'm glad I can liveblog with you all tonight.

[starri]

Who's drinking?  And if so, what?

[Guest]

I'm not watching (just can't take it) but I did see pics from CSPAN's Twitter feed that Chachi ("Donald Trump is not god." Never forget.) and Matt Drudge are there. 

[starri]

I don't have cable, so I'm streaming on the CBS app.  And this is totally the B-team.

[callmebetty]

Glad to have you all to go through this with

[InsertWordHere]

I hope the audience actually listens and stays silent this time. 

[mustbekarma]

Oh boy!  Oh boy!  Oh boy!  Oh boy!  Oh boy!  I am actually looking forward to this. I just want to see Donnie Boy go completely off the rails of his crazy Trump Train.

[callmebetty]

Oh hey she's going with the white pantsuit

[car54]

Hillary's wearing white--very symbolic--she wore white when she won the delegates, she wore it to accept the nomination.   I hope it means she's feeling confident.

Sarah Palin in the audience means we probably get a Tina Fey appearance on the SNL cold open this week!

[random chance]

7 minutes ago, starri said:

Who's drinking?  And if so, what?

"Crisp White" wine in a box (Franzia)

[Darian]

White in honor of her future home. 

[atomationage]

Watching the PBS live feed right now.  Does anyone know which ones show the split screen shots of both candidates?

Last debate I watched on the Cspan feed and they didn't show both. 

Chris Wallace is already lying.  Roger Ailes wrote the questions.

I thought the pantsuit was cream coloured.

Edited October 20, 2016 by atomationage

[Kromm]

Pants Suit of the Day: Cream

[madmaverick]

The white is fine, but my first thought was it looks like a chef's jacket.  America's Chef in Chief!

[Kromm]

Right to The Supremes.

Wasn't expecting it so soon, but a good place to start.

[atomationage]

TOpics:

Debt and Entitlements

Immigration

Economy

Supreme Court

Foreign Hot Spots

Fitness to Be President.

[fastiller]

@atomationage MSNBC showing split screen.

Waiting for the sniffles.  Wonder if they'll show up tonight.

[PatsyandEddie]

2 minutes ago, atomationage said:

Watching the PBS live feed right now.  Does anyone know which ones show the split screen shots of both candidates?

Last debate I watched on the Cspan feed and they didn't show both. 

Chris Wallace is already lying.  Roger Ailes wrote the questions.

WTH? How did that happen? 

I just can't watch ( honestly too nervous ) but I will pop in and out to see what you all think. Thanks !

[j5cochran]

White was the color of the suffrage movement.  Suffragettes wore white clothing for their parades and protests.

[Kromm]

Right on the attack by Trump. Always it's about what people say about HIM first and foremost and his ability to shoot back.

And of COURSE he goes right to the Second Amendment. Playing to his base and nobody else.

Edited October 20, 2016 by Kromm

[Pixel]

He goes right into a story about a personal affront to him by Ginsberg. Predictable. 

[xaxat]

Trump took his meds.

[InsertWordHere]

Does Trump have a cold or is he trying to speak softly? Or is he trying not to sniff?

[madmaverick]

Just now, Pixel said:

He goes right into a story about a personal affront to him by Ginsberg. Predictable. 

He references Ginsberg's apology but of course he's the person who doesn't believe in apologies.

[atomationage]

Drumpf was already rambling IMO.

[ChromaKelly]

Just now, xaxat said:

Trump took his meds.

Just wait. He's been together in the debates for about 5-10 minutes, and then he falls apart.

[callmebetty]

I know it's that he wants to interject but he looks like a fish gulping air

[random chance]

I think he's trying to look menacing but it comes off more as crabby.

[fastiller]

DJT seems as if he has been sedated. Not so much with the coke tonight?

[Padma]

2 minutes ago, xaxat said:

Trump took his meds.

Dang! Hopefully they'll wear off in half an hour or so.

I can't watch either. I rely on you good people to soften the blow of whatever can go wrong here. I cannot look!

[starri]

She'll make a lot of comments with facts and figures.  He'll ramble.  As per normal.

[Pixel]

He's downright subdued at the moment. Still not super coherent, though. 

[Kromm]

Word Salad Time! Right on Trump's first answer.

Lets see if we are two for two and if he does it on Answer Two.

 

Does Trump even KNOW what the Heller Decision is?  I bet not.

Okay, it looks like he boned up on it. But MOST of what he knows is about "how angry" Hillary Clinton was.

[ebk57]

14 minutes ago, starri said:

Who's drinking?  And if so, what?

Sapphire Hill 2012 Rubino red blend.  I'm watching baseball.  I can't watch these things.  Poor Mr ebk is watching in the upstairs office. 

I'll just enjoy reading along with all of you!

Let me know if I need to turn the channel - thanks!! :-)

[atomationage]

PBS is also showing the split screen.  OMG Drumpf is squinting and looks awful. 

[madmaverick]

As a lawyer, I appreciate Hillary's lawyerly response on gun control.  But I wonder if something a more emotive appeal about common sense gun control would be more effective with the public?  Seriously, how many kids have been killed already?

[mustbekarma]

Hell has frozen over. There is actually some policy debate happening.

[callmebetty]

Sniff alert

[InsertWordHere]

Just now, Pixel said:

He's downright subdued at the moment. 

Low energy. Sad! Does he have the stamina to be president?

[j5cochran]

Finally, the first sniff!

[Kromm]

11 minutes ago, InsertWordHere said:

Does Trump have a cold or is he trying to speak softly? Or is he trying not to sniff?

As disgusting as it is, Trump sticking to the NRA's butthole is probably the way to go for him.

Abortion Time! 

(ugh that sounds bad)

Edited October 20, 2016 by Kromm

[fastiller]

How long has DJT been pro-life? 1 year or so?

[atomationage]

OMG Drumpf is back to ragging on Chicago.  Now I wish they had gotten him to take his 100 foot letters off his building.

[car54]

I think they must have given him benedryl or something to stop the sniffing and it's got him calmed down.   Where's that drug test when we need it.

[Kromm]

1 minute ago, InsertWordHere said:

Low energy. Sad! Does he have the stamina to be president?

He's lost his vitality!  And according to people who have worked with him, he's got a decades long belief that once you use up your "vitality" it never comes back.

Roe Roe Roe your boat. Gently down the stream...

[MulletorHater]

Of course, he's ragging on Chicago.  That's President Obama's hometown as he pointed out in a previous debate.

[fastiller]

@car54 - HA!

[Pixel]

My stomach turns just looking at his face. He's so disgusting.