Thursday 8 October 2020

Observations

 1.  Trump-optimism carrying him out of the hospital?

Optimistic people mend well after accidents....recover from bankruptcies....and don't allow negativity to highlight their lives.  Trump built his entire life on optimism.  It now carries him through Covid-19.

2.  Biden campaign strategy.....registration of all guns?

Well....his web-site has said this....although he has marginally gone to suggest this as an idea worth achieving.

Throughout the south, I would imagine that 50-percent of stated Democrats have a weapon in the home or car, and fewer than a quarter of them would be willing to do some kind of registration.  Maybe this sells well in California or NY City, but in the non-urbanized regions?  It won't help the Biden campaign.

3.  NJ mail carrier arrested and charged-up.....dumping mail, and 99 voting ballots in the mix.

The sad thing here....this idiot could end up in prison, and on day one....he'll be asked how he got there, and his response will be....well, I just dumped a bag or two of mail.  On bad-boy routines, this is the biggest joke....pulling real prison time for such a stupid act.

4.  Here's this odd factor on the new Supreme Court justice story....a lot of hype centers back on this fictional TV series....the Handmaid's Tale.  If you look around.....beyond the intellectual or TV-obsessed folks....fewer than two-percent of the 'others' have ever watched the TV series.  It's just an odd 'game'.....trying to talk about Supreme Court judges, and inserting in a fictional TV series.  Hopefully, this never revolves around Gilligan's Island or Ninja Turtles.  

5.  Number two nation (after the US) for gun ownership?

Falkland Islands (66 weapons for every one-hundred residents).  Saudi Arabia comes in third with 53 weapons for every one-hundred residents.

6.  Doctors not feeling that Trump is better?

Well....yeah.

Some doctors are openly suggesting that Trump can't be this fine or recovered. I watched some news journalist suggest that it should have 'dogged' the President severely, and he should have been down and out for three-plus weeks, at his age.

None of these 'experts' however.....said much of anything when Hillary Clinton got over the pneumonia episode in roughly five days. 

7.  Number of days with House Speaker Pelosi in the mix?  87. On the 88th day, there will be a new Speaker of the House.  


Debate Chatter

 After viewing around 50 minutes of clips from the debate (Pence-Harris), some observations:

1.  The moderator was prepared and capable.  I'd rate her as a 'B' (Wallace?  A solid D-minus).  

2.  I'll be honest and say that Pence skipped over answering about 30-percent of all questions thrown at him.  Harris?  It's probably closer to 50-percent for skipping answers.

3.  Maybe just me, but Harris looked a bit overwhelmed and out-of-place.  But in the Democratic debates.....that was the same person who showed up there.  I think she just hates public debates. Call it 'bad nerves'.

4.  Looking at the Biden decision on selection of the VP.....I just think he could have done better.  Harris might have made a better choice for AG.  

5.  Finally, this debate didn't help the Biden campaign.  I won't say Harris lost....but Pence came out three steps ahead of her.  

So now the question  is....will Trump test 'negative' for Covid in the day prior to the next debate, and will Joe Biden show up?