John Podhoretz: "Trump's debate incompetence a slap in the face to his supporters"

Of all the reactions to last night's debate, I thought this one was the most important.

...due to the vanity and laziness that led him to think he could wing the most important 95 minutes of his life, he lost the thread of his argument, he lost control of his temper and he lost the perspective necessary to correct these mistakes as he went.

By the time the last 15 minutes rolled around, he was reduced to yammering about Rosie O’Donnell being mean to him and Hillary running mean commercials about him and praising himself because there are some really terrible things he could have said about Hillary but hasn’t.

His supporters should be furious with him, and so should the public in general. By performing this incompetently, by refusing to prepare properly for this exchange, by not learning enough to put meat on the bones of his populist case against Clinton, he displayed nothing but contempt for the people who have brought him this far — and for the American people who are going to make this momentous decision on Nov. 8.

He offended right wing conservatives who think of themselves as the best people (the smartest and hardest working)  and made them look like fools, with his slipshod performance. 

I watched this debate on my I-phone and gave myself a headache, but I am glad I watched it all in real time. Talk about a unitary moment. Millions saw this!  Saw him snorting and blowing into the mic, interrupting, making stuff up, blatantly lying, etc. etc. etc. He did everything short of falling flat on his face!

In a few minutes I'm going downtown to meet my daughter and son in law for dim sum.

Comments

[Silver Willow]

And his lies continue. "I wasn't sniffling. It was a bad mic. It just was picking up my breathing."

Holy cow, he can't even LIE good.

[wisewebwoman]

I could only do snippets to protect my health. What was he on? He reminded me of the late unlamented Rob Ford of Toronto. He lost the plot so many times and that moderator should be sacked.
Enjoy the dim sum.
XO
WWW

[Toni]

From Dim Wit to dim sum. Yum.
I understand cocaine can make someone sniffle a lot--that also might explain why "he lost the plot so many times." I wonder.

[Hattie]

When I was in the supermarket today I had to refrain from high-fiving every woman I saw.

[Ole Phat Stu]

Trump performed as expected ;-)

[Hattie]

Better than expected! 😜

[Musings]

Would you believe 25% of the people in Hawaii thought Trump won the debate in the Star Advertiser poll? 61% thought Hillary won. 13% thought it was a draw. What the heck is wrong with those 38%?

[Hattie]

Kay: How is it that this obviously destructive person has gotten as far as he has? What is his real message to his fans? I'm sincerely puzzled.

[mage Bailey]

Dim sum has far more value than Dim Trump.

[Tabor]

Ironic how "dim sum" seems to "sum" it up.

[Hattie]

The dim sum was superior. A ten I'd say.

[Brandon]

This looks like a good place as well.

http://sebisbistro.com/

[Michael Strickland]

It was very "A Face in The Crowd" moment, where Patricia Neal turns up the (non-defective) mikes in the studio so everyone watching on television can hear what Andy Griffith as a proto-Trump character really thinks about all those rubes in the heartland. I only watched the second half of the debate, when Trump started losing it altogether because my spouse said, "you've got to see this, Trump keeps sniffing through his nose like he's coked out of his mind." I think we may have just dodged a bullet here because talking intelligently about the candidates this year is useless. The only way Trump can be stopped is through ridicule and he sure gave everyone in the world a lot of ammunition Monday night.

[Hattie]

Michael: I am having many fine moments of schadenfreude. Could it be that there is some justice in this tired old world after all?

[Brandon]

I doubt it's drugs. Maybe an allergy.

[Hattie]

Brandon: No proof, of course, but I'll bet that the doc who wrote that letter about his wonderful health letter is one of those Dr. Feelgood guys who provides his special clients with the drugs they want. He probably takes all kinds of stuff.

[Brandon]

He's high on himself.

[Dianne]

Don't you understand? Its all the microphone's fault.