The Not So Great Debate, or, Rude and Crude

Like many of you, I suffered through last night's Presidential debate. Afterwards, I felt drained, depressed and anxious. I was shaken, but like most Americans on both sides, I saw nothing that would change my mind about either Donald Trump or Joe Biden. The debate re-enforced what I already knew, that our Preisdent is both rude and crude, and that his challenger wants to take the higher road even while being tractor-pulled toward Trump's Autobahn. Once upon a time, America was the leading country in the world, in economics, in politics, in philosophy. Today all we lead the world in are Covid-19 cases and deaths. Donald Trump is arrogant, ignorant and rude. He is out only for himself. He is using the presidency to hide from litigation and to try to meet his massive, onrushing debts. The question is, do the American people really want a bully representing them to the world? Why is Trump making no effort to appeal to the “average voter”? It is because he is planning a coup. He has already told us what he is going to do. He screams and yells and makes a mockery of the word 'debate' in front of millions of viewers. He wants to disshearten their resolve to come out and vote. He plans to stack the Supreme Court in the vain hope that the Court will legitimize the illigitimate and erroneous claim he intends to make that the vote was rigged. He challenges the legitimacy of the election process well before election day.. His base agrees. They are, as Trump himself told the neo-Nazi Proud Boys last night, standing by. The President himself told us the truth last night, at least once. About the transition of power he said, “It will be messy.” We all should take note.