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2016 Postmortem

NYC Liberal

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7. A lot of people here were pissed about Obama's performance in the first debate against Romney.

Reply to unitedwethrive (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 11:28 AM

Sep 2016

The difference between that and this is that Obama didn't lack substance; he just hadn't debated in four years and it was more a matter of "style". And Obama is also willing to adapt. That's why in the next debate he came roaring back because he realized he needed to prepare.

Drumpf's problem is that he has no substance, and he cannot admit that he was wrong. A sensible candidate would realize they fucked up and get to work. Drumpf won't do that because in his mind he did a perfect job and so there's no reason to change anything. Well, better for us.

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NY Post: Trump was reduced to a sputtering mess [View all] NYC Liberal Sep 2016 OP

You know Trump is toast C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #1

we need a word count, his mind is a jumble of the opposite of "less is more" Sunlei Sep 2016 #2

So true...can you imagine supporting someone and then they purposefully DON'T prepare unitedwethrive Sep 2016 #3

A lot of people here were pissed about Obama's performance in the first debate against Romney. NYC Liberal Sep 2016 #7

What was his threat that he so gracelessly held back? BSdetect Sep 2016 #4

To talk about Bill's infidelity - which he started talking about immediately afterward bettyellen Sep 2016 #5

When he said that, first thing I thought was "Oh god. Please, please, PLEASE do it Donald." NYC Liberal Sep 2016 #6

After the headlines he made with Marla Maples in NYC and Aspen, lol... bettyellen Sep 2016 #8

I'm sure she has that retort at the ready Snellius Sep 2016 #9