Biden – Trump Fracas: Bets? Do you have money on this brawl? If so, be warned. It may be hard to collect. After the debate, those with vested interests on either side will declare their combatant the victor. Are you going to watch the fracas? The debate itself starts at 8 p.m. central time on CNN (and simulcast on NBC NOW) but live coverage begins two hours earlier. More information can be found here. As I read somewhere, “It’s not going to be the Lincoln-Douglas debate.”
Nonetheless, this skirmish is of great importance. One of these two men almost certainly will end up in the Oval Office for another term, even though, according to polls, neither pugilist is popular. I’ve written about that problem before, see here, and here, for recent examples. Most of us would prefer to have other, may I use the word?, thugs in the ring tonight, but, as the saying goes, what is, is. So, we have two old guys, 81 and 78 (okay, mere youngsters from my elevated view at 92) about to slug it out.
The preparation for this unusual debate (even before the Fourth of July) by each man must have been intense. I haven’t heard how Trump has prepared, but I’ve seen reports that President Biden spent the week at Camp David with 16 advisers helping him prepare for tonight’s free-for-all. Wouldn’t you like to know what those 16 recommended? As for former President Trump, the most likely emphasis should have been on training the man to keep his cool. His boiling-point obviously lies at record-low levels. In other words, we have an old man with obvious mental inadequacies about to battle a nearly as old convicted felon. Nice choice!
My greatest worry about Trump is his labile emotional state, his manner of lashing out at (former) friends and supporters, his unpredictability. Who, including our international friends and foes, can guess what he will do at any moment? My worries about Biden are less about his age and mental capacity and more about his his record as president, e.g., his colossally botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, his abandonment of the Southern Border, and the resultant flood of immigrants, his inflationary spending.
Biden – Trump Fracas: Bets? Not for me. But come November, I will not vote for either man. Rather I will do what I think many of you will do. My decision will come down to which person I detest more, which lightweight I will vote against. I doubt I will draw any lasting conclusions from tonight’s event. But I definitely will watch the debate. I hope you do too.
