Mr Donald Trump vs Joe Biden - The debate

Was not the Donald Trump vs Joe Biden debate delightfully entertaining? What fun indeed and so engrossing. I laughed like never before at the jibes, digs and facial expressions of both contenders and felt so relaxed. Here were two adults who hate each other, make no bones about it, and are letting everyone know it too . The argued, fought, insulted, ranted, raved, sniggered, lied, slandered, discredited, offended, disparaged, abused, belittled & affronted each other on the world stage. Totally expected of two contenders for the top job in the world. They called each other frauds, liars, manipulators, useless men, disasters, shams, double dealers, deceivers, money makers, tricksters, cowards and cheats. They also attempted to insult each other’s families and wash dirty linen in public but were reigned in discretely before that part of the debate went out of control. At least they never went to blows or threw stuff at each other and that was commendable! I did feel that one of them would walk off in a temper but fortunately that did not happen. The moderator, Chris Wallace from Fox News, stood up to both and certainly held his own – he did have to shout them down on a couple of occasions and he did so with dignity and authority, while refusing to be part and parcel of the mudslinging. He was certainly not intimidated in any way and that is commendable and one of the reasons as to why the debate was completed. He is, after all from Harvard, and is known as a fearless, aggressive reporter and an expert Presidential Debate moderator, who was once ranked as the most trusted TV news reporter in America Who won the debate is a debateable point. Vice President Joe Biden showed that he was quite a tough cookie and despite often being referred to as an “old man” in the past by Trump and others, he looked in fine fettle. No one doubted that he would be heckled by Mr Trump ever so often. However, he kept his cool and came across as a gentleman. He however did call Mr Trump a “clown” and asked him to “shut up”! I guess even a rat, when cornered, will come out fighting! The same cannot be said of the President who butted in with snide remarks every few minutes and kept going on and on, despite being told to give his opponent a chance to speak. As expected, and is common knowledge the world over, he was his bombastic self, accusing, casting aspersions, and insulting at will. Joe Biden on the other hand was more controlled but his contemptuous smile and shaking of the head every now and then sort of got to me and came across as weak so also his fumbling replies time and time again. Trump on the other hand was very confident and forceful in his submissions & assertions. I almost thought he would spit out those very famous words “ you’re fired” to Joe Biden. Am no expert political analyst or for that matter any sort of political interpreter in the first place, but from purely a layman’s perspective, for me, this debate was tied. Am already looking forward to the next one. In these days of stress and strain, this free entertainment is amusing.