I have little hope that the debate moderators can either keep him on point or establish any control whatsoever over the proceedings.

Dear god, if they get Megyn Kelly . . .

Jon Stewart or Steven Colbert for debate moderator. I think Trump would actually walk off the stage if that were the case.

Yeah, but he's proven in interviews that he gets angry and blustery when he can't answer a question, so all it will take is a little pushback from Clinton -- or even a moderator -- and he's likely to blow his top.

I am sort of afraid that this is what makes people LIKE him. If you think that Hillary Clinton is a criminal and the actual devil, then someone having all that "righteous" anger could be a good thing in your books. I think that Trump is unlikely to convince people who do not already support him to vote for him, however, so really his sope is that the Hillary hatred is strong enough to move people from her to third party voters.

I don't think we have a prayer of shifting the people who want to vote for him. I'm after the undecided who have some vague idea that there's no real difference between the two of them and those who don't pay attention to a presidential campaign until October and who are thinking in terms of "Hey, wasn't he on TV? He was funny."

I feel like I just did a very brave thing and filled out the survey on my Dean's performance for the Provost (who will know the comments came from me and who will have my re-appointment for approval on his desk this year).

I can't even imagine a debate, because this whole election is unbelieveable.

I don't think there's any hope for people who think Hillary should be in jail for whatever reason they have (emails, benghazi, she and bill murder their enemies, etc)

Mom doesn't like Hillary and doesn't thinik she's trustworthy and I do't htink there's a way to change that but Mom's voting for Hillary. Well she's voting Democrat because she can't stand what the GOP has turned into.

So I just have to hope that the on the fence people will get turned off by Trump.

And there's three months for him to get even more offensive!

Someone commented that, during Hillary's acceptance speech, some poor Trump aide was probably hiding in a bathroom with T's phone to keep him from tweeting. Lotsa luck.

An acquaintance who I barely know (I've spent time in a large social gathering with her MAYBE 3 times) sent me a Facebook message at 7 a.m. today that said "Why should I vote for Hillary Clinton? You seem to be following politics, so what are the reasons I should vote for her?"

So. I think perhaps this individual is just bad at boundaries and communication and is just blunt, rather than being combative (which is how I took it at first, especially since she messaged at 7 goddamn in the morning).

And I know I should jump in so I can get one more vote for my girl, but, you know, I just don't have the spoons to respond to a demand for information from someone I barely barely know who thinks it's okay to blow up my phone at 7 a.m. with a non-emergency.

Is that wrong? I just can't cope with anything today, but even if I could, I suspect I'd find this acquaintance's demand for information at 7 a.m. to be very off-putting. I mean, Clinton has a website. Nonpartisan websites exist. Why demand information from someone you barely fucking know? (Though I suspect this is a case where she thinks we're great pals, when literally all I know about her is her name, the name of her current partner, and the name of her ex.)

Or am I being a huge jerk here?

You don't owe her anything, Steph, although it sounds like she is someone who is experiencing a huge amount of cognitive dissonance after the RNC and DNC, and is cautiously trying to look outside of her personal bubble.

ION, 4th Circuit says NC voting laws adopted with "discriminatory intent.": [link]

"The new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision.": [link]

is cautiously trying to look outside of her personal bubble

And I applaud that, for sure. But it's scary to think that she considers me the best person to ask, since we are the definition of "that person you friend on FB because you met them at that one thing."

Everyone wants a piece of your spicy brains, Steph. It's your burden.