It Could Have Been Over by Now

Let’s call a spade a spade – Donald Trump countenance makes it difficult for someone, anyone to vote for him.  And I don’t know about you, but I was somewhere between disappointed and disgusted by his debate performance if that’s what you want to call it, versus Kamala Harris.  Nikki Haley would have had Kamala back peddling for 90 minutes; it would have been as if she was going into a knife fight with an unarmed opponent – but an angry, grumpy Trump simply wasn’t up to the task.

Normally I might say what a shame; but the consequences in this matter are so great that the only word that comes to mind is travesty.  Trump had 90 minutes to make a single point – is the nation better or worse off than it was three and a half years ago?  And he could not make it because his ego got in the way, and he took Harris’ bait every time.

Why couldn’t have he said, “Madame Vice President, if elected what do you plan to do with the 10 -to 15 million illegal aliens who have entered this country on your watch?”  You and your boss let these people in and now they are taking jobs from tax-paying Americans not to mention the enormous drain on our resources.”  Of course, Harris wouldn’t answer that, which would have given Trump a second opening to ask the question and stop his whining.  He could have followed with, “Madame Vice President, this is a critical issue and I’m willing to wait here for the next hour for the answer,”  and then just kept quiet to allow the gravity of the question to take root.

The CNN moderators surely would have jumped in to save Kamala by saying something along the lines of, “We have a lot to get to tonight,” but even then it would have given Trump still another chance to cement this issue in the voters’ minds by saying, “This is too important a question to be glossed over – so I’ll ask again, Madame Vice President, if elected can you tell America specifically how to you plan to handle the most pressing issue facing this country.”

And regarding the economy, why didn’t Trump say, “The best predictor of future events are past results, and I’ll use just one comparison – please explain inflation during my administration versus yours,” and the debate over the economy would have been over.

Trump spoke at the debate as if it were a campaign rally, which is wasn’t – at his rallies people want to hear what he has to say, but in a debate, it’s the people who don’t want to hear what he has to say that he has to win over – and a poignant moment of silence after asking questions could have scored a knockout blow vis-à-vis her rambling nonsensical answers.

No, I don’t think the race is over, but it should have been.