Pre-Debate Entertainment: Hitting them out of the park

@aravosis "Are you a big fact or a little fact?" pic.twitter.com/8rbs4z1evS

— Jon Maas (@jondmaas) September 25, 2016

"But you can't be a fact--you're beautiful!"

"Only facts that have been checked are ugly, my dear. That's why we don't check them." https://t.co/PXDWctnUZj

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 25, 2016

Later on in the evening there was a great hashtag war over #TrumpSoftballs, the questions an anxious press would address to the Trump to make sure he didn't think they'd rigged the game against him. Instead of participating I found myself trying to think of ways Trump could hit them out of the park:

@piratePOV @RiskyLiberal "The sky is really fantastic, because it's above me. Well not exactly above me, but it's beautiful.

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 25, 2016

@piratePOV @RiskyLiberal "That's why I have so much support from the sky, not only from the Air Force but also birds. They love me!"

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 25, 2016

@RiskyLiberal "Crooked Hillary is the real liar. That's why I have the support of the Pope. And I'm winning unbelievably with rabbis."

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 25, 2016

@owenbernard @omyc_blog "If I need a dictatorial leader I can assure you I will get the very best, but I mostly just inspire myself."

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 25, 2016

@ActDontReact @omyc_blog "I do as many things as I can without my knowledge, to keep my enemies guessing, and I will do this for America."

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 25, 2016

.@RiskyLiberal "I have many, many fine ideas for this. And I've proved I can do it in my own family. Ask my wife!"

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 25, 2016

Later in the evening something really untoward happened on the Twitter, when your correspondent got a very unexpected retweet and more retweets and likes to follow than he normally sees in a month!

[humblebrag]

Brian Ross ABC News Report: 100s of Millions of Dollars Paid to Donald Trump by Russian Oligarchs https://t.co/dK3bWB69KL

— (((Yastreblyansky))) (@Yastreblyansky) September 26, 2016