Complete shit show.
Compared to Reagan debating 40 years ago, we are most of the way to Idiocracy now.
Trump's performance sucked. He cannot argue his way out of a paper bag, but nobody noticed because of the elder abuse occurring on the right hand side of the stage. It was deeply disturbing to think that this man is not just running for office, but he occupies the White House right now.
My ten year old girl asked, "Who voted for him???" <--- This was right after the defeating Medicare debacle of an answer.
Out of the mouth of babes.
CNN is not covering for him. I swapped back and forth on satellite radio between CNN and MSNBC this morning to see what they were saying. They called him only the "presumptive" nominee. Most of the discussion was about potential replacements and how some of the names on the list had better be black because it was not going to the VP. There was no cover for him whatsoever. Many of the talking heads calling outright for him to withdraw for the good of the country.
Frankly, after seeing that, he should retire from the White House right f'n now. It scares me to death that this man has the reins of the executive branch.
And Trump is incapable of arguing policy. Last night was a huge stroke of luck for him. Abortion and overturning Roe v. Wade? A great chance for a presidential candidate to talk about the constitution and our form of government and how "abortion" is not in the constitution and the Supreme Court finally recognized the truth and stopped pretending it was in the constitution. But no. He was rambling on about "giving it back to the states" like the Supreme Court is a policy making body and making outrageously dishonest claims that Democrats and Republicans, everybody, 100%, wanted it overturned. Frankly, Trump has no clue about constitutional law, but at least I know he will pick "conservative" judges who show some respect for the Constitution. The Rahimi decision a few days ago tells me Trump is simply not up to appointing any Clarence Thomases, as all of his appointees went with the liberals against the Second Amendment, undermining the Bruen test written by Thomas. But they are still better picks than Biden appointees or whoever is going to replace Biden, and federal judges are for life, not just the next four years.
But, bottom line, shit show. Last night was an embarrassment for the nation and does not give me a lot of hope for the future regardless of who is elected.