And so far, Donald doesn’t seem to be taking the jokes well. Very forced effort to smile.
Might be more comfortable with Alfred E Neuman.
He’s doing all right, I suppose, although he sure is reading straight from the notes.
Clinton has a giant grin on, though.
Actually, a couple of his jokes are OK, but I thought he was supposed to focus on himself… He’s starting to sound petty, which will not play well.
The “Pardon Me” line was really good, though he didn’t need to kick the “after I get into office” line- it was funnier with the subtlety
Oh, boy. He’s losing them. He’s ranting.
Mass booing! Oh, dude!
Whoa, he’s turning this into a roast, but not a funny one, but a bitter one.
This is pretty painful to watch. He’s treating it like one of his rallies and just ragging on Hillary.
He’s attacking pretty hard. Crowd’s booing the shit out of him.
“Hillary is so corrupt–” audible gasp-- “She’s so corrupt, she got kicked off the Watergate Commission. How corrupt do you have to be for that?”
“Weren’t sure if she was going to be here, seeing how much she hates Catholics.”
Jeez oh man.
The people sitting behind Donald while he roasts Hillary have horrified looks on their faces.
“Boo! You’re a joke!”
He’s lost the audience completely. Even the polite laughter is gone. They can’t wait for him to shut up. (Me, too.)
The guy has the class of a shit sandwich.
Holy shit- he started so promising, but he just can’t do it, can he? He’s just going to look like a class 1 asshole.
I confess I’m not a scholar of the Al Smith dinner, but this sounds a lot nastier than I remember previous dinners being. Trumps’s jokes aren’t that funny, and there’s a real undercurrent of nastiness that’s incredibly disturbing.
I remember hearing that he insisted on re-writing a number of his jokes from his Comedy Central roast, and I think he did even more of that tonight. There’s a core of some humor there, but the punchlines are landing like a thud.
Wow he is bombing.
This is really uncomfortable. I thought the Cardinal was going to pass out, for a minute there.
Pretty much a microcosm of last night.
All right, let’s see how she does.
Just like the debates, he can pretend to be a decent person for about 10 or 15 minutes. And then he reverts to being the complete jackass that he is.
What a disgusting man.
Mrs. Clinton just made Mr. Trump laugh!
Hillary wins! HILLARY WINS! HILARITY WINS!
ETA: Seriously, she’s cracking him up!
Note the difference. Clinton laughed and smiled through the whole nastiness of Trump’s routine. Clinton has barely started yet, and Trump is scowling and crossing his arms.
Wait, now he’s laughing. Okay, that’s better.
“Donald looks at the Statue Of Liberty and sees a 4, maybe a 5 if she loses the torch and tablet” Hee.