What Trump did tonight was half Gish gallop, half Palin 'answering the question I want'.

[Snarkoleptic]

We've all likely seen Sarah Palin asked a question and provide a completely unrelated (and canned/rehersed) answer. Trump did this over and over tonight and, to the credit of the debate moderators, was often redirected to the original question.

His other tactic was the Gish Gallop, which involves planting rhetorical 'flags' all over the debate stage, in hopes that Hillary would have to spend all of her energy debunking his B.S. She did not fall for this tactic.

Between Hillary and the moderators, he was largely constrained to his box of B.S. and lost the debate on both style and substance.

More on the Gish Gallop here-
http://blogs.bu.edu/pbokulic/2013/11/18/gish-gallop-fallacy-of-the-day/

The term “Gish Gallop” was coined by Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education. The phrase refers to a debate tactic that was a favorite of Duane Gish, a young-Earth creationist who was also a highly skilled debater.

The Gish Gallop is the tactic of snowing your opponent under a mountain of supposed “pieces of evidence” or “problem cases” and claiming that the opponent’s inability to respond to this pile of evidence shows that your side is right. This tactic counts as a fallacy because its effectiveness doesn’t depend on presenting arguments that are right or even well-supported. Quantity is offered as a substitute for quality.

[C_U_L8R]

1. It was more like Gish Goulash.

Trump wasn't even answering his own canned talking points.
His logic is splintered and he didn't offer a single coherent idea.
We are all dumber for listening to him.

[Snarkoleptic]

3. Gish goulash, I like it.

It describes the Gish/Palin alloy.

[R B Garr]

2. +1, he is an internet troll. That is the extent of his range. Drudge Report

with a microphone.

[Snarkoleptic]

4. Indeed! He appears to get his information from very few sources-

Fox, Drudge, Alex Jone and the comments section of yahoo.com.

[Tess49]

5. Honestly, between the snorting, and the off-topic ranting, I couldn't listen to him.

I muted him, and listened to her. His shadowing/stalking was creepy.