# The Veterans town hall discussion thread - 9.7.16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 7, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306 "2016-09-07T23:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/21 "2016-09-08T00:26:46Z")
I think she scored some points there toward the end. A wobbly start but a strong finish. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/22 "2016-09-08T00:26:52Z")
Good response to the iSIS question. Will get interesting real soon now. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/23 "2016-09-08T00:28:12Z")
“I’ve got 30 seconds left.” “And I’m going to take it.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/24 "2016-09-08T00:28:34Z")
OK, now for Il Douche. Universe, I know I haven’t been a very good pantheist… ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/25 "2016-09-08T00:29:22Z")
Great job. I hope Trump’s throat chlamydia doesn’t show. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/26 "2016-09-08T00:29:48Z")
Is Matt Lauer going to be a dick with Trump too? ETA: Apparently not. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/27 "2016-09-08T00:29:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > My wife wants me to go for a walk, in case y’all think I died due to non-responsiveness. 😉 > > I did get her to agree to wait 7 minutes. She’s going with, right? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/28 "2016-09-08T00:32:15Z")
Screw Lauer - let the audience speak. ETA: Maybe I spoke too soon. Trump appears to be tripping over himself and talking about his poll numbers in response to serious questions. Keep it real Donnie. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/29 "2016-09-08T00:33:40Z")
He’s qualified to lead because, as he said, he’s built a company? Q. Do you regret… A. I got more votes than anyone else… He’s stumbling bad. Attacking Hillary every other sentence. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/30 "2016-09-08T00:35:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > She’s going with, right? Of course. Laura likes to walk 20k-30k steps a day. She even left without me, but I’m good - she’ll be around again in 5. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/31 "2016-09-08T00:36:25Z")
Yep, Trump did not really answer if it was true that he knows more than the generals. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/32 "2016-09-08T00:36:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course. Laura likes to walk 20k-30k steps a day How are away is she now? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/33 "2016-09-08T00:37:13Z")
If we would have taken the oil we wouldn’t have ISIS. ??? per Trump. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/34 "2016-09-08T00:38:12Z")
Take the oil… I see where Trump is going, back to the robber baron era and the worst colonialism from the past. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/35 "2016-09-08T00:38:32Z")
We understand that Trump is a bullshit artist. But do people who sit at home watching animal videos on YouTube understand that - are they even watching? They’ll probably watch a gif or a 10 second edited clip that gets shared on Facebook. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/36 "2016-09-08T00:40:19Z")
Yes, Asahi, the ones who are not his core supporters do. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/37 "2016-09-08T00:40:43Z")
"The people who arranged the trip in Mexico have been forced out of government. That’s how well we did.” — Donald Trump Genius. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/38 "2016-09-08T00:41:41Z")
I’m just reading the discussion and reacting to it. Did he really say that? … off to Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/39 "2016-09-08T00:45:05Z")
How would he deal with Russia? He thinks he would have a good relationship. Then he attacks Obama because they didn’t have stairs for his plane in China. He thinks he would have a good relationship with Putin and Russia. So how would he deal with Russia? He’s failing bad on the Putin issues. Looking like a real moron. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306/40 "2016-09-08T00:48:47Z")
Russia. He will take the compliments from Putin, [and his hacked emails]. Yep, Putin is a better leader because he is **popular** , those things like Crimea , invading Ukraine, and undermining America? Meh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306.md?page=3)