Tuesday night, Andrea and I were good citizens and tuned into watch the Presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and the big orange morally deficient, intellectually limited, sexual assaulting, empathy deprived, incoherent convicted felon Donald Trump.
Or as The Daily Show called it, The First 2024 Presidential Debate… Again! This Time With 50% Less Old Man!
Right off the bat, Kamala was rattling Donald. As he slowly shambled onto stage like some kind of erstwhile Swamp Thing, she walked briskly across the stage and shook his hand.
Trump was not expecting that.
Kamala Harris set the stage from jump: she was not afraid of this chump and was ready to take him on.
I couldn’t watch it for long. I mentioned to Andrea, “Hey, we still need to watch tonight’s episode of Jeopardy!”
Don’t get me wrong. Kamala was on fire! She was tough, smart, witty and focused. She gave perhaps one of the best debate performances I have ever seen.
The hard part to watch was when it was Donald’s turn to talk. The overflowing sewage pipe of his hate filled fear mongering lies just makes me sick to my stomach to watch. I can’t fathom how there is a base of about 45% of America who listens to this putrid filth and collectively nod their heads and concur “This man speaks for me.”
So we watched Jeopardy.
We also caught the end of one my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Ensigns of Command”. The way Capt. Picard stymies the Shelliak with their own game is one of the coolest things he ever did.
Back to the debate, Harris was pretty much doing the same thing to Trump.
Even when the issue was something that Trump would normally favor (like immigration), Harris would bait Trump into going off on tangents where he would bluster, babble and bellow like the overgrown spoiled kid in an old man suit that he is.
She picked on his rallies as "boring" and damn, Li'l Donnie wasn't going to let that ride.
- Harris was cool where Trump was not.
- Harris was poised where Trump was not.
- Harris was focused where Trump was not.
- Harris was professional where Trump was not.
- Harris was Presidential where Trump was not.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there!", Li'l Donnie bellowed at one point. Moderator David Muir said ABC News contacted the Springfield city manager who said there is NO evidence of pet eating by the immigrant community. Trump's response to that was a plaintive whine that "the man on TV said it was happening".
In an evening filled with low points for Li'l Donnie, well, that may have been the lowest.
The whole debate, Trump just stared straight ahead, refusing to look over at Kamala Harris. He refused to acknowledge her presence.
On her side of the screen, the Vice President was putting on a virtuoso dance recital of facial expressions as she looked at Li'l Donnie's direction. Including out right laughing at him.
When it was her turn to talk, Harris made a lot of use of the word "you". She addressed Donald with "you did this" and "you did that" and then when she turned to the camera, she would address th audience at home with "you deserve better" and "this is what we ae going to do for you".
Will the debate move the needle enough to give Harris an advantage in the polls? Maybe or maybe not.
There’s that cult like base of about 45% of America which will looking at Trump all red faced and flustered and incoherent and still think he did a good job. Up is down, right is left, black is white in Trump World. It’s like Bizzarro World from the Superman comics.
The debate did motivate one voter: afterwards, Taylor Swift announced her intention to vote for the Harris/Walz ticket.
Another revealing detail came after the debate. Harris went outside to greet a cheering throng of supporters while inside, surrogates on her behalf were in the spin room speaking to reporters about how great she did.
Trump himself was also in the spin room, wandering around, looking for a reporter to talk to him so he could do his own spin.
If anyone had any doubts about Kamala Harris being a strong candidate for President, she dispelled them Tuesday night. She was strong and direct, she made her case for what she wants to do for the American people and to top it all off, she made Donald Trump her bitch!
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