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Every non-MAGA pundit in America had pinned their hopes on Biden having an awesome debate performance and putting the tangerine menace away for all time. They built it up in their heads all week - âoooh! Joeâs at Camp David prepping and Donnyâs golfingâ etc, etc. And then when Biden did Biden the pundits shit their pants and every one of them wrote, tweeted and podcast their way through their disappointment. Meanwhile, back in America, we saw an old man with a stutter get Gish galloped by a narâŚ
I don't really like the idea that the problem was Trump's "Gish Gallop." I mean, sure, he's a pathological liar and a nincompoop with a lizard brain, but if fast talking and spouting lies is enough to derail Biden, what world leader isn't going to notice that and use it to their advantage? On the other hand, the "debate" doesn't remotely reflect the way that negotiations at high levels occur, so I'm not sure that it applies to real world situations. I hope the people around Biden are taking theâŚ
What meeting with a world leader would one be constrained to 2 minute segments in which to attempt to set out as many talking points as one can before time runs out and your mic is cut off? I will go out on a limb and guess zero. Any leader on a phone call or in a physical meeting with another world leader will have both notes and a support staff to flesh out anything that might arise.
If one actually reads the transcript from the debate and removes Donnyâs bombast and babbling lies, itâs actually remarkable how much normal shit Joe said throughout the night. Seth Abramson did just that for his substack yesterday and I was surprised that Joe had actually gotten that much out of his mouth hole on Thursday night. If youâre interestedâŚsethabramson.substack.câŚ