Third Presidential Debate – Did You Watch? – This is the Place to Discuss

I intend to be front and center watching real time and praying that Trump with gloves off tears Crooked Hillary to shreds. All the mainstream media as well as Internet streams will carry the debate live.
 
Wednesday 19 October 2016
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (PDT) – 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM (EDT)

Is there really a point to these debates? Really???

Absolutely!

Tomorrow peeps, tomorrow! With all the latest WikiLeaks AND with the shackles off I expect to see Trump enter the ring spitting fire and brimstone. At the end I hope to see Hillary's @$$ smoking. Looking for Trump to nail her @$$ with fact, after fact, after fact, and no amount of Preparation-H or ice packs applied later will sooth the burn. This isn't a pretty election, in fact it's for lack of a better word - deplorable! BUT - this ugliness is so necessary. It's waking some of the sleepers up for the first time in their miserable little lives. That, as Martha Stewart would say, is a good thing.

@Yaddy: Yes, it matters!

Tonight peeps. For better or worse, one way or another, expect fireworks.

My opinion FWIW, after watching every minute: Trump crushed it!

Hillary: same-ol, same-ol political bloviate, deflect, don't answer the question verbal diarrhea. Promises without any substance to back 'em up. Vote for me. See ya in four years.

Trump: stayed calm, didn't lash out (mostly) and for Trump that was a big accomplishment. The shocker was at the end when asked if he would accept the results no matter what. He said he'd let us know then. Well that has everyone doing wee wee in their undies. I happen to agree with his answer, by the way. It's a smart move on his part. See below (with my hi-lites) for some explanation straight from Trump clarifying.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/20/trump-defends-clarifies-wait-and-see-approach-on-election-results.html

Article in Full wrote:

Trump Defends, Clarifies Wait-And-See Approach On Election Results
Donald Trump on Thursday defended his reluctance at the final presidential debate to declare he’d accept the results of the Nov. 8 election no matter what, saying he reserves the  right to contest a “questionable result” – while clarifying that he would accept a “clear election result.”

The Republican nominee touched off a firestorm with his comments on the issue at Wednesday’s debate in Las Vegas. In a response Hillary Clinton called “horrifying,” Trump said he would have to “look at” the vote results before pledging he’d accept them. “I’ll keep you in suspense,” he said Wednesday.

Amid bipartisan backlash, Trump razzed his critics as he kicked off a post-debate rally in Delaware, Ohio, on Thursday. Saying he wanted to make a major announcement, Trump said: “I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election – if I win.”

The line drew huge applause from his enthusiastic crowd of supporters.

Trump went on to outline his concerns about voter fraud and that Clinton is “truly capable of anything.” He called the question about accepting the election results from Fox News’ Chris Wallace, who moderated Wednesday’s debate, “unprecedented” – and invoked the contested 2000 election results in explaining why he answered the way he did.  

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“If Al Gore and George Bush had agreed three weeks before the election to concede the results and waive their right to a legal challenge or a recount, then there would be no Supreme Court case,” he said. “I’m being asked to waive centuries of legal precedent designed to protect the voters.” Trump added: “Of course I would accept a clear election result, but I would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. … I will follow and abide by all of the rules and traditions of all of the many candidates who have come before me.”

Trump, though, maintained that he would win “so big” anyway.

It’s unclear whether Trump’s comments will ease or aggravate the controversy over his debate response.

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Democrats, and some Republicans, hammered him over leaving the door open on accepting the results. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., issued a statement saying he “didn’t like the outcome” of his 2008 race against then-Sen. Barack Obama, “But I had a duty to concede, and I did so without reluctance.”

Clinton said at the debate of Trump’s response, “That is not the way our democracy works.”

The exchange was among many contentious moments at Wednesday’s debate, which covered several issues including the national debt that have gotten little attention in the race so far – but flared with arguments between the candidates over WikiLeaks, over Russia, over the Clinton Foundation and over women’s allegations of groping against Trump.

Through the thicket of accusations and personal animus – they never shook hands on stage – the candidates tried generally to mount a closing debate-stage argument about experience. 

“For 30 years, you’ve been in a position to help. … The problem is you talk, but you don’t get anything done, Hillary,” Trump said. “If you become president, this country is going to be in some mess, believe me.”

Clinton countered by contrasting some of her experiences against Trump’s. She said when she was monitoring the Usama bin Laden raid in the Situation Room, “He was hosting ‘The Celebrity Apprentice.’”

“I’m happy to compare my 30 years of experience … with your 30 years, and I will let the American people make that decision,” Clinton said.

It just keeps getting better.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/20/clintons-debate-reference-to-nuclear-response-time-raises-eyebrows.html

From Link wrote:

Hillary Clinton’s latest mishandling of sensitive information may have occurred before an audience of 70 million.

Speaking at the presidential debate Wednesday night, Clinton noted that it takes four minutes from the time the president makes the call to use nuclear weapons to their actual launch. The remark came amid questions about the fitness of Clinton and GOP candidate Donald Trump to hold the nation’s nuclear codes, but critics, including former intelligence operatives, told Fox News that level of detail about nuclear response times is “protected information.”

“The bottom line on nuclear weapons is that when the president gives the order, it must be followed,” Clinton said. “There’s about four minutes between the order being given and the people responsible for launching nuclear weapons to do so.”

"Whether the four minutes is accurate or not, anything having to do with response capability is generally classified," Dan Maguire, a former strategic planner with Africom, and with 46 years combined service, told Fox News. "She has a tendency to use previous access and her position as secretary (of state) to give an appearance of knowledge to show she has the answers, rather than protect the information."

The reference to a four-minute timeline between the order and the launch was seen by former intelligence officers and military operatives as a possible violation of operational security, known as OPSEC.

A former Navy SEAL officer said the statement appears to be a "direct violation of US national security protocols and governing law. Our country has no greater secrets than those that protect our strategic nuclear deterrence capability."

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