How's the debate going?
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I’m probably going to miss the no doubt epochal Trump-Harris debate this evening, but feel free to offer your opinions in the comments so I can steal them and feel like I have a considered, intelligent view on what happened.
I don’t understand how anyone’s vote would be affected by a “debate” like this. No actionable information comes from it. Harris only lies. Trump is directionally correct in what he says, but the full truth is too complicated to convey in this format to low information viewers.
The race between Trump and Kamala has been a Battle of the Sexes thing since the beginning and tonight is more of that. Halfway through the debate, I couldn't figure out why my heart rate was spiking. Then I realized what it was: Kamala's traps and manipulations reminded me of my nightmare ex girlfriend. What we saw on TV was a woman publicly manipulating and humiliating a man (helped along by her two lackeys). I think a lot of the male viewers could relate to that. Even Anthony Zurcher, the BBCs presidential correspondent, came across as shaken during his post debate analysis.
It's interesting to reflect on the Hilary-Trump debate from 2016. That debate was between two men, basically, Hilary sticking to the hard issues. Iron meeting iron. Trump can win in that environment. I wonder if Trump was expecting Kamala to try to debate him on the issues like Hilary had.
Female viewers could no doubt instantly identify what Kamala was doing. I suppose their feelings about it will fall along party lines. Either a "she's manipulating him" or "you go girl".
In the end, it doesn't really matter that Kamala beat him in such an underhanded way. The media will spend the next two months carpet bombing "Kamala Beat Trump" until the average person forgets the details.
The take home message for all you guys out there? Be careful who you marry.