Speaking of deplorables, this Georgia couple interviewed on NPR the day of the debate would qualify:
The husband was supposed to appear again the next morning, but “couldn’t make it”. Gee, I wonder why.
The Republican “patriots” are going to overthrow the government.
I’m at the point where I almost hope they try.
He’d be seriously jonesing for another coke snort by then…
They did. Robot Romney. Who, even tho I disagreed with his politics very strongly, was a fairly decent person- for a android.
- Single Issue voters, mostly abortion and guns.
I think Clinton should point out that the Donald is mushy on Gun Control and she promises to uphold the 2nd Ad- along with the rest of the bill of Rights.
I’ll make the prediction now – after Hillary wins (assuming she wins), there will be online rumbling for some sort of uprising, and some idiots (the most well-armed, unemployed, and stupidest of Trump’s supporters) will actually try something. It could be bad – there could actually be some violence. But it will be small and won’t last long and the rage will melt into the grumbling simmer those assholes have maintained for the last 7 years.
“sniff Yes, but only if I can take five minutes to sniff take a restroom break.”
I didn’t watch the debate, but I thought Trump still sounded exhausted in interviews the next morning. I heard a few clips of him, I think when he called in to the Fox morning show, and he sounded hoarse and tired. One might say “low energy”, even.
I call him “Prince Rebus”. While not as derogatory, it’s pretty funny at least in my mind.
Good point, Clinton has done a lot of town hall type events, and is really good in smaller crowds, while Trump feeds off the energy of big crowds at his rallies. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen him do small events, I know he doesn’t like shaking hands with people.
Should be interesting hearing questions from the crowd. I don’t think he’d yell for anyone to be taken out, but he might try to deflect or imply that the questioner is being dishonest or make fun of them. The perfect thing would be for a fat Hispanic woman with a non-American accent to ask him a question, could be about the wall or could be about his taxes or anything else.
I’d guess that it wouldn’t be hugely different than what happened when Obama was elected, where gun sales go up since everyone’s guns are going to be taken away, and a rise in fringe groups, and incidents of violence, but nothing organized. Maybe something like the “occupation” with the idiots in the wildlife refuge.
There’s one significant and unfortunate development this time – Donald has planted the seed that if he loses, it’s because the election was rigged. McCain and Romney never stooped that low.
That, and his recruiting of poll goons. I’m quite worried that this election is going to see serious extralegal disenfranchisement efforts, perhaps even violence at the polls. And if Trump loses as he so deserves, he and his supporters will make accusations of fraud which will undermine Hillary’s administration and could even lead to violence.
I been considering taking Election Day off and doing whatever I could to help registered people vote. Providing transportation to the polls, protecting them from Trump’s poll goons, etc. Anyone know of a reputable enfranchisement group I could donate to?
Trump is a skilled rabble-rouser, but is not, in fact, a skilled politician. As has been mentioned, he can’t even fake empathy (let alone feel it) and he can’t listen. He can only pontificate and play to the resentments of the crowd. And while there might be some individuals in the debate audience who feel the resentments Trump is used to feeding, he’s not going to be able to connect one-on-one with them because he can’t walk over and look them in the eye and listen to them.
And he is going to have serious problems with the stool. I would predict he might even fall off it. He’s a podium guy–he needs it to hold onto to hold himself up–and to distinguish himself from the crowd, with the podium lending him importance as the Star of the Show. He’s Mr. Nuremberg Rally, not Mr. Rogers.
“That stool was rigged! They gave me a bad stool. Sad!”
No doubt. But if it IS to be stools, I bet his people insist that his be short enough so that he can sit with his feet firmly on the ground–and that it be anchored in place (to prevent tip-overs).
Because otherwise, he’s a goin’ down.
(And he might not be able to get back up without the aid of a derrick.)
Can’t he just sit on Christie?
Oh man, for want of a whoopee cushion.
Sometimes the nuanced and insightful political discussion here just blows me away. I’m off to google studies on the effects of stool height and whoopie cushions in past debates!
Watch out when you google “stool”. Just sayin’
That was my take, too. Sitting on a stool is going to leave him feeling exposed and vulnerable. He exhibited nervousness of that sort even with a podium in front of him, and it will be exacerbated by the perching stool. It takes practice to look relaxed and at your ease in such a setting.
So he’ll be fidgeting on his stool, worried about what mischief Hillary is going to pull, trying to fake empathy and interest in what the audience member or moderator is asking, then trying to “connect” with an answer in a way that is wholly foreign to him. He’ll be juggling all these concerns. And he won’t be able to write down the questions in a notebook or on his palm. Plus stamina. Stamina, stamina, stamina.
I predict an epic train wreck.