You know, we haven't even gotten to the first
presidential debate yet. And these debates
for over a year now, by the way, uh, have
already been a complete circus. Yeah. As I've
mentioned, you know, a year ago we were getting
reports. This was long before it looked like
Biden was going to get the nomination that
Donald Trump was considering, uh, skipping
out on the debates. Uh, according to those
closest to him, he was afraid, obviously the
media wasn't going to give him a fair shake.
They were going to be in the pockets of Democrats.
So he was thinking about maybe just not even
doing the debates that was back when it looked
like he was going to have a tough opponent,
but then when it looked like it was going
to be Biden, Trump was like, let's do more
debates. Let's do more than three. Let's do
lots of debates.
And then the Democrats were like, well, I
don't know that Joe Biden really needs to
legitimize Trump by being on the same stage
with him. That's actually from Nancy Pelosi
just a week ago. Um, so it's been quite the
show, but we found out yesterday that the
moderator of the very first presidential debate
is going to be Donald Trump's most hated host
from Fox news, Chris Wallace. Okay. That doesn't
exactly bode well for Donald Trump. See, Trump
has spent the last couple years insulting
Chris Wallace on social media and occasionally
in speeches and other, uh, uh, public speaking
of that, he likes to say, hello, Chris Wallace
is not talented. How he'll never be like his
father. He is a nasty and obnoxious. Some
of the insults he has thrown at him. And even
though he did sit down for an interview with
him just about two months ago in the interview,
Chris Wallace did call Donald Trump out on
his lies when he felt the need to do it, didn't
do it every time.
But he did it more than most other journalists
do, except for, of course, for Vince Swan,
from Axios, that was beautiful. But Chris
Wallace is, you know, pretty close second
at that point because none of the other Fox
host are willing to do it at all. But Wallace
does. And of course, Wallace did it with Biden
as well by, you know, danced around some of
the questions Wallace asked, he pressed him
further by never actually answered. So I actually
believe it or not. I like the idea of having
Chris Wallace moderate this first debate.
I think this first one out of the gate should
be hard hitting. I think it should come out
and just nail both of these candidates. Not
because I want, I wanted to be a total freak
show, but because the public needs to understand
Biden's been pressed on issues. He really,
really was during the democratic debates.
That's why most people thought he wasn't going
to do it. He was able to, to a degree, explain
himself, not necessarily justify it to us.
You know, we, we didn't like his explanations,
but he was able to explain, he can handle
heat Trump. Oh, Trump can't, Trump cannot
handle heat and that's the difference, but
that's what the public needs to see after
all, we have seen Joe Biden, even this week
give some really horrible and truly bizarre
speeches because he just starts rambling about
things that weren't what he was actually talking
about in a debate setting. He doesn't necessarily
do that. So if we want to convince the public
that Biden's not as crazy as Trump thinks
he is, or Trump wants us to think he is, this
is the setting to do it. Nancy Pelosi is absolutely
wrong suggesting that Biden should sit these
out. He should not
Because as it stands right now with Wallace
moderating that debate, Trump's probably going
to get it a little bit harder, but wireless
is not going to go easy on Biden either. And
that's what the public needs to see. That's
what the debates are supposed to be. That
is the actual job of the moderator. Not to
just sit there and ask a question while the
candidates lie to their faces, but to call
them out on it. We know that MSNBC host did
it to Bernie Sanders during the democratic
primary debates. Didn't really do it so much
to the other candidates, or certainly not
to the same degree, even though it was warranted,
but they made sure to call Bernie out when
they thought he was lying, even though he
wasn't. So yeah, that's what a moderator is
supposed to do when done fairly. And hopefully
Chris Wallace can do it fairly. I am looking
forward to this. I think there needs to be
fact checking. I agree with Joe Biden, that
we should have a, um, a ticker going across
the bottom, doing fact checking as well. The
public needs to know what is real and what
is not. But if they're expected to just trust
what comes out of Donald Trump's mouth, and
if that's not challenged, then what they're
going to believe. Isn't going to be anywhere
close to the truth.
