HILLARY AND HOLT THE PRESSES

It is curious how everyone's opinion regarding the first presidential debate differed as to who won, especially when the deck was stacked and the questions appeared to be more about theater, rather than important issues. It was a canned performance by Hillary and a somewhat uptight debate by Trump.  

Trump didn't lose but neither did he win. Hillary did not lose, in the sense, that she was able to spoon her political pablum without having a medical meltdown, but neither did she win. Either both won, or neither lost or it was a tie. Instead many voters scratched their heads and wondered who approved these questions? When does  the media manipulation ever stop, and is anyone in media capable of being a fair moderator of politics?  

How does the birth issue get airtime? Isn't that a DNC talking point packaged to the press in order to label Trump a racist? How is the birther issue a legitimate debate question while the multiple Clinton lies are kept out of the debate spotlight? If the media claims the birther question was asked to probe Trump's character then why was Clinton's character shielded by never asking her any tough questions about her questionable conduct in office? There is no doubt the birther question was used to unravel Trump, toward Hillary's benefit, period. Sorry, Hillary and Lester Holt, it did not work. Trump call out that lie.

When did Trump saying he was against the Iraq war become refuted because of another comment made public? When did Trump's opinion of the war become a lie, and a lie so great, it overshadows, Hillary Clinton's history of criminal lying? Her Benghazi lying, her e-mail lying and all her lies dating back to Watergate? Why wasn't her character explored by Lester the left's jester. Clinton's lies speak directly to her character, or should I say, Hillary's lack thereof, with respect to integrity.  Once again, Holt made sure Hillary was not embarrassed while he tried to paint Trump's face red. Once again, it didn't work. 

When did Trump's tax return being public rise in importance above Hillary's 250 thousand dollar speeches to Wall Street, or her thousands of deleted (yoga-cough) e-mails or her pay to play Foundation corruption? Once again, Hillary and Holt, believes the public is as dumb as rocks and treats the American voter like Jonathan Gruber treated them with Obamacare. Their political parlor tricks were obvious and laughable especially if they think they can equate, Hillary's criminal deceitful lies, by harping on Trump's business miscues. 

The first debate had three takeaways. One, that Candy Crowley's ghostly media will continue to shadow box their bias in Hillary's corner, and Trump needs to know when to punch and when to smile and laugh off their absurd charade. 

Two, voters on both sides want to see a little blood in the water but not in the way that makes either candidate seem a bully or desperate. Trump should have shown less defensiveness toward Clinton's red herring issue over his business bankruptcies, and instead redirect to Hillary's many scandals while she held the public's money and trust in such a selfish and self-serving way. When Hillary brings up character, temperament or the issue of a conflict of interest, then Trump needs to remind the public of Clinton's duplicity with the public on many issues. 

Three, at the end of the day, a debate win or loss means nothing if it doesn't sway voters to mark a ballot in your favor. The candidates are really trying to sell themselves to the late deciders and frankly in this election it is hard to imagine many voters still on the fence. 

Clinton may have won the pre-programmed, robot delivered, policy that promises everything, and means nothing, nothing more than more failing progressive delusions, while Trump did not lose, because he kept his composure and did not come across as bullying Clinton. He came across far more genuine, like him or not. Hillary seemed proud of her deviously delivered spat of generalizations, she called plans but the public should see as pander puff.

Some  criticize Trump for not going for the kill shot, or for allowing Clinton to bait him into agreeing with her, rather than excoriating her socialistic viewpoint. However, this is the first debate, and Trump must learn the rules, you know, the media bias rules; that ask attack questions of conservatives and support the lying answers of the Democrats. In the future debates, Trump needs to learn how to ignore the media traps and deftly lead Clinton to be on the defensive even though she will be protected by the media's moat, around her castle.  

Trump needs to remember that truth, doesn't need protest, and that lies are better addressed with a smile, and a wink to the public, when he coolly recounts that Hillary is incapable of being honest, transparent and trustworthy on any issue. He must remember to let her give him the rope and then smile as he wraps it around her shoulders.

Not surprised by this first debate, after all, one of these candidates is a consummate lawyerly politician with the media in her back pocket, while the other is an outsider and business man that thinks logically. Welcome to the debate deck, Donald! It is stacked, hacked and filled with the sound of quack. Hillary and the media will attack, but you need to ignore them, stay on message and speak to the audience.

 Oh, and I guess Trump, is the winner of the debate, only by the fact, that he didn't say or gesture anything that the baiting media, could catch by misconstruction, and then wrap up in newspapers, sending a foul order over his campaign by dangling odious headlines. Holt the presses, Trump didn't bite.