Who Won The Debate?

[Benton]

(09-27-2016, 10:09 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote:   It was also a blunder to say he's "really smart" if he pays a 0% tax rate. He also shouldn't have responded to charges that he ripped off people he hired with "maybe he did a bad job".

Agreed.

Saying tax returns don't matter (when the overwhelming majority of voters file tax returns) and saying not paying any taxes makes him smart was stepping toward the out of touch air that's going to distance some people. Same with his response to not paying people; anybody who's ever been ripped off by a boss probably wasn't excited by that response.

As to the OP, I thought Hillary did well. She didn't get frustrated by the constant jabs when she was talking. Her answers were all on script. And I thought she did well at the end with the comment about being prepared.

Trump came off like a business guy, which isn't bad, but he seemed clueless with some of his answers. He made a good point talking about being trillions in debt but having bad roads. He could have earned some points by saying he'd fix road funding allocations (which are a big problem of why bridges are falling apart in some places, but we blacktop the same roads year after year), but instead just talked about the debt.

The loser last night was me, though. Not only did I watch it (after the first 30 minutes or so, got home late), I tried the drinking game. "Emails" and "debt" had me chugging Deschutes.