Would wearing a mask count?

It appears things are going in the right direction barring any unexpected surprises or tragedys

The past 4 years America has felt lost in the wilderness. A return to normalcy would be nice.

Trump took sick advantage of the fact that Biden has to concentrate to avoid stuttering, which is a difficult feat while being incessantly talked over and interupted. Hard to get any point across under the circumstances, but he did get a whole thought out while concentrating into the lens of the camera to the American people.

Great evaluation of what Biden did, and what we all need to do. I do hope that people will come out in record numbers. We need to desperately

Thank you for this post. We are lucky in this state as mail-in voting has been the norm for years and we our system down and working. I wonder how the people in your area feel about this 'voter fraud' issue since it is pushed by their hero?

I would've loved to have been in Biden's ear feeding him comebacks to Trump's abuse. He let so many opportunities go by to humiliate that dipshit. Still, in all, he did okay for a man trying to have an intelligent discussion with an orangutan.

Excerpts from Heather Cox Richardson's article of September 30:

Neo-Nazis and right-wing thugs are thrilled they have a fellow traveler in the White House. “I got shivers,” Andrew Anglin, the founder of the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer, wrote Wednesday. “I still have shivers. He is telling the people to stand by. As in: Get ready for war.”

But not everyone was thrilled with Trump’s performance. Focus groups of women were turned off by his bullying, and his male supporters thought he interrupted too much. An adviser called it “a disaster.” Politico’s chief political correspondent Tim Alberta thought Trump looked exhausted and “behaved like cornered prey.” The Commission on Presidential Debates is reworking its rules to try to prevent another spectacle like last night.

Foreign observers were “aghast,” according to an AP report; Kenyan commentator Patrick Gathara wrote: “This debate would be sheer comedy if it wasn’t such a pitiful and tragic advertisement for U.S. dysfunction.”

Even within the White House people were dismayed. “It’s nuts…” “total lunacy,” an official and a staffer told Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman. A prominent Republican added: “Trump didn’t win over any voters, and he pissed off a lot of people.”

Perhaps most important today was the news that the FBI’s Dallas Field Office yesterday released an intelligence report warning that a “violent extremist threat” is imminent, and that the period between now and the inauguration next January is a “potential flashpoint.” That threat comes not from the “left,” as Trump charges, but from the right-wing gangs that Trump is encouraging, including the Boogaloos, a staunchly anti-government group that is working to bring about a race war to speed up the collapse of the government.

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I watched it. Had to take an afternoon nap so I could stay up to watch it.. I liked when Biden looked right in the camera.. Good move.. Trump was oblivious to it... Biden did OK.. Trump failed..

This debate alone may win the election for Biden!

For rhe first time, Biden knew how to use the camera. He always had a pleasant or earnest expression, chuckled in disbelief at Trump's nonsense, and stared into camera - not at Trump, not at the moderator - but at all the VOTERS watching the debate, connecting with them.

Meanwhile, Trump was constantly staring at Biden with a grumpy constipated look on his face. This had the effect of drawing all eyes towards Biden!

This was amazing because this meant most of the debate naturally framed Biden as the focus, as the pointman against Trumps nonsense, and really built viewer kinship with Biden.

It felt like those moments in The Office (the tv show) when Jim breaks the fourth wall and connects with the audience with those "Do you believe this guy?" or "I can't believe he said that" expressions. The audience identified with Jim (or Pam). They were the pointman (or woman) witnessing the crazy antics of others in the office.

And in this debate the voters got to identify with Biden witnessing the crazy mess of Trump. And Trump helped set this up.

What a great denate for Biden. Good for him!

We got to get them out in "33" baby.

This was the worst presidential debate i've watched, and i've seen lots. Annoyed as I was,
I watched it all. I'm glad Biden stood up Trump; hopefully enough voters do the same.

"Will you just shut up, man" was nice too. I've been wishing I could say it in person for over four years now.