Daily Archives: September 28, 2016

Debate Hangover

The first Trump/Clinton debate had Super Bowl-like ratings, but unlike some Super Bowls, this debate truly lived up to the pre-game hype.  The post-debate, no-spin analysis in my mind is simply a laundry list of painfully obvious punches landed and missed opportunities.  I pretty much go along with the pre-debate conventional wisdom in terms of lower expectations for Trump being a non-politician and this being his first one-on-one debate…FAR different than the primary debates, where there was often eight people on the stage.  I think Trump may have skated on one comment that could be perceived, I suppose, as non-PC…that being the one in the cyber security discussion alluding to a potential hacker being a 400 pound person laying in bed.  He may have lost the 400-pounder vote on that little faux pas.  Oh well…live & learn.  I immediately thought he was referring to Rosie O’Donnell…but admittedly, that would be pure speculation on my part. Continue reading