Ashamed

That is the one word I would choose to describe how the American populace as a whole should feel that we elected Donald Trump as president.  The debacle in the first debate last night was only the most recent of countless examples of how incapable he is of functioning as an adult, it was like Chris Wallace was trying to control a tantruming child.  The absolute void of decorum was expected but vile nonetheless.  Repeatedly Chris Wallace would carefully construct a question and pose it to Don.  If it was one of those fever blister topics like his intentional misleading of the population regarding covid, his income tax evasion, or asking him to denounce the actions of white supremacist groups such as the “Proud Boys”, he would totally ignore the topic and spin off into another scattergun attack.

I heard a lot of people criticize Chris Wallace as the debate moderator which I really don’t agree with.  Short of having the button for an oversized shock collar that would be around Big Don’s neck, I don’t think there was anyway to get Donald to stop interrupting, blurting, and stepping all over what Biden was saying.  He simply refused to abide by the rules of the debate which was very symbolic of how he has approached nearly everything he has touched as president, the rules don’t apply to him.

Biden repeatedly tried to step out of the tsunami of insults to talk about actual issues and plans but overall I think at best he was average.  To be quite honest the format is a joke, especially with Trump involved.  Nothing of real substance can be gained by voters that are somehow undecided at this point.  There has been a wave of opinon that after seeing that first debate they should cancel the remaining two.  I would be happy with that decision as all it does is further embarrass the country while serving no practical benefit whatsoever.  If you are a Proud Boy you are still voting for Trump and if you were voting for Biden you still would be after that debate as it just reenforced that when the choice is anyone but the raving orange lunatic on the other side of the stage, anyone has to win.

Joe did deliver some funny moments such as telling Trump to “Shut up, man.”, calling him a liar repeatedly as well as the worst president in US history, not that any of those statements are not already well established.

We actually watched the debate on BBC which was quite interesting.  Once the fireworks ended their reaction to American politics was priceless, they were dumbfounded by what they just witnessed.  They found it hard to believe that THIS was what American politics has mutated into. I agree wholeheartedly.