# \*\*\*Join the SDMB panel of experts for live debate coverage - 9/26/2016\*\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 26, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946 "2016-09-26T17:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/461 "2016-09-27T02:25:21Z")
> [@tenacious\_j](#): > > Jesus, have some class and let the woman talk. Class? Foreign concept. He really doesn’t like our country much, does he? “We lose on everything.” ---
**Author:** ![chaika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chaika/32/405_2.png) [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/462 "2016-09-27T02:25:24Z")
Trump might win with some voters due to the soft bigotry of low expectations, as the last Republican president (or one of his speech writers) used to say. But he really seems completely out of control. Good God, have we really sunk this low? I think Clinton is doing a good job. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/463 "2016-09-27T02:25:34Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I think most of you guys are watching with your heart and not your eyes and ears. Trump is making her look foolish. If we were scoring on Harvard debate points, Clinton wins. We are not scoring this way. Foolish? Really? One example, please. She’s speaking at a ninth-grade level, he’s speaking at a second-grade level. No Harvard here. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/464 "2016-09-27T02:25:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > “I find my opponent’s ravings hilarious”…seems appropriate to me. Well, I still remember Jon Lovitz as Mike Dukakis saying “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/465 "2016-09-27T02:25:47Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I think most of you guys are watching with your heart and not your eyes and ears. Trump is making her look foolish. I’m watching a man who can’t control his temper scream and lie. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/466 "2016-09-27T02:25:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He’s talking about “nuclear” now. It’s not nuclear. It’s “the nuclear”. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/467 "2016-09-27T02:25:59Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > “I find my opponent’s ravings hilarious”…seems appropriate to me. GIFs of Hillary wiggling is going to be everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/468 "2016-09-27T02:26:26Z")
The Missile Gap! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/469 "2016-09-27T02:26:49Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Trump is making her look foolish. Please expand on that observation. How is he doing that? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/470 "2016-09-27T02:26:51Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I think most of you guys are watching with your heart and not your eyes and ears. Trump is making her look foolish. If we were scoring on Harvard debate points, Clinton wins. We are not scoring this way. Projection. Media will declare this Clinton victory and she’ll get a bump. Take it to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/471 "2016-09-27T02:26:51Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Problem is that even so he is sounding “better than expected” in the sense that he is coming across as a more or less fit-to-walk-free deplorable putz, rather than The Joker on Bath Salts. As has been said often pre-debate that is a plus for him. This is what scares the hell out of me. I was really hoping for that fistfight. Trump has definitely been an asshole during this debate. Anyone other candidate would have definitely lost this one based on his behavior. But for Trump, he’s shown that he can tie his shoes, so people will act like he’s in the same league as Hillary, who can disarm a fucking atomic bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/472 "2016-09-27T02:26:53Z")
Trump just disavowed first strike, and then said China should invade North Korea. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/473 "2016-09-27T02:27:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > How can there be two more debates?? What is left to talk about? Well, according to my Facebook “friend”, the next debate should all be about Benghazi, emails, Vince Foster and Gennifer Flowers. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/474 "2016-09-27T02:27:15Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I think most of you guys are watching with your heart and not your eyes and ears. Trump is making her look foolish. If we were scoring on Harvard debate points, Clinton wins. We are not scoring this way. I completely disagree and I’m not pro-Clinton although I am certainly anti-Trump. I think he will mainly score points with his own followers. I don’t think a lot of undecided will be swayed by Trump. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/475 "2016-09-27T02:27:29Z")
Well, Donald v. Lester friction will only be energizing for the Trump supporters and any other RW faction united in their loathing of the MSM. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/476 "2016-09-27T02:27:35Z")
China should go into North Korea? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/477 "2016-09-27T02:27:37Z")
I’ve been checking the betting markets continuously – Betfair and Predictit chances for Hillary have both gone up about 5 or 6 points since the debate started. So bettors think Hillary is winning. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/478 "2016-09-27T02:27:59Z")
I imagine she will bring up the fact that he “saw” money being unloaded. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/479 "2016-09-27T02:28:13Z")
Yeah, this is a win for Hillary. The true believers are going to be true believers, but I can’t see Trump wining over many undecideds with this debate. Isn’t this thing supposed to be over now? What a mess (due to Trump). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946/480 "2016-09-27T02:28:22Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Well, according to my Facebook “friend”, the next debate should all be about Benghazi, emails, Vince Foster and Gennifer Flowers. Just shoot me now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946.md?page=25)