“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”
Miquel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

Let me state the obvious. Anyone who has already decided which candidate to vote for in the upcoming election will not be persuaded differently by the debate.

Despite the reluctant consensus that the Vice President was poised, composed, and articulate (according to a significant number of Republican pundits) compared to the unhinged rants by the ex-President rehashing long debunked complaints of election fraud, Haitian family meals involving domestic pets, and millions of lunatics and criminals personally invited to cross the border by the Biden-Harris (or, as some would prefer the Harris-Biden) administration, no one will change their already-made-up minds.

What I find most interesting is the almost fanatical desperation for an explanation of Trump’s poor performance, other than that Vice President Harris was the clear winner based on her innate abilities.

It had to be favoritism by ABC.

It had to be that she had Miracle-Ear technology feeding her answers.

It had to be that she had the questions beforehand. (author’s note: Everyone with any intelligence knew the questions beforehand. For the VP, she’d be asked about immigration, the economy, and shifting positions on fracking and guns. For the former President, he’d be asked about election denial, race-baiting, pandemic performance, health plan replacing ACA, Project 2025, and abortion rights.)

She couldn’t possibly be better, brighter, and more competent.

None of this matters, and nothing I can say here will change the mind of anyone who supports Mr. Trump. Still, I bet it will spark some outrageous responses and criticisms, mostly of childish insults rather than rational arguments over policies.

But consider this. If you think so little of the Vice President’s abilities despite her being able to rattle the former President on a political debate stage, you should be terrified of the prospect of another Trump administration dealing with the likes of China, Russia, and Iran. They won’t just eat his lunch; they’ll steal his pocket money and use it against us.

I’ve been asking for months for someone to present sound arguments about why someone should support Mr. Trump. All I’ve ever seen is a bunch of yeah-but-what-about malarky. If anyone is willing to take up the challenge and write a piece listing President Trump’s qualifications, accomplishments, and policies, and why voters should support them, I will gladly post it here without comment.

But I would like to make this observation by borrowing a line from P.G. Wodehouse. Mr. Trump, during and after the debate,

“…had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.”

It is far from over, but it is closer to a satisfying end of this bizarre American history chapter.

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