This is not a 'debate' in the classical Oxford Style (think Baldwin and Buckley*) where a motion is proposed and opposed sides try to persuade the audience of the merits of their view.
These 'debates' are a stage for candidates to present themselves, more than persuade the audience of the merits of their policies.
Sadly, it seems many people vote based on irrational appeal of personality than on reasoned consideration of evidence. This is what Trump plays to.
How Harris *presents* herself and her answers can show up Trump's showmanship. This is her opportunity to show a light hand wielding a sharp scalpel to peel back the layers of Trump's bluff and reveal both the "unseriousness" at
his core and the serious threat of Project 2025. In contrast to her record and agenda.
Trump's candidacy is a serious threat, because a Trump win empowers the entire right wing apparatus - plutocrats pandering to populists - poised to definitively repurpose a democratic republic as a corporate clerical fascist state.
Charles Koch et al via Leonard Leo. The Klan and the American Council of Bishops et al via the Roberts Court, the McConnell Senate, and the Johnson House. As demonstrated by Citizens United, Dobbs, and the Immunity decision. And as laid out in Project 2025.
This isn’t a debate. This is a line up.
Hopefully more like a firing squad.
This is not a 'debate' in the classical Oxford Style (think Baldwin and Buckley*) where a motion is proposed and opposed sides try to persuade the audience of the merits of their view.
These 'debates' are a stage for candidates to present themselves, more than persuade the audience of the merits of their policies.
Sadly, it seems many people vote based on irrational appeal of personality than on reasoned consideration of evidence. This is what Trump plays to.
How Harris *presents* herself and her answers can show up Trump's showmanship. This is her opportunity to show a light hand wielding a sharp scalpel to peel back the layers of Trump's bluff and reveal both the "unseriousness" at
his core and the serious threat of Project 2025. In contrast to her record and agenda.
Trump's candidacy is a serious threat, because a Trump win empowers the entire right wing apparatus - plutocrats pandering to populists - poised to definitively repurpose a democratic republic as a corporate clerical fascist state.
Charles Koch et al via Leonard Leo. The Klan and the American Council of Bishops et al via the Roberts Court, the McConnell Senate, and the Johnson House. As demonstrated by Citizens United, Dobbs, and the Immunity decision. And as laid out in Project 2025.
* The Baldwin Buckley debate
https://youtu.be/5Tek9h3a5wQ?si=Fehy2P85sIRG-Hkf