(09-11-2024, 06:41 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(09-11-2024, 06:04 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I agree with you to a certain extent.  

But a candidate does show their mentality, their ability to focus, deal with pressure, and maintain emotional equilibrium on that stage, and Trump did not do well last night.  Republicans have painted Harris as an empty suit, and mentally deficient, and clearly she was much more than that last night.  A President has to be able to deal with world leaders one-on-one, under pressure, and he didn't look like someone who would be able to do that, and she did.  His answer about replacing Obamacare was also a disaster, with him saying he had a concept, and was looking at various things.  He's had 9 years to figure that one out.  She played on his narcissism, constantly baiting him, and he swallowed the hook every time.  Immigrants are eating our cats and dogs, they're killing newborn babies in Virginia, my rallies are the best rallies ever... she pushed his buttons and brought out the worst side of him.  

No one should vote based on the outcome of a debate, but it does give you a chance to see how the two candidates operate under pressure, and I think she did a lot better than he did.

I didn’t watch the debate and in no way am I excusing Trump’s performance, but the Democrat’s own PR machine, the MSM, took part themselves in exposing Harris’s own deficiencies over the last 3 and a half years. 

To me, your argument is simply justification of why you’re voting for her.

You may be right, but it's also justification for my very low opinion of Trump.  Believe me, if the Republicans had nominated almost anyone else, I would not be voting for her.   I think the debate exposed him for what he is, which is- not mentally qualified to be President of the United States, which, by the way, dozens of former high-ranking Trump staffers agree with, including many former cabinet members.  

Like I said before, I agree with her on some issues, and I agree with him on some issues, so I have to base my vote on whom I think has the temperament, the brainpower, and the personality to function effectively as President.  And it's not him.  Kamala Harris pushed his buttons and played him like a fiddle, right there on stage, when he should have been prepared, so if you still think Kamala Harris is an empty suit, what do you think other people who are not an empty suit will do with him?

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