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winstars

(4,220 posts)
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:44 AM Oct 2016

I was there!!! AND SHE WAS GREAT!!! tRump sounds even dumber in person. if thats possible

At the end, I was able to go to the stage and actually shake her hand. She is a very elegant person and we all should be happy that she will be our next president. In the room her white outfit almost glowed as did she...

tRump seemed afterward to stay only long enough to shake Sarah Palin's hand (I swear) and left the stage area and building quickly.

For some reason they sat President Obama's half brother in the front row right in the middle about 10 or 15 minutes into the debate. A stupid move or was he just late?

I left the debate room and made my way to the huuuuge Spin Room and saw all the usual suspects. I saw all of his surrogates lying the ass off as fast as possible. Sleepy Ben Carson, Omarosa, Huckabee, Boris, Degado, Crazy General Flynn, Katrina, Skelator, and most horrible of them all Goulliani... All furiously lying. I was surrounded by GISH GALLOP!!!

Oh, and I walked past Ed Shultz, being interviewed and I swear he was defending Russia... Does he work for RT now???

I saw that asshole Jesse Watters bothering the very cool and always classy Donna Brazile. She was very calm and collected as she worked the room.

And then I got an Uber and left.

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I was there!!! AND SHE WAS GREAT!!! tRump sounds even dumber in person. if thats possible (Original Post) winstars Oct 2016 OP
How very historically fun for you, winstars! Cha Oct 2016 #1
I was/am totally stoked. It was a very cool thing to have done. I shook our next Presidents hand!!! winstars Oct 2016 #2
I know the feeling somewhat. I was Cha Oct 2016 #3
I am very jealous. That is awesome. TeamPooka Oct 2016 #10
Hillary has ALWAYS been 100 times better in an intimate setting than in a big one DFW Oct 2016 #4
Unfortunately Jamaal510 Oct 2016 #5
He was just standing around after a short time. Nobody wanted to talk to him it seemed. winstars Oct 2016 #6
Thank you for that, Jamaal Cha Oct 2016 #8
Nooooooooo! OMG, he totally fooled me. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #27
He fooled Jamaal510 Oct 2016 #28
Lucky you MFM008 Oct 2016 #7
I am pea green with envy! DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #9
I am so jealous. Thanks for sharing with us. Hekate Oct 2016 #11
Out of curiosity, how'd you get tickets? joshcryer Oct 2016 #12
Yes. Ed Shultz went off the deep end in the primaries and does work for Putin Propaganda Arm now. Stand and Fight Oct 2016 #13
I am so happy for you. You are making Herstory with Her. Trump did stay behind the podium riversedge Oct 2016 #14
He hates shaking hands--he's a germophobe. nt tblue37 Oct 2016 #22
Cool! lillypaddle Oct 2016 #15
I am jealous Gothmog Oct 2016 #16
Cool! Trump is such an unbelievable dumbass. I can't wait until his ass is handed to him Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #17
Awesome! Adrahil Oct 2016 #18
Thank you for this post! yardwork Oct 2016 #19
He was definitely sat late as described. Although it was dark in the roomI could see it was him. winstars Oct 2016 #20
Very cooool. Did you take photos? Coyotl Oct 2016 #21
Yes I did. I got a few from my seat and several of her right next to me. No selfie; winstars Oct 2016 #23
Excellent. Coyotl Oct 2016 #24
No but I was essentially live blogging with my sister and 2 friends throughout. winstars Oct 2016 #25
That's great! Thanks for the report. livetohike Oct 2016 #26

Cha

(297,818 posts)
1. How very historically fun for you, winstars!
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:55 AM
Oct 2016

Thank you so much for the on the ground @ the last debate Report!

Ewww seeing all those creeps in person would Creep me out!



Hillary! This is from the DNC, of course, I don't have 3rd debate pics yet..

winstars

(4,220 posts)
2. I was/am totally stoked. It was a very cool thing to have done. I shook our next Presidents hand!!!
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:57 AM
Oct 2016

Cha

(297,818 posts)
3. I know the feeling somewhat. I was
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 03:03 AM
Oct 2016

telling someone last night I shook her hand in upstate New York in 2001 and took her pic.

Yours is way fresher!

DFW

(54,448 posts)
4. Hillary has ALWAYS been 100 times better in an intimate setting than in a big one
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 03:05 AM
Oct 2016

Where Bill or Obama own the room when there is a crowd (the bigger, the better), Hillary seems not to have mastered the art. Maybe it's just not in her DNA. But up close, I can confirm (also from first hand experience) that she is warm, sharp, and focused--and every bit as smart as we think she is!

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
5. Unfortunately
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 03:14 AM
Oct 2016
Oh, and I walked past Ed Shultz, being interviewed and I swear he was defending Russia... Does he work for RT now???

you're correct about what happened with Ed Shultz. He does work for RT, and has become a totally different person since his MSNBC days:
https://twitter.com/newswithed/status/774289604555993089
He has turned out to be a phony. He was originally a RW radio host, then started acting as a LWer when it was more lucrative. Now, he revealed his colors.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
27. Nooooooooo! OMG, he totally fooled me.
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 12:44 AM
Oct 2016

I actually used to like him!

Sorry, I know I'm repeating myself, but I was duped. How can anyone be so dishonest????!!!!

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
28. He fooled
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 04:03 AM
Oct 2016

a lot of people (myself included), so don't feel bad. After all the times he spent discussing things like voting rights, union rights, and getting tough on Russian hackers, this was totally unexpected.

joshcryer

(62,277 posts)
12. Out of curiosity, how'd you get tickets?
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 04:22 AM
Oct 2016

My mom tried to no avail and was really desperate. I tried to pull some strings, calling UNLV, telling them a retired elderly supporter wanted to be there, but I couldn't get anywhere. She sadly didn't win one of the raffles that they were putting out, put her down. She was in no state to actually go there, I mean, it would've been possible, but she'd have need a wheelchair, etc, so yeah...

But congrats on being part of history. It was Clinton's best debate performance yet.

riversedge

(70,357 posts)
14. I am so happy for you. You are making Herstory with Her. Trump did stay behind the podium
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 05:14 AM
Oct 2016

until Hillary shook hands with Wallace and then went off stand to the ropeline. He was clearly upset. I did see him shake hands with someone but it was quick and only a backview from cspan.

Anyway, Hillary was smiling away, while the dirty old man trumpy was grim.


Thanks for your

yardwork

(61,722 posts)
19. Thank you for this post!
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 07:12 AM
Oct 2016

It's fascinating to hear all these details. What a wonderful experience!

I have not read anywhere in the media about Obama's half brother being seated late. I'm sure the Trump people did that on purpose. They probably hoped it would cause a scene and rattle Hillary. Instead the media ignored it. Good.

I get the sense that the debate commission is very unhappy with Trump's shenanigans around the debates. They probably don't appreciate the loss of decorum.

winstars

(4,220 posts)
20. He was definitely sat late as described. Although it was dark in the roomI could see it was him.
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 10:59 AM
Oct 2016

He walked all the way from the back of the room on house right and then walked left to the center and sat down in a still empty seat in the front row almost right behind Chris Wallace.

If they did it on purpose it was another massive fail; it was too dark to really see and the stage being a bit elevated I don't think either candidate saw it.

Plus why would she care about this person???

winstars

(4,220 posts)
23. Yes I did. I got a few from my seat and several of her right next to me. No selfie;
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 11:09 AM
Oct 2016

No one was really doing that when she was by me at the end.

In the spin room I took what someone late last night called a virtual rogues galley of all the tRump surrogates furiously talking (lying)

winstars

(4,220 posts)
25. No but I was essentially live blogging with my sister and 2 friends throughout.
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 11:30 AM
Oct 2016

Which was great because I was by myself and able to essentially go wherever I wanted post debate.

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