Why DIDN'T the moderators tell Trump to stop stalking Hillary?

[Ken Burch]

Would it really have been asking too much to tell him to stay seated or at least stay still while she talked?

[MFM008]

1. good idea

As the maggot was trying to intimidate her with his flab.

[pinboy3niner]

2. Unfortunately, the precedent was already set...

[Cha]

5. Yeah, so since there's a precident.. they couldn't very well ask

trump to quit stalking Hillary and stay in his own gd space.

The thing is.. he just let everyone know he's the same predator he was 11 years ago.. nothing has ******* changed.

McCain smh.. unreal he let himself get frozen in time in that stalking mode

[sarae]

14. lol!

[chillfactor]

3. good question....

I wondered about that myself.

[FarPoint]

4. The moderators are unfamiliar with signs of Abuse.

Donald Trump is a classic Abusive Male.There needs to be media coverage regarding signs and character behavior of abusibmales against women....

[Democat]

6. Did you really want a moderator to protect Clinton from a man?

She showed American that she isn't afraid of Trump or any other male pretending to be macho.

[Control-Z]

7. She appeared strong and presidential.

Perhaps they did it to showcase her effortless composure in the presence of such pure creepy behavior by Trump. Had she complained in any way I'm sure they would have intervened.

[Achilleaze]

13. + 1,000

One of the strongest visuals of the night was her absolute composure and competence (and healthy, radiant beauty, I might add) in directly addressing the questions posed by people in the audience, while draft-dodger Trump lurked menacingly behind her, sniffing like a deranged Cokehead at a Casino (R).

[Lil Missy]

8. hell no! Let him demonstrate what an ass he is.

It didn't play well with the public.

[Rstrstx]

9. Why? I say give him more rope

Years from now this will be one of the classic examples of what NOT to do in a debate

The music could be a little more ominous but the optics of an incredibly dark campaign commercial are there

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-a-supercut-of-trump-lurking-behind-clinton-during-the-debate_us_57fafc38e4b068ecb5df9630?section=&

The clips at :05 and :08 are especially creepy

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Trump took Rick Lazio's act and added to it.

Lazio crossed the stage during the 2000 Senate debates, demanding that HRC sign a pledge.

[Retired George]

11. I'm actually glad they didn't

Trump made himself look like the quintessential sexual predator by doing so. That imagery will not help him!

[Maeve]

15. Let Trump be Trump!

He looked like a shark circling a potential meal, but she wasn't rattled and his intimidation attempts will be laughed at over the next week.
Just like Hillary let most of his turds just fall and stink on the stage. He whined about 'unfair' moderating several times (trying to game them) and she looked as capable as we know she is.

[UCmeNdc]

16. I noticed that Trump followed Hillary all around the stage.

Was this some form of psycho control?