A Preview of the Debate

[dahur]

[king of the county]

That's hilarious I can't wait for bad lip reading videos from tonight

[BeAChooser]

Preview of the debate?

Sure ...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-special-1474910731

‘Donald Trump’s Special’

Why Mrs. Clinton needs help from the moderator.

The prevailing view ahead of tonight’s presidential debate, with which this column agrees up to a point, is that Hillary Clinton faces a much more difficult task than Donald Trump. He has to convince viewers that he is sane, while she has to persuade them to trust her.

It is possible he will fail, but it is difficult to see how she can succeed. “The concept pre-loaded with associations most damaging to immediate assessments and future dealings is untrustworthiness, along with its concomitants, such as lying and cheating,” observes social psychologist Robert Cialdini in his new book, “Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade.” What could Mrs. Clinton possibly say that would reverse decades of distrust?

Her surrogates are playing the expectations game, as surrogates do, but in a very strange way. They are “pressuring Monday night’s moderator to take a more active role in the presidential debate,” the Washington Times reports:

“It’s unfair to ask for Hillary both to play traffic cop with Trump, make sure that his lies are corrected, and also to present her vision for what she wants to do for the American people,” Robby Mook said on ABC’s “This Week.”

When pressed by host George Stephanopoulos that that’s “what a debater is supposed to do,” Mr. Mook said this case is “special.”

“Well, I think Donald Trump’s special,” Mr. Mook said. “We haven’t seen anything like this. We normally go into a debate with two candidates who have a depth of experience, who have rolled out clear, concrete plans, and who don’t lie, frankly, as frequently as Donald Trump does.”

“So we’re saying this is a special circumstance, a special debate, and Hillary should be given some time to actually talk about what she wants to do to make a difference in people’s lives,” he continued. “She shouldn’t have to spend the whole debate correcting the record.”

It’s normal to play down one’s own candidate’s strengths and play up the opponent’s, but this is ridiculous. Mook is saying Mrs. Clinton—who we’ve been told endlessly is the most qualified man, woman or child ever to seek office anywhere in the universe—can’t handle a debate unless the moderator takes her side. What’s going on here?

 

What’s going on here?

This …



At this point, Hillary is even feeling insecure about her height.

So perhaps she needs a booster.

Might I suggest this as her *custom* podium:



And her handlers better make sure she gets her medicine before the debate …



Because we'd hate to see a repeat of THIS:

 

Or this:

[dahur]

And yet...

 

"Presenting President elect...Madame President Hillary Clinton..!" (thunderous applause)

[BeAChooser]

And yet...

 

"Presenting President elect...Madame President Hillary Clinton..!" (thunderous applause)

 

 

What? No cartoon?