This might have been a good opportunity to use the word “penultimate” – or even “antepenultimate” to allow for people like Giuliani and Eastman filling the “penultimate” positions.
Glenn Kirschner – Proud Boys Tarrio sentence to 22 years, but Trump – not Tarrio – is the “leader” of the insurrection
MSNBC – ‘Voters in Fulton County, Georgia elected her to’ take on big cases like 2020 election interference
Thom Hartmann – Why Term Limits Won’t Save America From Oligarchs Like Mitch McConnell
Liberal Redneck – Freeze, Mitch! (And the Scourge of Ancient Evil)
Momma Dog Has Her Babies In A Tiny Hole In The Ground
Beau – Let’s talk about a new government website….
[Editor’s Note: Nothing like a power outage (on a gorgeous, sunny autumn day, no less) that haphazardly shuts down the PC while putting the finishing touches, and then having to wait to recover and rebuild what I could. *sigh*]
I was counting on Debate #1 to be a gold mine for “Friday Fun” – but after watching that train wreck, I was crestfallen. But with some serious digging, the Inner Tubes delivered. So let’s see what folks came up with …
Here’s a spot-on summary provided by Jake Tapper
"That was a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck,” says @JakeTapper about the first presidential debate between Pres. Trump and Joe Biden. “We’ll talk about who won the debate, who lost the debate … One thing for sure, the American people lost.” #Debates2020pic.twitter.com/wjMnUmt2WS
Undoubtedly the most memorable line of the night was when Joe Biden voiced what we’ve ALL been yelling at DAILY at our TV screens for the past 4+ years:
If we all got a dollar for every time Trump interrupted Biden, we’d have more money than Donnie paid in taxes!
But while we were all wildly cheering Joe on, Pres. Obama, ever the gentleman and diplomat, did look a bit disappointed …
But the moment that will have the longest lasting impact was Trump’s refusal to condemn the White Supremacy group, Proud Boys.
I mean, the man lies about anything and everything – but he could NOT bring himself to lie and go ahead to condemn those violent Nazi racists …
I’m sure we’d all agree with Mayor Pete’s evaluation of the whole situation:
Did the President of the United States just instruct a white supremacist group to “stand by”?
And I think we can all agree that if there happened to be any “Undecideds” among White Supremacists, Trump nailed down their votes in that debate.
The debate did accomplish one thing that for the past four-plus years has been unachievable: It united the country in agreeing it was as bad as everyone described it. “Star Wars”Luke put it best:
That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Even before today’s news that Trump tested positive for COVID, there was unanimous agreement that he should be forced to wear a mask. In an online Poll, this was America’s favorite:
In closing, I think the High School Principal from Adam Sandler’s “Billy Madison” movie speaks for all of us:
