Friday, June 28, 2024

The First 2024 Presidential Debate.

 

The 2024 Presidential race is happening. The debate shows Trump using massive hyperbole while Biden is showing more facts and detail. The paradox is Trump is more subdued with his habitual lying and Biden seems to talk hoarser in his speech during the beginning of the debate. Biden seems to speak better as the debate can go onward. Trump believes that Biden is the worst President in American history which isn't true. They are debating about the economy, abortion, immigration, inflation, and other issues. President Biden believes that his bipartisan immigration plan was rejected by many Republicans, and Trump just classifies migrants and immigrants collectively as murderers, rapists, and just evil nihilists. The weakness of Trump in the debate is that he uses massive exaggerations and overt lies, and Biden's weakness is that his voice was not very powerful. Yet, Biden shows more details and facts in the debate. Trump believes that America has no border which is silliness. Trump desires to deport every undocumented immigrant from America which is impossible unless you have a fascist state. Trump lied and said that Biden doesn't like veterans when Trump called military soldiers and veterans "losers." Trump disrespected many veterans who disagreed with his policies too. Biden said that he passed policies to help veterans, and his son was a veteran plus he praised the D-Day veterans on the 80th year anniversary of D-Day.

Both candidates talked about foreign policies too. Trump lied and said that Biden encouraged Russia to invade Ukraine. Putin invaded Ukraine by his own accord, and Putin gave a speech denying that Ukraine is an actual nation. Trump lied about Hamas as Hamas attacked Israel for years prior to the evil October 7, 2023 attack. Trump has encouraged Putin as Trump has publicly admired Putin. Trump praising his COVID-19 response is totally repugnant. During Trump's first term, 400,000 Americans died. President Biden is right that Putin is a war criminal who wants to conquer Ukraine. Putin's military forces have destroyed churches, malls, apartments, and other civilian areas in Ukraine. Biden wants an end to the Israel and Hamas conflict. Biden wants all hostages to be freed, a ceasefire, and a 2-state solution. Biden said he opposed 2,000 pounds sent to Israel as it can harm massive civilians being not reliable in densely populated areas. Still, Netanyahu is clear to attack Gaza in brutal means causing massive civilian Palestinian deaths. It is no secret that Hamas and the Netanyahu regime have committed over war crimes in the Middle East as documented by multiple, documented studies from various international organizations. Trump refused to completely denounce the January 6th terrorist insurrectionists. Trump said that he did nothing wrong which is a lie, because Trump has been convicted of financial corruption in a university, convicted of felonies, and accused of many felonies. Trump has been found liable for raping a woman. It didn't matter what political parties the prosecutions' political affiliations were, because these men and women used the legal system and expert jurors to convict Trump on many issues. 

Trump is false to say that Pelosi turned down an offer of 10,000 Guard troops. Biden said that massive black businesses have grown, low unemployment rates exist for African Americans, and acknowledging black families and child care issues. Biden said that much more can be done. Biden wants a $10,000 tax credit for the first time of black families owning a home and reducing student loan debt. Trump accused Biden of causing inflation and Trump accused black and brown families suffering. Trump blames migrants and immigrants for taking over jobs from Black Americans and Hispanic Americans. The truth is that corporate interests and multinational corporations have took away jobs from black people and brown people for decades, not every immigrant or every migrant. Biden said that he promoted the ACA and Trump wants to try to eliminate the ACA again. Trump wants to end Biden's climate policies. Trump wanted the death penalty for the Central Park Five when they were innocent. Trump just lied and said that he had the greatest environmental record ever when he passed policies gutting legitimate environmental regulations during his Presidency. The reactionary Project 2025 agenda represents what Trump wants for America, and it isn't good at all. Biden has been the most pro-climate President of our generation.

Trump said that America is a weaker nation and near destruction, and Biden said that Trump is the worst President in American history. Biden said that America has the strongest military on Earth and desires to grow businesses. Both of them talked about the opioid crisis. Many people on the Internet have criticized the CNN moderators for not fact-checking Trump enough.  Both people talked about the election results. The debate ended with Biden and Trump making their final statements. Many Democrats and some in the corporate media are in a panic mode by Biden's performance. Some of them even want Biden to step down allow another candidate to take his place. This is very early in the election season and a replacement is just hysteria in my view. We shall see what will happen in the future. People will talk about Biden's hoarse voice at the start of the debate which could be a product of over practicing of the debate. Trump blatantly made many false statements. It wasn't the Joe Biden of the State of the Union address. So, this is the start of the new era of the Presidential election. President Biden is said to have a cold according to sources, but Biden has shown much more facts in the debate. The lesson of the debate is that facts matter more than superficial flash, and Biden must be more prepared to express his ideals. In retrospect, Biden should have delayed the first debate by a few days to get his voice under control. The reason is that the MAGA cult is relentless to support Trump as a false idol regardless of his lies, racism, sexism, hatred of democracy (plus the rule of law), and xenophobia that he presents publicly. By virtue of Biden showing more details, solutions, and more facts, I believe that Biden won the debate by default. 


Recently, the actor Bill Cobbs passed away at the age of 90 years old. He played versatile roles from action movies to comedy movies. He lived in California. He was in movies like Night at the Museum, The Bodyguard, Air Bud, etc. Cobbs was also a professional director too. He respected the art of acting, his family, his friends, and the U.S. Air Force (as he was a military veteran). Cobbs was on the New York public television educational series called Vegetable Soup. Cobbs starred in over 120 television shows and movies. Bill Cobbs not only lived a long life. He represented the fullness of a real glorious life. That life encompasses joy, a sense of purpose, and due diligence to spread happiness among the human family. Now, he has returned to the Father to receive his reward. 

Rest in Power Brother Bill Cobbs.


By Timothy



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