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Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy

Crain posted:

Who thinks that Trump doesn't go for the handshake?

Or at the least is visibly standoffish/hostile toward Clinton at the very start?

50/50 and if he doesn't shake we know we are in for a special night

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felch me daddy jr.
Oct 30, 2009
What network is the IRC on? I need the maximum possible amount of real time goon commentary.

Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy

tyblazitar posted:

What network is the IRC on? I need the maximum possible amount of real time goon commentary.

#poligoon if memory serves

hhhat
Apr 29, 2008
I've got my debate watchin clothes on

Crain
Jun 27, 2007

I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!
Ok full prediction list for me:

-Trump -almost- doesn't go for handshake and looks visibly mad at Clinton. Waits almost too long to shaker her hand and ends looking like he grabs her in order to get the shake in at the last second.

-Most likely first question is about the Pussygate tape so: Trump tries to appeal to Cooper's "Manliness" to explain it away. As in "You know what it's like Cooper, that's how we men talk".

-Alternate for first question: Trump doesn't even let Cooper start with questions and just goes right into attacking Clinton. Never acknowledges the questions he's asked and just unloads all his ammo at her.

-At least one question asker goes off script and asks a "gotcha" question they weren't supposed to ask or wasn't supposed to be their question.

-Jackpot prediction: Trump approaches Clinton in a very aggressive way right after she hits him with some comment, yelling at her while doing so. Not necessarily attack her, just a very aggressive approach that leaves him looking like he's charging her.

Bossie Lott
Nov 21, 2010
-The stress and pressure of the past two weeks, combined with his totally poo poo temperament, leads to Trump just straight up calling her a oval office. Live. In front of millions of people.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Bossie Lott posted:

-The stress and pressure of the past two weeks, combined with his totally poo poo temperament, leads to Trump just straight up calling her a oval office. Live. In front of millions of people.
Stroke that incapacitates him. His cronies insist that he intends to finish the race and win via interpretation of his angry facial expressions.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

Bossie Lott posted:

-The stress and pressure of the past two weeks, combined with his totally poo poo temperament, leads to Trump just straight up calling her a oval office. Live. In front of millions of people.

What if a red-blooded Trumpamaniac manages to slip through whatever sane-person vetting they have and loudly abuse Clinton themselves, audibly, live on air. This would just be plain normal for this election. God knows there's people riled up enough to want to.

Pastrymancy
Feb 20, 2011

11:13: Despite Gio Gonzalez warning, "Never mix your sparkling juices," Bryce Harper opens another bottle of sparkling grape and mixes it with sparkling cider.

1:07: Harper walks to the 7-11 and orders an all-syrup Slurpee.

1:10-3:05: Harper has no recollection of this time. Aliens?
I'm not sure that Trump learned that prepping for a debate is necessary which...hmm...

Crain
Jun 27, 2007

I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!

Bossie Lott posted:

-The stress and pressure of the past two weeks, combined with his totally poo poo temperament, leads to Trump just straight up calling her a oval office. Live. In front of millions of people.

This is beyond a jackpot event. This is finding a winning lotto ticket in the stomach of a shark that's eating you which then gets hit by lightning just before a solid gold meteorite perforates it's skull.

But if it's ever going to happen it's on this magical night.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Pastrymancy posted:

I'm not sure that Trump learned that prepping for a debate is necessary which...hmm...

He finally found a use for debate prep. It was his excuse for not appearing with Paul Ryan in WI.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


I'm hoping Hillary refuses to shake him tiny hand since he's been caught admitting to sexual assault since the last debate.

Zwabu
Aug 7, 2006

Angepain posted:

Like this many people jacking themselves off about how much Trump is going to fail is just begging for someone to come and give some reasons why he might not but I can't think of a single thing that would make him come out of this okay beyond Trump managing to keep up his best sanity act for the whole duration, something which he has repeatedly failed to manage to do

or aforementioned mountain dragon scenario

Yeah. My best friend likes to arzy out about the election even during times like this. He's always concerned "well Trump COULD do well this time! Maybe he really prepared hard!"

My response is always along the lines of:

"Do you see any signs consistent with a guy preparing hard or even CONSIDERING preparing hard? Dude has been retweeting random fans talking about their revenge against the traitor GOP this morning. Or do you think the Trump prep HQ looks something like this:"



"Yeah, I suppose it's possible that Johnny Manziel could stay up for 72 hours straight on a booze and coke bender and roll into the stadium and throw five touchdowns and no interceptions. But it ain't gonna happen."

trash person
Apr 5, 2006

Baby Executive is pleased with your performance!
Trump 'winning' the debate would not be a hard thing. All it would take is for him to stick to policy, contritely apologize for his comments and actions on the video, and do not go on the attack against Clinton. The best Trump can hope for out of this debate is to look normal/presidential. He doesn't need to 'beat' Hilary to come out of this debate positively.

I mean, it's sincerely unlikely he is able to contain himself, but that would be the ideal result for Trump/GOP.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

trash person posted:

Trump 'winning' the debate would not be a hard thing.

Actually it would be an excruciatingly hard thing and I am getting mad IRL that people keep pushing this crap.

DarkCrawler
Apr 6, 2009

by vyelkin

Angepain posted:

Like this many people jacking themselves off about how much Trump is going to fail is just begging for someone to come and give some reasons why he might not but I can't think of a single thing that would make him come out of this okay beyond Trump managing to keep up his best sanity act for the whole duration, something which he has repeatedly failed to manage to do

or aforementioned mountain dragon scenario

Sometimes I am thinking that lot of people don't realize is that the biggest personal change 70 year men are available to do is to hold back racial slurs when their granddaughter brings someone different looking into their homes.

So you know when you are a clinically insane, pathological liar, easily diagnosed elitist narcissist, deviant incestuous serial sexual harasser and assaulter, with hosed up upbringing and parents...well you need someone with far more experience in treating hostile psychopaths then Conway or other 70 year old men to change poo poo

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



trash person posted:

Trump 'winning' the debate would not be a hard thing. All it would take is for him to stick to policy, contritely apologize for his comments and actions on the video, and do not go on the attack against Clinton. The best Trump can hope for out of this debate is to look normal/presidential. He doesn't need to 'beat' Hilary to come out of this debate positively.

I mean, it's sincerely unlikely he is able to contain himself, but that would be the ideal result for Trump/GOP.
I do not think this is the case any longer. It is true that what you describe would probably mean that the debate does not further his hilarious descent towards full corncob, but at a certain point his best possible result here is "he somewhat slows the bleeding."

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

Assuming Trump has the capability to straighten himself out is flawed thinking, because when, outside of like a week in August, has Trump showed restraint, remorse, compassion for anyone?

Crain
Jun 27, 2007

I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!

trash person posted:

Trump 'winning' the debate would not be a hard thing. All it would take is for him to stick to policy, contritely apologize for his comments and actions on the video, and do not go on the attack against Clinton. The best Trump can hope for out of this debate is to look normal/presidential. He doesn't need to 'beat' Hilary to come out of this debate positively.

I mean, it's sincerely unlikely he is able to contain himself, but that would be the ideal result for Trump/GOP.

Just look at the post right above yours.

quote:

"Yeah, I suppose it's possible that Johnny Manziel could stay up for 72 hours straight on a booze and coke bender and roll into the stadium and throw five touchdowns and no interceptions. But it ain't gonna happen."

Sums it up perfectly. The dude has had the worst weekend of his whole campaign. The GOP are starting to unendorse (deendorse?) him, the RNC has removed him from their campaign literature and scripts and is pulling support to 100% focus on the downballot. By some reports he's lost Kelly Ann meaning Bannon is in control. And he's already stated he's going to go after Hillary via Bill.

Earlier today (as in 16 min ago) he was holding a presser with some of the women who have claimed Bill assaulted them link

He had no ability to "look presidential" when literally everything was going for him when the first debate came around.

There is no chance he does well tonight.

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Trump is going to melt down at his pre-debate presser leaving nothing for Hilary to capitalize on.

Mr Interweb
Aug 25, 2004

Anyone got a link to the IRC chat?

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Strapping myself in for literally :tvtropes:: The Debate

Crain
Jun 27, 2007

I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!

Furnaceface posted:

Trump is going to melt down at his pre-debate presser leaving nothing for Hilary to capitalize on.

Not sure if you're saying this because you saw what happened buuuuuuut:

https://twitter.com/TheRyanParker/status/785261359021907968/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

aas Bandit
Sep 28, 2001
Oompa Loompa
Nap Ghost

Casimir Radon posted:

I'm hoping Hillary refuses to shake him tiny hand since he's been caught admitting to sexual assault since the last debate.

I hope Clinton shakes his hand warmly and deliberately while smiling and looking him directly in the eyes.

While obviously guarding her crotch with her free hand the whole time.

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Crain posted:

Not sure if you're saying this because you saw what happened buuuuuuut:

https://twitter.com/TheRyanParker/status/785261359021907968/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

No, its not being aired on Canadian TV and now Im sad I missed it. :(

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!
Listening to Giuliani squirm on Meet the Press was the perfect appetizer to this. Trump and Rudy are perfect for each other.

Crain
Jun 27, 2007

I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!

Furnaceface posted:

No, its not being aired on Canadian TV and now Im sad I missed it. :(

It was a facebook live feed event.

Probably because they didn't invite any actual news crews. Because he's a petty child.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
I'm gonna watch some WWE first then switch over for the real No Mercy :getin:

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

Crain posted:

Not sure if you're saying this because you saw what happened buuuuuuut:

https://twitter.com/TheRyanParker/status/785261359021907968/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

paula jones actually answered the yelled question with "Why don't you go ask Bill Clinton or Hillary about that?"

trash person
Apr 5, 2006

Baby Executive is pleased with your performance!
One hour folks.

T-59 minutes.

aas Bandit
Sep 28, 2001
Oompa Loompa
Nap Ghost
I'm laughing like hell at the chat panel on the YouTube live debate stream. It's whipping by at high speed and apparently everyone's coordinating effort trying to get it to scroll faster.

It's just a blur of:

TRUMPfaggotBestChatHUMPTHATBITCHgrabembythepussyFASTERharambeUSAfuckyouSHUTUPhelloYOUAREANAZIokayEATSHITfasterGODBLESSAMERICA

It's like a slip-n'-slide of amped up racism and general frenzy.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Even if he wins and the world ends in nuclear fire, it may have been worth it for this debate.

Red and Black
Sep 5, 2011

Democracy Now Pre-Debate Roundtable

http://www.democracynow.org/live/coming_up_expanding_the_october_9th

The Intercept's Live Blog

https://theintercept.com/liveblogs/seconddebate/

felch me daddy jr.
Oct 30, 2009

Spiffster posted:

#poligoon if memory serves
I asked for the network, not the channel.

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART

tyblazitar posted:

I asked for the network, not the channel.

synIRC
That's where pretty much every Goon IRC channel is at.

felch me daddy jr.
Oct 30, 2009

Pakled posted:

synIRC
That's where pretty much every Goon IRC channel is at.
Thanks! I don't really use any other goon channels so I didn't know.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

I honestly am feeling pretty sick about this debate. Not even just lingering nonsense "Trump will win" worries but even if Trump doesn't win this is going to be horrifying and disgusting, isn't it?

Nucleic Acids
Apr 10, 2007
So, what are the odds Trump points out to Clinton's accusers in the audience and he demands Clinton explain herself to their faces?

trash person
Apr 5, 2006

Baby Executive is pleased with your performance!
This Trump surrogate on CNN is saying Trump's press conference is gonna play to.....millennial collegiate girls?

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klingon
Oct 8, 2016
I'm probably in the minority, but the last debate was boring and I think this one will be too. Trump will go off the rails, like last time, but in the way that is totally par for the course. He has just enough sense to stay his regular interrupting, delusional self. A well timed jab from the audience could set him off. The audience broke decorum once during the last debate before Lester shook his finger. Things have definitely gotten more tense since then.

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