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First Impressions On The First Democratic Debate We Watched
Hate to say this, but we kept thinking “where’s Trump to liven this up”?
We wonder what the New York Times was watching that prompted them to call this a “lively evening”? But who cares what we think? We barely do.
It’s going to take someone truly inspirational to beat Trump. And nobody is truly inspirational. There’s no Obama in this group. No emerging star who can really break through we don’t think. At least not yet.
Still, we remain optimistic Trump is beatable. As optimistic as we were pessimistic in 2016. Our friends who all insisted Hillary was a lock back then think Trump is a lock now. Maybe they’ll be wrong and we’ll be right again. Or maybe our political prescience was just a fluke.
So then we’re looking for someone who’s just sane. Who can best stand next to crazy and look normal. In substance, that’s Biden, who also exhibited a broader knowledge of foreign policy than anyone else (although Americans still don’t really ever care about that so he’s got to be careful not to talk about it too much). In appearance, we are a little reluctant to say it, but Biden looks embalmed. Please, please get a consultant for your make-up. Please. We know this sounds mean and petty but it’s huge.
