Biden vs. Trump Presidential Debate #1
Chris Wallace Should Have Cut Off Trump's Microphone
Donald Trump, who has destroyed or impaired so much of what we cherish and deem important in America, took his pickaxe to the First 2020 Presidential debate tonight, interrupting Joe Biden almost every time he spoke. And though Chris Wallace weakly protested this disruption many times, he failed to stop Trump's rampage. Wallace should have cut off Trump's microphone, or requested the audio engineer to do that.
Nonetheless, Biden did break through a good number of times, beginning with when he said to Trump, early in the debate, "will you shut up, man". Biden went on to be very effective when he looked at the camera and spoke directly to the American people about his positions about health care, Black Lives Matter, the importance of voting, and other crucial issues.
I just heard Nicole Wallace say on MSNBC that Trump abused Chris Wallace as moderator. That may be true, but the more important point is that Wallace had a responsibility to keep this abusive President in check. And although he tried from time to time, he let Trump interrupt Biden over and over again.
I've enjoyed Presidential debates since Kennedy-Nixon in 1960. Tonight's debate, although I thought Biden the better candidate won, was a disgrace. Civilized discourse lost, another victim of Trump and his contempt for reason. I hope subsequent moderators do better.
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Paul Levinson
Novels The Silk Code & The Plot To Save Socrates; LPs Twice Upon A Rhyme & Welcome Up; nonfiction The Soft Edge & Digital McLuhan, translated into 15 languages. Best-known short story: The Chronology Protection Case; Prof, Fordham Univ.
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