Burningbird

And this is what I waited for: The text transcript of the debate.

Trump didn’t become unhinged during the debate, he was unhinged from the start. He just got louder and more bellicose during the debate. And VP Harris played him like a fiddle.

From the transcript…people have to stop calling him President Trump. It’s either former President Trump or Mr. Trump. Journalists who don’t do this are doing everyone a disservice.

The moderators didn’t control Trump as well as they should. He was able to give rebuttals that weren’t allowed under the rules. He told Harris at one point to basically shut up.

I did, however, appreciate them actually doing some fact checking. And the push back and willingness to bring a topic back up because Trump didn’t answer the question. I thought they did a decent job. They could have done better, but considering Trump I think they did the best they could.

Did Kamala Harris fudge some stuff? Yup, and I have no problem with it. When the media normalizes what Trump says, and he lies continuously, it’s past time for us to make the points that really need to be made. I hate to say it but politics in this day is all about sound bites, and we need to realize this or continue to cede control of the country to Trump, DeSantis, Abbott, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and their like.

There was nothing of substance in this debate, because substance doesn’t work when you’re running against a fraud like Trump. It certainly doesn’t work with a Republican party like it is today. Hilary Clinton tried to focus on substance in her debate with Trump, as Biden did with his. It doesn’t work. Until Republicans actually have a candidate who isn’t a serial liar like Trump, debates are sound bites and gotchas.

Harris and her team know how to campaign against Trump. And the media isn’t altogether happy about it.

PS: No one is eating anyone’s pet in Springfield, Ohio.

Debate transcript