Talbot on the debate

He describes it best so I'll let his words speak for themselves. Twit's only hope, and he know it, is to challenge the election results that will end up invoking the 12th Amendment and a decision by the Supreme Corp. Let's hope that Roberts and the new Coney Barrett have our country more in mind than their allegiance to Party.

"Do you feel slimed, America? You should. That's what it feels like to watch a big, boozed-up bully start an ugly brawl in a bar. And we couldn't do anything about it, except gape open-mouthed at our TVs. Trump's debate 'strategy' -- if you can call it that -- was to blow up the debate. And he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. The trouble. of course, is that he has the same goal for the presidential election. He knows he's going to lose -- so he's doing everything he can to smash it to pieces.

 

"The gobsmacked TV pundits used words they'd never uttered to describe tonight's freak show: 'Shitshow' (CNN's cautious Dana Bash really said that); 'a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck' (Jake Tapper); 'a moral swamp' (Van Jones). Political junkie James Carville said he had to force himself to watch Trump's crash derby beyond the first 30 minutes -- 'and I got paid to watch it.'

I'll call it here. This is the end of Donald Trump. Even Rick Santorum and Chris Christie recoiled in horror (and Christie helped coach him). They shook their heads and commented that Trump was 'too hot' and 'overplayed it.' The GOP cheering squad can't come out and say it, but it's obvious. Trump self-immolated tonight.

 

"Pumped up like a Queens nightclub bouncer on steroids, he kept interrupting Joe Biden, mugging shamelessly when told by an exasperated and pathetic Chris Wallace to behave himself -- which worked for about 5 seconds before Trump cut in again. He swaggered, he brayed, he threatened, he sneered. Wallace was like the 90-pound weakling on the beach in the old ads -- Bluto just smacked him and kicked sand in his face when the moderator tried to restore order. Wallace had no control over the stage -- it was more like a trashed tavern than a presidential forum.

 

"Biden managed to hold his own, no small feat in the gutter battle. He nailed Trump on his criminal handling of the Covid crisis, health care, economy, racial justice, climate change, etc. But whenever Biden started to get up a head of steam, Trump did his thing -- flinging bananas, chairs, shit at Biden and Wallace and the viewing audience. Finally, BIden was reduced to muttering, 'What a clown.' (Circus workers immediately took umbrage -- I'm serious.) He also said the obvious: 'You're the worst president in the history of America.'

 

"Joe won because Trump trashed the place. And we won because it's now more clear than ever that this mad man belongs in a padded cell, not the Oval Office. His only hope is to utterly destroy democracy. To go down in flames, as Tapper remarked, and take us all with him. But as Biden firmly observed, 'Here's the deal -- there will be a legitimate vote, and this guy will be out.'"