US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread

[yochiek93]

You mean "if he doesn't find a way to get out of it"? Those words?

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are very young. Nobody, I repeat nobody, in the history of televised presidential debates ever called their opponent such names. It's unprecedented and I am sad that so few people even realize it.

Exactly! They grab onto anything to "prove" that he doesn't respect woman.

That is my exact point, they used that line to say he disrespects all women.

[Freddie]

Do you guys understand that nobody speaks like that in a presidential debate?
I guess trump won. He succeeded in turning our country into reality TV. There are no standards anymore. What would a candidate have to do to shock anybody anymore? Moon his opponent?

[cf]

Do you guys understand that nobody speaks like that in a presidential debate?
I guess trump won. He succeeded in turning our country into reality TV. There are no standards anymore. What would a candidate have to do to shock anybody anymore? Moon his opponent?

Would you say that Hillary bringing up miss universe at the first debate was presidential? She started the dirty compain. Unlike other republicans he's fighting back.

[aygart]

You mean "if he doesn't find a way to get out of it"? Those words?

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are very young. Nobody, I repeat nobody, in the history of televised presidential debates ever called their opponent such names. It's unprecedented and I am sad that so few people even realize it.

Hillary said such things about him

[aygart]

Would you say that Hillary bringing up miss universe at the first debate was presidential? She started the dirty compain. Unlike other republicans he's fighting back.

I would say this is what won him the nomination. Republicans have gotten sick of how the dems play dirty with them and no one fights back. What they did with Romney wasn't dirty? What they did with Palin wasn't dirty? Many feel that he is finally evening it the playing field.

[JTZ]

Do you guys understand that nobody speaks like that in a presidential debate?

How would they know if they haven't seen other debates?

[Freddie]

How would they know if they haven't seen other debates?

I guess that is what it comes down to.
By 2020 you really will have candidates mooning each other at the debates.

[ilherman]

What was striking to me was when Hillary said "when they go low we go high"

Hello, really? Who started going low? After months of Clinton putting up millions of dollars in adds smearing Trump not about issues the we face now. He was quite the whole time and did not mention a word about the Clinton stories, finally they reached the end of it he starts fighting back and all of the sudden she wants to go high.. And they corrupt media still plays along. So sad.

[zh cohen]

You made me spit my drink.

As a chossid, one of the saddest things I read in this election was this article, specifically this quote.

"How we operate on a daily life is to follow a certain rabbi and be inspired by him and do whatever he orders without questioning him," says Kornbluh.

Trump represents a similar type of leader, who promises plenty of great solutions if the country just follows his example. Explanations of how, exactly, he'll achieve those solutions come later. (See: "Make America Great Again"). These similarities between Trump and the rebbe style of leadership could be "why a lot of Orthodox Jews are inspired by him without questioning what he says or what his views on certain issues are," said Kornbluh.

[ExGingi]

As a chossid, one of the saddest things I read in this election was this article, specifically this quote.

Don't take it too much to heart, while abhorring, you have to realize that the term Chassidic as used there (and להבדיל the term Chassidish as used outside of Lubavitch), has no relationship to what you probably would define as a Chossid, Chassidish, etc.

[Super Speed]

You mean "if he doesn't find a way to get out of it"? Those words?

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are very young. Nobody, I repeat nobody, in the history of televised presidential debates ever called their opponent such names. It's unprecedented and I am sad that so few people even realize it.

Because her calling his supporters deplorables etc which is also essentially calling him that, that's fine?

[ExGingi]

Interesting to note that while shortly after the debate DJT went down to exactly 50% in the DDF poll, he's actually polling higher than before the debate now.

[zh cohen]

Don't take it too much to heart, while abhorring, you have to realize that the term Chassidic as used there (and להבדיל the term Chassidish as used outside of Lubavitch), has no relationship to what you probably would define as a Chossid, Chassidish, etc.

That is what upset me. It shows how distorted the whole concept of a Rebbe has become.

[Freddie]

Because her calling his supporters deplorables etc which is also essentially calling him that, that's fine?

Yeah but it's at least a polysyllabic word.

[aygart]

From Oct 9 but still as relevant as ever.

[ExGingi]

From Oct 9 but still as relevant as ever.

Only to the extent that Hilarious comes from the same שורש as Hillary, meaning that she controlled the debate.

[cholent]

Hillary definitely won the dinner speech tonight

[Freddie]

Hillary definitely won the dinner speech tonight

Because she had the best comedy writers who are all Ds!
I didn't see it but that's what I'm guessing.

[bb1836]

just watched them. Apparently you always come out looking better in a roast if you don't rip on the other person so much, which doesn't make any sense but wtvr. so Hillary won.

[yoohoo]

Hillary definitely won the dinner speech tonight

she "won" but trump had better lines