Editorial of July 4, 2024
Damn, Nation
"I couldn’t watch.” “Disgusting.” “A train wreck.” “I’m still in mourning.” “Embarrassing.”
Finally, Democrats and Republicans can agree on something. The debate between sitting President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Thursday, June 27 was disgraceful, and difficult, if not impossible, to sit through.
We, the people, have a lot to think about. Because we, the people—and the politicians we have chosen to represent us—made it possible for such a debacle to take place, for all the world to see.
Last Thursday’s presidential debate, not surprisingly being called the worst in American history, supplants the first 2020 presidential debate between the same two candidates, also termed “the worst” by some and described at the time as “chaotic,” “painful,” and “dispiriting.” The bar was set pretty low in 2020. Who’da thunk it could have sunk any lower? And yet, it did.
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