candycorn
Diamond Member
If it is as you say, which it wasn't, Biden won big time ,Trump is way behind in the polls because of who he is , his only chance of changing that was to show up less Nazi instead of more Nazi. Biden won.I think the debate probably energized both candidates base for different reasons.When your opposition starts attacking the moderator for their candidates rather poor performance, then you know you won.He was lucid, manipulative, and just kept telling one huge lie after another.Was biden gaffe free? No, but I think he did a lot better than most people were expecting.Already reading that numerous democrats don't want Slow Joe to debate again. Wow! Even his own supporters are telling him to stop.
I told them Biden can't handle an opponent as strong as Trump. Hell Hillary barely stood her ground and she's about as nasty as the Dems have.You say the Slow Joe "did it"... But he claimed 200 million have died from Covid. That statement alone showed his 47 years of doing nothing has destructed his brain. The old man is shot. He had nothing but deflecting fake laughs. President Trump is living in his head now rent free. Let him keep fake laughing while people are dying.Huh?200 million?Phhhhhheewww....oh boy....
First off, hats off to Wallace. That could not have been an easy job. For those of you who say Wallace is a disgrace...you are entitled to your opinion...but I just dont see it.
I imagine wallace, after he leaves tonight is going to have himself a stiff drink.....or 18....
I did not see where wallace was favoring trump at all. He spent most of the debate trying to shut trump down. Again, that chair was a tough place to be tonight.
Say what you will, but biden did it. He held out for the entire debate and didn't cave. Sure, he had a few moments where he got a bit tongue tied, but at the end of it all, he didn't turn into the nonsensical babbling person people thought he would. For the most part, he stayed on point. Its because of this that I think trumps antics actually helped biden.
Biden, by withstanding trumps onslaught, showed people he has more resolve. I think this is going to play well for biden, not so much for trump.
Trump had a good opportunity here to prove all of his critics wrong. He should have stood up there, and respected biden. He should have respected Wallace, and the rules of the debate. They both should have spoken when it was their turn and respected the other person when it wasn't.
Trump had an opportunity to look presidential, but he didn't do it. He had to be the aggressor and the bully. He had to dominate and try to shut biden down. He could have been the bigger man, and people would have gained respect for him, because he would have shown the country that he could stand there and carry on a debate, calmly, and with reservation.
Again, I think this is not going to play well for trump. Let's hope someone talks to him and gives him some constructive criticism before their next debate.
I think most people have already made up their minds, so, in the long run, this will probably not really hurt trump.
People were claiming he needed breaks because he couldn't handle 90 minutes straight. People were saying he was going to fall apart.
Again, say what you will, he withstood better than most thought he would, and with trump interrupting and trying rattle him the whole time, I think it may have backfired on trump.
Wallace allowed Biden to lie with impunity, Trump had to jump in and do the moderating.
Considering the fact that Wallace was doing the job of 4 moderator and how poorly the candidates followed the rules, I think he did a very good job. If I was Wallace, I would have politely told them to shut up and then I would have turned off their mike. This wasn't a debate, it was a shouting match in which each candidate spent as much time off topic as they spent on topic.
If you're ahead in the polls, as Biden seems to be, he did quite a bit better than he had to. I think he actually gained ground.
Biden's base breathed a sign of relief. Trump couldn't shake him, he was effective when he addressed the TV audience, something Trump should have done more of, he answered most of the questions, and he made Trump look like a angry bully unable to defend his actions other than launching off topic attacks on Biden.
Trump's base got exactly what they wanted from Trump, interrupting Biden over and over, talking over him, lots of attacks, and going off topic to make wildly exaggerated claims.
For the non-political types hoping to learn something knew, they turned it off after 20 mins. For them it was two angry people shouting and talking over each other.
Polls are meaningless except for their trends they represent. The trends are positive. I hope it translates at the ballot boxes.