$***show, indeed--to paraphrase your earlier article on this very topic.
I've been in and out of the house/car today, and have heard Dems braying incessantly about Donald Trump's lies. Fair enough--he can be fact checked non-stop and conclusion is: he exaggerated. Or--"this needs context" (NYT). But let's take a look at the other side of the stage--Joe Biden. In addition to some of his own marginal truths, the biggest "lie" of the whole evening was what we've been hearing for weeks and months: he's sharp. He's on top of his game. He's able to lead. In the first 5 minutes, I turned to my husband and asked: "What the hell is going on? This is not going to end well for Joe Biden". 5 minutes.
And yet, cheap fakes aside, what our lying eyes could see was a man in obvious physical and mental decline. I saw a clip this morning of a comparison between Biden's 2020 debate performance and last night. See if you can find that--it shocks the senses.
Jill Biden, KJP, and the 16 debate preppers should be brought up on charges of elder abuse. The man may or may not "have a cold". Personally, I call BS. While Biden was speaking, I was sadly reminded of my mom, who developed COPD as she neared the end of her life. I'm not saying Biden does, but there's something happening there--he was so soft-spoken he was difficult to hear, let alone understand with some of his meandering logic.
I don't think Biden's going anyplace. He'll leave the Presidency kicking and screaming. His pride, his stubbornness, his foolishness will not permit a graceful exit. So much for him being a "transitional, generational" candidate. Maybe Dr. Jill won't let him go. Whatever, it was shocking, honestly, and it was a very, very good night for Donald J Trump.
After the debate, in the spin room, Terry Cowgill's doppelganger JD Vance, was holding forth. Now that guy can chat it up. Intelligently. I'd pay to see him verbally spar with Kamala Harris.
Thanks Sharon. The elder abuse charge is at once both humorous and sad. Putting that man up as the nominee is a cruel act. He's not a bad person and does not deserve the kind of abuse he invites by pretending everything is okay. We watched the debate with my brother-in-law and his girlfriend. After 5 minutes it was apparent that Biden's performance would dominate the news cycle for days if not weeks. Agree that Vance, who previously had harsh words for Trump, would nonetheless mop up the floor with Harris. Vance once called Trump an "idiot," "reprehensible" and "noxious." As the Church lady would say, "Never mind...".
Like our parents who watched Nixon sweat his way into ignominy at the Kennedy-Nixon debates in 1960, you'll be able to tell your grandson you bore witness last night to the most catastrophic moment in presidential debate history -- Biden easily displaced Tricky Dick.
Should Biden step aside the nomination is not a gimme for Kamala Harris, any more than HHH was allowed to cruise to the '68 nomination when LBJ bowed out. Had RFK lived he would have won. Now I think there is a strong political case for nominating a centrist or center-left Democratic governor from a swing state, a less divisive, more pragmatic tactician-technocrat who's been able to get things done across the aisle: Whitmer, Bashear, or Shapiro. And those wheels should have started turning last night around 910pm ET.
Yes, the Nixon analogy is apt but it also seems fitting to bring up the 1980 debate when Gerald Ford insisted to Jimmy Carter that there was "no Soviet domination of eastern Europe; nor will there be in a Ford administration." He knew better but but doubled down (evidently Ford could not hear his owns words). It reinforced what some Americans already wrongly suspected -- namely that Ford wasn't terribly bright and was prone to pratfalls, both physically and verbally. Chevy Chase playing Ford on SNL didn't help either. I recall watching his stumbling antics in the 6th Form room. His pardon of Nixon surely harmed his reelection prospects as well. I felt bad for Ford. He always seemed like a decent man.
$***show, indeed--to paraphrase your earlier article on this very topic.
I've been in and out of the house/car today, and have heard Dems braying incessantly about Donald Trump's lies. Fair enough--he can be fact checked non-stop and conclusion is: he exaggerated. Or--"this needs context" (NYT). But let's take a look at the other side of the stage--Joe Biden. In addition to some of his own marginal truths, the biggest "lie" of the whole evening was what we've been hearing for weeks and months: he's sharp. He's on top of his game. He's able to lead. In the first 5 minutes, I turned to my husband and asked: "What the hell is going on? This is not going to end well for Joe Biden". 5 minutes.
And yet, cheap fakes aside, what our lying eyes could see was a man in obvious physical and mental decline. I saw a clip this morning of a comparison between Biden's 2020 debate performance and last night. See if you can find that--it shocks the senses.
Jill Biden, KJP, and the 16 debate preppers should be brought up on charges of elder abuse. The man may or may not "have a cold". Personally, I call BS. While Biden was speaking, I was sadly reminded of my mom, who developed COPD as she neared the end of her life. I'm not saying Biden does, but there's something happening there--he was so soft-spoken he was difficult to hear, let alone understand with some of his meandering logic.
I don't think Biden's going anyplace. He'll leave the Presidency kicking and screaming. His pride, his stubbornness, his foolishness will not permit a graceful exit. So much for him being a "transitional, generational" candidate. Maybe Dr. Jill won't let him go. Whatever, it was shocking, honestly, and it was a very, very good night for Donald J Trump.
After the debate, in the spin room, Terry Cowgill's doppelganger JD Vance, was holding forth. Now that guy can chat it up. Intelligently. I'd pay to see him verbally spar with Kamala Harris.
Thanks Sharon. The elder abuse charge is at once both humorous and sad. Putting that man up as the nominee is a cruel act. He's not a bad person and does not deserve the kind of abuse he invites by pretending everything is okay. We watched the debate with my brother-in-law and his girlfriend. After 5 minutes it was apparent that Biden's performance would dominate the news cycle for days if not weeks. Agree that Vance, who previously had harsh words for Trump, would nonetheless mop up the floor with Harris. Vance once called Trump an "idiot," "reprehensible" and "noxious." As the Church lady would say, "Never mind...".
Like our parents who watched Nixon sweat his way into ignominy at the Kennedy-Nixon debates in 1960, you'll be able to tell your grandson you bore witness last night to the most catastrophic moment in presidential debate history -- Biden easily displaced Tricky Dick.
Should Biden step aside the nomination is not a gimme for Kamala Harris, any more than HHH was allowed to cruise to the '68 nomination when LBJ bowed out. Had RFK lived he would have won. Now I think there is a strong political case for nominating a centrist or center-left Democratic governor from a swing state, a less divisive, more pragmatic tactician-technocrat who's been able to get things done across the aisle: Whitmer, Bashear, or Shapiro. And those wheels should have started turning last night around 910pm ET.
Yes, the Nixon analogy is apt but it also seems fitting to bring up the 1980 debate when Gerald Ford insisted to Jimmy Carter that there was "no Soviet domination of eastern Europe; nor will there be in a Ford administration." He knew better but but doubled down (evidently Ford could not hear his owns words). It reinforced what some Americans already wrongly suspected -- namely that Ford wasn't terribly bright and was prone to pratfalls, both physically and verbally. Chevy Chase playing Ford on SNL didn't help either. I recall watching his stumbling antics in the 6th Form room. His pardon of Nixon surely harmed his reelection prospects as well. I felt bad for Ford. He always seemed like a decent man.