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Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner Presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump deliver remarks at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City.

8:50pm EDT / 5:50pm PDT

https://www.c-span.org/video/?416979-1/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-deliver-remarks-al-smith-dinner
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2016, 12:58:42 am »
Watching live.

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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 01:09:17 am »
Great to see that Trump showed up.

His jokes fall flat.  He cannot self-deprecate. This talk is really awkward. 
Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.

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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 01:16:50 am »
  Trump is destroying her and the crowd is ripping him up.
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2016, 01:18:13 am »
My God, Trump is trashing Hillary rather than ripping himself.

Nobody is laughing. There are groans. There are boos against Trump at a dinner that is supposed to be convivial.

Trump is making a bleep fool of himself.   Cardinal Dolan is grimacing.

This is awful.  Donald Trump simply cannot take shots at himself; instead he turned this into a campaign speech for himself.

What a horrible bleep Trump is.  If you didn't see this, you missed Trump embarrassing himself in a way that these people have never seen.
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Re: Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner starts in a few minutes on C-SPAN
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2016, 01:19:23 am »
Great to see that Trump showed up.

His jokes fall flat.  He cannot self-deprecate. This talk is really awkward.

Agreed.

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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2016, 01:20:25 am »
Trump is no doubt the most ungracious bastard to ever grace this stage and this dinner.

There were scattered boos when he left the podium.
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2016, 01:20:41 am »
  Trump is destroying her and the crowd is ripping him up.

He's destroying himself.
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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2016, 01:22:56 am »
  Trump is destroying her and the crowd is ripping him up.

The event is one where you make fun of yourself. Trump is an idiot.

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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2016, 01:23:02 am »
Trump is no doubt the most ungracious bastard to ever grace this stage and this dinner.

There were scattered boos when he left the podium.

The man is slime.

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« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2016, 01:24:48 am »
How do we get rid of this guy, for good?

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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2016, 01:25:22 am »
  He said he's been going to these dinners for years, even with his father, he should know what is appropriate.

   His Friend Hillary will show him how, as usual.
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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2016, 01:26:59 am »
  He said he's been going to these dinners for years, even with his father, he should know what is appropriate.

I am sure he knows. I think he is trying to throw this election bigly!

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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2016, 01:31:29 am »
Hillary is also awful. 

This is the most unfunny two candidates to be featured at this dinner.  Mitt and Obama were so self-deprecating, and they also poked at the other guy.  But they were funny, and gracious.

Neither of these two are funny. 

We can count on Cardinal Dolan to wrap this up, be funny, and not cause grimaces and face-palms.
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« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2016, 01:35:59 am »
Hillary is also awful. 

This is the most unfunny two candidates to be featured at this dinner.  Mitt and Obama were so self-deprecating, and they also poked at the other guy.  But they were funny, and gracious.

Neither of these two are funny. 

We can count on Cardinal Dolan to wrap this up, be funny, and not cause grimaces and face-palms.

God, how I miss this man.


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« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2016, 01:40:46 am »
Oh come on, at first it was funny ... he of course then went all 'Trump' on her!! :silly: :silly:
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« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2016, 01:43:32 am »
My 12-year-old informs me that they are having a mock election at his school tomorrow.  To my surprise, he asks me if we could watch the political channels so that he could figure out who to vote for.   As I turned the channel, we found Trump approaching the podium at the Al Smith dinner.  I figured this would be a good way to present politics in a light-hearted fashion.

Trump started out well, but it shortly became apparent that Trump did not understand the protocol of the dinner.  Instead of making light of himself, he began pressing harder and harder against Hillary.  It was clear from the audience reaction that this was not being well received, but he didn't let up.  I finally had to turn it off.

I then looked at my wife and asked her that if Trump were trying to lose this election on purpose, how would he have done that any differently.

It was the most classless display I have witnessed in a very long time.  If you ever wondered what Alan Grayson would be like if he were a Republican, you now know.

I don't know who my son will be voting for tomorrow in his school election, but I can assure you it won't be Donald Trump.
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« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2016, 01:44:27 am »
Hillary was far more gracious than the evil doer Donald. And there was Rudy, sending daggers out to everyone.
Even DeBlazio and Cuoma had a good natured laugh.  Rudy is spitting mad.  Ha ha. She beat him in the senate race and he is still pissed off.

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« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2016, 01:55:00 am »
No matter what, Donald Trump will never be invited to one of these dinners again.
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« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2016, 01:56:26 am »
Hillary is slinging back ... Melania doesn't seem to see the humor! Hillary is far from funny.
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« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2016, 02:03:39 am »
Anyone?  Where was Billy Bob??
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« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2016, 02:07:38 am »
No matter what, Donald Trump will never be invited to one of these dinners again.
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I couldn't believe it when Trump started seriously attacking Clinton.  I could tell from the noise from the crowd they were not receiving this well.  The two gentlemen on either side of Trump had frowns on their face and the Cardinal's facial expression said he was not happy, not one smile.  I watched him when Clinton was speaking, and he had a smile on his face and was laughing.  Trump was just the slime he really is.

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« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2016, 02:15:58 am »
Trump is no doubt the most ungracious bastard to ever grace this stage and this dinner.

There were scattered boos when he left the podium.


I am embarrassed for him since he apparently doesn't have enough sense to be embarrassed for himself.

That was painful to watch.

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« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2016, 02:26:22 am »
Hillary was far more gracious than the evil doer Donald. And there was Rudy, sending daggers out to everyone.
Even DeBlazio and Cuoma had a good natured laugh.  Rudy is spitting mad.  Ha ha. She beat him in the senate race and he is still pissed off.


Senate race? Rudy never ran for senate.

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« Reply #24 on: October 21, 2016, 02:48:11 am »
Great to see that Trump showed up.

His jokes fall flat.  He cannot self-deprecate. This talk is really awkward.

They are actually cringing over on Free Republic.  Even the most loyal trumpers say that he's gone too far ...
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