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kerouac2

(449 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:31 AM Oct 2016

Will T's guests tonight cause a problem?


Wondering if there will be a planned outburst tonight, like Pat Smith standing up and calling Hillary a liar, etc. I hope she's prepared for the worst because that would be ugly.

I also hope Hillary plans on bringing up all of Trump's biz failures and scams because people still actually think he's a great biz man. A 30 second laundry list, one name after another of failed T businesses and the real people who lost their money.

And point out he'd be richer if he just left daddy's money alone and never did anything with it. That would completely unhinge him.
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Will T's guests tonight cause a problem? (Original Post) kerouac2 Oct 2016 OP
If she disrupts the debate she'll be escorted out. Trump will get oasis Oct 2016 #1
I hope you are right... Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #5
If Smith believes Hillary wasn't straight with her about Bengazi, then oasis Oct 2016 #10
No jberryhill Oct 2016 #2
I do not think Pat Smith will do that. Trashpot is running a tabloid campaign PERIOD. Cakes488 Oct 2016 #3
I'm really sorry she lost her son, but I hope she realizes that Trump doesn't give a shit about that Arkansas Granny Oct 2016 #6
Hillary has already said that she WILL NOT attack a gold star family under any circumstances. Cakes488 Oct 2016 #9
Some day. Caliman73 Oct 2016 #12
I realize that is the nice thing to say and how Clinton should respond Imperialism Inc. Oct 2016 #16
No the whole point is to keep birtherism and BENGHAZI!! in the air underpants Oct 2016 #4
I mean I get that they want to hang Benghazi on Clinton but... jcgoldie Oct 2016 #8
Trump clearly wants this to be a Jerry Springer episode Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #7
100% agree, there's nothing in it for him to play to a wider audience, so appeal to the base. OnDoutside Oct 2016 #18
Good question. It can only hurt Trump though. Gives Hillary a chance to respond with grace. nolabear Oct 2016 #11
Pat Smith has exploded on TV interviews before. procon Oct 2016 #13
somebody here had an idea worth repeating/spreading: Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #14
Some people recognize their own desperation and back down. Not Trump. randome Oct 2016 #15
Hillary's response once the disruptor is removed ... JoePhilly Oct 2016 #17

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
5. I hope you are right...
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:52 AM
Oct 2016

One shout of "Murderer!" Can do a world of damage. Not really to Sec. Clinton - but to the whole election process. I hope there is a one strike and you're out policy at the "debate."

oasis

(49,387 posts)
10. If Smith believes Hillary wasn't straight with her about Bengazi, then
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:12 AM
Oct 2016

she should take care that her own credibility doesn't come into question. That said, Smith will likely get a post debate interview w/Fox News in an attempt to reel in a few low information voters.

Arkansas Granny

(31,517 posts)
6. I'm really sorry she lost her son, but I hope she realizes that Trump doesn't give a shit about that
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:54 AM
Oct 2016

He only wants to use her to score some political points for himself.

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
9. Hillary has already said that she WILL NOT attack a gold star family under any circumstances.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:06 AM
Oct 2016

She refuses to talk bad about them no matter what they or Trashpot's campaign says.

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
12. Some day.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:33 AM
Oct 2016

Some people are so lost in their pain and suffering that they become vulnerable to being used. Possibly, one day when Smith has come to terms with the loss and has had time to work through it, she will realize that Trump was using her as a prop.

Imperialism Inc.

(2,495 posts)
16. I realize that is the nice thing to say and how Clinton should respond
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:51 AM
Oct 2016

but to me she is way beyond the point where it is credible to think she is doing this just because her son was lost. She's gladly made herself and her son a political prop for her own partisan reasons.

underpants

(182,817 posts)
4. No the whole point is to keep birtherism and BENGHAZI!! in the air
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:52 AM
Oct 2016

CNN is doing 5 hours of pre-game. They need something to talk about.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
8. I mean I get that they want to hang Benghazi on Clinton but...
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:58 AM
Oct 2016

Adding Obama's half brother just seems to kind of detract from that by making the whole thing look even more like a circus. It smells of desperation and I fail to see how it reflects on HRC whatsoever.

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
7. Trump clearly wants this to be a Jerry Springer episode
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:55 AM
Oct 2016

so I'm kind of expecting it. The 40% that can't stop fondling Trump will call him a genius. The rest of the world with a brain will see it as horrible.

The best this is that in 2 and 4 years we will get to see Republicans running for re-election and the Presidency telling us how much the didn't like Trump and fought against him. It will be a wonderous bout of revisionist history.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
11. Good question. It can only hurt Trump though. Gives Hillary a chance to respond with grace.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:29 AM
Oct 2016

Honestly, part of Trump's hubris is his belief that he's the toughest thing she's ever faced. Dream on, Orange Boy.

procon

(15,805 posts)
13. Pat Smith has exploded on TV interviews before.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:41 AM
Oct 2016

I pity the woman, she is still grieving over the loss of her only child, and Trump is exploiting her instability in the hope that she will go off again and make another provocative, emotional outburst on live TV. Trump lives for that kind of cheap spectacle, just like when he exploited Broaddrick & Co. for the last debate. A man like Trump, who would take advantage of this poor woman who is clearly emotionally compromised, must never get anywhere the Oval Office.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
14. somebody here had an idea worth repeating/spreading:
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:42 AM
Oct 2016

Alec Baldwin in the front row, sans makeup, taking notes

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
15. Some people recognize their own desperation and back down. Not Trump.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:45 AM
Oct 2016

I don't know about Trump's guests, but this is the last time Trump gets to show how tough a he-man he is with a national audience before the election so I wonder if he can stop himself from doing something both desperate and stupid.
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JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
17. Hillary's response once the disruptor is removed ...
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:52 AM
Oct 2016

... "Its always exciting with the Trump circus comes to town."

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