# Second POTUS Debate thread Sing-along and discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 10, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115 "2016-10-10T00:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/261 "2016-10-10T02:33:37Z")
Hit him on Chinese steel, Hillary! Point out that he supports Chinese steel by purchasing it! ETA: WOOT! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/262 "2016-10-10T02:34:59Z")
What a waste of a question. Hillary goes for the family touch. Easy answer. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/263 "2016-10-10T02:34:57Z")
Goddamn comcast. frozen. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/264 "2016-10-10T02:35:01Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The thing that kills me about Mr. Trump is that, according to him, there’s nothing that anyone has done right in this country for decades. Everything is wrong and decaying and bad and failing. EVERYTHING. > > And this is clearly not true. But his supporters feel it is true **for them**. They look around and seem to see others (especially minorities) doing well, and they’re not. But you’re right; it clearly is not true in general. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/265 "2016-10-10T02:35:05Z")
Smart move to mention the children. That’s exactly what I was thinking she should say ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/266 "2016-10-10T02:36:01Z")
I just can’t imagine Trump saying anything nice about Hilary. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/267 "2016-10-10T02:36:19Z")
Stupid fucking question. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/268 "2016-10-10T02:36:27Z")
After all I’ve tried for three years… seems like thirty, seems like thirty. [this is a sing-along, right?] ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/269 "2016-10-10T02:37:19Z")
Man, Trump really, really blew that last question from a strategic sense – he just said that Hillary is a fighter and doesn’t give up. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/270 "2016-10-10T02:37:32Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Smart move to mention the children. That’s exactly what I was thinking she should say She should have let Mr. Trump go first because he wouldn’t have been able to say anything positive. She gave him the answer now, just like she did to the very first question asked tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/271 "2016-10-10T02:37:40Z")
And…done! For those irritated at the separate thread, my apologies. I’ll head over to the other thread for post-debate conversation. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/272 "2016-10-10T02:37:52Z")
Say what you will, Trump did much better. I’ll still give the win to Hills, but Trump did much better. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/273 "2016-10-10T02:38:21Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Man, Trump really, really blew that last question from a strategic sense – he just said that Hillary is a fighter and doesn’t give up. Wow. I thought that was a great answer. What do you think he should have said? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/274 "2016-10-10T02:38:25Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Say what you will, Trump did much better. I’ll still give the win to Hills, but Trump did much better. Yes, he did. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/275 "2016-10-10T02:38:50Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Man, Trump really, really blew that last question from a strategic sense – he just said that Hillary is a fighter and doesn’t give up. Wow. Agreed; he blew it. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/276 "2016-10-10T02:39:24Z")
I expected Trump to make a horse’s ass of himself, and I wasn’t surprised. He landed a couple of good shots. Not the self-immolation I hoped for. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/277 "2016-10-10T02:39:47Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Say what you will, Trump did much better. I’ll still give the win to Hills, but Trump did much better. Not the complete collapse i was expecting, instead he actually improved over the first debate. But not looking like a deranged lunatic is not going to be enough to pull his campaign out of the tailspin its in, he needed a solid convincing win and this was not that. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/278 "2016-10-10T02:40:09Z")
I hate to say it but this was a Trump win. At least, it’s a win until tomorrow when a flood of women come forward with stories about being kissed and/or groped by Mr. Trump against their will. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/279 "2016-10-10T02:40:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I thought that was a great answer. What do you think he should have said? If you don’t want to help your opponent, you do what Hillary did – say their children turned out great. It probably doesn’t matter much, but that’s what I thought. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115/280 "2016-10-10T02:40:51Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Agreed; he blew it. What should be have said?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115.md?page=15)