2016 US Presidential Election Thread 2 - Always Darkest before Don

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If it was a wireless lav, sure it can glitch just like anything else technical, if it's a wired mike somebody could step or kick on it running around off camera along its path to muff a signal up. It's live TV, shit happens and you're live so there's no cover for it of course. Sound booth operator could have edged a fader bar up too far before realizing he was needing a squelch on the channel is a common explanation. What do you think was being said there as I haven't gone back and analyzed it?
I guess I messed up the link but Hillary goes quiet trying to recall how many people got killed so if she has an earpiece it could have been someone making sure she knew what to say, I did a Google search and I guess other people caught it and slowed it down:

I heard it when watching it on UK TV so it's not just the YouTube stream.
 
I guess I messed up the link but Hillary goes quiet trying to recall how many people got killed so if she has an earpiece it could have been someone making sure she knew what to say, I did a Google search and I guess other people caught it and slowed it down:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5sLt_rMCGKk
I heard it when watching it on UK TV so it's not just the YouTube stream.
It didn't sound like dozens to me. If I hadn't know that was what Hillary said, I never would have thought that was what the audio glitch (?) said.
 
I guess I messed up the link but Hillary goes quiet trying to recall how many people got killed so if she has an earpiece it could have been someone making sure she knew what to say, I did a Google search and I guess other people caught it and slowed it down:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5sLt_rMCGKk
I heard it when watching it on UK TV so it's not just the YouTube stream.

No I believe you heard it as did I as well watching it live, but both my family and I have worked live TV production, even if I didn't work in the audio department outside of running a cable to a truck or back, so it was something I didn't really think was that out of the ordinary but who knows what was really the cause and content of the sound? I would be surprised if it was something nefarious because I'm not seeing a bunch of fraud going on at this point to be honest.
 
No I believe you heard it as did I as well watching it live, but both my family and I have worked live TV production, even if I didn't work in the audio department outside of running a cable to a truck or back, so it was something I didn't really think was that out of the ordinary but who knows what was really the cause and content of the sound? I would be surprised if it was something nefarious because I'm not seeing a bunch of fraud going on at this point to be honest.
Would it be seen as nefarious for a candidate to have an earpiece?

I mean I guess with how personal the debates seem to be it might be used against Hillary but it's not like fact checking is a crime and it's not as important as their policies.
 
No I believe you heard it as did I as well watching it live, but both my family and I have worked live TV production, even if I didn't work in the audio department outside of running a cable to a truck or back, so it was something I didn't really think was that out of the ordinary but who knows what was really the cause and content of the sound? I would be surprised if it was something nefarious because I'm not seeing a bunch of fraud going on at this point to be honest.
Yeah, who could believe Hillary would do something dishonest?
 
Would it be seen as nefarious for a candidate to have an earpiece?

There are generally signed agreements in place prohibiting this, so they'd effectively be cheating. Whether anyone would care is the issue, though, since it's not like they could actually be prosecuted for it or anything.

ETA: Just checked. Unlike previous debates (like Bush/Kerry), the parties in this never signed anything and any agreement they had was verbal, if it existed at all. So it wouldn't have been a violation of anything in writing to use covert signals. It might have just looked bad.
 
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Would it be seen as nefarious for a candidate to have an earpiece?

If she's hard of hearing and requires a hearing aide, no. If she's violating the rules of the debate by having a wire in her ear feeding her talking points, sure. As of now I see no reason to explain it by she's cheating, but new information would be a reason to reconsider that, sure.

Yeah, who could believe Hillary would do something dishonest?

Probably the same people that think Trump is lying about not grabbing women right in the pussy. :biggrin: Or those who don't think live TV has audio problems sometimes that aren't the fault of somebody busy talking into a microphone while trying to make cogent persuasive points. Could be either one IMO.
 
I'm sitting in the Baltimore Metro. I just had a conversation with my black taxi driver about the election. He's supporting Trump. He said Hillary's corrupt as hell, and Trump's willing to speak his mind. Couldn't argue with him on either point.
 
Probably the same people that think Trump is lying about not grabbing women right in the pussy. :biggrin: Or those who don't think live TV has audio problems sometimes that aren't the fault of somebody busy talking into a microphone while trying to make cogent persuasive points. Could be either one IMO.
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I'm sitting in the Baltimore Metro. I just had a conversation with my black taxi driver about the election. He's supporting Trump. He said Hillary's corrupt as hell, and Trump's willing to speak his mind. Couldn't argue with him on either point.

So that's one black guy so far for Trump.

That's pretty good black turnout for Trump, exceeds all expectations tbh
 
I'm sitting in the Baltimore Metro. I just had a conversation with my black taxi driver about the election. He's supporting Trump. He said Hillary's corrupt as hell, and Trump's willing to speak his mind. Couldn't argue with him on either point.

Also never argue with any motherfucker crazy enough to be a cab driver in Baltimore.
 
So that's one black guy so far for Trump.

That's pretty good black turnout for Trump, exceeds all expectations tbh

One of many, actually - if you know where to look on YouTube, of course.
 
One of many, actually - if you know where to look on YouTube, of course.

Trump is currently trending at 0%-3% Black support.

Romney, the bastion of urban know-how polled at 18%
 
Something I find really annoying is people who hate Trump so much that they desperately try to like Hillary, it's just insanely cringy
"OMG YASSSSSSSSSSS QUEEEEEEEEEEN SLAY GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURL U DESTROYED RACIST ORANGE DRUMPF!!! U WAS ON FIRE GURL!!!!! #IMWITHER"
Her charisma is about on par with Chris ffs. I can kind of get not liking Trump, but actually thinking Hillary is anything but 100% pure shit on basically every count is just absurd.

In general, the "drumpf orange xDD" people are cringe-inducing. Even before I supported Trump I thought that those autists were autistic. I can understand criticizing his lack of experience, or disagreeing with his policy; I might not agree with you, but I can kind of understand it. Repeating over-used (and not funny to begin with) jokes from Last Week Tonight is just kind of :autism::autism::autism:




Anyways, Trump 2016. Hopefully we win this. If not, hopefully the lizard queen dies in a tragic barbell accident. I'd gladly take 4 years of creepy uncle over her.
 
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