(09-11-2024, 06:48 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

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

If Trump loses this election, I have to think the GOP is done with the MAGA movement and goes through a makeover. Youngkin and DeSantis will be extremely popular in 2028. As someone who lives in Virginia, I really like Youngkin. 60% approval in a blue state. I've always said Trump should have made him his VP pick. He is kind of like Trump, I guess, in that he doesn't have a political background but he's very good at being a governor and leading. And if our economy continues to fall apart, why not choose someone who actually has a surplus in his state?

I am like you...not a huge Trump guy but still I am voting for him because I think she is just a terrible candidate and is only going to make inflation and the economy worse. This country is in trouble if her and Walz end up in the WH. The only saving grace is the GOP wins the Senate and keeps a lot of her radical ideas from getting through. But I do not trust her on foreign policy at all. That's one area I do think Trump blew her away on last night. I wish like hell the ABC mods would have pressed her more on Afghanistan, but God forbid they do that. That was a 3-on-1 last night. 

I do hope they have another debate and it's on Fox. I think fair is fair. He's done two debates on liberal networks. It's only fair the other side does one on a more right-wing network.

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