Trump's team organizes a practice town hall for him, he fucks it up

[smurfy]

[url]http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/donald-trump-town-hall-new-hampshire/[/url]
[quote]Sandown, New Hampshire (CNN) - Donald Trump took the stage at a town hall here Thursday night and insisted the forum was not set up to help prepare him for Sunday's town hall-style debate against Hillary Clinton.

And after fielding a dozen softballs for just a half-hour from a hand-picked group of voters inside the small, sweltering wood-paneled room, it seemed Trump was right: the forum had "nothing to do" with the upcoming debate, despite Trump campaign sources telling CNN earlier Thursday that the evening's town hall event would serve as a practice run.

If it did, Trump's performance Thursday night and his repeated mocking of the importance of debate prep raised serious questions about how Trump will perform at the debate Sunday just two weeks after he botched his first debate appearance due to what aides described as a lack of preparation.

And with a touch of bravado, he repeatedly mocked Clinton for taking time off the campaign trail to prepare for the debate, stating multiple times that she was "resting," in keeping with his past critiques of Clinton's health and stamina.[/quote]
[quote]Rather than working the room, Trump remained standing in the same spot, just a few feet from Carr who read off the questions Trump's supporters had submitted.

And while he offered some jokes in an effort to connect with the crowd, Trump made little effort to answer specific questions posed to him and frequently went off on tangents as if he were delivering a speech at one of his rallies.

When asked how he would define the middle class, Trump offered up a platitude that "the middle class has been forgotten in this country" before pivoting to his tax plan and proposals to cut regulations. He did not offer a definition.[/quote]

It's happening lads, Trump is [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-prepares-for-debate-rebound-but-refuses-to-be-controlled/2016/10/07/ed5a4bb8-8c8f-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html]continuing to refuse mock debates[/url] while Clinton is [url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/05/politics/trump-clinton-debate-prep/]repeating her first debate prep strategy[/url], spending several days holed up with advisors.

[Smooth Jazz]

"It's like trying to explain gravity to a chicken."

[Trogdon]

Dang Clinton interrupting his thoughts as he holds a private rally, so unfair

[patq911]

The 2nd debate might be even better than the first one just because of the format.

Trump doesn't ever walk around, he is ALWAYS behind a podium. He has no idea how to do a town hall.

[Bald & Beautiful]

Now it makes sense why so many Bernie supporters went to trump, they're both mathematically unelectable!

[Maegord]

[QUOTE=patq911;51167153]The 2nd debate might be even better than the first one just because of the format.

Trump doesn't ever walk around, he is ALWAYS behind a podium. He has no idea how to do a town hall.[/QUOTE]

Don't forget that it's just about impossible to come off looking good if you pick fights with individual voters asking questions.

You can interrupt and yell at your opponent; you can interrupt and yell at moderators because they're media figures; there's no way to interrupt and yell at a random middle-American man or woman when they ask you a tough question without looking like a huge dick.