by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 27. Also, check out video of the full wipeout…er, Trump meltdown..er, “debate” last night. Seriously, how can ANYONE vote for freakazoid Trump? As for Hillary Clinton, she nailed it – knowledgeable, prepared, articulate, poised, cool, calm…presidential.
- The first debate proved again that only one of the candidates is fit to be president (“Monday’s clash told the story of this year’s presidential race.”)
- Caught in Iraq War lie, Donald Trump cries ‘Hannity’
- Donald Trump bombs on the ultimate reality TV show
- What worked for Trump in the primaries failed him against Clinton
- Clinton shifts the election in her direction (“She may well have succeeded in opening a new front against Trump.”)
- Trump starts subdued, then his cool quickly melts
- This debate, Trump needed to appear ready to be president. He didn’t.
- Clinton goes after Trump’s weakness: His famously thin skin
- Post-debate poll: Hillary Clinton takes round one (“Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night’s debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate…Voters who watched said Clinton expressed her views more clearly than Trump and had a better understanding of the issues by a margin of more than 2-to-1.”)
- ABC Shreds Trump’s Iraq War And Birther Lies: They Don’t “Resemble The Truth At All” (“Jonathan Karl: Trump’s Lies About The Iraq War And Birtherism Were ‘Two Doozies’ That ‘Simply Were Not True'”)
- An Ugly Campaign, Condensed Into One Debate (“The word ‘debate’ loses its meaning when one candidate is serious and the other is a vacuous bully.”)
- Prediction Markets Score the Debate a Rout: Clinton Over Trump
- The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman (“The coherence gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was devastating.”)
- Lester Holt succeeds in fact checking Trump in real time (“Holt did what Matt Lauer wouldn’t.”)
- Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead
- Trump can’t stop lying about his support for the Iraq War (“Reminded of this he yelled ‘Wrong, wrong.’”)
- Even Frank Luntz’s Focus Group Overwhelmingly Says Clinton Won The Debate (“Luntz: Voters Described Trump’s Performance As A ‘Disaster’ And ‘Rude'”)
- 3 winners and 2 losers from the first presidential debate
- 5 takeaways from the first presidential debate (“Clinton hits him where it hurts, and Trump’s boorish reaction hands her a win.”)
- Trump’s breathtaking dishonesty on birtherism (“No shame”)
- Trump said Clinton ‘doesn’t have the stamina.’ He’s promoting a sexist trope rooted in conspiracy. (“He went there”)
- Clinton set the trap and Trump walked in
- Insiders: Hillary won (“Eight in 10 agree Donald Trump lost the first debate. But Republicans aren’t convinced it will hurt him.” It won’t with his fanatic fans, but it should with everyone else.)
- This was the most important moment of the first presidential debate (“The moment.”)
- Journalists Are Calling Out Trump’s Debate Lies
- Conservative Media Figures Hated Trump’s Debate Performance
- Tim Kaine Makes Emotional Visit to Orlando Massacre Site
- Ranking Donald Trump’s biggest whoppers: Lies of the first presidential debate
- “The most abnormal event I’ve ever witnessed”: In a wild battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Lester Holt was the big loser
- Belitting and “braggadocious”: Donald Trump was Donald Trump — the only surprise is that anyone is surprised (“Trump turned the debate with Hillary Clinton into a tour through the fever swamps of right-wing tropes he’s nursed”)
- “I say nothing”: Birther godfather Donald Trump refuses to apologize to African-Americans, Obama in first debate
- Poise Under Pressure: At the First Presidential Debate, Hillary Proves She’s Got This
- Every Time Donald Trump Sniffed at the Debate
- Trump’s Campaign Can’t Answer Whether He’s Paid Federal Income Taxes, Either
- Editorial: Full accounting needed of U.Va.’s strategic fund
- Governor, Norment try to reassure local commissioners of revenue on budget outlook
- Editorial – Don’t let drilling companies hide fracking data
- Fifth district congressional debate focuses on economic development
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Delegate should step down (“Here’s what we know: Del. Rick Morris has been charged with felonious cruelty and causing injuries to children, as well as child endangerment. The Suffolk Republican also faces multiple misdemeanor counts of domestic assault.”)
- Richmond mayoral candidate Joe Morrissey calls for removal of Jefferson Davis statue
- Va. Gov. McAuliffe announces new money for new gun law
- One man’s quest to preserve the haunting black history of Pocahontas Island
- Danville police change policy on raised car hoods
- Morning showers and afternoon sunshine, then clouds and showers through Friday
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