Presidential debate. I, like many other Americans, watched the cringe worthy Presidential debate of September 10, 2024 between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Putting the debate in a vacuum, I believe the Vice President won. The former President was taunted and baited throughout and he couldn’t control his ridiculous ego with its accompanying and resulting hyperbole, enough to avoid the taunts and the baiting which combined to distract him from staying on message. Her ability to deflect and distract from acknowledging her vacuous positions on all kinds of issues was impressive though she was helped out by a pair of grade school level moderators who failed to challenge her with even a single fact check or follow-up question. The whole Harris strategy reminded me of a totally embarrassing event in my life all the way back to my law school days at the University of Southern […]