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So, who won the debate last night?  
 
I say Clinton.

what I heard, too bad, however there are two more to go. Either way in a two party system, the people are the ones that are going to lose. Especially with these candidates.  
I feel bad for the people in the U.S.

I was in the US a couple of weeks ago and the thoughts of some of the people I talked to was that between the choices they have there is no good choice.  
 
We as Canadians have been in that position as well. I guess you need to choose the lesser evil and hope the choices get better as time goes on.

Eight years ago the American people voted for changes, but as far as I'm concerned there never is much change even if political power changes. I do agree that the choices are poor down there, but the president is only one part of the governing structure. It would be nice is business principles could be applied to government, which is what Trump is pushing for, but ideas of building walls when it comes to immigration and trade just doesn't work, I think a bit of study of world history would prove this.  
I do think that Hillary Clinton did win the debate last night, likely because in politics one does learn how to debate, Donald Trump is going have to learn that the country might not be quite as concerned about his business successes as he is.  
Final thought, I do sort of chuckle at both parties when it comes to saving jobs, or creating jobs, in a global market a country has to be competitive, and that includes standard of living as well as the tax system in the country.

IMO, Hillary Clinton stood head and shoulders above Trump last night with her preparation, experience, debating abilities, and composure. I''m no Hillary fan, but I think she handled herself exceptionally.  
 
Trump started out calm, but soon gave way to his inability to stay focused and his rants and hostility began to increase against this cool, composed woman as the evening progressed. I''m not sure he actually answered some of the pointed questions, and fact checkers were having a ball on Twitter with some of his false claims.  
 
He was his usual hot-headed ignorant self, and she held her own with dignity, but at the same time not letting him walk all over her.  
 
He''s already whining this morning that moderator Lester Holt wasn''t fair.  
 
Donald - 0  
Hillary - 1  
 
Edited by Kellye, 2016-09-27 12:48:45

Kellye said "IMO, Hillary Clinton stood head and shoulders above Trump last night with her preparation, experience, debating abilities, and composure. I''m no Hillary fan, but I think she handled herself exceptionally.     Trump started out calm, but soon gave way to his inability to stay focused and his rants and hostility began to increase against this cool, composed woman as the evening progressed. I''m not sure he actually answered some of the pointed questions, and fact checkers were having a ball on Twitter with some of his false claims.     He was his usual hot-headed ignorant self, and she held her own with dignity, but at the same time not letting him walk all over her.     He''s already whining this morning that moderator Lester Holt wasn''t fair.     Donald - 0   Hillary - 1     Edited by Kellye, 2016-09-27 12:48:45"

I agree that Hillary came out a bit ahead because of Trump's behaviour. There were definitely questions he skirted around. Clear answers would have been great. Can he focus on anything for more than 30 seconds other than ranting and interrupting?  
 
I thought Holt should have been a little tougher on the schedule. When it's time to move on, it's time to move on although everyone knows how difficult it is to silence The Hair. If the candidate isn't even answering the question, move on!  
 
Like us Canadians, the Americans don't have a good choice, in my opinion, and I wonder if that will keep people away from the polls.  
 
I wish we had elections where we couldn't choose a candidate because they were all THAT good instead of being forced to stay home or choose the lesser of the evils.  
 
Twitter was hilarious last night! LOL at the fact checker GIFs.

She played him like a finely tuned violin. All she needed to do was push his buttons and let the real Donald out. He fell for every jab. And all that snuffling was pretty gross too. Today he's blaming everything from the moderator to the microphones.  
 
I predict the next one could get ugly.

Was by Bill Marr "Melania was seen leaving the debate with Bill Clinton" fell off the couch on that one couldn't breath, this election that seems to have been going on my whole adult life has certainly been entertaining.