A few words came to mind while I watched the debate … if that’s what you want to call it … ‘a hot mess’, ‘food fight”, ‘undignified’ and ‘shameful’ and a few other choice words.
No moderator, short of god himself or brandishing a pistol, could’ve stopped that fiasco last night. What a waste of time for my country and myself.
I’ve been mulling over changing my Independent registration the last 4 years … I have voted for both parties at one time or another; the corruption, influence peddling & graft in both parties are pet peeves … but that train has now left the station, possibly for good. As soon as it’s safe to do so I’m going to change my party registration.
I’ve always thought and knew … I was a tele-com sub-contractor at his casinos … how personally & financially bankrupt Trump was but I thought the presidency would change him, like it has every other president. Campaigning and the reality of the office are two different animals. He talked about fixing our broken infrastructure, an issue close to my heart, winding down these ‘endless wars’ with no end game or goals. I wanted him to succeed, personality issues aside.
Instead his megalomania has only gotten worse, the nepotism and the inevitable profiteering completely disgusts me, he’s catered to our enemies whims (Putin, Erdoğan, etc.) and abandoned our allies (NATO, Kurds, etc.) and the vast majority of Republicans not only enabled him, they cheered him on.
Meanwhile COVID-19 rages on and he’s worried about how it impacts him and not a scintilla of empathy for anyone but himself. Race relations have reached an all-time low and he stokes the fires. An inefficient broken health care system, for which he or the Republicans have no answer to or a plan to fix or address it … ENOUGH!
