One remark from one woman overhauled the energy at last night's Trump town hall

American Thinker ^ | 16 Oct, 2020 | Jay Valentine

[MtnClimber]

If there were ever a time when a tide changed direction in a single political moment, it was at the Trump set-up with Savannah Guthrie.

For about 45 minutes Guthrie just jumped all over The Donald for every response he made to her or to a questioner.

The first 15 minutes or more were nothing but cross-exams by Guthrie about masks, as if that were the most important question to ask the leader of the free world in the 60 minutes you have him in your arena, in your control.

Every person asking a question was described as a Biden-leaner, former Trump whatever. None of the questions was in the ballpark of "Mr. President, you built the world's best economy; how are you going to do it again?"

Even when a question was not entirely confrontational, Guthrie made the follow-up comment quite in-your-face.

SNIP Then something interesting happened. A woman with an innocent question — I believe she was a Trump-leaner — asked her already forgotten question. But her comment changed the entire energy of this one-sided event.

She looked at The Donald, now 45 minutes into being hectored at every comment, and said: "Mr. President, you have a beautiful smile."

Trump seemed genuinely stunned — in a good way. No quick rejoinder. He just seemed to look surprised, then smiled greatly, and thanked her.

[DoodleBob]

the drummer and bassist in the Aristocrats

Well, since you brought them up, as you hopefully know, Marco and Bryan backed Joe Satriani for a while (Bryan and Mike Keneally still back him, though Joe "Vaultmeister" Travers is on drums nowadays). This clip of "Unstoppable Momentum" live may be one of the most exciting live clips in contemporary live music I've seen. Marco is on fire!

The best comment I read about this performance was "it was so nice of Marco to let Dream Theater audition for him".

I play a very bad guitar.