Gettin' Ready for the Debate

(Credit: Variety)

I'll never forget the night of the first 2020 presidential debate. That was the night that I first realized just how thoroughly our country is screwed over. Here we have two old men yelling at each other, nobody in the audience able to make out a single word. I despise helium-voiced Dunning-Kruger Effect mascot Ben Shapiro as much as the next guy, but he best articulated the national emotion after that experience: "All I know is that we all lost."

Well, today we get to see Biden and Trump take the stage together again for the first time in all these years. I'm going to bet it won't be a happy reuinion. Trump has taken every opportunity to call Joe Biden a string of vile insults reminiscent of a certain legendary line from Community S3E17. Meanwhile, President Biden, though more civil and reasonable in this matter than Trump, has made it very clear how much he views the former President as a danger to this country. These are two men who have been trading insults from afar for four years. Now we ring the bell and tell them to fight.

I have made no bones about my political leanings on this blog before, but I'm going to spell out my opinion right here and now: conservative, liberal, centrist, what have you--these labels don't matter. All that matters is making sure Donald Trump does not so much as touch the White House again. It is hard to conceive of the nightmare that will begin should he win. He'll abuse his powers to wreak vengeance upon those he feels have wronged him, he'll let Russia have its way with Ukraine, and he'll free each and every person who tried to overthrow democracy in his name on January 6th. We cannot comprehend how nightmarish this reality will be for everyone, Trump voters included. Let us not forget his candid admission at a rally that he doesn't care about his voters. I'm no big fan of Biden. But against an anti-democracy ra(c/p)ist like Trump, there's only one option. Well, only one option if you want to win.

I'm just trying to get all my stuff done right now so that I can watch the debate live. It's gonna be wild, and I'll probably make a post about my impressions from the debate tomorrow. All I can say is, thank Heavens they'll be muting the mics. Now let the games begin!