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Monday, September 26. 2016

The Gong Show tonight

The youth will not recall one of the more idiotic TV shows of the 1970s. Tonight's Really Big Show will not be a re-run. It will be live, and it will be exciting. The MSM has been building up the tension for days.


I will welcome your comments below before, during, and after the TV show (9 pm EST). Two deplorable people will compete for your affection or disgust.


Hofstra University Unveils "Trigger Warning" For Tonight's Debate

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 18:29 | Comments (15) | Trackbacks (0)

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I't hyped like it's the Super Bowl; the political future of the country as entertainment.
#1 Exasperated on 2016-09-26 19:14 (Reply)
I'm going to bed. Unlike the contestants or the moderators, I have to work in the morning. To pay the taxes. Since both contestants will likely raise my taxes and make my work harder, what do I care?
#2 acairfearann (Link) on 2016-09-26 19:39 (Reply)
http://rightreactions.blogspot.com/2016/09/pathetic-anticipation.html
#3 PapaB (Link) on 2016-09-26 20:40 (Reply)
Debating skill matters little to me. I am distressed that one of these two will be president.
#4 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2016-09-26 22:09 (Reply)
Pillow fight. Neither of them talked enough about spending less to reduce the deficit.

If either of them won it, it would be Trump because he time after time steered the debate back to his line of argument.

Hillary flubbed the line about Trump's finger being on the nuclear button. Trump blamed the political class, which would have been #1 in my playbook if I were debating Shrillary.
#5 Dangerous Dean on 2016-09-26 22:28 (Reply)
Luche libre politics.
#6 fiftyville on 2016-09-26 23:19 (Reply)
Draw.
#7 Mike (Link) on 2016-09-26 23:28 (Reply)
agree with the draw, liked Trump's line about BAD experience
#7.1 grant1863 on 2016-09-26 23:33 (Reply)
Trump's thin skin, lack of facts, and occasional incoherence -- all on display tonight -- won't matter in the end. He represents change at a time when the status quo just isn't cutting it any more.
#8 Dan on 2016-09-27 00:36 (Reply)
If only Trump had a solid philosophy to base his political decisions on. He had many chances to point out the flaws in Clinton's philosophy of government, markets, and liberty. He's unable to explain why Clinton is fundamentally wrong.

I think he just doesn't have a basic philosophy in political matters. He may not care. He approaches it as a business man. That is, he's dynamic and adapts to the environment. Unfortunately for him, government doesn't work like a business; nor should it. I really don't want an efficient government.

Jefferson once proposed that any federal law should have a waiting period of one year between being signed and taking effect. More often than not a law is written, not to address a problem, but to appear to address a problem. There are many times when we would be better off to just let problems solve themselves. Or better yet, dissolve.

Were the natural rights of man mentioned even once in this debate?

I thought he did well on the silly question of racial problems. He re-routed the question by stating that America needs to restore law and order, which is true. Currently, riots are a problem; equal justice is not.
#9 Jack Walter on 2016-09-27 00:39 (Reply)
The content of what Hillary was saying was appalling, including calling all Americans racist. She totally failed to give an answer to Trump on most of his points. But Trump was awful too for getting off point and spending time giving stupid defenses of his personal actions when he should have just been driving the knife in Hillary over and over again.

On balance, it was a draw, although I would suspect the viewers are going to give it to Trump.
#10 Jim on 2016-09-27 02:13 (Reply)
Thanks. It would be very easy to miss these kinds of deals if not for this site.
#11 www.dipity.com (Link) on 2016-09-27 02:49 (Reply)
i absolutely can't stand that woman, Mrs Clinton. But Trump was a big disappointment in the debate. He wasn't prepared and that didn't work for him. Hard to believe that he'd lose his cool like he did, that I thought he had in the bag. And he said he agreed with herself twice, debaters never say that even if the are reiterating her exact point in her exact words.
#12 Jayne on 2016-09-27 08:05 (Reply)
From what I've read this A.M., watching COPS reruns on Spike last night was correct choice.
#13 BillH on 2016-09-27 10:17 (Reply)
I LOVED THE GONG SHOW!
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, GENE THE DANCING MACHINE?
#14 twolaneflash on 2016-09-27 12:36 (Reply)

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