How to Avoid Immigration Terrorism & Health Care in a 90 Minute Debate

By Ann Coulter At least we know Trump wasnt lying when he said he didnt practice for the debate. Based on the behavior of trained professional journalists I gather Im not supposed to say what I really thought of the debate but to cheer like a pom-pom girl for my candidate. But the truth is I -- along with my Trump-supporting friends -- thought it was a draw: Trump won the first half and Hillary won the second half. Since most people stopped paying attention after the first 30 minutes thats a win for Trump. Hillary supporters or the media had reason to be happy: She looked healthy! She probably could have kept reciting her snarky little talking points for another hour. In fact it was the best Ive ever seen Hillary. She avoided that honking thing she does smiled a lot -- a little too much actually (maybe ease up on the pep pills next time) -- and as the entire media has gleefully reported she managed to bait Trump. Note to the Trump campaign: While it may seem studly that Hillarys best performance versus Trumps worst ends in a draw on Nov. 9 no one wants to say: We almost won -- and our guy didnt prepare! The medias excitement over Hillary successfully baiting Trump is revealing -- of the media of what this election is really about and of what Trump needs to do now. The definition of Trump taking the bait was getting him to talk about himself not about issues. This from a media that claim to be aching for policy specifics. Hillary -- with assists from the moderator -- baited Trump on how rich he is the loan from his father a lawsuit in 1972 the birther claims who he said what to about the Iraq War from 2001 to 2003 and so on. For the media their gal was winning whenever precious minutes of a 90-minute debate were spent rehashing allegations about Trump. Ha ha! We prevented Trump from talking about issues that matter to the American people! That was scored as a win. Nothing illustrates more clearly that this election is about the people versus the elites than the fact that the media run from Trumps issues like Dracula from the sun. Trump wins whenever he talks about issues; he loses whenever he talks about himself. Trump was winning when he talked about the heinous trade deals that have shipped jobs abroad and immiserated millions of Americans -- which Hillary supports. He was winning when he talked about bringing order and safety to black neighborhoods overrun with crime; Hillarys with the criminals. He was winning when he talked about rebuilding our inner cities instead of saying Vote for me! then See you in four years! -- as Hillary does. Unlike the media ordinary people dont care about Trumps taxes or net worth or the things he said as an entertainer. Trump will be dead and gone in 30 years. From now until the next debate every single person who works for Trump should personally insult him several times a day. Good morning sir -- your business is a total fraud. Here are those trade stats you wanted -- oh and you lied about opposing the war in Iraq. The Cincinnati airport needs a tail number -- why did you fat-shame that poor girl? If he starts to respond they should say No one cares sir. Tell me how youre going to stop Mexican drugs from pouring across our border. The proof that voters dont care about the personal attacks on Trump is that even after his lazy and self-indulgent debate performance he won nearly every online poll. Evidently the American people have sized up the candidates and decided they want Trump. But theres just one last formality: He needs to pass some minimum threshold a basic job requirement -- like proving he has a drivers license. Everybody agrees hes got the job. Its too late for Hillary to be sucking up to the hiring committee reminding them but I took drivers ed seven times -- yes there were mistakes but I was grilled for 11 hours about that vehicular homicide. Also the Russians hacked my GPS. Trump showed up at the debate with his drivers license. Thats all anyone needed to see.