Who Won The Debate?

I actually did watch the debate. Some of it. The first part. Until my stomach just couldn’t handle another word…

By all accounts, this was a watershed moment in this campaign. The two worst candidates ever to stand for the highest office in the land facing off, showing what they’re made of. They didn’t disappoint. They showed us.

They showed us that neither is fit to be President of the United States.

My first thought was, What’s Sleepy Joe on? What did they pump him up with? I’ve never heard him mumble so fast! I mean, even Trump’s 14-word vocabulary seemed more astute and intelligible than what Biden was offering, even if Trump’s every third word was an exaggeration or outright falsehood.

I did tune in later, after my dinner had settled, for a couple of minutes. Joe was having even more trouble stringing together a coherent sentence than he was at the start – the amphetamine or whatever must have been wearing off – and Trump was still, well, Trump.

Both men took credit for things they weren’t responsible for, and blamed the other for things they didn’t do; that’s politics as usual, unfortunately. Biden had almost nothing to do with the economic surge of the past couple of years he’s taking credit for, and the Trump administration wasn’t entirely responsible for the economic downturn – or for the increased deficit, since that was the Democratic Congress’s doing.

They mentioned Afghanistan, too, which is a hot-button issue for me, having had friends who served over there… The Trump administration screwed us all over by negotiating with the Taliban and selling out the government we were supposed to be supporting. Then the Biden administration screwed up the exit, turning it into Saigon 1975 all over again – costing more American and allied lives. Not that either of them is being held responsible for their roles in that debacle.

And some of the claims made during that debate are simply ludicrous.

Joe Biden may have been a decent man once, but he’s no longer fit to serve and needs to retire sooner than later.

Donald Trump is a reprehensible excuse for a human being who can’t tell the truth to save his life, who has never been fit to serve and needs to retire to Mar-A-Lago with his next trophy wife.

The winner? I don’t think there really was one. As I said, both men displayed their total lack of fitness for this office.

But the loser of this debate is clear.

We are.

Uncle John
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  • Uncle John is the black-sheep relative your family doesn't want to admit to. He's a writer, old fart, anti-extremist, dyed-in-the-wool cynic, sci-fi nerd, and practicing to be a curmudgeon. More vegan than carnivore, but very much a Constitutional "originalist"; a walking, talking contradiction in terms, and a straight, no-holds-barred talker, who will tell it like it is with no apologies. Pacific Northwest native, married for many, many years to a woman he doesn't deserve, with no kids that will acknowledge them - except for the cat, who is merely tolerant.

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