You just don't invite the guy anymore. At my age, in this place with a 160,000 potential friends, why am I going to get into an argument. It's not my boss, coworker, employee or relative I need to see again.

Maybe the guy finds 7 other guys that enjoy breaking balls. That's win - win.

I believe the thread has a subject regarding Pence's rally.

I would have been interested in hearing it, but I do not like crowds. I wonder if it was recorded. It's not like it is going to make a difference in my vote, but I do like to know where they stand at a given time. I plan to vote Trump/Pence but I might watch the debates for entertainment value only. It won't change my vote. If you don't know your candidate by now, then you are not keeping up with current events. To me, the only debates important are the primaries. That is where you really learn where your candidate stands. I am also not interested in rallies, but I do like the way they motivate the voters and donors.

Now it's about the debates.
You bring up an interesting question. I wonder what percentage of voters watch a debate knowing that anything said will not matter.

I think Hilary's attendance will pick up from now on:

It's like formula 1 racing---nobody's there to watch cars go around the track 200 times, they're hoping to see a crash

Likewise for HRC---nobody cares to hear her babble on in a shrill voice, they're hoping to see a coughing spell or her passing out

This late in the game, the debates are just entertainment. I don't switch sides over a witty remark. Trump could stand there and say noting for all I care. Seems to be a waste of time this late in the game. We'll be voting early, sometime around Oct 24th, so the debates are way too late to matter. I'd rather watch TV political ads.

If Hillary didn't have the Secret Service there to catch her, she would be on the floor doing the funky chicken.

I have to disagree with the statement that her attendance will pick up. Her screeching weighs heaver than the entertainment value of watching her Linda Blair head swiveling act or demon possessed coughing and speaking. I do like her imitation of Chapman when she falls UP stairs or down street curbs.

If Hillary falls in a forest and there is no one there to catch her, does she still make a sound?

Unfortunately, yes. She never shuts her yap. And if she has passed out, the rest of the clown brigade---Obama, Michele, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Pelosi, Streisand and Clooney are there to babble for her.

Think of all the money that could be gained by her being elected. Bobble heads of her would be sold out all the time