Posted on 10/23/2020 6:44:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
There was a low bar for Joe Biden in the first debate, given his cognitive challenges. Because he exceeded that pessimism, he won momentum.
In opposite fashion, there was similarly an expectation that a disruptive Donald Trump would turn off the audience by the sort of interruptions and bullying that characterized the first debate.
He did not do that. He instead let a cocky Biden sound off, and thus more or less tie himself into knots on a host of topics, but most critically on gas and oil. So likewise Trump will gain momentum by exceeding those prognoses.
But far more importantly, the back-and-forth repartee will not matter other than Trump went toe to toe, but in a tough, dignified manner and beat Biden on points. Biden did not go blank although he come close, often especially in the last 20 minutes. Had the debate gone another 30 minutes, his occasional lapses could have become chronic.
What instead counts most are the days after. The debate take-aways, the news clips, the post facto fact checks, and the soundbites to be used in ads over the next ten days all favor Trump. In this regard, Biden did poorly and will suffer continual bleeding in the swing states.
By the weekend Biden will be out of his basement and trying to reboot his campaign and actually be forced to campaign.
But most importantly, Trump kept his cool, was deferential to Welker, and was tough but not cruel to Biden.
The final question is not whether Trump won and will be seen to have won bigly by next week, but to what degree Bidens suicidal talk of ending fossil fuels and denial of the Hunter Biden evidence that cannot be denied implode his campaign early next week or not until Election Day.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
He and Katie Pavlich are the only ones I’ve forgiven for that. Him for his eloquence, her for her hotness.
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Im a huge VDH fan. He is by far the most rational and knowledgeable person you are going see on Fox and probably anywhere on cable. So I was surprised that he was an early on Never Trumper.
Likewise for the gorgeous Katie. But she is clearly very pro-Trump these days and so easy on the eyes. A class act. A classy gal.
I love VDH, but the term is big league not bigly. Im from Queens and that was a common saying in the 70s and 80s.
I take it you don't wear suits and long sleeve dress shirts very often. They're pushing the end of the sleeve away from the face of the watch, so that they can read it.
Come on man. According to CNN, Biden won the debate.
They’re pushing the end of the sleeve away from the face of the watch, so that they can read it.
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back in the old days, looking at the watch was also the occasion to wind the watch stem.
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The poster child of stupidity it’s a party requirement.
Say what you want but Biden looked shockingly healthy last night. I would like have some of what ever he was hopped up on.
Add that to the $100.00 for burgers and fries and it starts to add up.
I wouldn't go that far but he doesn't trash him in public anymore for sure.
Katy is much hotter now than she was a year ago. Yeah I still notice things like that even at my age.
Being frugal he still uses an original LED watch that required you to push the button to light up the characters.
She was surprisingly fair, nothing like Wall@ss.
Great article, very true.
Biden provided all the rope that will be needed to hang himself. Few undecideds were watching when he declared war on Oil, but in the coming days it will be hammered on.
Guess it’s time for a fresh set of Depends...
.......lol....when you gotta go, you gotta go........
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