28th June 2024, 7:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 28th June 2024, 7:06 PM by Dark Jaguar.)
Fortunately I'm not claiming that Biden's performance (which can't be dismissed as "oh he just had a cold" I'm sorry to say, this was clearly a very sundowning night for him) was anywhere nearly as bad for the country than Trump's deluge of lies. That's already starting to bite HIM now that the fact checking's started. But, yeah, Biden needed to swing people who wouldn't otherwise have voted to come in and vote for him regardless of reservations, and this did not do that. I don't think Trump convinced any on-the-fence oldschool republicans that can't stand the man to come in and vote anyway either mind you, but there it is.
No need to get mad at the messengers, they're telling the honest truth here. Biden bombed this thing. Trump lied from start to finish. And, that "someone changed the station in Biden's brain" moment was the worst part of the bunch. Do I think this tanked Biden's chances? No, but look ABF, MSNBC has been GLOWING about just about everything Biden's done from the very beginning. If THEY are criticizing him, it's because it was inescapably bad. But, keep this in mind, I'm still going to hold my nose and vote for the guy. This did NOTHING to change my opinion of him. Oddly enough, some early interviews with the sort of mid-line republicans that detest Trump (the only ones that COULD be won over) indicate that none of them had their minds changed either. He performed "as expected" to them. (Not to me, I'd thought he'd be out there with all the energy in the world like in his state of the union, so I really was let down.) In short, before the next debate, DRUG the man. Also, let them use notes for god's sake, and give more time for answers, and challenge Trump's lies.
But, here's the one thing I'd have done differently as Biden, in Biden's mental state even. The moment I had time to process that Trump had just said "they're taking black jobs", ask Trump to explain what he means by "black jobs" and yield ALL my remaining time to allow him to answer that in as much detail as he wants.
No need to get mad at the messengers, they're telling the honest truth here. Biden bombed this thing. Trump lied from start to finish. And, that "someone changed the station in Biden's brain" moment was the worst part of the bunch. Do I think this tanked Biden's chances? No, but look ABF, MSNBC has been GLOWING about just about everything Biden's done from the very beginning. If THEY are criticizing him, it's because it was inescapably bad. But, keep this in mind, I'm still going to hold my nose and vote for the guy. This did NOTHING to change my opinion of him. Oddly enough, some early interviews with the sort of mid-line republicans that detest Trump (the only ones that COULD be won over) indicate that none of them had their minds changed either. He performed "as expected" to them. (Not to me, I'd thought he'd be out there with all the energy in the world like in his state of the union, so I really was let down.) In short, before the next debate, DRUG the man. Also, let them use notes for god's sake, and give more time for answers, and challenge Trump's lies.
But, here's the one thing I'd have done differently as Biden, in Biden's mental state even. The moment I had time to process that Trump had just said "they're taking black jobs", ask Trump to explain what he means by "black jobs" and yield ALL my remaining time to allow him to answer that in as much detail as he wants.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)