President Trump
lost on demeaner, although Vice President Biden's name calling (racist, clown,
liar) did make it a close call. Vice President Biden won on the showing up
scale only because nobody thought he could actually pull it off. All in all, it
was a painful episode that we all wish we did not wait for with such high hopes
and anticipation.
Vice President Biden won
on style because he is a lifelong politician that knows it is always a good idea
to look straight into the camera and talk to the American people.
But, on substance,
President Trump forced Vice President Biden to shun the AOC and Bernie Sanders
wing of the Democrat Party by disavowing public healthcare for all and the
Green New Deal. He also made the Vice President look awkward with his inability
to utter the term "law and order."
All in all, not many
minds were changed tonight. However, President Trump's response to the
(paraphrased) "will you respect the vote and follow through with a
peaceful transition of power" question was brilliant. The President stated
that the peaceful transition of power (that the Democrats' constantly imply he
is too undemocratic to abide by) was not afforded to him. He won the election
only to be met with the Russian collusion hoax, the Ukrainian phone call
impeachment trial and endless investigations that handcuffed his ability to get
his agenda accomplished. That is a new perspective on the trials and
tribulations that President Trump has faced. It is a perspective that
will take a few days to resonate. After thoughtful consideration of this
perspective, many people will see that it is a valid point and that the
Democrats are being very hypocritical of the President (and with their
high-horse, hypocritical admonishment of the President not holding up the American tradition
of a peaceful transition of power).
The lack of a peaceful
transition of power from the Democrats also neatly wraps up the President's
first remark of the debate; that he was elected for 4 years and the voters put
a Republican majority in the Senate just two years ago. Therefore, he and the
Republicans have the duty, the authority, and the mandate to nominate and
confirm a Supreme Court Justice. As the President said, elections have
consequences.
If one were to tie the
loose ends together, the Democrat opposition to the President's nominee is just
more obstruction to the peaceful transition of power from the Democrats to the
President.
Recap: Style to the Vice
President, Demeaner (by a hair) to the Vice President, Substance to the
President. First impression: the Vice President won because he was,
unexpectantly, mostly cogent for ninety minutes. However, in one week, after
some thoughtful analysis, the President will be the true winner of tonight’s
debate. The President won by exposing the Democrats as peaceful transition of
power hypocrites.
Bottom line: the President wins by introducing a new perspective that exposes not only the Democrats hypocrisy, but the (all-too-eager to diminish the President’s character) press.
