October 20, 2016, - 6:55 pm
Last Debate Analysis & Reaction: Trump Hits & Misses, Hillary BS, Etc.
I was away Monday and Tuesday in observance of the first two days of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (Happy Sukkot to all my Jewish readers and friends). But it was fun to return to business with the third and last debate. You know my view on Presidential debates–they don’t matter. And my predictions for the first debate apply to this one. That said, I think there were some missed opportunities by, but also some great lines from, Donald Trump. Here’s my take and my instant responses from last night to Hillary’s BS:
If you don’t follow me on Twitter, then you missed my live analysis as the debate happened. You can usually catch me analyzing these things in quick hits, so I’ve added some of my and some of my Twitter followers’ tweets from last night, some of which have been regurgitated by others on talk radio and cable today. (Please forgive my many typos and grammatical errors, as Twitter is fast-paced and you can’t go back and edit tweets.)
Overall, I thought Trump did okay. But I think his second debate performance was better. This was his second-best performance (with the first debate being his worst, in my view). He didn’t do or say anything that will win him the election. Again, however, I don’t think debates matter. People know for whom they are voting and did before the first debate. Any undecideds at this point (or even at the point of the first debate) are total morons who probably won’t vote (and we probably don’t want them to vote, either).
I don’t think Chris Wallace was impartial at all. While he was incredibly weak and not at all impressive as a moderator, his questions for Trump were far tougher. He asked Trump about sudden unsubstantiated claims of sexual assault, made by media hounds and attention whores (that applies geometrically to the trolls rounded up by pimpette Gloria Allred, the White chick Al Sharpton). He didn’t really ask Hillary too many tough questions, and he let her get away with a lot of dodges. While Wallace was better than Martha Raddatz, that’s a low baseline to compare with. He wasn’t great. And he let things get out of control. A good moderator maintains control. At that, Wallace stank. He’s basically Megynecologist Kelly without the penis.
I heard the first ten minutes of the debate on the radio because I was returning from a screening of yet another crappy movie. And I thought Trump sounded tired and flat-footed at the beginning. I thought his opening statement wasn’t cogent or well-prepared, whereas Hillary started out of the gate on her toes.
Maybe Trump should have spent the day–or at least the few hours before the debate–preparing, instead of appearing for the zillionth time on Jew-hater Michael Savage’s radio show (yes, the Jew In Name Only has made a number of anti-Semitic comments on his show in recent years, including accusing a Jewish liberal member of the media of being a “rotten stinkin’ agent of Israel,” when that person is actually a self-hating Jew who is anti-Israel, just like Savage). Savage’s sheeple listeners are already voting for Trump, so what did Trump gain from that appearance . . . other than yet more verbal Lewinskys Savage profusely gives him?
But then, finally, after about ten or 15 minutes, Trump turned on and lashed out like he should have. He answered some of Hillary’s BS well, with good zingers. But there were other points that he should have hit out of the ballpark, and yet he missed them. These were things Hillary has raised several times, including in each of the other two debates, so he should have gotten them. For instance, when Hillary talked about Trump’s attacks on women and how she (Hillary) understands the importance of a woman’s dignity and self-worth (Hillary has an inflation rate of a million on that latter one), Trump shoulda hit that outta the park. He could’ve responded like this tweet, below, but he seemed to mostly stay away from mentioning the Bill Clinton rape victims and Hillary’s treatment of them:
Hillary claims to understand "dignity" as a women. Really? Then, why'd you stay with Bill and belittle rape victims? #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
But later on, he did make a good point on women that is unrelated and in response to another issue:
Trump to Hillary: "These r people who throw gays off buildings & treat women horribly & you took their money." YES! #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Not that Chris Wallace bothered to ask anything about the Clinton Slush Fund Foundation. After all, he wants Hillary to come back on “FOX News Sunday” to fete him. He’s a suck-up.
When Hillary kept harping on Trump’s “trickle-down economics” and tax cuts and then said she would create jobs and he’d destroy them, he should have verbally slugged her, but he didn’t, even though she said this same BS in each of the other two debates. He could’ve said this:
Hillary, Jobs ARE created by tax cuts. They are KILLED by your tax raising addiction and crush on Obamacare #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
@DebbieSchlussel GET THESE TAXES OFF MY BACK & I WILL HIRE THE FIVE PEOPLE I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD & I can leave for home before 11pm.
— Fran Paulson Motley (@FrancesMotley) October 20, 2016
He could also have said this, since she is a big promoter of Obamacare and its expansion–and her cheating hubby is not (“sitch” is slang for situation):
How the heck did Obamacare fix economy & job sitch? Cut full time jobs, put people on welfare, can't afford payments #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
To Hillary’s repeated attacks on business and her attempt to tie Trump to Wall Street and the rich and also with regard to her attacks on Trump’s tax cuts and “trickle-down” stuff, Trump could have added this–since it was in some of the past week’s Wikileaks e-mail dumps:
1 out of 2 HIllarys understand business, economy, and jobs. See "public v. private thoughts" in leaked e-mails #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
On foreign policy and Hillary’s claimed “years of experience,” Trump missed several chances to bitch-slap her. She cited her “monitoring” of the raid on the Bin Laden compound and the “alliances” she claims she built with foreign countries. But these are claims that are easily slapped down, like this (she was the ARCHITECT of the Iran deal, according to the Wall Street Journal):
Hillary: "I monitored hit on Bin Laden." Um, where were you on the night of Benghazi? "Monitoring"? Just askin' #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Hillary: "our alliances make us stronger." Really? Like alliance you orchestrated w Obama to make Iran nuclear? #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Actually alliances Hillary Obama made against our MidEast Sunni Allies to go w Iran backed Shi'ite thugs made us WEAKER #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Related:
Trump: "we don't know who rebels we're funding r." WRONG. Hillary & Obama know they r ISIS/Qaeda, Giving $ anyway #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
When Hillary whined about the leaked e-mails being orchestrated by Putin and Putin’s alleged “interference” in our elections, Trump coulda responded to her with something like this:
Hmm, Who'd u rather interfere with out elections- Putin leaks of Hillary true thoughts OR Muslim donors to Clintons? #gop #debatenight #tcot
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
On immigration, Hillary keeps making the stale claim she made at other appearances and at least one of the debates: that she would “bring illegal aliens out of the shadows.” As I’ve noted on this site many times, this is a phony baloney argument because there is always a new supply to re-occupy those “shadows.” And, then, in a few years, we’ll hear pleas to give them amnesty, too, to also “bring them out of the shadows.” It never ends (nor does their amnesty-driven competition for natural-born citizens’ jobs). It only gets worse.
Um, Hillary, if u bring illegal aliens "out of shadows" thru amnesty, they r simply replaced w new class of illegals in shadows #tcot #gop
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Also on immigration, Hillary made the pointless observation that “the bomber of the Orlando club”–whose name (Omar Mateen) and religion (Islam) she wouldn’t mention–was born in Queens like Trump. But that is a distinction without a difference because once we let Muslims in–and we’ve let plenty of them in–they have kids with equally or even more noxious views. And Mateen’s father was an Afghan immigrant who openly supported the Taliban, yet we let him in. This makes Trump’s point. And that’s not to mention that this Taliban dad is a strong Hillary supporter who sat behind her at one of her Florida rallies. Trump shoulda hammered her on that.
Hillary: Terrorist at Orlando gay club was born in Queens. Um, yeah, but his dad was Muslim immigrant & Taliban-fan #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Hillary raced to point out that Orlando bomber was born in Queens, but not that he's Muslim & his Dad was AT HER RALLY! #debatenight #gop
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Related:
Hillary: "I won't slam door on women and children." Yeah, cuz women and children are NEVER Islamic terrorists, right? #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Hillary: I'm reaching out to all Americans. Yeah, esp the zillions of Muslims I want to import 2 our shores to make sharia #debatenight #gop
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
When Hillary said we should google Trump and some scandal or another, there was such an easy response waiting to be uttered:
New google idea for Hillary: Google Hillary & Benghazi, e-mail server, cattle futures, Travelgate, Rose Law Firm #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
In all three debates, Hillary uttered the tired, meaningless, empty slogan about America being great “because we’re good.” This is so much Social Justice Warrior cowdung. Trump should have been ready with a zinger in response to slap her down.
Hillary, Will you STOP saying packaged BS line that America is great bc we're good?! America is GREAT bc we're GREAT #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
By the way, I also noted that Hillary’s weird fetish for ugly Chairman Mao jackets that cost $15,000 apiece was front and center yet again. So, when hack Chris Wallace joined the dumb media chorus about Trump accepting the election result, I couldn’t help but tweet this . . .
I will Absolutely Accept the Outcome of . . . Chairman Mao's Ghost not wanting his ugly $15K cream jacket back #tcot #gop #debatenight
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
Some people say it was White and repeated the hackneyed claim that you can’t wear White after Labor Day. But that’s old-fashioned “fashion.” The new rule is that you can wear White whenever you want, and now there are a rash of ugly, dirt-magnet White wool jackets and coats. Regardless, White doesn’t look good on TV, and people appearing on TV are generally discouraged from wearing it on-screen for a reason. Hillary looked like a new cast member for Star Trek Deep Crap 15 or like an outer space alien religious cult leader. Just sayin’. Did somebody give her the bad advice that, when your hubby is a serial rapist, you dress in a virginal color? Don’t put anything past the Slick Willie Fouundation “family.”
The media (including PAWNN–the Prince Al-Waleed News Network a/k/a FOX News) are deliberately overreacting to Trump’s use of the phrase “Bad Hombres” and his “refusal” to accept the election results, which is not what he said at all:
Spot on about Chris Wallace's BS statement re accepting election outcomes #tcot #gop #debatenight https://t.co/E24J4rrHUl
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
And yet throughout the Bush tenure, liberal Democrat Gore supporters questioned the legitimacy of the Bush election and Supreme Court decision regarding that. Al Gore did little to discourage it and got no media criticism for that. By the reaction, you’d think Trump said he was going to round people up and put them in concentration camps (but only Muslims–the media and pundits wouldn’t care if they rounded up the Jews or Christians and put them in camps; see ISIS and the Middle East for reference). Also, Trump was right to call Hillary a “nasty woman” as she was insulting him and it was nasty. “Nasty bitch,” however, would have been more accurate (though not Presidential, I guess).
And, yes, the whole system IS rigged form the get-go:
EXACTLY! FBI "investigation" of Hillary Criminality was RIGGED & a joke #tcot #gop #debatenight #ComeyClintonCabal
— Debbie Schlussel (@DebbieSchlussel) October 20, 2016
A few other observations from readers and Twitter friends and followers:
Hillary can show "empathy" for a bleeding 4-year-old Syrian boy, but not for a baby being subjected to partial-birth abortion. #debatenight
— Chidike Okeem (@VOICEOFCHID) October 20, 2016
@DebbieSchlussel She is comparing her squandering of billions with the Clinton Foundation with a Trump Foundation portrait?
— W. Clayton (@weciv01) October 20, 2016
@DebbieSchlussel She just brought up Mr. Khan, who likes Sharia.
— W. Clayton (@weciv01) October 20, 2016
Reader Little Al:
I have not read or heard one critical comment yet about Chris Wallace.
I thought he did a very poor job. I did not count the number of his interruptions, but even if he interrupted both candidates equally, his interruptions of Trump always seemed to be when Trump was trying to make a key point.
Also, I guess the women accusing Trump was a fair character question, but the 33,000 emails, lying about everything else, or the hired gangs committing violence at Trump rallies were not appropriate character questions. Sad.
Who do you think won the debate? I thought Trump did OK. He had to reserve comment re the election, given the massive fraud that occurs in elections. I am concerned though whether he will have access to enough lawyers, since the Republican establishment, with all their attorneys, can be expected in large part, to support Hillary.
What’s your take?
While I think Trump did fine, I did have an issue w/ the Clinton Foundation getting very little mention. Although in Trump’s defense, I would say that it’s hard to hit every ball for a home run – there were bound to be misses.
I agree on Chris Wallace – I pretty much hated him ever since he replaced Tony Snow on FNS. As you mentioned, he’s desperate to get Clinton on his show, and is busy sucking up to her. It’s true that there wasn’t much to compare given Martha Raddatz or for that matter Cooper or the guy in the first debate.
On the issue of Putin, it’s funny to see the party that was pretty much soft on the Soviets during the Cold War and which created the Russian
overcharge, er reset, and dismantled the Missile Defense for Poland and Hungary hit out at Russia for the Wikileaks. Trump could have asked whether it was Putin who made Debbie Wasserman Shulz say the things she did about Bernie, or the snide things that Podesta and others said about Bernie’s supporters.I actually think Trump will pull an upset, and the biggest losers would be the Republicans who have been busy running away from Trump. They won’t get Democrat votes for doing this, and they won’t get the votes of Trump supporters in their states
Infidel on October 20, 2016 at 7:46 pm