(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: Debate's Horseshoes and Hand-grenades, don't use them for food-prep [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-28 Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Newcomers may notice that many who post in this series already know one another to some degree, but we welcome guests at our kitchen table and hope to make some new friends as well. You can describe the first Biden / Trump debate by a story that Chinese police seized a 20-yr-old hand grenade that an elderly person used as hammer. x China police seize hand grenade elderly woman used as hammer for 20 yearshttps://t.co/gOpV1X9CjF — South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) June 27, 2024 Pretty much how Trump will be declared a first debate winner, framed by a history of incumbents’ first debate failures. The problem will be that the proposed September 7 debate might not ever happen. Trump remains forever a pathologically lying rapist / criminal. In one of his more energetic and clear moments, Biden responded to a question about his age by pointing out that Donald Trump is only three years younger than he is, “and a lot less competent”. That may be true, but Trump – the convicted felon who has been found liable for sexual assault, was impeached twice, and attempted to overturn the last election when he lost – was forceful, alert, and on message, even as he repeatedly lied. In contrast, when the cameras cut to Biden, he was often slack-jawed, his eyes unfocused, seeming to stare into the middle distance with a look of vacant horror. The contrast was stark. Many of the liberal-leaning voters watching no doubt despaired at Biden’s performance, which they feared would permanently cement the popular opinion that he is simply too old for the job. He may well be. Even in response to what should have been easy questions, Biden fumbled. He frequently failed to remember words; he often seemed to lose his trail of thought, his voice quieting into silence. When asked about abortion rights – the issue that polls show is his most favorable contrast to Trump and his best chance to win in November – Biden described his preferred abortion rights regime as one in which “you go to see a doctor and have him decide if you need help or not” – a scene that relegates women to supplicants, begging for relief from male authorities, rather than citizens endowed with an entitlement to control their bodies and lives in their own right. Later, when Trump characterized Biden as a criminal, Biden defended his own actions, instead of simply pointing out that it is Donald Trump who is a convicted felon and emphasizing the simple, persuasive core argument for his own re-election: that Trump is a mendacious criminal who will ban abortion and destroy the democratic system of government in pursuit of his own interests. www.theguardian.com/... x x YouTube Video x x YouTube Video We’ll know a lot more after Trump’s sentenced. Doubtless the DNC has a Plan B for the convention. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/28/2248888/-Kitchen-Table-Kibitzing-Friday-Debate-s-Horseshoes-and-Hand-grenades-don-t-use-them-for-food-prep?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/