On today’s BradCast, the public reaction to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s performance at the first Presidential debate — from polls, betting markets, newspapers and listener callers (lots of them!) [Audio link for show posted below.]
After some breaking news today (on the elementary school shooting in South Carolina and the Congressional override of Obama’s veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia), and a story on the “not a terrorist” lawyer dressed in Nazi paraphernalia who injured 9 in Houston this week with legally purchased semi-automatic weapons (including a sub-machine gun and 2,600 rounds of ammo), we turn to the fallout from Monday’s “Trumpwreck” of a Presidential debate.
The face-off broke the all-time viewer ratings record for a Presidential debate and early indications suggest the GOP nominee is likely to take a big hit in the polls (here’s one in which he came in third in a two-person debate!), though there remain two more debates and a number of other reasons for Democrats to not rest easy just yet.
Also, another major Right-leaning newspaper endorses the Democratic Presidential candidate for the first time in their 126-year history and then callers ring in — and boy howdy, do they! — with their thoughts on what the world witnessed from Hofstra University on Monday night…
A few comments from the various topics covered in today’s show:
About the shooting in Houston: I know that area of Houston. It’s basically upper middle class, with not much going on. If it really was terrorism, he would have done it somewhere else. So, I think the guy was just crazy.
About nukes: I am under the impression that we don’t want Iran to have nukes because they are unstable actors. Same goes with why we especially have a problem with North Korea. I find it ironic that we go through all the effort to prevent the wrong people from getting nukes, yet someone like Trump has something like a 50/50 shot.
It was Tuesday’s Democracy Now special that had Jill Stein edited in to select portions of the Clinton/Trump debate. I thought it was an interesting idea, but ultimately just sad. It felt too alt left.
My take on the debate was that though Clinton did less worse than Trump, neither candidate did well.
I think we should have a national write in vote for “None of the Above”. Not that I’m a Brewster’s Millions fan, but I think this year is the most applicable year for such a vote.
NONE OF THE ABOVE!
fortunately there are better journalists out here in the real world, this one in JAPAN breaks down the H vs T (hillary vs trump) it’s a bit long, but the audio is good, it’s well done. If your intolerance of the really horrible truth makes it unsafe for you, don’t bother clicking, take the other pill and remain in your dayjobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO8B03m1O84