WHAT I SAID!

      Boy, do things happen, even when they should not. Not quite sure what I watched last night, did my share of  shouting at the screen or looking in sheer puzzlement and confusion at my husband, who shared the same look. I also had both admiration and frustration as I watched Biden deal with an unleashed lunatic, a shouting, ranting, schoolyard bully with no better words in his mouth than name calling and blatant lies.

First, we had a calm, though annoyed, Biden, who waited calmly and even with a smile, for Trump to finish his most current rant. Then he finally had enough and told him to just shut up. Ooooh! Really! I could think of many other more forceful and to the point things that Biden could have said, but he is a gentleman, and a gentle man. He spoke to the people of America, rather than to the asylum's latest escapee. It was like Arkham Manor came to life on stage. What a mess. Where was Batman when Gotham was so desperately in need of him?

 Probably, he was hiding out of sheer embarrassment. As Biden said, "This is so unpresidential." It so was not. It was a disaster for the American people as they watched their President, the man who swore an oath to protect the Constitution, try to rip it, shred it, nullify it, with his callous and dangerous words. He sent shivers down the spines of the collective world as he refused, categorically refused, to accept that the election would be fair, and any damage done to that would and could be laid at his door. He has undermined, purposely, willfully, with great calculation, the election process, laying the claim early that if he wins, well, what a marvelous election, but should he lose - well, gird your loins my friend, biblical style, because blood in the streets is not unlikely at all.

Biden agreed to recognize the results, to wait patiently for the results without referring to warlike terms. Trump, on the other hand, called for his bullies to enter the polls and watch. Watch! And what then? Act, if they do not like what they see? Act how? Like the bully soldier puppets of third world countries?  For like it or not, that is what we are becoming, quickly, oh, so quickly. Trump's display last night was a typical rant and rave of would be Hitler wannabes and by the way, what the hell was that hairdo about? He looked even more insane than ever when paired with his crazed face, his petulant gestures and his constant me, me, me interruptions.

His ignorance came through loud and clear. One cannot be a poll watcher until application, review, and training, with specific assignments. They are not allowed to interfere with the voting process, only with specific voters if there is a valid reason. I suspect that validity has long ago walked out the door, frightened off by this madman and his henchmen.

Biden came out great as far as I am concerned. I do wish he had spoken in loud tones over Trump's constant hectoring postures and voice, but Biden is a pro, knows how to control himself, despite obvious cause, obvious anger. This is the man we want negotiating with the rest of the world, a man we want to lead us back into the light, out of the darkness of Trumpian times, the hopelessness it has engendered.

Jagged. Shitstorm. Bizarre. All these have been used to describe the debate and its significance. However, for many people watching, especially those historically more sensitive to the stink of prejudice and racial violence, his statement that the Proud Boys should "Stand back. Stand by."  - well, I just about ran to check the validity of my passport. Refusing to condemn his and yes, they are his, violent crusaders of evil, to refuse their support - that is what he said. So, stand by - for what and for when? 

If you are satisfied to live with that threat, or perhaps even like that thought, then there is nothing, no help for you, until you come to your senses. Biden refused violent people and violence. But all this stems from Trump, for all this ugliness, this jaggedness, arose strictly out in the open during his time in office and with his encouragement. No, there are not "fine people on both sides". There is nothing fine in a person who shouts bloody racial epithets and comes loaded for bear to a peaceful protest by those who think otherwise.

People, the time has come. Personally, I believe we should just cancel the other two debates as there is no chance of a normal one, not with Trump. Allow the VP debate as Harris will hand Pence his head as he attempts to cover for Trump and his murderous, yes, murderous, errors and even deliberately taken wrong paths.

Stand by - to defend our nation. Stand by to be aware and proactive as Trump attempts to interfere with the election process. Stand by to save this country as Trump attempts to turn it into his own private fiefdom.  VOTE VOTE VOTE