Tuesday, September 29, 2020

PISSING MATCH


No matter what you were expecting to learn when you turned on the Presidential Debate this evening with Donald Trump and Joe Biden, were you disappointed that bad behavior reigned?

It was like a pissing match with two little kids acting like their mothers never taught them how to behave. Name calling like prepubescent boys... Seriously?

Chris Wallace 'tried' to moderate the evening with his choice of topics and questions re: the Supreme Court vacancy, Healthcare -COVID 19 (vaccine, masks and rallys), the Economy of Trump's 'V' shaped vs Biden's 'K' shaped, US Racism- protests vs riots and a reference to Black Lives Matter, Policing, Climate Change, Voting and Why voters should vote for them...

Repeatedly Wallace was talked over and interrupted and it wasn't by Biden. No high school debate team member would have ever been able to conduct themselves in such a manner nor should presidential candidates on a national stage no less. 

If the moderator, Wallace in this case, had lights to indicate time left of those 2 minute allowances / there are time warnings, these certainly are not followed. Solution? The speaker's mike needs to be turned off to regain civility when infractions continue to occur.

Were you able to listen, much less learn anything new about these 2 men's plans for our country which is suffering?  Biden did spout some of his intentions. Perhaps the most telling line of the 90 minutes was when Trump was asked to denounce White Supremists  and he finally said "Stand back" but then added "and Stand By. " That definitely is not what this country needs.

Later upon reading about the pre debate strategies, it was written that Trump did not traditionally prepare with mock debates but concentrated on his rallies whereas Biden did and his strategists wanted him to bait his competition. A brawl was expected. Personally, that advice didn't sit well with me. Remember Michelle Obama saying when they go low, you go high?  Certainly, one didn't see this in action.

The pissing match debate was like sitting in a bad movie and staying,  hoping it would get better. No such luck. Do you think we could get a refund? ' Just checking... 

1 comment:

  1. May I repost this page from your blog? I love how you broke the debate down.

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