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VERY INTERESTING! My husband has long wanted to tell Hillary she should have turned around and told Trump to go back to his side. I can see Harris doing it, but not Hillary.

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I recall her saying she wish she had rebuked him then & there.

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I hate when that happens to me....something happens & I drive myself crazy with...dammit why didn't I do this or that. You get stunned. I was once walking into Shopko & this idiot was coming out & he screamed at me, like a bully..."That's not the right door, it's the other door" or some such & I just looked confused & went in...but boy I was mad for hours after that...how dare he & I should've told him to shut up, etc.. etc..

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Happens to me a lot, too. I wish I had said something at the time, but didn't because I didn't want to offend them or start an argument, but if I had spoken up then, the problem might've been solved, but instead it continues.

Same thing with lost opportunities from failing to act when it would've made a difference.

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Well, thanks to the obsessive press stalking her & Pres. Clinton....she doesn't want to start a feeding frenzy. I personally think she was as stunned as we all were. The "moderators" must have been also, but it was their responsibility to interrupt & say, "excuse me Mr. Trump...but you need to stay over on this side". They froze...as they have so many times since.

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Fascinating. I watched the event live and didn't even catch the water grab. I would never have guessed that stealing food/drink from others was a sign of dementia. Thanks for sharing this insight.

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I think the camera man understood that because (what I observed), when he first grabbed her bottle and tightened it, the camera man panned left (after he picked it up) to get a shot of his own water bottle on his table in that frame. I think that was a non-verbal “WTF is this guy doing?” camera moment!

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Nice catch!

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Thank you for this explanation, Dr. Brown. This man must be kept far away from any office of public trust for the remainder of his life. I hope readers of your analysis will share it with those of their friends and family members who are contemplating voting for Trump in November.

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Trump supporters are not swayed by facts or objective information. They are committed to him come heck or high water. They are invested and won’t back down and believe all his lies no matter how many times his lies are proved to be pants on fire lies.

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You are undoubtedly correct in most instances, Pat Chubb. We have seen opinions change drastically in the past few days, however. It is to those people who are coming to a realization of how horribly they would fare under a Trump return that I address my personal efforts. Some are persuadable.

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And THAT is exactly Why Most Cult Members Perish Along w/ Their Dear Leaders.

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I don’t necessarily want them to perish … I just want my family members to go back to normal. 🥲

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Aug 3·edited Aug 3

Isn't it also, passive-aggressive behavior, and sheer arrogance. He dismisses these women, except the Fox host, who gloated over him. It was embarrassing to watch. I only saw clips, I couldn't stomach to watch the whole 30+ min show. He lied, and lied and lied, and they all barely stopped him, or corrected him.

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He wouldn’t agree to be there unless they did NOT fact-check him.

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Certainly cowardly behavior but he is afraid. It must be terrifying if his brain is malfunctioning but he so mean to others it is hard to feel sympathy.

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Brilliant evaluation. Thanks for the video too. I needed that humor!

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Thank you!

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You hit the nail (s) on the head, Jack!

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Forcing his spit on her without consent is the same angry violence of rape. He’s getting vengeance for her “nasty” question right out of the gate. The only means he has other than his words to bring harm to her in that setting. It isn’t rocket science. Once people grasp that his ego is made of egg shells and vengeance is his only modus operandus the world can heal from the trauma he has delivered to all of us repeatedly.

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?: How DO we heal? as a culture that’s schismed, and as individuals, and for those whose ptsd/cptsd has re-engaged ? ideas please 🙏

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First thing is to apply pressure to the gushing artery. Keep the power of POTUS in the hands of the benevolent Harris and out of the control of the malevolent trump and his goons! Stop the hemorrhaging and then we can start to heal. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

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🙏🏼🙏🏼

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I maintain that “Weird” doesn’t quite hit the target. Creepy, on the other hand, is on point.

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Yes- weird is just too tame. Creepy is better, however, as we move along, the dems might need to make the language fit the actions of Trump and his demented (Miller anyone?) surrogates.

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Oh, Miller is a true head case. Vicious, shrill, and sadistic.

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The appearance of Tweety Bird and the soul of Dr. Mengele …

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If you are an African American, and you are thinking of voting for trumpf, please think again! He’s the biggest racist this country has ever seen. He despises anyone who is not a Caucasian, Rich, White man ; except for his daughter ( he lusts for her and other young girls) , and MAYBE Melania ( cause no self- respecting white American woman would marry him). He had to buy his wives…He hates blacks, women and immigrants!

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Depths of vile racism that even exceed George Wallace.

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Aug 3Liked by Dr. Jack Brown

I seek out and thoroughly enjoy your teachings and this one is very fulfilling, thank you for sharing your wisdom

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Aug 6Liked by Dr. Jack Brown

That was fascinating, thank you. To me, when he first reached for and took the bottle when her back was turned also had a creepy date rape drug vibe.

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Knowing his antics, I think he tightened the bottle to make it difficult for her to open. When she didn’t try to open so he get she her what a man he is by opening it for her, he further devolves to a bigger asshole and drinks her water. He is scum and so are his voters, all of them.

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Yeah, my first thought was dominance and his paranoia that ‘the blacks’ would try to poison him.

Do, lil Kim was right, dotard, a dangerous dotard.

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He’s weird. And an asshole. And very dopey.

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Next debate, put a bottle laced with laxatives and roofies closest to his opponent, then sit back and watch. Put another undoctored bottle on the other side of the opponent. Tell the opponent to drink from the second bottle.

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All of his attention was focused left. That water bottle was in his field of vision, and everything he sees is his. Much of his thirst was a manifestation of stress, and stress (bordering on panic) also limited his ability to consider peripheral issues, like social considerations and niceties that, for him, require conscious attention.

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He had to walk past the water on his way to his seat and guaranteed he was told where his water was. He’s a prick, period

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You say period, I say also.

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Don't kick the burning sack on the doorstep.

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