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2016 Postmortem

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still_one

(98,883 posts)
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 09:04 AM Sep 2016

The first debate is going to be on major topics to be selected by the moderator, and announced [View all]

one week before the debate.


"The debate will be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on major topics to be selected by the moderator and announced at least one week before the debate.

The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. Candidates will then have an opportunity to respond to each other. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a deeper discussion of the topic."

They won't be able to pull a Matt Lauer on this one, and if they tried, since they would be both on the same stage, Hillary can nip it in the bud right there and then, and throw it right back at them with everything from trump's birtherism garbage, tax returns, fraudulent donations, and trump's racist hate rants which are deplorable to every NORMAL person on the planet

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Trumpus Interruptus C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #1
Your second paragraph will ring true. In addition, there will be Hillary supporters in the still_one Sep 2016 #2
If they get through 3, I'll be shocked. yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #14
And then the msm will attack Hil for being shrill. Mika Sep 2016 #20
Great this was done so Trump could have time to prepare his answers awake Sep 2016 #3
That bothered me also, however, as I read it they will just announce the topics to be covered still_one Sep 2016 #5
This is going to be good! MoonRiver Sep 2016 #4
Yes, she will Orrex Sep 2016 #7
Since this debate will, reportedly, be one of the most watched t.v. events, MoonRiver Sep 2016 #9
Yes, they'll believe the media. As always. Orrex Sep 2016 #11
And Gore won the election. MoonRiver Sep 2016 #12
For all the good it did him. Or us. Orrex Sep 2016 #13
We don't have Scalia on SCOTUS anymore. Just saying. MoonRiver Sep 2016 #15
LOL. That's true. Orrex Sep 2016 #16
True... sigh of relief uponit7771 Sep 2016 #19
The topics should not be kacekwl Sep 2016 #6
You are right, but I am sure that trump refused to debate if that was done still_one Sep 2016 #18
This definitely sounds like a way to compensate for Trump's general ignorance. Jim__ Sep 2016 #8
Hillary will be on top of every knowledge gap Rump reveals. MoonRiver Sep 2016 #10
Well Wolf, the only head of state he could name was Chris Rock, ucrdem Sep 2016 #17
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