So Andrea and I tried to be good informed American citizens by watching the debate Thursday night between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
We gave up after 10 minutes.
Trump was dishing out the usual lying platitudes that can be summarized as follows:
- America sucked.
- I made it not suck.
- America sucks again.
- I will make it not suck.
Trump is not big on details.
Meanwhile, Biden was…
Biden was…
…
Could someone check for a pulse?
Oh my God! Every single BAD thing that Donald Trump and right wing pundits have been saying about Biden being in decline was in evidence on that stage.
- Meandering statements.
- Raspy voice.
- Lost trains of thoughts.
- Vacant expressions
At the end of a statement where Biden clearly lost the thread and was unsure how to finish his sentence, Trump had this expression that seemed to suggest, “Holy shit! I was right?”
Make no mistake, in terms of actual factuals, Trump came up short as he usually does because who needs facts when he can just make up shit.
But Trump was lying coherently.
Biden was trying to make the case for his Presidency with actual things he has done and facts.
But Biden was telling the truth incoherently.
History lesson:
the Presidential debate in 1960
between Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy.
People who listened to the debate on the radio thought Nixon won.
People who watched the debate on TV thought Kennedy won.
Why? Because on TV Nixon was melting.
Nixon was fighting the flu with some medication that made him punchy and bleary eyed.
Also someone had the bright idea of covering Nixon’s 5 o’clock beard shadow with extra make up which under the hot studio lights started to melt.
Nixon looked bad on TV and it may have been the edge to give Kennedy the win in 1960.
Going in the debate on June 27th, 2024, Biden should’ve had the wind at his back.
- His opponent is a convicted felon.
- His opponent has a history of being incoherent and rambling.
- His opponent lies!
Instead…
Joe Biden looked and sounded bad. Donald Trump looked and sounded… not bad.
Never mind the substance of their leadership styles and objectives. In front of a national audience, Trump put on a better show than Biden.
Please understand I will take the doddering old man over the other dude is deficient in intelligence, morality, ethics and compassion.
But we can’t escape the fact that Joe Biden is, God help us, a doddering old man.
I don’t think Biden is in a state of dementia or Alzheimer’s or anything of the sort. He is just old.
And being old is catching up to Joe Biden.
Also catching up to Joe Biden is the babbling man-monster who is deficient in intelligence, morality, ethics and compassion.
And if he regains the White House…
We are so screwed!
Then THIS GUY shows up Friday in North Carolina and...
And if I may echo the sentiments of Mark Evanier, Where the fuck was this guy Thursday night?
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