THAT DEBATE

Was it a debate? Not in the traditional sense Hillary was composed and all smiles. Donald was his usual bombastic self. He interrupted Hillary at least 25 times in the first half hour.

Both like all politicians uttered half-truths and falsehoods as irrefutable facts. The Washington Post posted the following fact checker:

(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/09/27/fact-checking-the-first-clinton-trump-presidential-debate/?tid=a_inl )

NBC News listed 6 “key moments” in the debate:
(http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-presidential-debates/6-key-moments-first-presidential-debate-between-trump-clinton-n655121?cid=eml_nnn_2016092)

Most viewers felt that Trump had done poorly, although he will not lose his dedicated followers.

Trump’s surrogates in the spin room were downbeat, and the candidate himself has already begun making excuses: “They gave me a defective mic,” he complained to reporters during a gaggle. “Did you notice that? My mic was defective within the room. I wonder, was that on purpose?” There was no clear problem with his microphone during the debate, Jose DelReal notes.

Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump surrogate, even suggested that Trump should skip the next two debates unless he gets concessions. “If I were Donald Trump I wouldn’t participate in another debate unless I was promised that the journalist would act like a journalist and not an incorrect, ignorant fact checker,” he said.

The moderator was not obtrusive’ HOLT let the combatants carry the ball RARELY INTERRUPTING. Many were disappointed that he did not focus on Hillary’s emails or Trumps taxes.