I've had people say it's a hardening, actually ~ US presidential election 2016 part 9/11 never forget

It's so dumb

Makes me want to die

Tombot - some philly suburb

Xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOV0v9G_Wx4

"The "town hall" debate will feature questions from the Internet -- ABC and CNN moderators agreed to consider the Top 30 questions voted up on this site!"

i suspect the Trump trolls to be descending on this site like flying monkeys.

https://presidentialopenquestions.com/

too late

2674 votes:
"Globalism, why do you support it or oppose it and why?

Globalism is for elimination of borders and sovereignty supposedly for cooperation for trade and eliminating wars, but Islam supports solely sharia law, seeking to make it the global standard."

The questions there currently make me want to live on the moon.

I don't even need like a habitat or whatever, it's OK if I die instantly. At least I won't die surrounded by morons.

yeah if this town hall is going to focus on this sites "most votes" it is well and truly going to suck

site's

fortunately they only agreed to "consider" these questions

I find him too preposterous to be intimidating.

That's just it, he's too much of a coward to do anything himself, he'd have to hire somebody to beat you up, and then he wouldn't pay them.

votey mcvoteface

Arizona Republic endorses Clinton. The first Democrat they've endorsed since 1890. That is not a typo.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2016/09/27/hillary-clinton-endorsement/91198668/

friend on FB, this seems accurate to me:

As if anyone needed another take on the debates: as clearly as HRC mopped the floor with Trump, and as much as Trump exposed himself as a lying grifter in for the long con, it just doesn't matter. Just look at the spin, where internet polls and twitter hash tags both propped up by millions of zombie accounts from Russia are held up as proof that trump won the debate. Just look at the behavior of those attending his rally in Florida tonight: it's all just a massive screw-you to decorum and intelligence. Trump standing up on that stage contradicting himself and lying at every turn actually appeals to them.

Nope, in this post-truth world the election will only be won for HRC on turn-out. If our country is to be saved from going over the cliff, it will be the African American community, the Latino community, and the Asian American community that will save us from white America's prion disease.

Surprisingly moving. xp

xp proud to be part of an ethnic group likely to go for hillary in overwhelming numbers. especially since other aspects of my 'cultural identity' are such shit demographics.

Endorsements for HRC are for the status quo or a simulacrum of it, versus George Amberson Minafer throwing tantrums and/or delegating power to whoever for doing whatever.

The status quo will not save us.

actually this time it might

who's baking Minafer's strawberry shortcake

What do you mean "us"

Spoken like a true white man

Thanks for the zillionth iteration of the same stupid talking point.

1004 VOTES!
Do you support making English the official language of the United States?
Why or why not?
Submitted by: Maria T. from CA

644 VOTES!
Why are you held to a different legal standard than 'ordinary' Americans?
Other individuals who mishandle sensitive and classified materials are punished, including jailed. Justify why a double standard has been applied to your mishandling of classified emails.

736 VOTES!
How can we prevent the BLM from inciting riots and harm to police?
The BLM is agitating citizens therefore causing attacks on police. People like George Soros are funding the BLM that is causing violence in America.
Submitted by: Steve M. from FL

Remind me again why we are doing this

long train of abuses and usurpations iirc

i thought it was something to do with tea

The question with the most votes. People really like the verb 'protect'.

4556
VOTE!
How will you ensure the 2nd amendment is protected?
Too much crime is blamed on the tool, not the person. How will you protect law abiding citizens to protect themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDKBBA_nwqc

Fun to watch, but completely confirmation bias reinforcing

122 VOTES!
The US is $19 Trillion in debt. Do you care? Will you fix this? How?
The US is spending 175% of our annual budget every year. You can take 100% of all the rich people's money and it won't make a dent. How will you fix this Jelly Roll?
Submitted by: Nancy C. from TX

If we do another thread before the next debate, i am voting for a "How Will you Fix This Jelly Roll?" title

don't wanna know which candidate nancy's calling jelly roll

The debt is good, we should continue growing it until someone starts demanding more than 0% on our sovereign debt

I don't think you're ready to fix this Jelly Roll

Did you guys post this already? thread too long. could watch all day kinda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wd_ZITiiKs

i like the idea that if you take "100% of all the rich people's money" it won't make a dent in the national debt, like we need to write a four comma check to fix this problem and rich people can't do it so what are we gonna do y'all WHAT'RE WE GONNA DOOOOO
dang i need a jelly roll

what happens if u ask these debt nuts what the consequences are for not addressing the debt problem - do they just go immediately to inflation or... our creditors i guess showing up and just being like 'we're repossessing your country' and we can't do anything just millions of americans sobbing as they leave their homes bc the US gov just didn't care enough about our debt

lots of people consider debt of any kind to be an ethical issue which is well and truly nuts but it's a real thing amongst americans

here we go to another candidate poll
all the debt lets spend it on a jelly roll

2 VOTES!
Why did you let our Ambassador and others get sacrificed Bitch?
Submitted by: Mike S. from CA

^ asking the real questions

that Leslie Rutledge video makes me want to walk into oncoming traffic

https://vine.co/v/5rzQgHFU6zO

lol i noticed that when it happened, awkward

xp: The issue is mainly that public debt competes with private uses for the same money. Which is fine if the public debt is mostly for capital expenditures that produce more future wealth (education, research, infrastructure), not so good (in fact, unsustainable) if debt is being used to pay for other uses like excess military spending or pensioners.

The U.S. has a long way to go before our public debt to GDP ratio (107%) reaches the truly scary levels seen in Japan (245%). Endgame of course is to just devalue the currency, which is a disaster for those working in finance or buying imported goods, but pretty good for everyone else.

In Australia the national broadcaster's 24-hr news channel mistakenly ran the captions from another channel over their feed of the debate.
https://crikey-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/13/files/2016/09/TV-27-09-16-Trump-Hillary-wasnt-well-1.jpg
https://crikey-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/13/files/2016/09/TV-27-09-16-Trump-High-speed-chase-1.jpg
https://crikey-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/13/files/2016/09/TV-27-09-16-Trump-Hillary-sense-of-humour-failure-1.jpg
https://crikey-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/13/files/2016/09/TV-27-09-16-Hillary-who-got-beaten-up-1-1.jpg

ozotm

... our creditors i guess showing up

chinese dudes wearing chinese business suits sitting in our homes and laughing and pointing at us as we trudge away w/ all our belongings and knick-knacks, commemorative american flags and toro push mowers and such