Presidential Debate(s)
 

Here we are again...

I hope Old Joe cleans the floor with Deadbeat Don.

So how do you feel it is going?

:( I feel sorry for Joe Biden.

So how was that?

tRump looked like hot shit. Lying as usual, typical Repuke stuff of talk loud, talk over your opponent, rudess prevales.

Trump of course made it a train wreck, Wallace needed the ability to cut the mic connections to maintain control.

Fact check feedback:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...trump-n1241403

Trump was, objectively, a bully throwing bullshit. Biden handled it fairly well, could have been better, could have been worse. But Trump had the heavier lift in this debate, he needed to convince, independent, discerning swing voters to come back to him, to turn against Biden. He needed to hurt Biden. Biden never looked hurt to me. Trump threw a lot of punches, but mostly they just hit air.

I think Trump could have done better, but overall I loved it. This woman pretty much covers it:

"Shut up, Man" and Joe Biden's Other Best Debate Blunders

I'm linking to it the way I did because there are lots of comments there that are a lot of fun. :)

But yeah, Trump could have done better, but I don't think Biden recovers from this.

BTW, this will probably be the only debate. I don't think Biden dares do another one.

There were opportunities that Biden failed to capitalize on. As far as I'm concerned, Trump disqualified himself at least three times. First, on race relations, when he ducked the subject in favor of a law and order rant. Second, when he failed to denounce white supremacists and instead issued direction to the Proud Boys, and third when he asserted he would not necessarily abide by the results of the election. Biden should have called him out on these points and crushed him. But some swing voters that are fair minded and not racist will have noticed these points anyway.

Biden could have been smoother, more pointed, more clear. But he did not come off as incompetent, or unable to stand up to Trump. So Trump will not take any of his lead away, and may have disqualified himself with some voters. Trump loses debate 1.